Six Strategies to Make More without Working More

Are there skills you can leverage in multiple ways?

By Sandi Leyva
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms

When I worked in the corporate world, it was always great to get a raise. Now that I am an entrepreneur, raises are replaced by increases in revenue and profits. More revenue and profits are nice, as long as we’re not working correspondingly more hours.

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So how can we give ourselves a true raise: work the same amount of hours or less and make more? Here are a few strategies for your consideration:

Posted on October 19, 2023

Sandi Smith Leyva

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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
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms,
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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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