<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819106256161744338</id><updated>2011-07-30T20:30:19.309-04:00</updated><category term='marketing'/><category term='buisness'/><category term='marshall kanner'/><category term='twitter'/><title type='text'>Marshall Kanner</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marshallkanner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marshallkanner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Marshall Kanner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17084215219298020560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mGr5BynyEFU/TBEbNdiVhgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XTD6YieQOWY/S220/CIMG9831_2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819106256161744338.post-3488350307378278318</id><published>2010-07-05T10:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T10:43:58.222-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Concept Energy Group</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_135519318"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.deckmonitoring.com/"&gt;http://www.deckmonitoring.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5819106256161744338-3488350307378278318?l=marshallkanner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://marshallkanner.com' title='Concept Energy Group'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/3488350307378278318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/3488350307378278318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marshallkanner.blogspot.com/2010/07/concept-energy-group.html' title='Concept Energy Group'/><author><name>Marshall Kanner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17084215219298020560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mGr5BynyEFU/TBEbNdiVhgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XTD6YieQOWY/S220/CIMG9831_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819106256161744338.post-1366376091135201880</id><published>2010-06-30T05:31:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T05:31:00.557-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marshall kanner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buisness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marketing'/><title type='text'>Marketing &amp; Prospecting</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mr. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;, an industry expert in Marketing &amp;amp; Prospecting Techniques  for direct delivery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; service-related firms has counseled hundreds of professional  clients in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; designing and developing marketing  plans for managing their business expansion goals&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;As &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;this  region’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; top Financial Planner, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mr. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; is well-known for his &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;experience in  designing, implementing and managing various types of marketing and  prospecting programs that uniquely fit within today’s commercial  environment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In a recent phone interview with a Social Networking provider, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mr. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; explained one critical business strategy for today’s commerce  environment:&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; global economy, having a  cyber-space presence is a matter of necessity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; not of desire.&amp;nbsp; There is an enormous  amount of customer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;options a service firm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; may offer to a potential client, depending upon its type of  web presence.&amp;nbsp; For example, some firms may offer on-line chat sessions  with their account reps regarding questions, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; may offer on-line small business &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;best&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; practices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; tips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;.”&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In fact, that is exactly what &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; provides for his clientele; business development strategies  that enable &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;service firms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;world-wide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; to strategically &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;hone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; their marketing plans  to meet today’s bottom-line budgets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;For example, a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;popular business  expansion strategy is to develop standardized practices and procedures  so that a company can franchise its service concepts &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;to other smaller mom &amp;amp; pop business experts in a specified  geographic region; thereby &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;increasing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;its business exposure efforts and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;adding to its financial coffers.”&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; adds that while this seems like a popularized, easy to  implement business strategy, “It is anything but simple to accomplish  and definitely should only be utilized as a long-term business growth  concept, instead of a short-term financial rally effort.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In order for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;medium-sized  service-related companies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; to survive and thrive  in today’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; marketplace, it will need to employ a  variety of marketing strategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; in both  short-term and long-term planning periods&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;As well,  it will need to have a solid marketing plan that focuses the majority of  its advertising dollars in the most effective of all the strategies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;, at precise timing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;has spent a majority of  his practice in researching specific marketing needs &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;for service&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; firm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;s in bear market conditions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;widely considered the leading  authority in implementing marketing &amp;amp; prospecting strategies in any  market&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5819106256161744338-1366376091135201880?l=marshallkanner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/1366376091135201880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/1366376091135201880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marshallkanner.blogspot.com/2010/06/marketing-prospecting.html' title='Marketing &amp; Prospecting'/><author><name>Marshall Kanner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17084215219298020560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mGr5BynyEFU/TBEbNdiVhgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XTD6YieQOWY/S220/CIMG9831_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819106256161744338.post-991251387468541254</id><published>2010-06-29T05:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-29T05:26:28.975-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marshall kanner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buisness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marketing'/><title type='text'>CPA Firms</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Most CPA Firms are the heart and soul of small business in  America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;,” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mr. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; enjoy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;s starting out his presentation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; with the focus on ‘Small Business strategies’ for the majority  of CPA companies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Florida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;As an experienced top Financial &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Strategist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mr. Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; is well-known for his  command of statistics surrounding today’s marketplace in the financial  planning sector.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“From&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; a single employer, owned home business to a medium /  large-scale firm that employs more than 10 personnel, each company lives  and dies on its marketing dollars.&amp;nbsp; These priceless &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;dollars and sense&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; should produce  strong revenue streams for CPA firms, in the manner of new customers if a  savvy, customized marketing strategy is employed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In fact,  that is exactly what &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; provides for his clientele; business development strategies  that enable CPA firms across the U.S. to strategically sharpen their  marketing plans to meet today’s bottom-line budgets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;For example, a CPA firm that offers financial services, as well  as general business accounting practices &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;must implement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; a different marketing  strategy than say, a larger firm that only provides tax preparation and  small business accounting services.&amp;nbsp; The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;reasoning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; is rooted in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;types of target groups&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; which competing  businesses &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;will&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; market.&amp;nbsp;  Realistically, there is only so much business to be had, per  geographical area, so it comes down to quality of design in the  marketing plan that will interest &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; target audience&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; between competing  advertisements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In order for a CPA f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;irm to survive and  thrive in today’s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; marketplace, it will  need to employ a variety of marketing strategies.&amp;nbsp; As well, it will need  to have a solid marketing plan that focuses the majority of its  advertising dollars in the most effective of all the strategies. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;has spent a  majority of his practice in researching specific marketing needs of the  CPA firm today that wants to jump-start its Financial Planning, business  expansion goals.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;With such a specialized  field of expertise and years of business experience in this market; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mr. Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; is credited with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;establishing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;best-practice standards  for high-performing firms in the financial planning industry.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; “CPA firms are some of the hardest-hit businesses in today’s  market outside of the occupation of a Realtor, it is therefore critical  that a business employs the most cost-effective marketing strategy  possible.”&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Marshall Kanner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;is definitely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;a vital tool in any CPA  firms’ marketing toolbox!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5819106256161744338-991251387468541254?l=marshallkanner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/991251387468541254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/991251387468541254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marshallkanner.blogspot.com/2010/06/cpa-firms.html' title='CPA Firms'/><author><name>Marshall Kanner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17084215219298020560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mGr5BynyEFU/TBEbNdiVhgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XTD6YieQOWY/S220/CIMG9831_2.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819106256161744338.post-187717616316435151</id><published>2010-06-14T17:23:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-14T17:23:46.705-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marshall kanner'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twitter'/><title type='text'>Marshall Kanner Twitter</title><content type='html'>Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/marshallkanner&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5819106256161744338-187717616316435151?l=marshallkanner.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://twitter.com/marshallkanner' title='Marshall Kanner Twitter'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/187717616316435151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5819106256161744338/posts/default/187717616316435151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marshallkanner.blogspot.com/2010/06/marshall-kanner-twitter.html' title='Marshall Kanner Twitter'/><author><name>Marshall Kanner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17084215219298020560</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mGr5BynyEFU/TBEbNdiVhgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XTD6YieQOWY/S220/CIMG9831_2.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
