Vol. 7 No. 2, February 2015
The Leadership Forum is a panel of the most prominent thought leaders in the profession. Each month we ask them to respond to a question dealing with CPA firm management and leadership.
This month's question is:
What types of things are accounting firms doing to network, as part of their marketing plan? And what suggestions do you have for starting or improving their networking efforts?
Consultants and Other Prominent Observers
| William Carlino | Transition Advisors | www.transitionadvisors.com [email protected] |
| In the age of social media, many firms are taking to the various platforms to network for both clients and staff. However there is no social media that replaces... More | ||
| Angie Grissom | The Rainmaker Companies | www.therainmakercompanies.com [email protected] |
| Professionals in accounting firms can find many opportunities to network effectively. The important things to consider when determining where to spend your time are... More | ||
| Bob Lewis | The Visionary Group | www.thinkvisionary.com [email protected] |
| They need to conduct outreach to the referral partners in their community. Different than the lunches/golf approach... More | ||
| Rich Rinehart | Grant Partners, LLC | [email protected] |
| Firms have always networked with lawyers, bankers, investment managers, insurance agents and other natural advisor referral sources to their clients. In order to improve networking firms should be focused... More | ||
| Rick Telberg | CPA Trendlines Research | www.cpatrrendlines.com [email protected] |
| LinkedIn is fast becoming the new platform for strategic, programmatic networking... More | ||
| Jennifer Wilson | ConvergenceCoaching, LLC | www.convergencecoaching.com [email protected] |
| Firms are using social media, especially LinkedIn for online networking. Then, they are engaging in a wide variety of in-person networking activities including... More | ||