Accounting Automation

Digby Leigh has been working in law for over 30 years and founded his current firm Digby Leigh & Co in 2005.

Digby is also an expert on hourly billing and different billing models that can be used to move away from charging clients based solely on your time spent. He’s effectively used these in his firm to improve his staff's lives while keeping his customers happy. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Accounting Automation:

• The positive and negative aspects of using an hourly billing model.
• What inspired Digby to move away from billing by the hour.
• How to transition away from billing by the hour.
• How moving away from billable hours encourages the creation of better systems.
• How to use data analytics to measure the effectiveness of your billing model.
• How to work out your pricing structure.

Resources:

• Digby Leigh & Co.
• Ditching Hourly
• AltFee Solutions

Connecting with Digby Leigh:

• LinkedIn

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

If you want to sell more at your firm, focus on delivering successful outcomes for your clients.  Your clients don't care about your output.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/selling-more-successfully/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

What is the most profitable service your firm offers?  Here's a hint - high revenue and low amounts of invested time.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/most-profitable-service/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

Why do firms in the accounting industry work ridiculous hours?  Do you really want to work on nights and weekends?  Let's fix it.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/working-crazy-hours/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

What is the current state of your team's mental health?  Leverage tools for tracking and monitoring the mental health of your team.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/tracking-mental-health/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

Employees need a healthy work-life balance to be the most productive.  Help your team find the right balance with a workplace analytics tool.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/workplace-analytics/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

Intelligent Automation can dramatically improve the employee experience.  Let's talk about how much exactly and in which ways.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/boost-employee-experience/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

Jessica Freiburg has been with Sassetti for almost 20 years and became Managing Partner in 2021, where she provides strategic direction to the firm while overseeing daily operations, developing their employees, and working with clients across various service lines. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Accounting Automation:

• The challenges of balancing capacity with continued growth.
• Different growth strategies.
• Using offshore and outsourcing solutions to solve growth challenges.
• The benefits of outsourcing data entry work.
• How to measure the effectiveness of different growth strategies.
• Areas within accounting that can be automated.
• The amount of time you can free up with automation.
• How we can shift from monotonous to engaging work.
• Why it’s important to reassess your client base and how to do it.

Resources:

• Sassetti
• NxtStep

Connecting with Jessica Freiburg:

• LinkedIn
• Email

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/

​​How profitable are the employees at your firm?  Let's talk about this as a metric and what your firm can do to improve it.

Read more - https://nxtstep.io/most-profitable-employee/

Want to boost the profitability of your firm without needing to hire?  

Sign up for my free 5 day video email course Bottleneck Buster - http://bottleneckbuster.com/

How and where to connect with Sean:

• Website - https://nxtstep.io/
• Daily List - https://nxtstep.io/daily/
• Connect with Sean on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-boyce/
• Email Sean at [email protected]

To learn how to boost the profitability of your firm without hiring by taking my 5 day email course at http://bottleneckbuster.com/