How to Better Price Your Services

How to Better Price Your Services

Are you the 1 out of 10? Accounting professionals are dedicated, hard workers. So when I ran across a survey claiming only 1 out of 10 accountants work 7 days per week, I chuckled. Firm owners, whether bookkeepers, enrolled agents, or CPA’s, routinely work every day...
The Confusion between Fixed Fee and Value Pricing

The Confusion between Fixed Fee and Value Pricing

Don’t Confuse Fixed Fee and Value Pricing Pricing combines art with logic.  No standard pricing formula exists. As you decide between pricing strategies for your accounting firm, it’s easy to confuse fixed fee and value pricing. After all, both refer to a set price...
How Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Create Opportunities

How Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Create Opportunities

Rate your commitment A difference exists between interest and commitment. When you’re interested, you stick with activities and pursue projects within your comfort zone. If you’re committed, then you accept opportunities which challenge your current capabilities....
Business Success: Don’t Dismiss Your Gut Feeling

Business Success: Don’t Dismiss Your Gut Feeling

Do you listen to your gut feeling? The most logical choice may not be your best course of action. During those times, either you follow your gut feeling or decide to dismiss it. When you’re in the moment, acting on your hunch requires trust and courage. Theory and...
Package Your Services to Stop Competing on Price

Package Your Services to Stop Competing on Price

Employed or Self-employed Your education prepared you to be employed, rather than self-employed. As a result, you spend countless hours thinking about raising your rates. But, you keep them where they are because you don’t want to lose clients. Most training...