THE RADICAL CPA

How Timesheets Stymie Teams

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Four office workers in discussion“When you aren’t tracking the minutes, your team can learn to lead itself.”

By Jody Padar
From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

Where is ownership and leadership in the old-school model?

Uh, nowhere?

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Is that why everyone is complaining there is no one left to take over our firms anymore? Whose fault is that?
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When Staffers Meet Clients

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Senior businessman mentoring two younger workersAre they asking the right questions?

By Jody Padar
From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

It’s our communication skills that need improvement.

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Partners have the skills, but those skills don’t get transferred to our lower-level employees.
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How Timesheets Kill Teamwork

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High angle view of business people stacking hands in a teamwork gestureHourly record-keeping is an individual sport.

By Jody Padar
From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

Capacity gives you and your team incredible opportunities for professional growth. Never at any of my old-school firm jobs did I feel like I was part of a team.

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Yes, I had co-workers who would help if needed. But it was always at the expense of an hour. That may seem harsh, but if your managers are looking at budget hours and you need coaching to get through your part of the assignment, they might only offer up their help begrudgingly.
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Eric Majchrzak: Taking Risks with Marketing

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Portrait of Eric Majchrzak
Majchrzak

3 experiments his firm is trying.

By Jody Padar
The Radical CPA Guide

Eric Majchrzak is a shareholder and the chief marketing officer of BeachFleischman PC, a Top 200 firm in Tucson, Arizona, with approximately about $28 million in revenue, 21 partners and 160 employees.

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We go way back. He’s been known to be pioneering when it comes to digital marketing and social media. I asked him what he’s been up to lately; this is how he responded:
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When You’re Selling Product, not Hours

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Word "MARKETING" highlighted above other wordsWinning in niches gets easier, too.

By Jody Padar
From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

Product marketing is so different than selling service hours. It’s easier to teach to your employees.

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Why? Because there are advantages to selling a product.
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Top 20 Social Media Hacks to Build Your Business

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Social media words on cubesSome of these can be automated.

By Becky Livingston
The Accountant’s Social Media Handbook

Social media should be a major part of your business marketing plan.

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Here are 20 ideas to help you build your small business.

You can use many of these ideas on one or more platforms; they are all designed to help increase engagement, develop leads and grow your brand.
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Four Rules for Setting Boundaries in a Social and Mobile World

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Businessman using smartphone while waiting at a subway stationYour customers expect service everywhere they find you. Rule 1: set expectations.

By Jody Padar
From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide

Here are some of my tips on setting boundaries in the social world.

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1 – Be upfront with your customers. If I respond immediately – awesome, however on social I may not respond immediately.

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Maximizing Social Media: The Importance of People

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Young people holding social media logos“Social selling is lead generation rooted in social media.”

By Jody Padar
From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide 

Social media is the underdog of business development. Although I build relationships in both an offline and the online world, most my firm’s business comes directly from having both an online and an offline connection. I have multiple clients now whom I have never met IRL (in real life).

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It’s all about relationships; it always has been. 
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