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firms rev up expansion plans

via canopy

mull new software for remote staff, cas and ai.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research

a new survey reveals widespread plans for growth, with firms looking for more staff, more services to offer, and more territory to serve over the next 18 months

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in a time when qualified professionals are scarce, a staggering 85 percent of firms say they will definitely or probably be hiring more remote staff with flexible work arrangements, according to the poll of 250 firms by the practice management software company canopy.

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five rules for a marketing orientation

smiling businesswoman offering a handshakewhy the alternatives don’t work anymore.

by august j. aquila
price it right: how to value accounting services

let’s look at the different focuses or orientations that firms can take toward managing and running their practices and see which ones the traditional pricing methods encourage.

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any organization, whether an accounting firm or not, usually tends to have one of four focuses. they are either selling-oriented, product-oriented, production-oriented or marketing-oriented.
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bissett bullet: 30 years’ experience or 1 year’s experience repeated 30 times?

today’s bissett bullet: ‘is your client paying for the time it takes you to carry out the work, or for the value that your years of experience bring?’

by martin bissett

accountants started the timesheet expectation, not the clients. which other major purchase do we make based on how long it took to produce, rather than the value that it provides to us?

you spent a great deal of time and money developing your skills and gaining experience, so, let’s charge for value delivered rather than how long the work takes.

today’s to-do:

price your next proposal based on what you’d want to charge for it rather than how long it takes to do. is there any difference in the figures?

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scott scarano: first, grow people. then firm growth can follow

we need the machines to do as much of this as we can.

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the disruptors
with liz farr

when scott scarano lost a few good people at his firm, he had an epiphany that he needed to change things. instead of continuing to grow for the sake of growth, he overhauled his management approach.

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“and things are better now at the firm, because we’re not focused on growth,” but instead on “growing everybody,” including himself, scarano said. by building better habits and finding better ways to do things, his team is growing its bottom line, and a few of the people who left earlier have now returned. “that’s the growth i like to see.” read more →

what an a.i.-powered workforce means for accountants

ready or not, ai is here to stay.

by rick richardson
technology this week

the complicated relationship that humanity has had with its technological creations throughout time has shaped many executives’ views on adapting to change and remaining in demand in any industry or profession. the various cycles of emerging technology always enlighten, frighten and inspire the masses until we adjust and change our mindsets to embrace the disruption.

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even though it has been present for decades, artificial intelligence (ai) is currently promoted as the dramatic change that threatens to upend our society. people are terrified as they try to imagine how it will change the way they live their lives, how they view their employment and what the future of their professions might bring. read more →