10 Ways Women Can Dare To Grow Their Businesses Big http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2013/11/06/10-ways-women-can-dare-to-grow-their-businesses-big/ CPAs say working with a business coach gives them a cutting edge http://www.accountingweb.com/article/cpas-say-working-business-coach-gives-them-cutting-edge/222684?source=education Hot topics to consider as busy season approaches http://www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/PrivateCompaniesPracticeSection/NewsAndPublications/SmallFirmSolutions/Pages/Hot-Topics.aspx How and When to Raise Your Fees http://www.accountingweb.com/article/how-and-when-raise-your-accounting-firms-prices/222699 Xero adds more new features http://www.accountingtoday.com/accounting-technology/news/Xero-Adds-Data-and-Document-Management-Features68712-1.html
Read more →“What do you think about your accountant?” I asked my tablemate at the Stevie Awards dinner on November 8, 2013. My tablemate was a gentleman from Georgia who was attending the dinner with his wife who was a finalist for a Stevie Award in the Women Executive
Read more →Airlines to Allow Tech Gadgets from Gate to Gate http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24761329 Find a ProAdvisor Within QBO http://www.accountingtoday.com/accounting-technology/news/Intuit-Connects-Users-to-Certified-ProAdvisors-Within-QuickBooks-Online68603-1.html 5 Lessons to Learn About Social Media http://mainstreetpractitioner.nsacct.org/Vizion5/viewer.aspx?issueID=12&pageID=18 Awesome App winners announced at Sleeter Conference http://www.intuitiveaccountant.com/vendor-news/2014-“awesome-app-winners-announced”/ What’s Most Important to Your Clients? http://cpatrendlines.com/2013/11/04/jennifer-warawa-sage-sleeter-solutions-2013-top-tweets
Read more →Attending and learning from conferences can be amazing opportunities for your career or your business. They can also be huge money drains. It’s easy to take a look at the conference registration and make a quick decision about whether we can afford it – or even worse
Read more →Here’s the scenario: You are a QuickBooks ProAdvisor and you are interested in growing your business. You, along with hundreds of other people, just heard Brad Smith, the president of Intuit, Inc. give a keynote speech and you are in the audience. After the speech is over,
Read more →Over 400 women and about 5 men attended the AICPA’s Women’s Conference in Washington DC last week. This was a gathering of “big firm” leaders, with little representation from the tiny firms, where I like to play. Nevertheless, women (and some men, especially shy, introverted ones) from
Read more →Xero and Intuit “Drah-Mah” http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/13/xero-intuit-funding/ Marketing video I found on the AccountantsWorld website http://youtu.be/E4uEFX-cvZ0 Fortune Reveals Top Women in Business http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505268_162-57606871/fortune-reveals-top-women-in-business/ This Netflix Employee Just Raised the Bar for Awesome Customer Service – A Must-Read for Trekkies http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/11/awesome-netflix-customer-service-conversation/#! Four Roadblocks to Women in Business http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.com/entrepreneurs/2013/10/09/4-roadblocks-to-women-in-business/
Read more →It’s likely your friends and peers are urging you to get on the social media bandwagon. Hearing about social media is unavoidable these days. We have many clients that feel stressed about the whole topic. The stress or guilt comes in when they don’t really want to
Read more →SANDI SMITH LEYVA NAMED FINALIST IN 10th ANNUAL STEVIE® AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN BUSINESS Stevie Award Winners to Be Announced in New York on November 8 Plano, TX – October 11, 2013 – Sandi Smith Leyva was named a Finalist in two categories – Maverick of the
Read more →Supreme Court to Decide Payroll Tax Issue on Severance Pay http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2013/10/01/supreme-court-to-decide-whether-severance-payments-are-subject-to-fica-taxes/ California Crackdown on Tax Evaders – Good for Business? http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_24260205/legislation-aims-crack-down-tax-evasion Xero Offers Free QuickBooks Conversion Service http://www.xero.com/us/convert Please take Intuit’s Rates Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/intuitratesurvey
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