Frequently Asked Questions About Sales Coaching & Training for Accounting, Tax, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners
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About the Program
What is the 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program?
The sales coaching & training program is built around action, implementation, accountability, and application. Participants work on developing a repeatable sales process, clarifying their pricing, and learning how to lead client conversations with confidence without relying on improvisation.
Who is the program designed for?
The sales coaching & training program is designed for CPAs, EAs, Accounting, Tax, Fractional CFO, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners who feel uncertain about their pricing, struggle to close the right clients at premium fees, or find sales conversations uncomfortable or unpredictable.
It is not a marketing or lead-generation program. The focus in the 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program is on what happens after someone is already showing interest in meeting with you from your lead generation efforts or referrals that you receive: We focus on teaching you how to qualify prospects so you stop wasting time meeting with tire kickers and time wasters, knowing how to package and price your services in advance of a sales meeting, the enrollment conversation, how to handle objections, and the close.
I’ve invested in a lot of other programs that didn’t work. How will this work for me?
The 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program works differently because it combines coaching, accountability, and weekly homework review, not just information. We understand the skepticism, especially if you’ve invested in programs that gave you more information but little support for applying it. Many Accounting, Tax, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners come into this program having tried other courses or training that felt useful in theory but didn’t translate into different results in their firm.
The 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program is intended to help participants build a repeatable process, not just accumulate more knowledge. Most firm owners have invested in information (what to do) vs. investing in transformation (how to do it with accountability). With information only, you will hit a block without coaching and feedback. You will get caught up with busy work and get back into your old stories. You have books and programs that you bought and most likely never used. Information without the proper support will not lead to transformation. It’s critical to have support, to have people to help get you past your limiting beliefs and your fears. And stay true and focused on your goals. Invest in transformation and a team of experts to help you walk through the steps. Without the proper support to identify what’s stopping you, the information isn’t the key.
The key comes from the transformation and support. The way we provide support and accountability to ensure you complete the lessons to the best of your abilities is by turning them in to our team weekly for review. Our program is a mix of watching videos, turning in homework each week to get reviewed, and attending a live group coaching call weekly with other Accounting, Tax, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners. Results depend on the individual and how consistently they implement what they learn.
“I had met with 15 to 20 prospects and only closed three. A few gave me verbal yeses and then just ghosted me. I left over $30,000 in revenue on the table. I had already spent $20,000 on other courses that hadn’t panned out, so I was nervous about investing again. But this was the first program where someone actually reviewed my homework, gave me real feedback, and held me accountable week after week. Mid-course, I closed my first client at double what I would have charged before and they didn’t ghost me.”
— John Hancher | Bookkeeping Firm Owner
Individual results vary. Testimonials reflect the experiences of specific program participants and are not typical or guaranteed.
I’ve been running my firm the same way for years. Is it going to be hard to change?
Having a structured sales process to follow can make the change feel more manageable. That said, it does take real effort, and the experience will differ for every participant.
Time, Cost, and Participation
What is the time commitment? I’m already stretched too thin.
We hear this often, and it’s a fair concern. The program requires active participation and is built around practice and application, not passive listening. Let’s be honest, there is never a good time in the world of accounting and tax.
What many firm owners found was that when they were the busiest was the best time to do the program because they were able to set boundaries and put them into place with clients, work fewer hours and make more money while they are in the busiest time of year and “on the court” per se. All while having us to support and hold them accountable in doubling and tripling their fees with ease, generating additional revenue by setting deadlines and boundaries with current clients all while feeling relaxed and in full control during tax season and never feeling like a pushover. The time commitment is 1 hour per day to invest into the 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program for a period of 8 weeks.
How much does the program cost?
Investment details are shared during your Complimentary Breakthrough Session, where we determine if the program is the right fit for your firm.
We don’t offer our 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program to just anyone. We evaluate each person to see if they’re a fit, and if they are, then we invite them. If we invite the wrong person into our program it can ruin the experience for all of our clients and that individual will not be successful. Our goal is to only invite people into our program who we already know will be successful.
Can a coworker, assistant, or employee participate in the program with me?
Yes, we do have firm owners that will also have a coworker, assistant, or employee participate. If you’re ready to master the art of enrollment and build a firm that supports your life instead of consuming it, you are in the right place to schedule a call for you and your teammate or partner here.
Should I wait until after tax season? I’m worried I won’t have the time.
Some graduates have found it useful to go through the program during a busy period because they could apply what they were learning with real clients right away. There’s a saying: the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is right now. The faster you change your sales process, the faster we get you to have more time and money freedom.
And all the time and energy you’re spending worrying about this now will be gone. You will never have to worry about giving away your time again. You can finally command your value without feeling sleazy or aggressive, so you know the exact words to say in a sales meeting and never have to freeze up again. This doesn’t take time. It makes (creates) time. And it gives you your life back because you don’t have to worry again about having time.
Common Business Concerns
I have a lead problem. How will you help me generate leads?
Interestingly enough, what we have found is that the firm owners we have worked with have come to us thinking that the lack of leads is the problem but really, it’s a symptom of the real problem. When we dig into the systems your firm has in place, what we find is that it tends to be more of a conversion challenge and how to express your value to both current clients and potential new clients.
We also find out that there are a lot of leads to be generated from not following up, not asking for referrals and a few other areas. Once you see that it’s a systematic sales issue, and when you have an efficient process to qualify leads and turn them into clients, you will quickly realize you had a conversion issue all along… Not a lead issue. And once you know how to evaluate and qualify leads and only take the ones who meet your boundaries, you’ll learn how to connect with the client emotionally and offer a solution that solves their problems, instead of approaching client engagements from a one-size-fits-all mentality.
The 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program focuses primarily on the latter: sales conversations, pricing, qualification, and enrollment, so in the future, when you do spend time and money on lead generation by investing in advertising, your ROI will be much greater.
I have no idea what to charge. Will this help me?
This is one of the most common situations Accounting, Tax, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners bring up in the program. Uncertainty about pricing often comes less from a lack of market information and more from not having a clear sense of the value your services actually deliver to clients.
The program is designed to help participants understand that value, review how their services are packaged, approach sales conversations with more clarity and confidence, and create packages and prices that fit their worth instead of guessing or matching a competitor’s pricing.
I hate sales. How will this help me?
The 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program isn’t about turning you into a salesperson. It’s about giving you a clear, repeatable process so sales conversations feel more like helping than pitching.
Most Accounting, Tax, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners who come into the program were never taught how to sell, and the word itself carries a lot of baggage. The goal of the 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program isn’t to turn you into a salesperson. It’s to guide you in creating a clear, repeatable sales process for client conversations so you’re not improvising or sending proposals any longer, but able to ensure the sales conversation feels more like helping your prospect than pitching or being salesy.
“I convinced myself I had social anxiety, but really I just had no sales system. A client relationship that was affecting my health forced me to make a change. I thought I hated sales, turns out, I just needed a sales process.”
— Rachel Bernier-Green | Fractional CFO Firm Owner
Will I lose long-term clients if I raise my fees?
Raising fees with established clients can feel risky, particularly with clients who have been with you for a long time.
The program may help participants consider fee increases within the broader context of scope in their firms. Given the value delivered to your clients, you can get paid your worth using a clear client communication process.
Some clients may choose not to continue at a new rate that you set in your firm, but many of our clients in our 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program have seen a significant increase in revenue and not as much of a decrease in volume as they had hoped for. That said, it does take real effort to communicate a price increase, and the experience will differ for every participant in the program.
Is This Right for Me?
I feel like I may need to give up and get a job. Will this help me?
Many firm owners come to us at the point where they are exhausted, overwhelmed, and questioning if they made the right decision. They’re working long hours, answering endless client questions, saying yes to everyone, undercharging, and wondering why they have less freedom than they did as an employee.
The problem usually isn’t that you’re not good enough at what you do. The problem is that no one taught you how to actually run the sales side of your firm.
Inside the 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program, you’ll learn how to qualify and work with the right clients, confidently communicate your value, stop giving away free advice, raise your fees, get paid upfront, and create boundaries so your firm supports your life instead of consuming it.
Before you walk away from everything you’ve built, learn the skills that most Accounting, Tax, Fractional CFO, and Bookkeeping Firm Owners were never taught. You may not need a job, you may just need a new way of running your firm.
A strong sales process and intentional pricing strategy can be an important part of creating a profitable and sustainable firm.
I’m still working a full-time job and building my firm on the side. Can this help me?
The challenge is that most firm owners were taught how to be great accountants or tax professionals, not how to build a profitable firm and learn the art of enrollment. So, they spend their nights, weekends, and limited free time taking any client who says yes, charging too little, answering endless questions, and trying to figure out how they will ever replace their paycheck.
Inside the 8-Week Sales Mastery Training & Coaching Program, you’ll learn how to build your firm intentionally from the beginning. You’ll learn how to qualify the right clients, confidently communicate your value, stop giving away free advice, price your services properly, get paid upfront, and create a sales process that supports your growth.
The goal isn’t just to leave your job and create another overwhelming job for yourself. The goal is to build a firm with the right foundation so when you do make that transition, you’re creating the freedom, income, and flexibility you wanted when you started your business.
Whether you are full time in your firm today or building your firm on the side, the most important thing is learning how to run it like a business from the beginning and creating a sales process.
Individual results vary. Testimonials reflect the experiences of specific program participants and are not typical or guaranteed.
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