what partners don’t tell you

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dobek, tierney, baker

four outlooks from our exclusive expert council.

by martin bissett
passport to partnership

the skill in producing financial reports is limited by the quality of the information presented to the cpa by the client. the motivation of the client to influence that financial information comes in many forms, some intentional and some unintentional. competence comes first in being able to resist pressure and present a true and accurate position of the client’s organization.

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sounds obvious, doesn’t it? but there’s a twist.

competence doesn’t actually rank highly among the requirements for partners in our study at all.
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don’t wait for business to come to you

hand using key to unlock doorit’s called failure to implement. ouch.

by martin bissett
practice growth checklist

have you noticed all of those titles in the local bookstore or at the airport offering us the “key” to this and the “key” to that, the “six keys” to one thing, and the “four keys” to another?

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it also seems that every book is a “game-changer” now, to the point where it is difficult to understand what the game is anymore, never mind how to play it.
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your first sale is to yourself

screen shot 2015-01-16 at 8.11.40 amcan you win over your first client?

by martin bissett
the martin bissett practice growth system

winning your first client is all about understanding why someone would buy from you before you ever speak to them, before you ever meet them before you ever start the preparation for talking to them.

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this discipline too often goes unexplained by most sales training programs offered to the accounting profession, but ultimately we have to be comfortable with who we are and the value that we offer.
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covid slams u.k. accountants, too

martin bissett reports on life, business, winners, and losers from england.

by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间

you can divide accounting firms in the u.k. much like you can in the u.s. – into those that act proactively, and those that don’t, martin bissett tells 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 in a video interview. and that’ll be the difference, he says, between those that survive the pandemic and emerge as market leaders and those that don’t.

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“what accounting firms should be doing is: they should be understanding that their goodwill for years, if not decades, to come is built now,” says bissett, an expert contributor to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 and the author of a number of manuals and handbooks. “people are going to remember how they acted now in the time of crisis. they should be proactive, number one. proactive means phone calls, zoom calls, instigated by the practice, not by the client.” read more →

how to forecast your practice growth

financial graph on blackboard5 questions to ask yourself.

by martin bissett

if i could give you one tip that would assure that you could predict your consistent practice growth, it would be to look at your calendar.

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you need to look at what is on your calendar and to look at today’s date and ask, “where is the money coming from this month?” look at what recurring fees you have, look at the value of those fees and what they bring in. then consider what would happen if any of those fees did not recur. look at what would happen if those fees dropped out of the equation and think about how you would replace that income.
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