Daily Archives: December 6, 2011

How to Make Your Firm a Success Magnet

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Fligel

Learn what it takes to attract the best talent and merger partners.

by Robert Fligel, CPA
RF Resources LLC

For many in the CPA business, organic growth is going to be very slow for the next several years. So, CPA firms seeking growth are:

  1. making strategic mergers or acquisitions, or
  2. bringing in new partners or groups of partners with strong books of business.

But how do you position your firm to be desirable to merger partners or new talent?

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BBQ’ing the Billable Hour

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Would you buy a pulled-pork sandwich if it was priced by the hour? At Aries Technology, a Sage software reseller, they wouldn’t recommend it. That’s why they’re going to market with an aggressive value-pricing strategy. via ariestech.com

CPA CFOs See Slight Spending Increases Ahead

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But no new hiring.

via AICPA

The outlook for the U.S. economy improved in the fourth quarter, but broad pessimism about the progress of a recovery persists, according to the fourth quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey, which polls chief financial officers, controllers and certified public accountants in executive and senior management accounting roles.

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