Fewer people than ever seem to be looking for new accountants in yellow pages or by remembering that they saw an ad in the local paper (or anywhere else).Far more people are asking friends, family and online contacts who do they know? Who can they...
Topics: Achieving success

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A recent study suggests that 40% of tweets are “pointless babble“. Regular readers might expect me to agree, especially if you recall an earlier post here: Twitter is not for accountants.And whilst I appreciate the scientific nature of the...
Topics: twitter

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Hopefully you know who is your most important client. You can apply your own criteria to decide of course.  You might choose the one who pays you the most fees year in and year out, or the one who constantly refers wonderful new clients to you; or it...
Topics: Achieving success, Mentoring

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Accountancy Age has published a profile piece on Peter Hargreaves (Chartered Accountant and founder of Hargreaves Lansdown).  In it he is quite scathing about certain elements of the profession. None more so than the smaller...
Topics: Achieving success, Adding value, Career development

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I was asked for these when contributing to a business survey recently.1 – Set up rules in your email management system to reduce the time absorbed by incoming emails.2 – Book time in your diary for regular activities such as bookkeeping,...
Topics: Achieving success, Career development

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