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Podcast: The value of time with Lisa Griffith
October 03, 2024
In a recent Digital CPA podcast episode, CPA.com hosts Kacee Johnson and Kalil Merhib talk with Lisa Griffith of automation company Laurel about shifting from traditional billing to value-based approaches. Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming time management and boosting firms’ performance and profitability.
Using data to optimize marketing and sales strategies
September 30, 2024
Understanding customer acquisition cost, customer lifetime value, and their interdependent relationship is pivotal for strategic business planning. Learning to access and compute this data can lead to making better decisions about where to spend advertising money.
Podcast: Building digital readiness
September 26, 2024
In a recent episode of the Digital CPA podcast, CPA.com hosts Kacee Johnson and Kalil Merhib are joined by Digilence CEO Chad Osgood to explore the future of digital transformation in CPA firms.
Using ChatGPT-4o with Excel
September 19, 2024
Kelly Williams thought ChatGPT versions 3.5 and 4 were impressive. Then she tried ChatGPT-4o and was blown away. Learn about this powerful tool — and ways CPAs can use it — in this Tech Q&A article.
Get more out of Microsoft Teams with these 5 features
August 20, 2024
If you are using Microsoft Teams just for calls and text chats, you are missing out on opportunities to improve your productivity. Tech Q&A writer Wesley Hartman demonstrates how.
The results are in: 2024 tax software survey
August 19, 2024
Seven major products accounted for the bulk of tax prep software usage in this annual survey. See what tax practitioners liked and disliked about their software.
Beware of video communication pitfalls
August 05, 2024
Keep your videos brief and focused on a single point to make them most impactful.
Financial statement fraud detection in the digital age
August 02, 2024
The proliferation of technology throughout modern business has created novel opportunities for financial statement fraud. But technology tools can also be leveraged to help detect and prevent fraud. Contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) approaches have the potential to be more efficient and accurate in detecting fraud, especially novel frauds.
How to create a watermark in Excel
July 30, 2024
Want to mark a spreadsheet as a draft or as confidential? This Technology Q&A article shows several ways to create a watermark in Microsoft Excel.
Mindful technology: Balancing digital tools and human connection
July 26, 2024
It's all too easy to become consumed by our screens, losing touch with the human connections that are vital to our work.
Trends in enforcement of VAT remote-seller rules
July 19, 2024
Guidelines have emerged for assessing value-added taxes in the global digital economy, although jurisdictions employ their own approaches to enforcing them.