“Referral Power – Reach Further. Spend Less” Chapter 6

Save time and money by getting it right the first time you choose an outsourcing provider. If you’ve considered accounting outsourcing services you’re not alone these days. More and more practices these days have added at least one outsourced accountant to their team. The following two mistakes can be avoided before jumping in.

In its earlier years, 14 years ago when BOSS first opened its doors, accounting outsourcing was quite the new phrase. Many firms struggled to embrace the idea while a small few decided to give it a try. We understand what it’s like embracing a new business idea. Most businesses want to see how it all pans out before jumping in and rightly so. After all, even though engaging a remote accountant may benefit a firm in the beginning of a new industry it doesn’t mean there won’t be any hiccups to smooth out due to the offering of a fairly new service dealing with people on the other side of the world.

A lot of accounting outsourcing providers don’t give firms the opportunity to communicate directly with their remote staff.
If you want a job done fast and you and your accounting outsourcing team must go through other channels to pass information between each other this can add a lot of wasted time when you need work back fast.

Although most websites are happy to tell you that social media is the best way to make new leads for your business, they are seldom likely to talk about which kinds of businesses benefit the most from using social media to attract new clients. Well, unless you’re an extremely rare exemption you’ve no doubt found that social media for accounting firms ain’t going to cut it if you’re serious about growing your firm. Unless you’re happy to wait around for decades to bring in new clients!

From a recent Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) audit of 626 businesses in some parts of Australia, which included towns in the mid-western regions such as Coonabarabran, Gloucester, Dubbo, Narrabri, Wellington, Moree and Gunnedah and from the mid-north coast, Taree and Port Macquarie, a shocking 48% have failed to comply in full with workplace laws.