Known as the most effective program of its kind in the country, our Practice Development Seminar (PDS) has helped over 4500 accountants achieve spectacular success in client acquisition.
Held 10 times throughout the year, this group live, three day intermediate training program will show you how to successfully acquire five to fifteen new clients each and every month. Comments such as “best move I ever made” and “you resurrected my business” are not uncommon from our previous attendees. One accountant, Arun Sareen from Fairfax, Virginia obtained over $4.5 million in annual billings with our techniques.
Whether you desire rapid or controlled growth, PDS will most certainly help you to reach your goals.
Scroll down for the 2012 Practice Development Seminar schedule.
Topics covered include:
- Internet marketing strategies including the importance of and use of video on your website to convert prospects into paying clients.
- Identifying who needs your services in the market and how to reach them.
- An attractive package of service specifically designed for the small and medium sized business client.
- Email marketing and how to set up drip campaigns to keep your name in front of interested prospects.
- How to successfully secure up to 15 qualified appointments per week with potential clients in your market with an outbound calling effort.
- How to hire, train, and manage your appointment setter.
- How to obtain the best lead sources to power your marketing effort.
- How to develop successful communication and presentation skills.
- How to obtain a commitment from the client along with an upfront retainer.
- Fee setting, pricing back-work, and keeping receivables to a minimum.
- Turn your results from ordinary to extraordinary with structured goal setting sessions.
- Internal processing procedures; showing you how to become efficient and profitable at the same time.
- What doesn’t work in marketing accounting services; avoid costly mistakes.
- Role playing scenarios: practice sessions to improve your skills.
- Internal marketing procedures; ways to obtain additional billing from your clients.
- Software and technology topics presented by Thomson Reuters, the leading software provider nationwide.
- The value of financial planning and how to cross sell this service to your growing client base.
- Cost effective methods for acquiring more 1040 clients.
- How to Overcome the QuickBooks Objection.
Training material you’ll receive at the seminar to include:
- Advantage DVD training program on how to give a successful sales presentation and overcome most client objections.
- Advantage DVD training program designed to help train your appointment setter and how to manage that effort.
- Advantage Audio CD-ROM Training Program on the 15 most common objections raised while selling your services and how to successfully overcome them.
- Advantage Audio CD-ROM Training Program on training your appointment setting staff to overcome phone objections and set appointments for you or your CSR.
- Internal processing package includes 35 forms on CD-ROM to help streamline processing procedures and help you manage your marketing effort.
- Softsell Sales Presentation – our multimedia CD-ROM sales presentation is now included with the seminar. Designed to help you make each sales presentation. Softsell can be shown via a laptop computer to prospective clients. It can also be loaded to your website so prospects can view it while online.
- Continental breakfast and lunch are included.
- Most seminars take place conveniently at full service airport hotel. (Free shuttle service from terminals.)
- We take all the risk – After the first day of the seminar, if for any reason you are not satisfied, just say so. We will refund your money no questions asked, plus reimburse you up to $200.00 towards your travel costs.
- $50,000 first year annual billing guarantee or you pay us nothing.
- Program qualifies for 24 CPE, NASBA-approved
For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaints, cancellations and refunds, please contact our office at 1-888-639-2543.
2012 Practice Development Seminar
Save $500!
Register for any Practice Development Seminar 30 days early and save $500!
- January 13th – 15th, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Orlando, Florida
- May 18th – May 20th, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- June 22nd – 24th, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- July 20th – 22nd, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- San Diego, California
- August 24th – 26th, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- September 28th – 30th, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Houston, Texas
- October 26th – 28th, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- November 30th – December 2nd, 2012
- Plan I Practice Development Seminar
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A $250.00 deposit will be requested. The remaining balance of $2,545.00, or $2,045.00 if you take advantage of advanced registration, isn’t due until the second day of the seminar.
Soon after we receive your registration, you’ll receive a welcome package containing our guarantee, a Travel Itinerary and Fact Sheet that provides the seminar schedule and location as well as hotel accommodations, transportation details, and related materials. We’ll follow up with personal contact.
Testimonials
"Thank you for being a kind person. From the first second I spoke to you when I lived in California (and I was healthy) I knew that you were a caring, down to earth person with a kind heart to help others. I am grateful to have met you in my lifetime. Your seminar had a huge positive impact on my business. Thanks again for working with me, and for your impeccable people skills...Your are the best."John Scarpelli, CPA
Norwalk, CT
Thank you,
Dave Faunce, CPA
Rutherfordton, NC
Faustin Lukumuena
Denver, CO
Janet Kaup, EA
Padgett Business Services
Gainesvilles, GA

