How a Spreadsheet Can Help Stop Leaks

Three ways to capture lost revenue.

By Sandi Leyva
The Accountant’s Accelerator

There are dozens (and maybe hundreds) of ways your practice can leak money.

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Here are three ideas that are fairly simple to implement and may be some great goals for you to consider.

Posted on September 5, 2015

Sandi Smith Leyva

About the Author

Sandi Smith Leyva, CPA.CITP, helps small business owners get more clients, boost their revenues, and achieve their dreams using painless, low-cost marketing strategies.

She's the author of
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At Accountant's Accelerator, Leyva provides CPE webinars and self-study training for CPAs, EAs, tax professionals and accounting professionals who want to learn more to help them grow their practices, earn more, work less, and serve their clients better.

Her business experience includes management time at two Fortune 500 companies as well as making payroll every Friday as a small business owner. A seasoned speaker, she has presented her business programs to thousands of conference attendees. Sandi has earned an MBA as well as a master's in neuroscience.

Sandi has written four technology books and over 500 articles for clients such as Microsoft, Intuit, and the American Institute for CPAs, and her most recent book is Following Amelia: A Modern Day 'Round-the-World Flight.

In 1995, Sandi became the sixth American female and the 15th or so female to co-pilot a single-engine airplane worldwide. In 2009, Sandi co-founded the American Happiness Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that helps people learn the tools they need to be happy on a long-term basis.

With quite an eclectic background, Sandi is truly a one-of-a-kind grow-your-biz, live-your-dreams coach. She transforms the latest proven scientific methods into millionaire mindsets to help her clients experience how their own hearts, minds, and spirits are their greatest source of personal power.

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