7 Ways to Gather Referrals for Your Business to Make it More ValuableAn AccountingWEB WorkshopPresented by: Trent Kaeslin and Jennifer DayceResults Accountants' Systems

Chris MurphyVP – Operations Finance / Business DevelopmentFiNetrics, Inc.Chris Murphy is the Vice President of Operations Finance / Business Development for FiNetrics, an Internet company developing an online Financial EcoCenter™ for small- to medium-size businesses. Murphy’s goal is to help FiNetrics penetrate the $58 billion small- to medium-sized business market by identifying and initiating channel partner relationships.

Perhaps the guru of all Internet portals, Yahoo!, is taking a step back with its new, free phone service.The company is not using the popular voice recognition applications like TellMe or BeVocal that could be so beneficial to users and save them time.

A Deloitte Consulting full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal is doing its job by making people talk ... perhaps though, not so favorably, according to analysts who interpret advertising and marketing.The ad describes the firm's ability to take consulting to a new level within the eBusiness continuum.

Effective October 1, 2000, up to 200,000 federal employees in the DC metropolitan area are entitled to receive a monthly stipend designed to get them off the highways and onto public transportation.The Metrocheck program, which has provided a $33 per month commuting stipend to 150,000 federal employees since 1993, has been expanded to provide an increased subsidy of $65 per month and to cover an additional 200,000 federal employees.

Remember the confusion when the Roth IRA first surfaced?

Did I hear you say "Whom did you say is calling"? If so, we suggest you look into this tip. If you have ever struggled with these little words, you are not alone. The English language is full of quirks and challenges that we encounter every day of our lives. If you want to be noticed as an exceptional writer and communicator, check these tips out to help you make the correct choices.Use "who" and "whoever" when you could substitute he, she, they, I, or we as the subject.Who is waiting? (She is waiting)Who did you say was the chosen employee?

The accounting profession is certainly aware of the Enrolled Agent (EA), but is it likely that the EA could some day take the place of the CPA?Not likely, mostly because EAs specialize in only tax. Still, it's certainly worth a look. While there are only 35,000 EAs compared to an estimated half-million CPAs and public accountants, EAs actually report to the government rather than a state board of accountancy.

Steven P. SiegelVice President of CPA Channel DevelopmentFiNetrics, Inc.Financial services veteran Steven P. Siegel is vice president of CPA channel development for FiNetrics, Inc. (www.finetrics.com), a new Internet company developing an online Financial EcoCenter for emerging and high-growth businesses.