Not everyone who’s familiar with Jody Padar knows why she’s nicknamed the Radical CPA. In addition to being considered a bit progressive with her online presence, she’s passionate about leveraging quality technology to create a better accounting firm. She recently chatted with one of the sales reps at Botkeeper about how some firms aren’t blown away by new accounting technology. Essentially, they meet it with skepticism because they don’t understand how it can work. Learn more at: https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/how-to-beat-the-big-firms-by-leveraging-accounting-tech

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How to Beat The Big Firms by Leveraging Accounting Tech

Rapid business growth and increased sales are often the epitome of a “good problem” for accounting firms. While doubling your client base generally means an exponential rise in revenue, unprecedented growth tends to be a great disruptor for bookkeeping. It’s easy to fall out of good accounting habits and become overwhelmed by sheer volume as you deal with double the journal entries, rolling invoices, and fluctuating cash flow. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/tips-for-maintaining-bookkeeping-disciplines-when-your-client-base-doubles

Tips for Maintaining Bookkeeping Disciplines When Your Clients Base Doubles

Technology advancements over the past five years have changed the business landscape completely, and the evolution isn't slowing down anytime soon. This is especially true in the accounting space, where we’ve seen a large pop in the progression of technology over the last two to three years. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/accounting-automation-expectations-vs.-reality

Accounting Automation: Expectations vs. Reality

As the leader of an organization of 100+ amazing people coming from various backgrounds, religious views, and lifestyles, it’s always been important to me that we go above and beyond in being inclusive, supportive, and understanding. Learn more at: https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/its-time-to-speak-up-a-note-from-our-ceo

It's Time to Speak Up: A Note from Our CEO

The world in the time of Corona is upside-down! The first thing to acknowledge is that in the next six to ten months, new legislation, new social and professional norms, and new practices in every sector will become solidified to create a new normal. Where does this position CPAs? Gretchen Pisano, who has been holding our hand through this process, encourages CPAs to lean into this shift. CPAs are trusted supporters of and advisors to our clients, setting them up for as much success as possible. No matter how crazy the world gets, these tenets will not change, but how we execute might. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/when-the-rules-no-longer-apply-be-like-a-startup

When the Rules No Longer Apply, Be Like a Startup

As your accounting firm makes adjustments and settles into a new normal—at least for the next few weeks while COVID-19 remains a serious threat—it can be hard for firm leaders and managers to maintain status quo. You’re used to face-to-face meetings, casual chats around the water cooler or coffee pot, and impromptu Q&A when complex client issues arise. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/7-tips-for-leading-a-remote-team-during-the-covid-19-crisis

7 Tips for Leading a Remote Team During the COVID-19 Crisis

With the current events taking place around COVID-19, business as we know it has changed. The way that accounting professionals conduct their day-to-day has evolved and will continue to evolve in the coming weeks. Learn more at: https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/10-marketing-tactics-for-accountants-during-covid-19

10 Marketing Tactics for Accountants During COVID-19

If there are specific people that business owners trust, their accountant is very high up on the list. Accountants watch over their clients’ finances, make recommendations for cost-saving and growth opportunities, and they ultimately provide their clients with advisory services on how their businesses can and should grow in the future. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/why-you-should-practice-accounting-advisory-with-emotion

Why You Should Practice Accounting Advisory With Emotion

As the Partners watched their business grow, they knew they had a bandwidth challenge. How could they offer exceptional service to their clients and have a successful tax season? With just the two of them, it was nearly impossible to complete all the necessary tax and advisory work and still do vital bookkeeping tasks, given how manual and time-consuming they were.

Tm2 Saves 30 Hours A Week with Botkeeper’s Accounting Partner Program

Zack Gould, co-founder of G&N Insurance, a home, auto, and commercial insurance provider, was spending 10+ hours a week completing the bookkeeping tasks for his growing company. Zack knew that he wanted to spend more of his time focusing on his relationships with mortgage lenders and referral partners and less of his time focusing on the books. He decided to hire Botkeeper. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/gn-insurance-saves-50-hours-each-month-with-botkeeper

G&N Insurance Saves 50+ Hours Each Month with Botkeeper

As a nonprofit organization, you’re required to record and report not only cash donations but in-kind contributions, too. Sound like a lot? That’s because it is! In-kind gifts make up a majority of donations to nonprofits, and these charitable contributions no doubt keep a nonprofit functioning. That’s why they’re always welcome! Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/how-to-record-in-kind-donations-for-non-profits

Everything You Need to Know About Recording In-Kind Donations for Nonprofits

In a world where the average company uses at least five clouds at once to store data and information, SaaS businesses are in high demand. SaaS—software as a service—companies host an application and then make it available for customers over the internet. Clients remotely access their data and information using the SaaS company's server. This makes for neat and tidy dealings for the hiring company since they can access their data through the application at any time. It also eliminates the need for manually stored data—saving time, money, and valuable office space. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/when-things-dont-add-up-how-to-navigate-common-saas-accounting-challenges

When Things Don't Add Up: How to Navigate Common SaaS Accounting Challenges

Sometimes there’s truth to the old adage that if you want something done right, you do it yourself. And usually that’s when you’re working on a passion project that requires your own individual creativity. But smart business owners with growth mindsets know that delegating is actually one of the most important skills they could have.For most of us, construction is one of those areas where it’s smart—and often safest—to hire someone to do the work for you. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/construction-labor-cost-percent

What Percentage of Construction Costs Is Labor? Pricing Your Bids Correctly

No matter what industry you’re in, accounting is one of those critical tasks that requires diligence and attention to detail. Needless to say, it’s not usually the favorite activity for most business owners or managers. Accounting for a construction company is even more complicated and often cumbersome. There are so many details, departments, and partners to consider that it’s a wonder anyone does it correctly at all! Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/tips-accounting-for-construction-company

Accounting for Your Construction Company: Common Mistakes to Avoid

Managing the relationships that your company has with suppliers and vendors is challenging. And the more vendors you have, the more at-risk you are for costly errors in your accounts payable process. Learn more at https://www.botkeeper.com/blog/how-accounts-payable-outsourcing-works-and-why-your-business-needs-it

How Accounts Payable Outsourcing Works and Why Your Business Needs It

We hate accounting, but it has to be done. This podcast is a collection of our best audio blogs designed to help you focus less on how much you also hate accounting and more on how to grow your business. Botkeeper provides bookkeeping to businesses using a powerful combination of skilled accountants and automated data entry through the use of machine learning and AI. Check us out at botkeeper.com

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