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Google Authorship: Connect to Future and Current Clients
- Tuesday, 02 July 2013
- Running a Firm
- Written by Hugh Duffy MBA
When I speak at tradeshows or events about how to grow your accounting business, I am always asked, “How do I connect with potential clients?” That is the burning question for any independent CPA or accountant trying to grow his or her business.
CCH SFS Picks New Technology Officer
- Tuesday, 18 June 2013
- People & Moves
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
CCH Small Firm Services continued its executive remake this week with the hiring of Satyan Penmetsa as chief technology officer. So far this year, Kennesaw, Ga.-based SFS has also hired a new CEO and a new CFO after the fall out from a disastrous tax season for its ATX tax preparation software.
Client Transition, Retention and Partner Succession
- Friday, 14 June 2013
- Running a Firm
- Written by Gary Adamson
CPA firms are wrestling their way through partner retirements and the accompanying succession issues in numbers that the profession has never seen before. It’s the Baby Boomer Bubble, up close and personal. Our succession planning should focus on replacing that retiring partner’s contribution on several fronts. Depending on the role of the retiring partner in the firm we will experience varying levels of pain surrounding things like replacing significant knowledge or technical expertise, backfilling a block of hours to get the work done and shoring up voids left in firm leadership.
Illinois Society Names Shapiro as CEO
- Tuesday, 11 June 2013
- People & Moves
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
The Illinois CPA Society has named Todd Shapiro as president and CEO. Shapiro will also serve as President and CEO of the Illinois CPA Foundation, CPAs for the Public Interest as well as ex-officio board member of the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois.
Robert Leaving Wolters Kluwer
- Thursday, 06 June 2013
- People & Moves
- Written by Bob Scott
Kevin Robert is retiring as CEO of Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting in September. He will be replaced by Karen Abramson, who has served as CEO of CCH Tax & Accounting North America. The change will complete a sweep of top spots in the CCH executive suite since Abramson took over from Mike Sabbatis, former head of CCH, last year.
Sabbatis Joins RealPage as Revenue Officer
- Thursday, 06 June 2013
- People & Moves
- Written by Bob Scott
Former CCH president Mike Sabbatis has joined RealPage, a Carrollton, Texas-based company, as chief revenue officer. Sabbatis held the job at CCH from March 2002 through October 2012 when he left in a year of significant changes at the tax and accounting company. RealPage produces SaaS products for the rental housing market.
Trusted Advisor Versus Trusted Technician
- Wednesday, 29 May 2013
- Running a Firm
- Written by Edi Osborne
Having the word "trusted" in front of any title is a good thing, right? However, being a trusted physician doesn't automatically make you a trusted attorney. Just as being a trusted accounting technician doesn't automatically make you a trusted business advisor.
Special Report: The New Age of Practice Management
- Tuesday, 28 May 2013
- Running a Firm
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Accounting firms want a lot more out of their practice management systems than they once did. For many, it's no longer enough to simply keep time and billing information, invoice clients and track some traditional firm metrics. Increasingly, practice management is overlapping with customer relationship management software and also adopting more of the project management measurements utilized in other fields.
Click here to access the Special Report: The New Age of Practice Management.
Read more...Break the Bad Habit of Multi-tasking
- Tuesday, 21 May 2013
- Running a Firm
- Written by Michelle Horn
While writing a last weekly tip about how an audience experiences a company, I misspelled several words in the email...grrrr. Of course, the reason was because I was multi-tasking and in a hurry. I was writing the email, moving our email service to Hubspot for the first time and watching my two-and-a-half-year-old twins, which was a bad combination! The ‘experience' that our readers got from our tips could not have been great, because of the mistakes. How ironic.
Paychex Picks SVP of Service
- Thursday, 16 May 2013
- People & Moves
- Written by The Progressive Accountant
Paychex has hired John B. Gibson as SVP of service, a new position at the payroll services company. A spokesperson says the job is focused on service delivery for all products other than the company's insurance offerings.
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