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How to find your accounting niche

Niching is a tried and tested way to stay competitive and grow an accounting or bookkeeping firm. For Morgaine Trine of Honestly Bookeeping, she ultimately chose to niche, not by industry, but by process and technology.

By Ziwei Chen

Case Studies

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How Anna solved a $200,000 accounts payable problem with Relay Pro

By Haley Davidson

Learn how Accrew founder Anna Ready solved a $200,000 accounts payable problem and created customer delight with Relay.

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How Relay helps Momentum Accounting make their accounting process 5x more efficient

By Matas Pranckevicius

A former “accounting app addict,” Nikole explains why every business should use Relay if they want to be efficient.

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How banking with Relay helps Salma’s remote clients avoid month-long delays

By Matas Pranckevicius

Salma started her advisory firm remotely. She soon learned that no access to a physical bank branch also meant no service — until she found Relay.

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How to find your accounting niche

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Building and scaling a people-first accounting firm with TOA Global

If you’re a firm owner, you know how difficult it can be to hire and retain accounting talent. But thanks to TOA Global, Kurt tapped into outsourced talent and scaled his team by 30% within a year.

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HIPAA 101 for Accountants: How to Stay Compliant with Saasant

If you’re an accountant or bookkeeper that works with health care providers, HIPAA is likely on your radar. Here's what it is and how to stay compliant as a financial advisor.

By Ziwei Chen

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How to Price Small Business Bookkeeping Services

When charging for accounting, should you take a value-based approach or charge an hourly rate? Blake Oliver and Jeremy Wells share their opinions in this episode of Gearing Up.

By Ziwei Chen

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How to move clients from a manual accounting process to your preferred tech stack

Here's how Garrett Alexander, Co-Founder of Orsini & Associates, saved one of his clients $12K by convincing them to switch to his preferred tech stack.

By Leigh Doyle

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How to manage accounting client expectations using visuals

Megan Justice, owner, Crayon Advisory, LLC, uses infographics to help clients understand the tax preparation process and ensure a positive client experience.

By Leigh Doyle

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Hiring for a remote accounting and bookkeeping firm

How Nancy McClelland, owner of accounting firm The Dancing Accounting, has built a remote advisory team she loves by thinking creatively.

By Leigh Doyle

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How to grow your bookkeeping business with one app

When a firm is rapidly growing, staying on top of monthly bookkeeping tasks, reporting and communicating with clients can add up to endless hours of work. This lost time can slow growth and put client relationships at risk. Dave Kersting, CEO of Capovario, shares his one-app solution to make monthly bookkeeping more streamlined and efficient.

By Leigh Doyle

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How to qualify bookkeeping prospects using Acuity Scheduling

Cindy Schroeder, owner of Bright Bookkeeping and founder of the community Bookkeeping Buds, used automation to reduce the number of free consulting calls with prospects that go nowhere by 50%.

By Leigh Doyle

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Scale your firm with standard operating procedures in Karbon

In this episode, Phil Gaudiano shares how he created standard operating procedures in Karbon to ensure his firm delivered a consistent client experience.

By Leigh Doyle

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How to deepen your personal connection with clients — and communicate faster — with Loom

In this episode of Gearing Up, we talk to Andrea Rotondo about how she uses Loom to build personal connections with clients, speed up communication and save time writing out instructions for clients.

By Leigh Doyle