Your Time Has No Inherent Value

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Kless

… but here’s what does.

By Ed Kless, as told to Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long

Do you believe your time has inherent value to your clients?

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Sorry, but no. Your time has no inherent value; it certainly doesn’t have any value to anyone but you.
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Ed Kless: What Is Strategic Pricing?

There are three strategies. Use what you want, but learn them all.

By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

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Kless

I’m super jazzed to introduce Ed Kless, who’s going to be discussing the fundamentals of strategic pricing.

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He is the senior director of partner development and strategy at the Sage Group. He’s also the co-host and author of The Soul of Enterprise. He developed and delivers curriculum for Sage Consulting Academy, business strategy and workshops related to customer experience. He’s also a senior fellow at Vera Sage, which is where Ron Baker teaches pricing to firms in our industry.

Kless: We’re going to review the fundamentals of strategic pricing. What I’ve found fascinating about the subject of pricing is for as complex as it is, there are only three basic strategies. We’re going to review what those are and talk about where one might use one over the other and why they’re important to know. Even if you don’t prescribe to one or the other or only ever use one strategy, it’s important to know what the three are.

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How to Keep Current

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By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

How do we stay up to date?

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One thing is making time for it. That’s the key to a lot of things and actually the first step to a million things is making time for it. Some things I do include continue attending conferences.
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What I Wish I Knew When I Started My Practice

Word "MARKETING" highlighted above other wordsThey are skills you can learn. Accountants are good at that, right?

By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

One thing I like to focus on is just letting people understand that they do need additional skills.

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We already come with the accounting because that’s our background. So we come with accounting, bookkeeping, tax or whatever it is in our background and so we have that part down.
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Best Practices for Growth: Network, Specialize, Share

Businessman explaining something on laptop to another manWhat are you doing that your clients might want to implement?

By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

How do we grow and advance in the practice? How do we excel in the accounting profession?

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I think one of the most important things you can do to help yourself excel in this profession is to network with your peers. I know some people think, really aren’t they my competition? Why would I want to network with them we’re all after the same clients?
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Reconnect with Your Why

Portrait of a young pensive businesswoman in officeChoose what, with whom and your reward.

By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

Let’s think about what is it we really like doing. What do you enjoy doing?

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I know when we first start a practice you’ll do anything. You just need money. You need clients.
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How to Get the Most Out of Your Portal Year-Round

Woman drinking coffee in front of desktop computerSecurity, convenience, liability and visibility make portals valuable outside of busy season.

By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

We’re really thrilled to have Grady Slane with us today. He is a product marketing manager for Citrix Share File.

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Grady: I’ve been with Citrix Share File for five years and through that entire time period I’ve been working with accountants. I hope I’m able to share some insight today, particularly on portal technology that you find helpful.
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5 Steps to Get Clients to Say ‘Yes’ to Cloud Applications

Businessman using smartphone while waiting at a subway stationFind the unique benefit that will resonate with each client.

By Sandi Leyva and Michelle Long
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

Today we’re talking about getting clients to say “Yes” to cloud applications.

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Our guests from Bill.com will be giving you a very detailed five-step plan.
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