Episodes

April 24, 2024

293 What it Takes to Work 15 Hours per Week with Erica Goode, CPA

If you think working only 15 hours per week, taking home almost $200K in Total Owner Benefit, and living stress-free while enjoying your business seems: Insane Impossible The Promised Land Check out Erica Goode , CPA’s playbo...

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April 17, 2024

292 [Hire Well] Offshore as a Strategy, Not a Tactic with Nick Sincla…

Accountants run into many hiring and staffing-related challenges. You want to know: Which role to fill next Where to find talent If it’s time to go offshore How to hire well the first time. Because there are so many questions...

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April 10, 2024

291 [Hire Well] Down to One Hour with Scott Scarano, CPA

After being stuck at a “$1.2M and working-all-hours” plateau for six years, it took Scott Scarano four years to get down to a one-hour work week. Find out what he needed to learn to get there. … Hey CPA firm …

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April 3, 2024

290 [Hire Well] Onshore Hiring Done Well for Accountants

Accountants run into many hiring and staffing-related challenges. You want to know: Which role to fill next Where to find talent If it’s time to go offshore How to hire well the first time. Because there are so many questions...

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March 27, 2024

289 Fear of Niche Boredom with Jonathan Stark

I talk with Jonathan Stark about the fear of niche boredom and the benefits of niching down in business. We explore the idea that niching down does not lead to boredom, but rather opens up new opportunities for variety and …

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March 20, 2024

288 [Hire Well] Five Offshoring Mistakes for CPAs to Avoid

Accountants run into many hiring and staffing-related challenges. You want to know: Which role to fill next Where to find talent If it’s time to go offshore How to hire well the first time. Because there are so many questions...

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March 13, 2024

287 How CPAs Can Decide Their Niche When They Can’t Decide

If you’ve ever wanted to niche but thought, “I can’t decide,” this episode is for you. By the end of it, you will not only know you can decide but also be able to take your next niche step with …

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March 6, 2024

286 What do I say on my website? #4: Fix / Packages

We’re talking today about what to put in the fix section of your website. If you do this well, the flow of your website copy will make sense to your reader. If you don’t do this well, there’s a risk …

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Feb. 28, 2024

285 The Niche River of Fear

Niching feels scary. The journey includes uncertainty, doubt, and overwhelm. “We definitely should turn around.” It’s the Niche River of Fear. If you know it exists and what to be on the lookout for, you’ll make it across. In...

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Feb. 21, 2024

284 Use “So That” to Communicate More Value

A simple way to improve how you communicate the value you create. If you are not already great at communicating the value you create, you might default to selling accounting to your clients. Selling accounting is less valuabl...

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Feb. 14, 2024

283 Feelings for Profit

In increasing order of value, clients buy one of five things: Commodities Deliverables Services Experiences Transformations The kinds of transformations you can create are typically related to four things: Money Time Feelings...

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Feb. 7, 2024

282 What do I say on my website? #3: Headline and Subtitle

Have you ever gotten stuck, wondering what to say on your website? Having the words that grab the kinds of clients you want to work with (and repel the ones you don’t) can make a big difference. Because you only …

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Jan. 31, 2024

281 4 Pricing Problems Solved with Kathy Hayden, EA

THIS WEEK’S EPISODE Pricing is rarely just one problem. Often there are many challenges embedded in the problem. It might sound like this: “I know I need to raise my prices but it hurts my brain to think about how …

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Jan. 24, 2024

280 Mastering Leverage to Create Value in Less Time

Hey CPA firm owner, glad you found the podcast. In this episode, I discuss the concept of leverage and how to use it to optimize your accounting practice. We dive into the importance of recognizing and utilizing various forms...

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Jan. 10, 2024

279 The Real Reason You Started Your Accounting Practice

THIS WEEK’S EPISODE On the real reasons you started your accounting practice: time, freedom, flexibility, control, autonomy. And how working more, adding more clients, more staff, and more hours is not the path to getting you...

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Jan. 8, 2024

278 How to Get Your Accounting Firm Under Control in the Next 4 Months

Hey podcast listener, today’s episode is the audio from a webinar I hosted recently. You’re going to want to listen because it shows you the path to go from working 55 hours a week to working 40 hours a week. …

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Jan. 3, 2024

277 What do I say on my website? #2: Pain & Dream Examples

In this episode, we will dive into the practical side of Pains and Dreams to make it easier to know what to say on your accounting firm’s website. We talked about the “pains” and the “dreams” in theory in episode …

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Dec. 27, 2023

276 Hazel and Remy Serve Up Accounting Jokes for the Holiday Break

Now in their fourth year as moonlight podcast hosts, my little kids Hazel and Remy dish out a few delicious accounting jokes. Enjoy the holidays!

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Dec. 20, 2023

275 What Do I Put On My Website? #1: Pains and Dreams

If you’ve ever sat staring at a blinking cursor, burned time trying to find the right words, or wasted money working with a shiny marketing firm who served you generic, templated, meaningless website copy, this episode is for...

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Dec. 13, 2023

274 Only 3 Problems

What if your accounting practice only had 3 problems? It might suddenly feel simpler and easier to think about being able to address each one. … .. . Your accounting practice only has 3 problems. Create value for clients Capt...

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Dec. 6, 2023

273 Work from Anywhere There’s WiFi

How to implement better guardrails and boundaries for your clients to nudge behavior in the direction you want it to go. If you’ve ever chased clients for documents or had them turn stuff in way late and you’ve twisted yourse...

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Nov. 29, 2023

272 More Free Time, More Confidence, with Melissa Downs, EA

If you’ve ever felt stressed to the max and near the end of your rope, this episode is for you. Less than six months ago, Down to 40 Hours Masterminder and repeat guest, Melissa Downs was maxed out. She got …

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Nov. 22, 2023

271 When Work Gets Easy with Randy Larkin, CPA

If you’re wondering just how much you can implement in a short time in Down to 40 Hours CPA Mastermind, listen in to hear what Randy Larkin, CPA has to say. He’s been in Mastermind for barely 10 weeks and …

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Nov. 15, 2023

270 How long does it take for a CPA to niche?

THIS WEEK’S EPISODE How long it takes to niche, what that timeline looks like, and what to expect along the way. The more the CPA has a sense of what the range of normal experiences is, the more confidence it …

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