Episodes

Jan. 6, 2021

119 The Traveling CPA: Around the world in 14 minutes

CPAs and accountants worked crazy hours in 2020. The start of 2021 may be no different.  Many CPAs, out of concern for their clients, logged extra hours for those clients, to understand PPP, EIDL, and other loan programs to help keep their...

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Dec. 30, 2020

118 Pent-Up, Flat-line, or Decrease: Anticipating 2021 Demand for You…

Today I share with you a way of looking at 2021 on your clients’ behalf.  While exactly predicting the future is difficult, the year can be broken down into 3 main phases: hunkered-down, re-opening, and post-Covid. We are likely to be hunkered...

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Dec. 21, 2020

117 Create Your 2021 Goals & Strategic Plan for Your CPA Firm

Have you planned your 2021 yet? Do the time, money, and the math all add up?

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Dec. 16, 2020

116 From Hourly Billing to Flat Rate for Cares Act Documentation

My guest today is Erica Goode.  Erica is a freelance finance professional, working with a small handful of clients, focusing on financial forecasts while staying out of tax as much as possible.  Many CPAs choose hourly billing when they...

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Dec. 9, 2020

115 Create Space for Amazing Clients By Removing Ones You've Outgrown

If you have ever had to fire a client, you know how hard it can be. In the end, you know it will be better for you both (or at least, for you), but when it comes time to have the conversation or hit the Send button,  it’s easy to talk yourself...

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Dec. 2, 2020

114 CPAs Need to Stop Accepting Trap Money

Trap money is money that looks like good money, but in reality, it’s a trap.  Trap Money is important to be able to recognize because it’s one of the factors keeping CPAs under the glass income ceiling and working long hours.  If you can...

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Nov. 25, 2020

113 Out of Compliance and into Tax-savvy Stock Option Consulting, wit…

My guest today is Minnie Lau. Minnie provides tech professionals working in late-stage start-up companies that are about to IPO, guidance on stock option vesting and selling strategies.  These tech professionals who work at top levels inside...

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Nov. 18, 2020

112 Does Your CPA Firm Sell Outcomes or Deliverables?

Today I'm going to dig into what deliverables are and what they sound like in the CPA world, so that you can get better at recognizing them and understand why it's such a problem to sell deliverables. We'll talk about what outcomes you might consider...

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Nov. 11, 2020

111 Better Pricing Methodologies For CPA Firms, with Jonathan Stark

We're back today with Jonathan Stark. In case you missed it we did a recording with Jonathan a couple of weeks ago. It’s episode 106 - Better Pricing Strategies for Accountants. There was so much more to talk about that I invited him to come back on...

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Nov. 4, 2020

110 15 Phrases to Scrub from your CPA Firm’s Website

Today we’re talking about the copy on your website. Because you might be either alienating prospects who visit your website, or not attracting them to begin with. And because of that, you could be missing out on really good revenue.   What...

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Oct. 28, 2020

109 The CPA Who Innovates, Wins

Are you stuck thinking about Advisory Services in the commonly accepted tiers of transactional, controller, vCFO? These 3 tiers are great way to begin to think about Advisory Services for CPAs. But why these 3, and only these 3?  Here are some...

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Oct. 21, 2020

108 The Dangers of Listening to CPAs for Wisdom

Guidance and wisdom in the accounting industry tend to be provided by accountants and CPAs. There's a notable absence of expertise and wisdom from thought leaders outside the accounting industry. In order for any profession to advance, it needs to...

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Oct. 14, 2020

107 Are You Building the CPA Firm You Want to Own?

Have you ever heard of a tool called the wheel of life? It's a really simple but powerful tool to help you take stock of the most important areas of your life and visualize which ones are going best and which areas you want to devote more of your...

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Oct. 7, 2020

106 Better Pricing Strategies for Accountants: Stop Billing by the Ho…

My guest today is Jonathan Stark. Jonathan is a former software developer who is on a mission to rid the world of hourly billing. He is the author of Hourly Billing Is Nuts, the host of TWO podcasts: Ditching Hourly and The Business of Authority, and...

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Sept. 30, 2020

105 Mathematical Proof Specializing Will Make You a More Profitable C…

I am here to offer you mathematical proof that different is more profitable.  The best possible strategy to becoming more profitable without having to work so hard includes specializing.  A few weeks back, a well-known software developer...

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Sept. 23, 2020

104 How Much Would a CPA Pay for a Kid's Bike?

Today I want to talk to you today about how to price a bicycle. Now you might be wondering, what has this got to do with being a CPA? What does the price of a bike have to do with payroll, cashflow, or tax strategy?  I'll tell you what the...

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Sept. 16, 2020

103 Cashflow Forecasting, Niching, and Raising Your Rates with Emily …

Today’s guest is Emily Sandberg. Emily provides cashflow and forecasting services to online coaches and course creators.  While many accountants focus primarily on making sense of the past, Emily works with her clients to know the future of...

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Sept. 9, 2020

102 A High-Margin CPA Firm: It’s Easier than You Think

Today we're talking about your business. Is it a lot of work? Do you spend it too many hours or more hours than you want in front of a screen toiling away?  At the end of a long work week, do you ever wonder if there was an easier way? Many CPAs...

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Sept. 2, 2020

101 How a CPA Can Raise Prices with Confidence

Today I want to talk with you about why checking in a few times a year on your best clients’ results and how you as a CPA contributed to their success can help you feel more confident in your pricing. When CPAs take the time to stop and observe,...

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Aug. 26, 2020

100 The Conversation That Will Propel Your Accounting Practice

It’s just too easy to assume that your clients want only what they come to you for, and then, simply, serve them up the usual menu of accounting and tax.  The problem is that your best clients likely want so much more than accounting and tax....

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Aug. 19, 2020

099 Lean and Profitable By Design, with Anjali Jariwala, CPA, CFP, & …

Anjali Jariwala, CPA and CFP®, is the founder of FIT Advisors — a financial planning firm serving physicians and business owners virtually across the US. She utilizes her expertise in tax and finance to empower her clients to discover and reach...

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Aug. 12, 2020

098 A Framework is Essential to CPAs Working Less and Earning More

Today we're talking about how creating your own signature framework can be a gamechanger in your accounting practice. A framework is your process or methodology, your approach of how you work with your clients. It's the process you walk your clients...

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Aug. 5, 2020

097 Get Reading Outside the Accounting Box

What’s on your summer reading list?   Now that the July 15th deadline is behind us, hopefully you have a bit more discretionary time to read the latest releases on finances. Now, I don't need to tell you why to read books, but I will anyways:...

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July 29, 2020

096 Accounting Marketing Doesn’t Suck, with Hugh Duffy, CEO of Build …

Today’s guest is Hugh Duffy, CEO and Co-Founder of Build Your Firm (BYF), Inc. Hugh is the leading marketing coach for accountants and takes pride in the impact that it has on their practice, and lives. With more than thirty years of marketing...

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