Firm Management November 10, 2026
What to Tell Clients Who Ask About Overseas Bookkeeping and Admin Help
Overseas help works best when the work is repeatable, documented and measurable.
October 25, 2011
Why The Flat Tax Won’t Happen
But as much as I love the concept, I think we have to file it away with those other warm and fuzzy but ultimately unworkable ideas like world peace or men and women being able to share a bathroom.
October 24, 2011
How Electronic Confirmations Enable More Accurate Responses, While Saving Time and Money
A case study with Schaffner, Knight, Minnaugh & Company, P.C.
October 24, 2011
How to Build a Better Workflow by Blending Cloud & Premised-Based Solutions
Wednesday, October 26 – 2:00 p.m. EDT Join Darren Root and Mark Ryburn as they discuss how to build a better workflow. Don’t miss this valuable webcast, where you will learn: Why firms of all sizes can benefit from an automated workflow process How firms can blend Cloud solutions with on-premise solutions in order to...…
October 22, 2011
How an Integrated Bill Management Solution, Combined with a Solid Financial Accounting System, can Improve Efficiencies Within your Firm
A case study with LarsenAllen, LLP
Technology October 20, 2011
Barcoding: It’s Not Just For Retail Anymore
From Oct. 2011 - Barcodes are breaking out of their retail mold. They’re finding new ways to help businesses of all kinds build more efficiency into their operations, even enhancing marketing and training efforts.
October 19, 2011
Tech Predictions for 2012
At a global broadband policy conference in late 2011, I was asked to define the state of technology in this year. The answer came down to this: 2011 was the year that reality set in. That requires a bit of explanation, but we can begin to define it with five simple trends that emerged this…
October 19, 2011
A Year of Change, A Future of Promise
First, I’d like to say thank you to those of you who have followed my columns and presentations for years. I look continuously for companies and products that will help your practices serve clients better while producing better revenue for the firm and the partners.
October 18, 2011
Gifts, Gadgets and Tech for the Holidays
From Geeky to Chic, A Gadget for Everyone on Your List!
October 18, 2011
Making Your Website Mobile Friendly
As more consumers use their smartphones and other mobile devices to search for places to eat and shop, small businesses without a mobile version of their website could be losing potential customers and revenue.
October 18, 2011
Advertising and Accounting
Years ago, I worked for a firm whose principal partner, a man with no family or outside interests, kept us at work on Christmas Eve until after a 6pm “staff meeting” — no holiday cheer in that firm, and we secretly began to call him “Uncle Ebeneezer.” I was reminded of that when I saw...…
October 17, 2011
Giving Back to the Community
The Watkins team brings anti-bullying program, Operation Nice, to local schools. This month’s Great Practice profile is unlike any other. Our spotlighted firm was selected based not on innovation in technology, branding or website (though they certainly exhibit all this in spades), but rather for the firm’s commendable effort to give back to the community.