How to Give Legal Advice at Social Gatherings
Lawyers

How to Give Legal Advice at Social Gatherings

Protect your friendships from legal bias.

Between succulent bites of ham and sips of eggnog, the holidays are typically spent catching up with old friends and extended relatives. Though this time of year is full of many joyous occasions, get-togethers

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How to Ignite Success During Winter Home Showings
Real Estate

How to Ignite Success During Winter Home Showings

Don’t let the season dampen your resolve.

Winter is a dreary time for home sales, but the added challenge doesn’t mean you should abandon hope. If you take these guidelines to heart, you can melt down seasonal difficulties to ignite

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Moving Beyond the Spreadsheet
Accountants

Moving Beyond the Spreadsheet

Big data and the future of business intelligence tools.

Like most professions, accounting has been fundamentally altered by modern computer technology. As an accountant, you keep your work organized, productive, accurate, and efficient by using digital spreadsheets. However, the relationship

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Questions Every CPA Should Be Prepared to Answer
Accountants

Questions Every CPA Should Be Prepared to Answer

Know what your customers are thinking.

Have you ever experienced a job interview where the questioning was more like an interrogation than a conversation?

As an accountant, you’ve probably sat through an “interview” where a customer asks you everything except

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The Dos and Don’ts of Holiday Staging
Real Estate

The Dos and Don’ts of Holiday Staging

It’s that time of year again.

Holiday music is filling the airwaves, and twinkling lights are making every street shimmer. But amidst the holiday cheer, realtors are faced with a challenge—how to survive real estate’s off-season.

While it’s true that

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5 Essential Steps for Effective Succession Planning
Lawyers

5 Essential Steps for Effective Succession Planning

Plan today, retire comfortably tomorrow.

You can’t pass the torch when no one’s waiting for it. Though you may not want to step away from practicing law, you’ll need to hand over your clients and responsibilities at some point. Succession

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Referrals May Glitter, But They’re Not All Gold
Lawyers

Referrals May Glitter, But They’re Not All Gold

You don’t have to accept every customer.

You exhaust the possibilities to expand your client base, face new career challenges, and get a leg up on your competition. But you can’t let your business goals cloud your better judgement. As

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5 Steps to Take When a Claim Threatens Your Career
Real Estate

5 Steps to Take When a Claim Threatens Your Career

Call, write, and stay proactive.

Your client taps her nails on the chair as she sits in the customer lounge. She’s been waiting there for half an hour, because your last appointment ran way over. As your printer slowly spits

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4 Devastating Accounting Disasters
Accountants

4 Devastating Accounting Disasters

When you cook the books, you pay the price.

The word disaster often brings forces of nature to mind: hurricanes assaulting coastal cities, tornadoes wreaking havoc across the Midwest, and earthquakes shaking foundations of skyscrapers. The truth is, humans create

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