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September 15 Is Coming. Call Your Clients.

As I’m writing this, today is August 31, and tomorrow, September 1, I know one appointment that is always kept. Hal...

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The Client Experience Gap: Where Accounting Firms Lose Trust

Most firms feel good about their client experience because unhappy clients don’t always speak up. Frustrating moments...

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Strategic Client Onboarding: Where Advisory Success Really Begins

When firms talk about growing Client Advisory Services (CAS), the conversation almost always starts with technology,...

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The Client Conversations that Change Everything

Most accounting professionals did not start their businesses because they wanted to become salespeople. They started...

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The Power of Storytelling: Building Trust & Fostering Connection

Every leader has been there, standing in front of a team, trying to rally them around an initiative, a goal, a change,...

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The Quiet Question That Improves Every Client Conversation

For years, I told myself the work spoke for itself. The numbers were right. The deadlines were met, and the files were...

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Beyond the Crunch: Advisors Becoming Year-Round Leaders

For many bookkeeping, accounting, and tax firms, client relationships are governed by a predictable, seasonal...

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A Perfectly Normal Meeting That Should Have Gone Better

Years ago, I walked into my financial advisor’s office with what felt like a simple request. Not a new prospect. Not a...

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The Hidden Cost of DIY Bookkeeping

A client leans back in his chair and shrugs. “I don’t even know why I pay you. I could just do this myself. It’s just...

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Why Leading with a QuickBooks Cleanup is a Terrible First Date

Starting a new client relationship with a QuickBooks Online (QBO) cleanup is like showing up to a first date and...

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