Diversify Your Offerings
While it may sound counterintuitive to increase your service offerings during economic turmoil, in the long run, it can be the one thing that will ensure survival for your tax practice.
The longer the recession runs, the more competitive the market will become. A prospective client will have less money to spend, and he’ll be looking for a financial provider that can give him more bang for his buck.
Consider the accountant who has access to much of the same information you do. If that accountant offered tax preparation services in addition to accounting services, might you lose a client to a financial provider who is not only more convenient, but perhaps more cost efficient?
You gain a competitive advantage by becoming a one-stop financial shop for prospective clients.
Accounting Services
Thumb through your local phone book to see how many small businesses exist in your area. Consider that all these businesses are required, by law, to keep an accounting record. Most small business owners don’t have the expertise necessary to effectively manage their own books. If you could perform those accounting services while increasing their profitability and decreasing their spending, your fee would be worth its weight in gold. And you would have a competitive advantage.
UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Program is designed to teach you how to start a business’s books from scratch. Whether you’re an experienced accountant or a beginner, this course will enhance your knowledge and confidence in order to add accounting services to your menu. You can earn valuable certification demonstrating that you have the expertise required to manage a business’s financials. Add to that the training you will receive on marketing your new skill set and you have a program that’s practically risk-free!
Here are what just a handful of graduates have said about the Professional Bookkeeper Program:
This is the best investment for the money and for my future.- B. Davies
We would like to thank you for the opportunities you uncovered for us through your excellent accounting course. - S. & C. Scharp & S. Young
Having been a CPA in ‘Big 8 Firms’ and a top level executive in bluechip companies I especially appreciate your ability to simplify the subject. You definitely are providing a greatly needed service to people who are interested in being independent. - D. Bird, CPA
Watch video testimonials here!
QuickBooks Services
By why stop with accounting services? Increase your business’s appeal by offering QuickBook services as well. UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper’s Guide (PBG) to QuickBooks will help you master this accounting software, and once you do, you can offer QuickBooks setup, help and consultation services, charging $45 to $75 per hour.
More than 85% of small businesses use QuickBooks to manage their accounting. That’s a large percentage of your target market! And once you’ve helped a company set up its initial QuickBooks system, who do you think they’ll turn to for help? You, of course! After all, you’ll have the training and expertise they’ll need whenever they run into a problem. And it won’t be long before they realize that it will save them more time and money to let you manage all their accounting and tax needs.
Take advantage of this package deal and enroll in UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Program and its complementary course the Professional Bookkeeper’s Guide to QuickBooks. Not only will diversifying your services enable you to wait out the recession, but it will enable you to grow your business and gain a competitive advantage. Order now!
