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going beyond outsourcing and virtual workers.
by sandi smith, cpa
accountant’s accelerator
the days are long gone when the only way to build your business was by hiring full-time employees. now there are so many more choices. many employees are interested in part-time work. some prefer to work virtually, which frees a company up from being limited to local talent. and then there’s crowdsourcing, a whole new way to tap into talented labor on a project-by-project basis.
crowdsourcing is a special way to outsource a task. with outsourcing, you know exactly who will be doing the task. with crowdsourcing, you don’t; people just show up and contribute. wikipedia calls it “distributed problem-solving.” read more →
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but can you deduct the boat as a second office? learn how cpas manage work on the go. join the survey; get the answers.
by rick telberg
for cpas, working outside of the office is not just a matter of getting more work done. it could improve your life. read more →
above and beyond accounting, you need business know-how.
by sandi smith leyva, cpa
accountant’s accelerator
we’ve worked super-hard on gaining our accounting, tax, and auditing skills. those skills alone will keep us working as employees for someone else, but what if we want to go out on our own or grow our business beyond what we have now?
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here are five skills to consider adding to your toolbox so you can get ahead faster. how do you rate in each of these areas?
clients find accountants’ tech skills lacking. by rick telberg 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 as small and medium-sized businesses move increasingly online and adopt technologically integrated accounting systems, many tax and accounting firms will need to evolve or face extinction, according to a … continued
by rick telberg as technology moves to the cloud and goes mobile, traditional accounting software sales and support businesses will be left behind by new business models built for subscriptions and high-end services. this could be bad news for the … continued
by sandi smith leyva
accountant’s accelerator
imagine that a new client comes to you with “the dreaded shoebox” of bank reconciliations, receipts and bills. the client is a year or so behind, and you are hired to get him caught up. do you take that client, knowing you’ll be swamped doing data entry for weeks at a low hourly rate?
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how to control costs, maximize profits, and focus on your real money-makers.
by drew west
deltek solution consultant
@deltekdrew
new services offerings or fee increases are obvious tactics for earning more – but service expansion brings with it more expense, and rate hikes risk client defection.
so what about other ways? why not reflect on a few ways to drive higher profits?
the answers are deep within – deep inside your firm’s practice-management systems. reflecting on all the engagement data in those systems might expose opportunities for greater efficiency, less risk, and more control – all drivers of higher profits.
so look to your practice management system to find four places where higher profits might be hiding. read more →
how to give clients real solutions, options and opportunities they’ll love.
by sandi smith leyva, cpa
accountant’s accelerator
many accountants are quickbooks proadvisors who offer quickbooks consulting to their clients; you may be one of them.
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here are the opportunities i see to expand your client services in the area of quickbooks consulting, or for that matter, any accounting software consulting. read more →
five things you need to know and three things you need to do.
by frank stitely, cpa
stitely and karstetter
get ready for a transformation in the tax business unlike anything we have experienced since turbotax. the transformation will force many of your colleagues to sell, retire, or go out of business. it will force many of your staff out of the profession. it will change the way you serve clients. and, it will either result in tremendous opportunity for you or end your practice. this transformation is zero data entry.
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