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Daily Archives: August 26, 2013
Clients Can’t Ignore Tech; Neither Can You
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Technology is Overrated: Competition Drives Change
It’s competition, not technology, that’s driving change in the accounting profession. And it’s just as scary.
by Bruce W. Marcus
Professional Services Marketing 3.0
There seems to be a general impression that the changes in accounting that created the modern firm resulted from the blast of technology that began to enter the professions in the early 1980s. Not so. READ MORE →
Crowdsourcing for Accounting Practices
Going beyond outsourcing and virtual workers.
By Sandi Smith, CPA
Accountant’s Accelerator
The days are long gone when the only way to build your business was by hiring full-time employees. Now there are so many more choices. Many employees are interested in part-time work. Some prefer to work virtually, which frees a company up from being limited to local talent. And then there’s crowdsourcing, a whole new way to tap into talented labor on a project-by-project basis.
Crowdsourcing is a special way to outsource a task. With outsourcing, you know exactly who will be doing the task. With crowdsourcing, you don’t; people just show up and contribute. Wikipedia calls it “distributed problem-solving.” READ MORE →
Partners Demand Accountability, Except….
Except when it affects themselves.
By Marc Rosenberg
Author of How To Bring in New Partners
Partner accountability addresses what is expected of each partner, how partners will be managed so that the expectations are met and what the consequences will be for failure to meet these expectations.
I have interviewed hundreds of partners on partner accountability. I frequently ask them if they would like the firm to have partner accountability. The most common response I get, somewhat apocryphal, is: “Yes, I’m all for partner accountability (long pause) as long as it doesn’t affect me!” READ MORE →
Top Ten Best Places to Find an Accounting Job
Finance sector jobless rate falls to 4.7% from recession high 7.7% With the job market strengthening, career opportunities for finance, tax and accounting professionals are widening to places like Seattle and Phoenix, beyond traditional financial industry centers like New York according … Continued