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Pillars for Business Growth: Sales

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The series is from Chartered Accountant, consultant and author, Jeff Borschowa, from his book, 8 Pillars for Exponential Business Growth. The series is focused on how to find new and better ways to integrate innovation and technology to enhance the customer experience and improve efficiency in the accounting process.

The sales process focuses on closing deals, signing up new customers, and maintaining relationships with existing customers. Basically, this is the activity that converts your marketing leads and prospects into paying customers. If you are not comfortable with sales and negotiations, you need to gain some level of comfort and experience quickly. I recommend sales training programs for all of my customers and students, regardless of industry. I believe that our sales ability determines the level of success that we achieve in life. If you view “sales” as a negative concept, change your perspective to focus on relationship building and exceptional customer service.

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Spring into a Clean Office

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Hooray, winter is almost done…well here in Winterpeg we can only hope so…and it is time to look forward to spring. As we shift seasons, it is also a time to get organized with the traditional spring clean. Besides putting away the parka and getting out the rake at home, you should also think about getting organized at the office too. Here are five tips for a successful office spring clean: Continue reading

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Keep Tidy with Telpay

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Much like your closet needing that yearly de-clutter, your desk most likely needs the same attention—and what better time than spring!  Telpay’s electronic payments offer an easy way to keep tidy by eliminating paper, envelopes, and stamps form your desk drawers.  As well, our built in reporting system eliminates reports from cluttering your desk space.  With Telpay you can access all reports payroll and payment electronically at any time.  Attend at Telpay March webinar for some great “spring cleaning” tips designed to help you make the switch to electronic payments.

Find a webinar time that’s right for you and register here

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL WEBINARS ARE SCHEDULED IN CENTRAL TIME. Please adjust the webinar start times according to your time zone.

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Spotlight: The Oscars of Bookkeeping

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Roll out the red carpet for Dianne Mueller, who is a Certified Professional Bookkeeper (CPB), a certified Sage 50 consultant and a certified Sage trainer. Dianne has been a strong supporter of Telpay for over 10 years continuously recommending Telpay as an option for her small business clients. Her company, Soma Small Business Solutions, was established in 1997 and is now located on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Continue reading

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Pillars for Business Growth: Marketing & Networking

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The series is from Chartered Accountant, consultant and author, Jeff Borschowa, from his book, 8 Pillars for Exponential Business Growth. The series is focused on how to find new and better ways to integrate innovation and technology to enhance the customer experience and improve efficiency in the accounting process.

Marketing encompasses all activities that encourage a prospect to contact you in the first place. In my experience, it is hard to stand out or make any significant gains through traditional marketing, such as television, radio or newspaper advertisements, mainly due to the fact that mass media is exactly that – directed to the masses. For the most part, you target a medium’s entire audience and hope that they identify with you.
Random marketing can produce random results. Before you start marketing, you need to clearly identify the characteristics that represent your ideal customer. Creating a clear picture of the person you will ultimately target with your marketing will drastically improve your results, especially your return on investment for marketing effort and dollars. Your ideal customer will form the basis for any subsequent marketing plan that you develop.

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