Independent Survey Shows Franchise Owners Are Highly Satisfied with Supporting Strategies’ Performance 

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was recently named a Top Franchise for 2021 by Franchise Business Review. This is the 16^th annual ranking of the 200 best franchise opportunities as rated by franchise business owners. The list is available at https://franchisebusinessreview.com/page/top-franchises/.

Supporting Strategies is an outsourced bookkeeping and controller services provider that enables growing business owners to focus on their core business. Supporting Strategies has developed a proven, scalable business model with highly automated systems and processes to deliver cost-effective bookkeeping and controller services. With a low overhead and variable cost delivery model, franchisees are able to closely match costs to revenues. 

Franchise Business Review, a franchise market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only rankings and awards for franchise companies based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes its rankings of the top 200 franchises in its annual Guide to Today’s Top Franchises.

BEVERLY, Mass., Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Supporting Strategies, a provider of outsourced bookkeeping services, controller services and operational support, is pleased to announce the recent hire of Hayden Huff. She will serve as Business Development Partner at Supporting Strategies | Boston.

In her new role, Huff will establish and nurture relationships in the Boston area to drive brand awareness and growth and be an invaluable source to the company's business partners. She will also work with clients to ensure they receive superior service and to determine how her team can help them thrive through support from the Supporting Strategies network.

"I'm thrilled to be joining a team that not only feels passionate about their work, but also has a genuine interest in each client's business," Huff says. "I have a strong desire to help our clients and partners grow, and I am ecstatic about the opportunity to be an irreplaceable resource, a connector and available to help."

Prior to joining Supporting Strategies, Huff served as Account Executive with a provider of cloud-based payroll and human capital management software. After breaking open a cold territory in Philadelphia, where she averaged the highest revenue per unit sold on her team, she earned a promotion to Boston, where she fostered relationships with key strategic partners and was responsible for lead profiling and generation in her market.

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Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies recently ranked in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500^®, the world’s first, best and most comprehensive franchise ranking. Placement in the Franchise 500^® is a highly sought-after honor in the franchise industry making it one of the company’s most competitive rankings ever. Recognized as an invaluable resource for potential franchisees, the Franchise 500^® ranks Supporting Strategies for its outstanding performance in areas including unit growth, financial strength and stability, and brand power.

“2020 was a challenging year for everyone, but it was also a year of unusual opportunity,” says Jason Feifer, Entrepreneur editor-in-chief. “Franchises were able to be nimble and innovative, serving the needs of franchisees and customers in ways that will resonate for many years to come. We believe that, when we eventually look back on this time, we’ll see it as a moment when many brands defined themselves for the future.”

"Supporting Strategies is honored to be included on the Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500^®. The Supporting Strategies business model has always been a home-based model. So, in this time of adversity, our model has the systems and processes needed to support a highly productive and effective home-based franchise," said Supporting Strategies Founder and CEO Leslie Jorgensen. "This model has helped our franchisees continue to grow and succeed despite a challenging year."

Supporting Strategies ranks high among companies hiring remote workers

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies is proud to announce that it has been named to FlexJobs’ annual list of the Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2021. This list is based on an analysis of over 57,000 companies and their remote job posting histories in the FlexJobs database between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020. Supporting Strategies is one of 100 companies that had the highest number of remote job openings on the FlexJobs site in 2020. A “remote job” is defined as a professional-level job that allows the worker to work from home either entirely or part of the time. Remote jobs are also known as telecommuting jobs, virtual jobs, and work-from-home jobs.

Supporting Strategies was ranked #17 on the list out of 100. In the past, Supporting Strategies has hired for jobs with remote work options such as Manager of Remote Accounting Services and Remote Accountant.

The top career fields hiring for remote jobs during 2020 were:

The company's outsourced bookkeeping and controller services for small businesses are receiving rave reviews.

Boston, Mass. – Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews platform that evaluates technology service and solutions companies, has named Supporting Strategies a top business services provider for its outsourced bookkeeping services, controller services and operational support to growing businesses across the United States.

In addition, Supporting Strategies has been listed on The Manifest, an affiliate site of Clutch that lists projects, descriptions and awards. "We are honored to be chosen as one of the top business services providers by Clutch.co," Supporting Strategies CEO Leslie Jorgensen said.

Based in Washington, D.C., Clutch evaluates technology service and solutions companies based on the quality of work, thought leadership and client reviews. "The quality of their verified reviews shows that these companies know how to deliver exceptional work to their clients," Clutch Founder Mike Beares said.

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Independent Research Data Shows Franchisees Are Highly Satisfied with Supporting Strategies’ Performance

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was identified by independent research firm, Franchise Business Review, as being one of just 50 franchise brands to be named an award-winning franchise in its 2020 report on the Top Home-Based Franchises.

Supporting Strategies is an outsourced bookkeeping and controller services provider that enables growing business owners to focus on their core business. Supporting Strategies has developed a proven, scalable business model with highly automated systems and processes to deliver cost-effective bookkeeping and controller services. With a low overhead and variable cost delivery model, franchisees are able to closely match costs to revenues. 

Franchise Business Review, a market research firm that performs independent surveys of franchisee satisfaction, provides the only ranking of franchises based solely on actual franchisee satisfaction and performance. Franchise Business Review publishes rankings of the top franchises in its annual Guide to Today’s Top Franchises, as well as guides throughout the year ranking the top franchises in specific sectors.

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Independent Research Data Shows Veteran Franchise Owners Are Highly Satisfied with Supporting Strategies’ Performance Through Pandemic

Beverly, MA – Supporting Strategies was identified by independent research firm, Franchise Business Review, as being one of just 80 franchise brands to be named an award-winning franchise in its 2020 report on the Top Franchises for Veterans.

Supporting Strategies is an outsourced bookkeeping and controller services provider that enables growing business owners to focus on their core business. Supporting Strategies has developed a proven, scalable business model with highly automated systems and processes to deliver cost-effective bookkeeping and controller services. With a low overhead and variable cost delivery model, franchisees are able to closely match costs to revenues.

Zygmunt Becomes Managing Director of New Franchise

Supporting Strategies is pleased to announce the opening of our latest office, in Irvine, California.

Pamela Zygmunt, Franchisee and Managing Director, is an accomplished finance professional with over 15 years of experience. Her areas of expertise include accounting and finance operations, financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.

"I look forward to partnering with small businesses to be an extension of their team that will in turn allow owners to focus on their core business," Zygmunt says. "I keenly understand the need for accurate and timely financial reporting and am excited to empower business owners with the story those numbers tell to make better-informed business decisions."

NAPERVILLE, Ill. – With so many businesses forced to transition to a work-from-home (WFH) model during the COVID-19 pandemic, experts in managing a remote workforce have been in demand. One such expert, Elliot Hershik, General Manager of Supporting Strategies | Chicago Far West Suburbs, recently joined host Kaylin Risvold on "Inside the Chamber," a production of Naperville Community Television (NCTV17) and the Naperville Chamber of Commerce, to share his insights.

Hershik has many years of experience in managing a remote workforce; since it launched in 2015, the Chicago Far West Suburbs franchise has followed the Supporting Strategies WFH model. He noted that Supporting Strategies was ahead of the curve in leveraging the advantages of remote work. "We're looking for quality people," Hershik said. "And because we are remote, we can find them wherever [they are]. They don't have to be just down the street."

The key to creating a successful WFH environment, he added, is to "hire diligent people that you trust." But whether starting from scratch with the remote model or transitioning to one, Hershik added that good communication is vital, "and it's incumbent upon the managers to create those opportunities."

Hershik also stressed that communication should encompass "all those interpersonal things that are easy to overlook in the press of work." To facilitate that at his Supporting Strategies franchise, he said, "We do a monthly virtual happy hour, where no work talk is allowed."

LOS ANGELES – Mark Wald, Founder and Managing Director of Supporting Strategies | Los Angeles, appeared as a guest on the August 11 edition of "The Staying Power" podcast hosted by Brandon Hall.

The episode, "Secrets to Building a Virtual Accounting Business to 40 Employees by Attracting Clients via Referral Networks, and More," gave Wald a forum to reveal how he grew his client base from 0 to 240 in just 6½ years.

According to Wald, a key to his success was leveraging the Supporting Strategies franchise model rather than continuing as an independent consultant. "It made a lot of sense for me to use their business-model-in-a-box," he said. "I was able to quickly launch and start delivering services to an expanded client base as opposed to trying to build it myself from scratch."

Working from the franchise foundation, Wald quickly built a referral network, largely by collaborating with CPAs rather than competing with them. "Most of my business I get by way of professional referral introductions," Wald said. "CPAs are my number-one referral source. That's because they understand, number one, the value of the work that our team delivers to our shared clients, and number two, we don't compete with CPA firms for tax and audit work."

Wald elaborated on this important distinction: "We're very specifically focused on back-office bookkeeping and finance support, so the CPAs know we're not going to steal their tax and audit business ... But at the same time, we're going to deliver high-quality work that makes the CPAs more efficient in their work function downstream."

The podcast was produced by the Staying Power Collective, a group for aspiring and current virtual firm owners on a mission to grow their businesses. Listen to the full episode with Mark Wald here.

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