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Jan 31, 20211 min read
Podcast: Firm Succession & Metrics (an interview with Jetpack Workflow)
In this podcast interview, Optimum Strategies' Ira Rosenbloom talked with the founder and CEO of Jetpack Workflow, David Cristello, about...
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Jan 27, 20212 min read
Top 5 KPIs: Metrics That Make a Difference
Capturing and building on the right metrics is a valuable part of creating an ultra-successful firm. The good news? Metrics and data are...
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Jan 5, 20211 min read
Podcast: 5 Key Things on Managing Partners' Minds
From tax season and staffing to deal-making and community relations, Managing Partners work to ensure firms remain efficient, profitable...
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Dec 22, 20201 min read
Video: The Right Expectations for Firm Managers (CPAFMA webinar)
Optimum Strategies' Ira Rosenbloom was invited to speak at the annual conference of the CPA Firm Managers Association (CPAFMA...
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Dec 8, 20201 min read
Questions to Answer Before Tax Season
Between the coronavirus, the economy and the routine mysteries of business, we all have questions. As you ready your firms for tax...
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Nov 19, 20202 min read
How to Succeed with a Value-Added Practice Model
More and more CPA firms are finding ways to take their service platform and billing past traditional compliance and into value-added...
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Oct 22, 20201 min read
Optimum Strategies Featured at Industry Event to Help CPA Firm Managers
Managing a CPA firm in 2020 can be challenging to say the least! Firm managers can get ideas and help from experts at the CPA Firm...
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Oct 22, 20202 min read
7 Steps to Boost Firm Performance
Even if your firm is performing well, every business can do better. As you try to take a breath after the October 15th deadlines, here...
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Oct 19, 20201 min read
Living an ROI Business Culture
Accounting firms continually make investments in talent and resources to be able to perpetuate and elevate success—and the COVID economy...
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Sep 16, 20201 min read
Ways to Maximize ROI at Your Firm
Are you calculating and communicating about your firm's return on investment (ROI)? Like every other business, your firm invests a lot of...
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Aug 24, 20202 min read
Create a Can-Do Culture at Your Firm!
COVID-19 constantly reminds us of the things we can’t do these days, and, while many CPA firms have adapted to work-from-home realities,...
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Aug 3, 20201 min read
Video: 3 Roadblocks to CPA Firm Progress
Sure, staffing and lack of a succession plan are common answers to the question, "What's holding your accounting firm back?" But, beyond...
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Jul 31, 20202 min read
4 Ways to Win at Internal Succession
Firms often think that the best and only option for succession comes externally. However, COVID-19 may have actually created conditions...
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Jul 9, 20201 min read
Video: Dealing with Firm Transitions, Planned and Unplanned
If your accounting practice is changing leadership or ownership--whether suddenly in a crisis or in a planned exit or succession--here...
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Jun 15, 20202 min read
10 Hot Services to Consider
In good times and bad, service line strength at an accounting practice is valuable. Here are 10 very appealing service areas and the...
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Jun 9, 20201 min read
Podcast: Personnel Priorities for Every Firm
As part of this podcast series with PICPA, Ira Rosenbloom, Chief Operating Executive of Optimum Strategies, sits down with editor Bill...
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Jun 3, 20201 min read
COVID-19 and the New Business Imperatives for CPA Firms
Business for CPA firms is usually tied to four primary channels: Client service; Business development; Knowledge; and Financial prudence...
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May 18, 20201 min read
Supercharge Your Compensation Program!
A well-designed comp structure can motivate, challenge, reward and advance your team to keep them happy and productive. In this article...
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May 6, 20201 min read
Podcast: Succession Planning Priorities for Every CPA Firm
As CPA firm leaders plan for succession, there are priorities that should advance to the top of every firm's list, including compromise,...
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