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Increasing Your Firm's Value Proposition Depends on One Major Process

Have you ever thought of how offering your services is like pulling teeth? Sadly, your clients might feel like meeting with their accountant is like going to the dentist for some terribly painful procedure. Whether they want to or not, they know...

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Want Happy Accounting Clients? These Strategies Will Help

There’s a lot of chatter in accounting circles and on accounting social media about the importance of client advisory services. Much of the messaging...

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The 5 Deliverables Businesses Really Want From a Virtual CFO

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The 5 Deliverables Businesses Really Want From a Virtual CFO

With emerging softwares and progress in automation, the role of the modern accountant is changing. We’re not saying that tech is here to take an...

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Your Firm & Open Banking Apps—Here's How to Take Full Advantage

Remember going to the bank? We used to do it all the time for virtually every financial task related to our personal and corporate accounts. There’s...

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When's the Perfect Time to Offer CAS Services?

The accounting industry is changing, and more business owners are looking to accountants as trusted resources for securing their financial future....

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Which Financial Statements Have the Biggest Impact on Client Success?

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Which Financial Statements Have the Biggest Impact on Client Success?

Sometimes entering a new client engagement can feel like walking into a middle school cafeteria after a food fight—broken food trays are scattered...

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How to Use Your Client's P&L to Create Advisory Opportunities

It’s one of the most valuable reports a business owner can have: the profit and loss statement. But too often, entrepreneurs obsess over the bottom...

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How Bookkeeping Fits Into CAS & Why You Should Set it on Autopilot

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How Bookkeeping Fits Into CAS & Why You Should Set it on Autopilot

You know good bookkeeping is at the heart of healthy financials—and client advisory services (CAS), too. Whether you’re serving individuals or...

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Explore These 8 Promising Market Verticals for CAS Practice Growth | Botkeeper

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Explore These 8 Promising Market Verticals for CAS Practice Growth

This might seem counterintuitive, but narrowing your firm’s focus to specialize in one or a few markets can actually increase your firm’s growth...

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How Much Does it Cost to Recreate Your Accounting Tech Stack?

Technology and business are more ingrained than ever before. A lot of business has moved online, simultaneously creating additional growth...

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Follow These Marketing Best Practices to Drive More Advisory Clients

As the leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith wrote, “what got you here won’t get you there.” And when it comes to marketing your accounting firm, he’s...

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Overcoming Talent Retention Hurdles in Accounting Firms

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Overcoming Talent Retention Hurdles in Accounting Firms

Talent shortage is a problem in accounting. It has been for decades, and it’s only getting worse. Firms face a historical struggle to find quality...

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Is Your Firm Ready to Weather the Great Resignation?

Last year, we wrote about the looming accounting shortage and how year-over-year growth in the accounting industry was down 2%. At that time, we...

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