The Accounting Leads Now Podcast

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Referrals Dried Up? 10 Ways to Get Firm Clients | Heidi Ryder

2026-11-0555:38

If your referrals dried up overnight, what would you do over the next 90 days to pick up new clients? That was one of a stack of audience questions from the GrowCon panel that never got answered. So James and Heidi got back on camera and answered every one. Episode 98 features Heidi Ryder, owner of Keepful, the marketing and client system built for bookkeepers and accountants. A former math teacher, Heidi spent seven years at Bookkeepers.com helping hundreds of bookkeepers build their busines...

Helped a Firm Hit $10M, Then Waited 9 Months for a Client | Lee Walker

2026-10-2928:47

Lee Walker gave his firm two months' notice so his team and clients wouldn't be left hanging. Leadership's answer: "we're just going to let you go." Within weeks he had launched his own business, turned his Denver house into a 14-bed Airbnb, started learning Spanish and moved to Peru. His first paying client didn't come for nine months. Episode 97 features Lee Walker, founder of Daily Driver Consulting, known as the CAS Doctor. He spent three years inside an accounting firm that grew from $1M...

25 Firm Owners, One Room: The Event I Couldn't Announce Until Now

2026-10-2215:35

Referrals are great, but if they're your only plan, your growth is in someone else's hands. This week it's just me, no guest, and an announcement I've been sitting on for months. Episode 96 is a solo episode with host James Donovan, founder of Accounting Leads Now. Four weeks out from episode 100, James shares what's been happening inside the business and makes the first official announcement of a new event for accounting and bookkeeping firm owners. What you will take away: 1. Inner Circle L...

Hackers Can Gut Your Accounting Firm in 3 Minutes | Luke Kiely

2026-10-1535:14

A fake Claude download. Three minutes later, the desktop was empty, the antivirus was off and every password saved in the browser was gone. Episode 95 features Luke Kiely, founder of ComplyWise and a former law enforcement detective who spent his career investigating fraud, cybercrime and organised crime. ComplyWise is cybersecurity and compliance built specifically for accountants, bookkeepers and financial professionals, and Luke's GrowCon 2026 talk, Exploitation Economy, changed how a room...

Live from Bridging the Gap: The Revenue Accounting Firms Miss in Client Meetings | Camden Bean ft Randy Crabtree

2026-10-0821:38

Your clients are telling you what they need next on every call. Most firms never hear it, because the notes go somewhere nobody reads. Episode 94 features Camden Bean, CEO and co-founder of Ping, AI built only for accounting firms. Camden is the son of a CPA, worked with accounting firms at Divvy (later acquired by BILL), and helped raise and run a $100M early-stage venture fund before leaving to build Ping. Recorded live at Bridging the Gap, this is the show's first in-person episode, and Ra...

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