First steps in developing a pricing strategy.
By August J. Aquila
Price It Right
After demand, perhaps the next most important factor affecting a CPA firm’s pricing policies is competition.
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As clients and prospects become more educated about CPA firms in their market, more sophisticated about the services offered and more cost-conscious, pricing becomes more important and more firms are beginning to stress the price of their services, especially in competitive request-for-proposal situations. Intensive price competition in most professional service industries is now a way of life, from hotels to airlines, from car rentals to telecommunications and from law firms to CPA firms.
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