The Launch Blog: Expert Advice from the CorpNet Team
Five Ways to Optimize Your Accounting Firm Operations
If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you frequently get the urge to change the way you do things and replace them with new systems and fresh ideas. After all, spring is the time for new beginnings, and your accounting firm operations could probably use a bit of a...
What Is a 501c3 and When Do You Need One?
Have you always dreamed of starting a nonprofit organization so you can give back to your community? Maybe you have a charity that’s close to your heart, such as research for autism or helping the homeless, and you’ve always wanted to have the same kind of impact...
Business Name Restrictions: What to Know Before Registering Your Business
One of the most exciting initial tasks to tackle when starting a business is brainstorming names for your company. It’s also one of the most critical to-dos; your company’s name will be the foundation of your brand, so you need to consider it carefully. As you...
Accounting SEO: Local Search Optimization You Need to Know
Just like traditional businesses, accountants and CPAs have many options available for promoting and growing their service revenue. One of the most vital options is search engine optimization or SEO for short. I might be just a little bit biased since I've been...
The Bookkeeper’s Guide to Outsourcing
How many of your bookkeeping clients are business owners outsourcing their accounting tasks to you? If you’re lucky, probably quite a few, since small and large businesses alike have plenty of complicated financial needs. Smart business owners know that outsourcing...
Symptoms and Remedies for 13 Common Entrepreneurial Pitfalls
It seems that everyone on Instagram is an Entrepreneur or CEO. What used to be a high risk and scary choice, has now been glamorized into fast money, luxurious lifestyles, and ready-set-go businesses. A picture is worth a thousand words, but the stories behind the...
Seven Tips for Optimizing LinkedIn for Accountants
With more than 546 million users, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network. The social network has established a solid niche for itself by focusing on workforce needs such as finding new business, searching for jobs and building professional...
The Best CPA Marketing Channels for Growing Your Firm
Whether your accounting business is just starting out, or whether you’re a seasoned veteran, marketing your business is a must. It’s crucial in good economic times and in bad. In fact, during an economic downturn, choosing the right CPA marketing channels for your...
Tax Season Survival Kit for Accountants
No matter what your industry, you know when your busy season is about to start. For retailers, it’s the holidays; for florists, Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day; for water parks or surf schools, summer. For accountants, of course, it’s tax season, where you can...
Small Business Tax Advice and Survival Guide
Tax season comes to all businesses big and small, and can be a headache no matter how well you think you’ve prepared. For a small business owner wearing many (or all) hats in the business, it’s an unwelcome extra task sure to cause late hours and frayed nerves. To...
How to Find Your First 10 Accounting Clients
Searching for the first clients for your startup accounting business might seem like finding a needle in a haystack (or, for you Harry Potter fans, like finding a Horcrux in the Room of Requirement). In reality, however, it can actually be pretty simple, thanks to...
How to Budget as a Freelancer
Creating a budget as a freelancer shouldn’t be any harder than it is for any other small business. And yet, the rollercoaster ride of finding and keeping clients, collecting invoices, marketing your business and juggling all of this yourself can create major...
Increasing Client Satisfaction in Accounting Firms
What if you could increase customer satisfaction, while also increasing your revenue and profits? What if you could accomplish both objectives without changing your existing workload or staff? In a recent webinar, we walked through the benefits moving towards a...
Closing a Business Checklist: Ten Steps From Our Experts
All businesses go through ups and downs, and many will suffer cash flow crises. After some tough times, you may be tempted to walk away from your business - but closing down a business is not a decision that you should make in a fit of frustration. Starting a...
Do I Need a Startup Advisor?
A startup advisor can be invaluable to help you navigate through startup pitfalls, structure your company, find funding or scale up your business for profitable growth. I recommend a startup advisor -- provided you can devote the time to make the most out of your...
