Building the Premier Accounting Firm

This week, Roger talks with Jeff Cohen, a Desired Speaker, Certified Profit First Professional, Management Consultant & Business Coach, with over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, who also appeared and went toe-to-toe with the Sharks on ABC's 'Shark Tank'. They discuss matters of accountability and how as entrepreneurs we can be responsible and accountable for our actions and create a culture of accountability in our businesses. Jeff also reflects on his personal failures, declaring bankruptcy during the height of the 2007 recession, and the lessons he learned from this experience. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Our Guest: Jeff Cohen Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: To get the first chapter of the Countonable book for free, click on this link www.countonable.com Download the free resources and the first chapter of the book. Feel free to reach out and schedule with his team Get your free copy of Profit First Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestion you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this episode, Roger and Best-Selling author and former UK Entrepreneur of the Year, Steve Pipe, discuss the importance and role that accountants and wealth managers play in creating a good quality of life for their clients. Steve shares his personal story of how he helped his dad, a printer who felt overwhelmed by the shift in technology in the industry, retire early by creating a personal balance sheet for him. They also discuss why as an accountant you should always give one-page summaries to your clients and much more Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: Steve Pipe Previously named as the world's most highly rated accountant and advisor to accountants, Steve is a best-selling author, dynamic speaker and former UK Entrepreneur of The Year. As a co-founder of Speakers for Good, he is a passionate advocate of the Business for Good movement, where his goal is to help provide 100 million days of help to people in need across the world (with the total amount provided so far standing at 19million days). His books for accountants include "The World's Most Inspiring Accountants", which has been described by other practice development gurus as a "masterpiece", "ground-breaking" and "desperately needed", and "The UK's best accountancy practices", which ICAEW President Mark Spofforth describes on the dust jacket as "brilliant" His other books include "101 ways to make more profits", "Stress proof your business and your life", "How to build a better business and make more money", and the "Better business, Better life, Better world "trilogy In 2021 he is researching and writing "The world's most inspiring businesses". Outside of work Steve has been married (to an accountant) for almost 40 years, has three adult children, and lives in Yorkshire. His hobbies include playing tennis badly and playing blues guitar terribly. Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: Get a free copy of Steve's book, 'Our Time to Rise.' This is a book about the extraordinary economic, social, personal and emotional impact accountants across the world are having. Click the following link to get a copy www.ourtimetorise.global and www.stevepipe.com Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In our latest podcast this week, Roger Knecht speaks with Leadership Communications Expert, John Bates on the power and the science of effective communication. You will learn how you can inspire others through the way you communicate and how learning to communicate effectively can lead to personal growth and development and make you a better leader. If you're a public speaker, you'll also learn what it takes to deliver a world class TED talk and how to make an emotional connection with your audience. 'Communicating with human beings is not logical but biological.' - John Bates Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: John Bates As a world-renowned Leadership Communication expert, trainer and "Executive Whisperer" John helps great leaders change the world. John is also one of the most prolific and successful TED/TEDx-format speaker coaches in the world. John has spoken on stages across the world, at TED and TEDx events many times and has trained thousands of top leaders in both the TED-Format as well as coaching them in the great leadership tools that mastering the TED format brings to leaders; influence, emotional intelligence, leadership presence, authentic connection, deep vision transference, and much more. Sponsors: Business owners (or administrators) can book a 30-minute virtual coffee with a member of our team here: https://stg.software/coffeeIt's free. We send you a Starbucks gift card and do a quick technical survey on your business. After the call, we compile the information into a free report and send it over. Also, learn what you can do to communicate better with your clients as their Profit & Growth Expert using BizBench to effectively benchmark their business and offer strategic insights. For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestion you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

Are you leveraging your online presence to get the clients you deserve? In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Donna Serdula on how to leverage your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn best practices, how to brand your LinkedIn so that you are seen by your target audience, how to build and leverage your LinkedIn connections and much more. Listen in and learn why your LinkedIn is so important to your end goal as a professional or as a business, and how to set up your profile the right way. Get ready to take some great notes, in fact, have your Linkedin profile up and ready to work on as you listen in. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Our Guest: Donna Serdula Donna Serdula is the pioneer of the concept of LinkedIn profile optimization.She is an in-demand speaker throughout the US and has been featured on Business Insider, Time's Money section, WallStreet Journal's Market Wartch, LA Times,NBC among other news outlets. She is a keynote speaker and an author. Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: Get in touch with Donna through LinkedIn for further assistance on how to set up your LinkedIn profile and how to use the full potential of LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/todonna/ Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Blaine Oelkers on 21-second-habits. In the conversation, Blaine gives tips on how you can create habits that bring success and results instantly and stick with them for a lifetime. Learn ways of how to personally implement and get the right stuff done. Get insights on the power of the mind. What you find in the mind is very important, hence one should be careful not to fill it with negative thoughts. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: Blaine Oelkers Blaine Oelkers is America's only Chief Results Officer and a leading authority on personal implementation. He is an expert on creating valuable doneness. He loves to help people get results and advice on the habits that bring success and results. Blaine is; - LinkedIn TOP Connector! 25,000+ 1st-Level connections, 1.7M 2nd-Level and 786M 3rd-Level - TEDx Talk over 190,000 views - Leading authority in personal implementation and consistency - Habit Master with a documented streak of 1454 days in a row and counting! - Lifetime work-from-home entrepreneur - Graduate of Purdue University & Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Program - Co-author of 3 books & frequent podcast guest - Oversees more than 20,000 weekly personal implementation plans check-ins per year Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: There are several resources that you can benefit hugely from. Blaine's TEDx Talk Mastering Think and Grow Rich – Create the Life You Desire 21-second-habits-guidebook Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Michael Jones on cash flow, providing great quality products or services and building a relationship with your clients or customers. Michael gives tips on how to come up with policies in the business to help come up with solutions or reforms for the issues encountered in business while handling clients. Michael also talks about mental health awaressness while running businesses. He offers tips on how to deal with such a situation. He addresses the need to be able to be, if nothing else, more sensitive and aware and be willing to talk about this and be willing to help people deal with such situations. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: Michael Jones Michael Jones is the Vice President of Business Development Company. He has led a number of businesses helping in their growth especially in the technology industry. He has previously served in numerous executive leadership roles including President and CEO of publicly traded diabetics technology and disease management service company. He has also pioneered the advancement of video based telehealth and telemedicine technologies. Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: If you are a consultant or fractional CFO of a cash flow advisor, someone that just would like to know about how they can help their clients, especially from a cash flow situation, there is a solution for you. Michael has some great programs for accounting professionals that you can participate as a partner or affiliate to Ventech. Contact Michael today and get the information you need. Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Josh Fonger on some insights regarding coaching from a practical level. Josh points out the benefit of hiring people to do some of the work they are experienced in so you as the business owner can focus on more revenue producing things or what you enjoy doing. This helps grow a company and through systems liberate ourselves from the day-to-day operations of the company and at the end of the day, the business becomes self-sustaining. Josh also speaks on time management urging us to recognize certain times of the day when we are most active and able to achieve so much. He urges us to be more deliberate and manage time effectively. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: Josh Fonger Josh Fonger is the CEO of WTS Enterprise. He is a business performance architect and an international business consultant, coach and speaker. Josh has a unique experience helping businesses grow, simply by using the WTS method. Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: Get a summary offer of the book; ' Work the System: The Simple Mechanics of Making more and working less." Go to https://wtsenterprises.com/ to get access to this book. Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht and Iilens Dort discuss how business is about people, helping people, improving people and making people better. They point out how people are resources in business that need to be leveraged and inspire them to be great leaders. Individuals are a great asset in our business and lives hence why it is important to be good to people. Dort speaks of the need to give back to society so as to take the blessings we've received and help those that are not able, this could in turn be something positive down the road. He also points out that every problem has a solution. We need to be open and vulnerable enough to go to our peers, go to our master groups and in those mastermind groups maybe share situations we're experiencing and get input and suggestions from these people. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Guest Name: Illens Dort Illens Dort is the President and founder of Maximum Impact Council. He is also the author of 'The 5 Secret Fears of Failing in Business ( And How To Overcome Them). He was born and raised in Haiti and is currently living in Utah. Dort loves to help business people to grow themselves and their businesses. Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: Get a copy of the The 5 Secret Fears of Failing in Business book. Iilens will pay for the shipping and handling and send you a signed copy of his book. Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals Also don't forget The turnkey business plan; it's essentially what all accounting professionals need to understand as they're running their business. For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Chris on using technology to improve your business. Technology can be overwhelming for some individuals but getting to understand the best timing to implement it in the business and using the right one makes a great difference. Chris explains the different software applications that you can adopt to efficiently do your work and be that hero who brings solutions to their clients. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Our Guest: Chris Paolucci Chris is the alliance manager in the mid market space for Tipalti. He has been working in the financial technical space for seven years to help organizations improve their processes and increase their efficiencies utilizing a robust tax stack. He currently works with CPA firms, bookkeeping firms and consulting firms that are looking to bring value to their business and more importantly to their client base. Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: Request a demo from someone Tipalti even with Chris where they will find out more information about you, your clients, the organization and offer you a solution in relation to your business needs. Find ways to systematize your marketing and sales and more importantly learn about the best practices and CRM ensuring that you're staying in contact with those that are potential clients all the way through to getting them as an engagement. Learn more about the universal CRM. Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777

In this week's episode, Roger Knecht speaks to Melanie Power and Andrew Robertson, founders of the global movement for bookkeeper revolution. Melanie is well known for her role at Xero as the head of bookkeeping and growing her own practice to 120 clients in a year. Andrew is a chartered accountant who has transitioned his own mid tier accounting firm from compliance to advisory work tripling his revenue with one-third of the clients. He is designing systems that help businesses track their records so they can normalize the tax they pay. In their conversation, Melanie and Andrew share tips on how to build confidence and competence to help you get to a point you understand pricing and how to do it right and get paid what you are worth. Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center Our Guests: Andrew Robertson and Melanie Power Sponsors: Universal Accounting Center Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth. Offers: Perfectly Price Your Bookkeeping Packages Without Spending Hours "Guestimating" Over Proposals And Short changing Yourself! Find out more using this Pricing Calculator Get a FREE copy of this book all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. This is a must-have addition to every accountant's library to provide to have the premier accounting business today: "in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable" – e-book "Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant's guide to QUICK turnarounds" – the how-to-guide e-book for accounting professionals Also don't forget the turnkey business plan it's essentially what all accounting professionals need to understand as they're running their business. For Additional FREE Resources for accounting professionals check out this collection HERE! Be sure to join us for GrowCon, the LIVE event for accounting professionals to work ON their business. This is a conference you don't want to miss. Remember this, Accounting Success IS Universal. Listen to our next episode and be sure to subscribe. Also, let us know what you think of the podcast and please share any suggestions you may have. We look forward to your input: Podcast Feedback For more information on how you can apply these principles in your business please visit us at www.universalaccountingschool.com or call us at 801.265.3777