
The Abundant Accountant: Leads, Sales & Business Growth for Accounting, Tax and Bookkeeping Professionals
The Abundant Accountant Podcast is where accounting, tax, and bookkeeping professionals come to learn the most efficient and powerful ways to grow their business, sharpen their skills, and have consistent increasing revenue. We cover topics from sales, marketing, networking, pricing, finding your ideal clients, increasing cash flow, setting boundaries with clients, and much more so you can stop giving away your time and expertise away for free and start being paid your value and worth. You’ll learn tips and strategies as well as hear personal interviews from successful firm owners. This podcast will show you exactly how to create the firm (and life) of your dreams full of abundance!
Latest episodes

Apr 15, 2024 • 49min
Episode 132 | Extinguishing Exhaustion: Learn How To End Burnout With Randy Crabtree
Like a flickering flame left unchecked, burnout will become rogue and rage out of control until it consumes you entirely. It is the flames that will lead you into the abyss of exhaustion. In this episode, Randy Crabtree, the co-founder and partner of Tri-Merit Specialty Tax Professionals, equips us with insights to learn how to end burnout. Burnout comes from trying to outwork our work, and Randy explains some steps to change and reverse that chronic stress our brain experiences. He also shares how working less can help avoid burnout and increase profitability. You don’t have to face that battle with burnout alone. Join Randy and extinguish the raging flames of burnout in today’s conversation. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://theabundantaccountant.com/

Apr 1, 2024 • 24min
Bonus Episode | Grief And Loss Meditation: Explore Your Emotions And Traverse Into The Healing Space With Leo Flowers
Are you dealing with burnout, stress, and anxiety? In this fast-paced world, having a moment just to ourselves can feel like a gift. Today’s episode is one you will appreciate. Leo Flowers guides us through a 20-minute Serenity Meditation, where we allow ourselves to let go of the stress and worries that fill our days. So find a comfortable, quiet place. Relax. And embark on a much-needed serene journey.

Mar 15, 2024 • 35min
Episode 131 | How To Escape The Accountant’s Trap With Adam Lean
Escape the accountant's trap, escape the mundane, elevate your firm, and transform your client relationships! Today, Adam Lean, co-founder of The CFO Project, will reveal the secrets of escaping the accountant's trap. If you ever feel overwhelmed by tax season and want a more satisfying job, this episode is for you. Adam shares his journey as a CPA for 25 years. He openly shares his experiences of overcoming imposter syndrome, escaping tax season stress, and earning more money in six months than ever before. More than that, Adam also exposes the untapped market for CFO services and explains why business owners need this type of support. Ready to break free from the accountant's trap? Then tune in now!

Mar 1, 2024 • 21min
Bonus Episode | Serenity Meditation: Cultivate Serenity Within With Leo Flowers
Are you dealing with burnout, stress, and anxiety? In this fast-paced world, having a moment just to ourselves can feel like a gift. Today’s episode is one you will appreciate. Leo Flowers guides us through a 20-minute Serenity Meditation, where we allow ourselves to let go of the stress and worries that fill our days. So find a comfortable, quiet place. Relax. And embark on a much-needed serene journey.

Feb 15, 2024 • 25min
Episode 130 | Reframing Your Sales Perspective: How To Become A Sales Hero With Paul Ross
Master Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming, Paul Ross, shares insights on reframing sales perspective, subconscious communication, and harnessing the power of language to convince prospects to buy. He discusses doubling fees ethically, establishing rapport, and the healing aspect of selling. Tune in to learn valuable strategies to increase revenue and make a difference in your firm.

Feb 3, 2024 • 21min
Bonus Episode | Peak Performance Meditation: A Guided Meditation To Reach Your Full Potential With Leo Flowers
Do you want to bloom into your full potential? Do you want to increase productivity? Tune in to this episode today! Leo Flowers is a Connection Guru, Comedy Maestro, and Life Coach Extraordinaire. Today, Leo guides us into a peak performance meditation to help us fully bloom into our full potential. Let’s thrive with Leo Flowers today and immerse into this relaxing episode to harness your inner strength and focus.

Jan 15, 2024 • 28min
Episode 129 | Mastering Accounting Sales: Understanding Why Firm Owners Feel Uncomfortable Asking for Money With Denise Mandeau
It's a very common struggle for accounting and tax professionals to ask for equivalent value for the services they offer. How do we fight this tendency and begin to master accounting sales? In this podcast episode, Michelle Weinstein is back with recurrent guest Denise Mandeau as they delve into the challenges faced by firm owners when it comes to navigating the delicate art of accounting sales. Drawing from her over 35 years of sales experience, Denise shares valuable insights on overcoming discomfort, shifting mindset towards abundance, and mastering the skill of asking for fair compensation. Discover the psychology behind sales, learn strategies for presenting irresistible value, and understand the consequences of not confidently engaging clients. If you're ready to transform your approach to accounting sales and build a more prosperous practice, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in now for actionable tips and empowering perspectives! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://theabundantaccountant.com/

Jan 1, 2024 • 29min
Episode 128 | Subscription Business Model For Accounting Firms: Why Do You Not Need A Scope Of Work With Ron Baker
Joining us today is the co-author of the book Time’s Up!: The Subscription Business Model for Professional Firms. Ronald J. Baker, the founder of VeraSage Institute, explains how he does not need a scope of work and why you should follow that path. He touches on the power behind transformation and the downside of having billable hours, value pricing, and fixed pricing. Ron also describes the Subscription Model and his Monthly Bookkeeping Text Firm. Join us in our valuable conversation with Ron today. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://theabundantaccountant.com/

Dec 15, 2023 • 50min
Episode 127 | How Low Fees Actually Hurt You And Your Clients With Thomas A. Gorczynski, EA, USTCP
In our efforts to attract more clients, we tend to lower our fees. But did you know that low fees actually do the opposite and hurt your clients? Michelle Weinstein interviews Thomas A. Gorczynski, EA, USTCP, a nationally recognized speaker and educator on federal tax law matters. In this episode, Tom sheds light on why low fees can be detrimental to not only your business but your clients too. From having to work more to compensate to devoting less time to your clients, Tom offers a multi-view perspective on the actual inefficiency and ineffectiveness of charging less to grow more. Find out how much you are actually losing with this strategy and what you can do instead to sustain growth, attract high-quality clients, and thrive!

Dec 1, 2023 • 42min
Episode 126 | Why Getting Out Of Your Own Way Is The Way To Thrive With Scott Scarano
One of the ultimate goals of many firm owners is to one day work themselves out of their jobs, let their businesses grow, and let it sustain revenue even as they step out. What does it take to do this? In this episode, Michelle Weinstein interviews an eccentric entrepreneur who has done it. Scott Scarano, the Rapping Custodian of Accounting High, shares with us how to get out of our own way in order to thrive and prosper. Scotty says, “it took a lot of failures for me to have that humility to realize I’m not that important.” What does he mean by this? Why is taking yourself out of the equation sometimes the best thing you can do in your firm? Tune in to find out the answers to these questions, showing you a unique path towards success!