by Sandi Leyva | Jun 18, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
The amazing change the internet has set in motion for the world still blows me away when I think about it. But an organization called TED and the impact it’s had on the world blows me away just as much. You’re in for a jaw-dropping experience if you’ve...
by Sandi Leyva | Jun 11, 2013 | social media for accountants
Social media is all the rage, and there’s lots of pressure on small business owners – from friends, coaches, and especially social media vendors – to get you to use social media in your marketing. In most cases, we like to talk accounting practice owners and...
by Sandi Leyva | Jun 5, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
Imagine that a new client comes to you with “the dreaded shoebox” of bank reconciliations, receipts, and bills. The client is a year or so behind, and you are hired to get them caught up. Do you take that client, knowing you’ll be swamped doing data entry...
by Sandi Leyva | May 28, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
With so much to do as business owners, we can get pretty overwhelmed at times. We can start believing that we have a “time” problem, but since all of us have 24/7, there really is no such thing as a time problem. What you might have is a “focus” problem. ...
by Sandi Leyva | May 21, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
If you have small business clients that don’t pay attention to their accounting as much as you would like them to, you are likely not alone. The problem is that most of us accountants give up on those types of clients who seem apathetic to our passion for...
by Sandi Leyva | May 14, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
Perseverance is a skill that anyone can learn to not only survive, but thrive through life’s curves. When adversity strikes, it’s not what happens to you but how you respond to what happens to you that has the greatest impact on your life. Here are four specific...
by Sandi Leyva | May 8, 2013 | accounting websites
We all spend a huge amount of time working all those emails we receive. Luckily, there are many ways to tame the task so you can free up valuable time to work on other things. Here are eight ideas to check against what you’re already doing and...
by Sandi Leyva | May 2, 2013 | Accounting Marketing
After over 30 years in this profession, accounting has never been more promising and more exciting. The main reason is technology is driving data entry costs so low that it’s just about to disappear. That means we can finally focus on helping small...
by Sandi Leyva | Apr 23, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
If you feel you should be doing better than you are in business, you may have a belief pattern that is unconsciously holding you back. The first step is to bring it to the surface. Only then can it be addressed, released, and replaced with a belief that...
by Sandi Leyva | Apr 16, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
Airplane pilots have checklists for just about everything they do. Checklists promote performance consistency, make it easier to learn new procedures, and increase safety exponentially. In accounting, we can learn from the airline industry and apply checklists to...
