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Business Strategy for CPA's

Business Strategy for CPA's

Geraldine Carter 395 episodes Latest May 20, 2026

Business Strategy for CPAs is a podcast that helps accountants run their businesses more effectively. Host Geraldine Carter offers advice on simplifying practice, escaping the compliance trap, reclaiming time, and increasing fees. Through guest interviews and solo episodes, listeners learn strategies to work less while earning more. The show aims to help CPAs stop missing out on life and add six figures to their income.

Episodes

393 Turning Discovery Calls into Paid Offers Jun 3, 2026 2599 Why do discovery calls eat your time and still end with “let me think about it”?In this episode, you’ll hear how Meagan Bukowski stopped relying on follow-up sales calls and built a product ladder that does the qualifying and selling for her.Instead of pushing a “$1,000/mo offer,” she solved one small, urgent problem first – paid.That first yes led naturally to the next step, and then ong
392 Simple Systems, Free Time: Simpler Operations, Better Life May 20, 2026 593 What if the reason your firm feels so heavy isn’t your workload — it’s that too much of it lives in your head?Most CPAs don’t need more hustle, better memory, or another piece of software. They need simpler systems that stop the chaos from depending on them personally. This episode breaks down how small operational shifts reduce mental load, calm the constant spinning, and make firms dram
391 How to Fix “I Don’t Have Time” Thinking May 6, 2026 2287 Many accountants will say, “I don’t have time to work ON my business.”That thought feels true – but it’s often the biggest thing keeping firm owners stuck. In this episode, Peak Freedom mindset coach Natalie Hunt and I break down what’s really hiding underneath it: overwhelm, fear, people-pleasing, default yes, and the accounting industry’s unhealthy norms. Once you see what’s actually go
390 Niching for CPAs: Why Generalist Firms Feel Harder Apr 22, 2026 394 Feel like your firm is scattered and you have to say yes to everything?It might be niching problem. In this episode, I walk through why staying broad makes everything harder, and what actually happens when you narrow your focus. You’ll hear why the fear is normal, what changes on the other side, and how niching leads to better clients, easier work, and more confidence. If your firm feels
389 Pricing for CPAs: You’re Doing Too Much for Too Little Apr 8, 2026 469 Does your firm feel harder than it should?If so, pricing is often the reason. It’s the lever behind your workload, your capacity, and your revenue – even if it doesn’t look like it on the surface.But sitting down to “learn pricing” from scratch isn’t realistic.My job is to take the best thinking on pricing – from people like Ron Baker and others – and distill it into something straightfor
388 Packaging for CPAs: It’s Not About Your Services Mar 25, 2026 230 Are you working too many hours and not sure what to fix first?It’s not your time management. It’s your packages.There’s a new private podcast feed inside Peak Freedom, entirely dedicated to packaging for CPAs, plus the Creating Packages Toolkit to help you actually build them. If your scope is messy, your pricing feels like guessing, or your hours are out of control, come inside. Start fi
387 57 Client Success Stories: What Actually Works Mar 11, 2026 483 Wondering if this could work for you – or if your situation is just different enough that it won’t?You’re probably more similar to other successful firms than you think.This episode pulls together 57 real client interviews and the patterns that consistently show up when CPAs change their pricing, narrow their focus, and protect their capacity. If you want steady proof and practical clarit
386 Podcast Update: What’s Coming Next Feb 25, 2026 276 Hey podcast listener – quick update.I’m taking an intentional pause from producing new episodes for the main podcast, and I’m genuinely excited about what’s coming next.Behind the scenes, I’m working on several big projects designed to help Peak Freedom members get better results, faster – with far less second-guessing, worry, and uncertainty.And here’s what’s exciting: the results member
385 The Invisible Power of Marination with Natalie Hunt Feb 18, 2026 2172 Announcing the *NEW* Client Success Stories podcast: https://business-strategy-for-cpas-success-stories.transistor.fm/👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Feeling too overwhelmed to “work on the business” – but you still want things to get easier?Progress doesn’t always come from pushing harder. In this episode, we talk about the invisible power of “marination” – how being in the right environment quietly chan
384 How I Stopped Working Out of My Inbox After 20 Years, with Lori Yearwood, CPA Feb 11, 2026 2098 Announcing the *NEW* Client Success Stories podcast: https://business-strategy-for-cpas-success-stories.transistor.fm/👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Still running your firm out of your Inbox?In this episode, a CPA who spent 20 years living in her Inbox shares how she got down to Inbox Zero, shredded the paper piles, stopped the late-night deadline sprints, and finally knew what to work on next.You’ll hea
383 How Simple Systems Saves Suzanne Green, CPA 8–10 Hours a Week Feb 4, 2026 2084 Announcing the *NEW* Client Success Stories podcast: https://business-strategy-for-cpas-success-stories.transistor.fm/👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything right – solid clients, fair prices, full days – and yet the hours and money still aren’t quite where you want them?That tension usually isn’t about missing one thing.It’s the accumulation of small leaks most CPAs
382 [WIP Series] The Messy Middle of Reshaping a Tax Firm with Michelle Kinnison, CPA Jan 28, 2026 1895 Announcing the *NEW* Client Success Stories podcast: https://business-strategy-for-cpas-success-stories.transistor.fm/👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆Ever catch yourself comparing your firm to someone else’s after picture and wondering what you’re doing wrong?Here’s a different perspective – you’re not behind, you’re just still in it.This Work in Progress episode is for anyone mid-messy change, not standi

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