
Get Lifelong Accounting Clients: Relationship-based Secrets w/ Ralph Estep Jr.
03/14/25 • 47 min
Join Roger Knecht as he welcomes Ralph Estep Jr. to Building the Premier Accounting Firm. In this enlightening conversation, they explore relationship-based accounting, the integration of faith and purpose in business operations, and strategies for developing a comprehensive accounting practice. Learn how meaningful client connections and a dedication to service can elevate your firm to new heights.
In This Episode:• Building lasting client relationships through authentic care and understanding • Integrating faith-based principles into accounting practices • Developing diverse skills to better serve clients • Creating value through proactive communication • Balancing technical expertise with personal connection
Key Takeaways:- 🤝 Build Lifelong Relationships: Focus on making genuine connections with clients, understanding their personal and professional goals.
- 🌟 Incorporate Faith and Purpose: Align your accounting practice with your values to create a fulfilling and impactful career.
- 🌱 Be a Well-Rounded Professional: Diversify your experiences and interests to better relate to clients and offer holistic advice.
- ❤️ Show Genuine Care: Prioritize your clients’ well-being to improve the quality of your services and foster long-term loyalty.
- 🗣️ Communicate Proactively: Use technology and personal interactions to keep clients informed and engaged.
Thank you for joining us on this episode of Building the Premier Accounting Firm. For more information on how you can start your own accounting practice, or implement the strategies mentioned in this episode at your firm, connect with our team at 435-344-2060.
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- Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth.
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Get your copy of Mastering Your Finances by Ralph Estep. It's your roadmap to a secure and thriving financial future.
Also, take advantage of this opportunity to enroll for free in Personal and Family Finance.
Get a FREE copy of these books all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. These are a must-have addition to every accountant’s library to provide quality CFO & Advisory services as a Profit & Growth Expert today:
- “Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant’s guide to QUICK turnarounds” – This is a how-to guide on how to turn around a struggling business into a more sustainable model. Each chapter focuses on a crucial aspect of the turnaround process - from cash flow management to strategies for improving revenue. This book will teach you everything you need to become a turnaround expert for small businesses.
- “in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable” – Nine Principles to Make Your Business Profitable – Discover what you need to know to run the premier accounting firm and get paid what you are worth in this book, by the same author as Red to Black – CPA Allen B. Bostrom. Bostrom teaches the three major functions of business (marketing, production and accounting) as well as strategies for maximizing profitability for your clients by creating actionable plans to implement the nine principles.
- “Your Strategic Accountant” - Understand the 3 Core Accounting Services (CAS - Client Accounting Services) you should offer as you run your business. Help your clients understand which numbers they need to know to make more informed business decisions.
- “ Your Profit & Growth Expert” - Your business is an asset. You should know its value and understand how to maximize it. Beginning with the end in mind helps you work ON your business to build a company you can leave so that it can continue to exist in your absence or build wealth as you retire and enjoy the time, freedom, and life you want and deserve.
Follow the Turnkey Business plan for accounting professionals. This is the proven process to start and build the premier accounting firm in your ar...
Join Roger Knecht as he welcomes Ralph Estep Jr. to Building the Premier Accounting Firm. In this enlightening conversation, they explore relationship-based accounting, the integration of faith and purpose in business operations, and strategies for developing a comprehensive accounting practice. Learn how meaningful client connections and a dedication to service can elevate your firm to new heights.
In This Episode:• Building lasting client relationships through authentic care and understanding • Integrating faith-based principles into accounting practices • Developing diverse skills to better serve clients • Creating value through proactive communication • Balancing technical expertise with personal connection
Key Takeaways:- 🤝 Build Lifelong Relationships: Focus on making genuine connections with clients, understanding their personal and professional goals.
- 🌟 Incorporate Faith and Purpose: Align your accounting practice with your values to create a fulfilling and impactful career.
- 🌱 Be a Well-Rounded Professional: Diversify your experiences and interests to better relate to clients and offer holistic advice.
- ❤️ Show Genuine Care: Prioritize your clients’ well-being to improve the quality of your services and foster long-term loyalty.
- 🗣️ Communicate Proactively: Use technology and personal interactions to keep clients informed and engaged.
Thank you for joining us on this episode of Building the Premier Accounting Firm. For more information on how you can start your own accounting practice, or implement the strategies mentioned in this episode at your firm, connect with our team at 435-344-2060.
Sponsors:
- Helping accounting professionals confidently and competently offer quality accounting services to get paid what they are worth.
Offers:
Get your copy of Mastering Your Finances by Ralph Estep. It's your roadmap to a secure and thriving financial future.
Also, take advantage of this opportunity to enroll for free in Personal and Family Finance.
Get a FREE copy of these books all accounting professionals should use to work on their business and become profitable. These are a must-have addition to every accountant’s library to provide quality CFO & Advisory services as a Profit & Growth Expert today:
- “Red to BLACK in 30 days – A small business accountant’s guide to QUICK turnarounds” – This is a how-to guide on how to turn around a struggling business into a more sustainable model. Each chapter focuses on a crucial aspect of the turnaround process - from cash flow management to strategies for improving revenue. This book will teach you everything you need to become a turnaround expert for small businesses.
- “in the BLACK, nine principles to make your business profitable” – Nine Principles to Make Your Business Profitable – Discover what you need to know to run the premier accounting firm and get paid what you are worth in this book, by the same author as Red to Black – CPA Allen B. Bostrom. Bostrom teaches the three major functions of business (marketing, production and accounting) as well as strategies for maximizing profitability for your clients by creating actionable plans to implement the nine principles.
- “Your Strategic Accountant” - Understand the 3 Core Accounting Services (CAS - Client Accounting Services) you should offer as you run your business. Help your clients understand which numbers they need to know to make more informed business decisions.
- “ Your Profit & Growth Expert” - Your business is an asset. You should know its value and understand how to maximize it. Beginning with the end in mind helps you work ON your business to build a company you can leave so that it can continue to exist in your absence or build wealth as you retire and enjoy the time, freedom, and life you want and deserve.
Follow the Turnkey Business plan for accounting professionals. This is the proven process to start and build the premier accounting firm in your ar...
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Rewind : Seeing Abundance When Selling Your Accounting Services w/ Michelle Weinstein
Join us as we revisit this conversation from 2020!
Michelle is an optimist, seeing opportunity and potential new clients everywhere.
Selling accounting services can be fun and when you combine passion with an abundant mindset there is no stopping your potential to build your business.
Listen as Roger and Michelle discuss principles you can use to become comfortable selling your quality accounting services.
In the end, it’s about helping your clients and letting them see you as the expert to help them.
Your Host: Roger Knecht, president of Universal Accounting Center
Our Guest: Michelle Weinstein
Michelle trains accountants how to use her unique and proven system to sell more services, overcome any objection, and have a life full of abundance!
She has successfully trained CPAs how to actually and efficiently IMPLEMENT powerful techniques adding $10k to $50k in additional revenue every month.
Michelle is also the host of the, The Abundant Accountant Podcast is where accounting professionals come to learn the most efficient and powerful ways to grow their firm, sharpen their skills, and have consistent increasing revenue. She cover topics from networking, pricing, finding your ideal clients, increasing cash flow, setting boundaries with clients and much more so accounting professionals can stop giving away their time and expertise away for free and start being paid their value and worth!
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That’s why I’ve created a simple 5-step process for accountants so that you can feel confident positioning yourself as the expert, get consistent, high-quality referrals, and easily get people to say YES to paying you what you’re worth (no matter how much you charge), while working less all year round. Go to 5stepstoabundance.com now if you want to stop waiting around for the busy season every year and have an accounting practice full of high-level clients who are happy to pay you the fees you deserve and who actually appreciate the work you do for them.
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Get a FREE copy of each of the two books all accounting professionals should use to offer trusted strategic advisory services and get paid what they are worth. These are must-have additions to every accountant's library to provide the value clients look for 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
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