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April 15, 2020

081 Time to Rethink Your Pricing Strategy? with Ron Baker, Founder of…

Today’s guest is Ron Baker. Ron is the founder of VeraSage Institute—the leading think tank dedicated to educating professionals internationally. He is the author of seven best-selling books, including Professional’s Guide to Value Pricing and...

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April 8, 2020

080 [Series] Lies of the Accounting Industry: #1 - Charge What You're…

I’m kicking off a new series of episodes, Lies of the Accounting Industry. What I want to do in this series of episodes is bring up these mindset challenges, pieces of dogma, myths and so on, that I think are …

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April 1, 2020

079 [Coaching] How to Move into Advising with Heather Zeitzwolfe of Z…

Today’s guest is Heather Zeitzwolfe, a CPA certified with the State of Oregon’s Board of Accountancy and a member of the AICPA. Heather was excited for the opportunity to do an on air coaching call to come on the podcast …

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March 25, 2020

078 How to Design Better Workflows in Your Business, with David Crist…

Today’s guest is David Cristello, Founder & CEO of Jetpack Workflow, which empowers thousands of accounting firm owners to build a better firm through managing all their client work in a single, easy to use application. He's also the...

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March 18, 2020

077 Tips For Staying Present In The Face Of Uncertainty

Today we are interrupting common narratives heard out there and wanted to provide you with a counter-narrative, to the assumption that people must be or should be anxious and stressed. Coronavirus is spreading through our communities. We have options...

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March 11, 2020

076 Are You Selling at a Discount to Full-Price Buyers?

This week, we're talking about value-based fees and pricing. I want to share with you some different perspectives that may loosen the tangle of logic emotion, guilt, fear, and obligation we have around money and pricing. What I hear my …

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March 4, 2020

075 How to Keep the Scope Creeps at Bay, with Jenn Barley of Kickstar…

I wanted to talk with Jenn to tap her expertise about boundaries. So many of the challenges business owners face come back to clear and strong boundaries. Things like scope creep, meetings going long, staying late at the office, giving …

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Feb. 26, 2020

074 Ways to Keep Stress Under Control in Tax Season, with Christine L…

Today’s guest is Christine Lustik, PhD, owner of Mindfulness in Organizations. After spending 14 years in leadership and the arena of online higher education, Christine transitioned to a role of helping teams, and the individuals in them, to...

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Feb. 19, 2020

073 Does Money Find You Attractive?

Today I'm returning to the topic of sending mixed signals to money, resenting money and learning to love money. First, let’s go back to The basic idea in that episode is that in our lives and in our businesses, a …

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Feb. 12, 2020

072 Are You Wiping Out Often Enough?

Today, I have a few stories to tell. About driving in the snow, hockey, ice skating, skiing, and sports in general. Then I relate all these stories to things that we can do to move our business forward: Steer towards …

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Feb. 5, 2020

071 How to Help Your Clients Build A Better World, with Steve Pipe, f…

Today’s guest is officially the world’s most highly rated advisor to accountants. Steve Pipe is a best-selling author, dynamic speaker and founder of Accountants Changing the World and the AVN Association of Proactive UK Accountants. I wanted to...

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Jan. 29, 2020

070 Be Strategic About Your CPEs, with Melisa Galasso of Galasso Lear…

**Listener survey - help shape the podcast to what you want to hear!** Today’s guest is Melisa Galasso. She is the founder of Galasso Learning Solutions, where she offers custom, continuing professional education to CPAs, focused on...

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Jan. 22, 2020

069 Guiding Clients to Profitability with Lisa Campbell, Owner of the…

**Listener survey - help shape the podcast to what you want to hear!** Today’s guest is Lisa Campbell, founder of The Marcam Group, where she guides her clients to profitability as a Profit First strategist. I wanted to have her...

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Jan. 15, 2020

068 The Process of Niching Down to E-commerce Business Owners, with o…

My guest today is Cyndi Thomason. Cyndi Thomason is the author of the bestselling book, Profit First for Ecommerce Sellers. She is a Mastery Level Certified Profit First Professional, and the founder and president of Bookskeep. Cyndi devotes much of...

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Jan. 8, 2020

067 Best Reads from 2019

I wanted to start the year off with top five books and reviews from 2019, but I couldn't help myself and I got to at least nine. There were so many great reads that I got through this year. I …

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Jan. 1, 2020

066 Happy New Year - Now Raise Your Prices

Wishing you a Happy New Year and a very prosperous 2020! I’m closing out the year with a few more jokes from Hazel and a question. What if you raised your prices by 10% and dropped 10% of your clients? …

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Dec. 25, 2019

065 Happy Holidays from Hazel and Me

It’s the holiday season, and it's time to step away from the mic so that I can spend time with my loved ones. And same for you. In this episode, you’ll hear my four year old girl Hazel bust out …

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Dec. 18, 2019

064 Why & How to Claim Your Google My Business Profile, with Sommer P…

Today’s guest is Sommer Poquette, Founder and CEO of Keep It Real Social. Sommer is an expert in Google Business, and I wanted to have her on today to talk about Google My Business and the Google My Business listing, …

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Dec. 11, 2019

063 How to Get Started Adding Advisory Services

I want to talk to you today about adding advisory services. I want to share with you my perspective of what I see from the outside looking in, what I hear from other business owners, about what business owners want …

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Dec. 4, 2019

062 Making More Time in Your Business with Adrienne Dorison, Co-Found…

My guest today is Adrienne Dorison, the co-founder of Run Like Clockwork™. Adrienne Dorison is the Co-Founder of Run Like Clockwork™ alongside her business partner, Mike Michalowicz, where she equips CEOs to design a business and team that can run...

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Nov. 27, 2019

061 The Opportunity in Your Accounts Receivable

A lot of business owners have tens of thousands of dollars hanging out in Accounts Receivable that is more than 30 days old. Where's the opportunity for you and your business, in these owed payments? If your clients owe you …

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Nov. 20, 2019

060 Stand Out from the Crowd with Donna Leyens, President of Pumpkin …

My guest today is Donna Leyens of the Provendus Group, and Pumpkin Plan Your Business. Donna is an entrepreneur, a Certified Professional Business Coach and has an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Studies. She spent the early part of her...

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Nov. 13, 2019

059 Planning for 2020 Happens Now

In this episode, what I want for you is to start thinking about 2020, because my friends, it is upon us. Since you get sucked away by the vortex of taxes from January to April, if you don't do business …

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Nov. 6, 2019

058 How Setting Up Your Ideal Week Saves You Time with Billie Anne Gr…

My guest today is Billie Anne Grigg, the Lead Technical Guide of Profit First Professionals, where she helps accountants, bookkeepers, and financial coaches learn how to leverage the Profit First brand and principles to stand out from their...

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