Business Advisor Podcast

Amanda C. Watts
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Welcome to the Business Advisor Podcast, the go-to show for accountants, bookkeepers and CFOs tired of the grind of client work and eager to step into the role of a business advisor.  This podcast is designed for those looking to increase their income and impact by transforming businesses and lives. Each week, we bring you practical, workshop-style episodes, insightful conversations, and a good dose of humor to equip you with the confidence, clarity, and cash flow strategies you need.  So, hit that subscribe button and join us on this journey to becoming a successful business advisor. New episodes every week, and you won’t want to miss what we have in store!

  1. 2D AGO

    131. 3 pipeline Building Habits That Take Less Than 30 Minutes

    Let's be honest: does your sales pipeline feel dangerously thin? Are the same three names just sitting there, month after month, never committing? When asked what you're doing to find new clients, is your answer some version of, "I know I need to do more marketing, I just can't find the time"? Today, we're going to fix that. I'm not talking about a massive strategy overhaul or a new website. I'm talking about three simple habits—each taking just 10 minutes a day—that will build a steady, predictable pipeline of ideal clients. Before we dive into the "what," we need to understand the "why." We're living in a "trust recession," and the way people buy has fundamentally changed. Google calls it the "Zero Moment of Truth," where a prospect needs around 7 hours of engagement across 11 interactions before they'll even consider buying. In this episode, I’ll show you how to meet that new reality with a simple, 30-minute daily discipline of Outreach, Visibility, and Follow-up. This isn't a magic pill; it's the consistent, deliberate action that builds a true Freedom Practice. Key Takeaways What is Google's "Zero Moment of Truth," and why does it prove that your ideal client needs 7 hours of engagement across 11 different interactions before they'll even consider buying? How can one single, 10-minute outreach message a day lead to 250 new or rekindled conversations a year and fill your pipeline without ever feeling "salesy"? Why "consistency beats brilliance" every time, and how can you create a daily "visibility post" in just 10 minutes using the powerful thoughts and client conversations already in your head? Are you letting promising leads die because you don't want to be "pushy"? Learn why a daily 10-minute follow-up is the one habit that's costing you the most revenue. Why the most successful Freedom Practices aren't built on big budgets or elaborate strategies, but on the small, "boring," deliberate daily actions that most people aren't willing to do. Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    14 min

  2. MAR 23

    130. How To Say No Without Feeling Guilty

    There's a client in your practice right now whose name on your phone makes your stomach drop. You know the one. And you know that relationship needs to change. The question is, why haven't you changed it yet? Most of us know when we should say "no," but we say "yes" anyway, and then spend weeks, months, or even years paying the price. Here's what I want you to understand: your inability to say no is not a personality flaw. It is a profession-wide wound. The traditional compliance model trained you to take on everyone and keep every client at any cost. But a Freedom Practice is built differently. It's built on fewer, higher-value clients, and that requires you to master the art of saying "no." In this episode, I’m giving you a practical, two-part framework for doing just that. First, we’ll identify the three "Guilt Traps" that keep you saying yes when you know you shouldn't. Then, I’ll give you the system for the three types of "no" every advisor must master—The Boundary No, The Redirect No, and The Exit No—complete with the exact language to use. This is how you stop creating "vampire clients" and start building a practice worth having. Key Takeaways Why is your inability to say 'no' not a personal failing, but a 'profession-wide wound' created by the very business model you're trying to escape? What are the three "Guilt Traps"—The Fear No, The Loyalty No, and The Identity No—that keep you stuck in draining client relationships, and how can you recognize which one is holding you back? Discover the 3 types of 'no' every advisor must master: the Boundary No (for scope creep), the Redirect No (for wrong-fit prospects), and the Exit No (for ending a toxic relationship). Learn the powerful mindset shift that reframes every 'no' you say to a bad client as a 'yes' to your time, your energy, and the right clients who are waiting for you. What is the simple 'Acknowledge, Hold, Redirect' structure for handling scope creep and out-of-hours requests without apologizing, over-explaining, or damaging the relationship? Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    14 min

  3. MAR 16

    129. Stop Selling Bronze, Silver, Gold - Do this Instead

    Let's talk about pricing, but not in the way you think. I'm not going to give you a formula or a spreadsheet. I want to talk about the one model that nearly every accountant and bookkeeper defaults to when they start offering advisory: the Bronze, Silver, and Gold packages. We've all seen it, and the logic seems sound—give clients a choice and meet them at different budgets. But there is a fundamental problem with this model that is quietly working against you and, more importantly, against your clients. When you create a "bronze" package, you are creating an incomplete solution. You are selling a lesser version of a transformation, which isn't a transformation at all. It's an expensive half-measure that leaves clients underwhelmed and you feeling like you never delivered what you were truly capable of. In this episode, I'm going to introduce you to a completely different way of thinking. Instead of offering different tiers of support, I'll show you how to offer different scopes of your expertise, all rooted in your unique Signature Methodology. This is how you create an ecosystem of offers—from a high-impact VIP Day to a fixed-term engagement to an ongoing subscription—where every single client gets a complete, remarkable result, building trust and naturally leading them to ask, "What's next?" Key Takeaways Why is the popular Bronze, Silver, and Gold pricing model secretly sabotaging your client's results and your own value by creating "expensive half measures"?What is a "Signature Methodology," and why is it the essential foundation you must build before you can even think about pricing your advisory services effectively?Discover the three powerful offer types—VIP Day, Fixed-Term Engagement, and Ongoing Subscription—that replace tiered packages with complete, high-value solutions.In an era of a "trust recession," why is offering a smaller scope of your full expertise more powerful and trustworthy than offering a watered-down version of it.Learn how to create a pricing "ecosystem" where every offer, no matter the size, delivers a remarkable result that naturally leads clients to ask, "What's next?" and builds long-term, high-value relationships.Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    12 min

  4. MAR 9

    128. The Anatomy Of A Productized Advisory Business

    Right now, your expertise is worth far more than anyone is paying you. You’re probably giving your best strategic advice away for free, buried inside compliance conversations or as an afterthought in a tax return meeting. The clarity you bring to a client’s numbers in 10 minutes is something they’ve struggled with for years, but because it’s not packaged, it’s not valued. The problem is that your expertise is invisible. It has no form, no structure, no name. And people don't buy invisible things. This is how you stay trapped in a "monster business"—overworked, underpaid, and exhausted. In this episode, I’m breaking down the anatomy of a productized advisory business. This isn't a surface-level overview; I'm walking you through the six essential steps to build your "castle"—the process that takes everything trapped inside your head and turns it into a clear, structured offer that the market can see, value, and buy. This is the complete path from a monster business to a true freedom practice. Key Takeaways Why are you accidentally trying to sell an "invisible" service, and what is the crucial first step—defining the Transformation—that most advisors get wrong from the very start?What is the ‘intellectual property’ you don't even realize you have, and how can you "codify" your instincts and experience into a proprietary, 9-part system that only you can offer?Discover the six different ‘vehicles’ for your expertise—from books to one-on-one advisory—and how choosing the right combination is the key to building a life of freedom, not just a business.Are you starting from scratch every time you create content or hold a client session? Learn what a "Delivery Snapshot" is and why it's the secret to consistent messaging and scalable delivery.Why presenting your services as a "buffet" of options is killing your premium sales, and what are the five essential "facets" of an Offer Diamond that shines?Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    19 min
  5. 127. If You Are Struggling To Get Premium Clients Listen To This

    MAR 2

    127. If You Are Struggling To Get Premium Clients Listen To This

    I know the word "sales" might make you tense up. If you're like most financial professionals, it feels pushy, uncomfortable, and like something other people do. You just want to do good work and have clients see your value without all the pressure and performance. But what if I told you the reason sales feels so difficult is not because you're bad at it, but because you're approaching it with the wrong mindset entirely? You soften your approach, you over-explain, you send proposals and wait, hoping the client will make a decision without you having to ask. But what premium clients hear in that softness isn't care; they feel it as uncertainty. In this episode, I’m going to walk you through a fundamental shift that will change how you think about sales forever. We're leaving the old "Always Be Closing" model in the past. Instead, you'll learn why the key to attracting premium clients is to "Always Be Opening"—opening space for clarity, truth, and a real decision. This is how you stop convincing and start leading, making your sales conversations feel calm, natural, and surprisingly easy. What You Will Learn In This Episode Why is the very thing you think shows you care—being soft and non-pushy—actually perceived as uncertainty by the premium clients you want to attract?What is the powerful "Always Be Opening" mindset that replaces the pushy "Always Be Closing" mantra, and why does it work so much better for advisory sales?Discover the fundamental shift in your role from trying to "get the client to buy" to "helping them decide"—and why this simple change eliminates all the sales tension.Why can premium clients "smell neediness from a mile away," and how can showing up genuinely unattached to the outcome make you instantly more magnetic?What are the essential business foundations you must have in place that give you the "breathing room" to be selective and have sales conversations from a place of curiosity, not desperation?Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    15 min
  6. 126. Do This To Double Your Revenue

    FEB 23

    126. Do This To Double Your Revenue

    What if I told you there’s a way to add £50,000, £100,000, or even £200,000 to your practice this year without creating a single new piece of content, running any ads, or posting on social media every day? It’s not too good to be true, but it is uncomfortable. It requires you to do the one thing most of us avoid like the plague: following up. I know you have a graveyard of conversations behind you. The prospect who seemed so interested but then went silent. The one who said, "Let me think about it," and never got back to you. You tell yourself a story that if they were interested, they’d reach out. You don't want to be "pushy." But let me be direct: that's a victim mindset that's keeping you comfortable but broke. In this episode, I'm going to completely shift how you think about following up. I'll show you why it’s not pushy, but professional. Why it’s not about desperation, but about serving clients who are struggling with a problem you can solve. This isn't about chasing ghosts; it's about restarting conversations that are already halfway there and unlocking the fortune that's hiding in your follow-up. What You Will Learn From This Episode What is the crucial mindset shift that turns "pushy" follow-up into a professional responsibility, and moves you from a "victim mind" that waits to a "visionary mind" that leads?Why is following up with old prospects like "fishing in a stocked pond" versus casting a line into the ocean, and how can you leverage this massive advantage you're currently ignoring?Are you falling for the three big mental blocks that stop you from following up? (Hint: They have nothing to do with "annoying" people and everything to do with your own fear).Discover why some of the best, most profitable clients often say "no" multiple times before they say "yes," and how staying in the conversation is the key to winning them over.Are you prioritizing your own comfort over your prospect's transformation? Learn why "selling is serving" and why not following up is actually a disservice to business owners who need your help.Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    10 min
  7. 125: I'm Just a Bookkeeper/Accountant Not a Business Advisor

    FEB 16

    125: I'm Just a Bookkeeper/Accountant Not a Business Advisor

    I hear it all the time: "I'm just a bookkeeper," or "I'm just an accountant, not an advisor." You know your clients' businesses inside and out. You can see exactly what they're doing wrong and what they should be doing differently. But when they ask for your opinion, you hold back. Or worse, you give away your best advice for free, telling yourself you're not "qualified" to be an advisor. Today, I'm going to be direct with you: this belief is absolute nonsense. It's a "victim mindset" that is keeping you safe, small, and stuck in compliance work you've likely outgrown. The truth is, you're already playing the advisory role; you're just not owning it or charging for it. In this episode, I'm going to show you why your financial expertise makes you more qualified than most business coaches. We'll dismantle the imposter syndrome that's holding you back and walk through the three critical mindset shifts that will help you step into your power. This isn't about becoming someone different; it's about finally owning the incredible value you already provide. What You Will Learn From This Episode Why is the phrase "I'm just a bookkeeper" not a statement of fact, but a "victim mindset" that's keeping your practice small and your potential untapped? What is the one thing you have that most business coaches and advisors will never possess (and why does it make you more qualified to give strategic advice than you think)? What are the three simple questions clients are already asking you that prove you're an advisor in disguise (and you're probably doing the work for free)? Discover the three critical mindset shifts that take you from a "Victim" to a "Visionary" and from "Compliance" to "Transformation." What is the simple four-letter framework (G.R.O.W.) that allows you to facilitate powerful insights and guide clients to their own answers, taking the pressure off you to be perfect? Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    14 min
  8. 124. I'm Worried About Losing Clients If I Raise My Prices

    FEB 9

    124. I'm Worried About Losing Clients If I Raise My Prices

    You're delivering more value than ever, your expertise has deepened, but you're still charging what you did three years ago. Why? Because of the one fear that keeps so many accountants and bookkeepers trapped: "I'm worried about losing clients if I raise my prices." While you're worried about losing clients, you're definitely losing something else—your profitability, your energy, and your freedom. Today, we're going to dismantle that fear. I'll show you why staying at yesterday's prices is costing you far more than a few price-sensitive clients ever could. We'll run the simple math that proves you can lose clients and still make the same revenue with less work, and I'll explain the critical difference between selling "expensive compliance" and delivering true advisory value that commands premium fees. This episode is about more than just numbers; it's about mindset. I'm giving you the exact, non-apologetic scripts to use when communicating a price increase in three different scenarios: correcting for inflation, transitioning to advisory, and addressing scope creep. It's time to stop letting fear dictate your pricing and start building the sustainable, profitable freedom practice you actually want. Key Takeaways What is the simple math that proves you can lose 20% of your clients after a price increase and still make the same revenue with less work? Are you accidentally trying to sell "expensive compliance" instead of true advisory? Learn the critical difference that makes clients happy to pay premium fees. What is the number one reason clients really leave a professional service firm? (Hint: It's almost never about the price). Discover the exact, non-apologetic scripts for communicating a price increase in three different scenarios: correcting for inflation, transitioning to advisory, and addressing scope creep. What is the hard-hitting reality check that reveals why a practice that can't handle a price increase isn't a business, but a job with terrible margins? Want more freedom and higher profits in your firm? Download the free Value Pricing Toolkit here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://info.businessadvisoracademy.com/toolkit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ It gives you the complete proven system to break free from hourly billing, charge for impact, and grow your advisory firm to £500K+.

    16 min
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Welcome to the Business Advisor Podcast, the go-to show for accountants, bookkeepers and CFOs tired of the grind of client work and eager to step into the role of a business advisor.  This podcast is designed for those looking to increase their income and impact by transforming businesses and lives. Each week, we bring you practical, workshop-style episodes, insightful conversations, and a good dose of humor to equip you with the confidence, clarity, and cash flow strategies you need.  So, hit that subscribe button and join us on this journey to becoming a successful business advisor. New episodes every week, and you won’t want to miss what we have in store!

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  • Creator
    Amanda C. Watts
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    131
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Amanda C. Watts
  • Show Website
    Business Advisor Podcast

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