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EPISODE · Sep 7, 2019 · 53 MIN

Sock Puppets: How many fake profiles are you connected to on LinkedIn?

from The Accounting Podcast · host Blake Oliver & David Leary

SponsorsBQE Core: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/coreRewind: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/rewindShow Notes01:25 – Why enjoy a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend, when you can go camping instead?03:30 – Why are sock puppets writing accounting articles? 05:23 -- Blake talks about how to suss out sock puppets on LinkedIn, and teaches us how to do a Google Image Search08:35 -- Time to clean house on your LinkedIn profile? | LinkedIn12:30 -- Something’s rotten in the state of accounting content | Leary Theory on Revue13:13 -- According to a NY Times article, China is using LinkedIn for less altruistic purposes | New York Times  14:06 -- Why do human work, when you can pretend to be a robot? | WSJ16:45 -- Walmart one-ups UPS and sends their accounting jobs, some 600 of them, to India | Breitbart 18:51 -- Get your Sage accounting advice Down Under -  Intacct opens in Australia | Accounting Today20:04 -- The subscription economy grows again – Chargebee raise $14M in Series D round | Chargebee20:30 -- AvidXchange is cozying up to banks with their acquisition of BankTEL | Verdict 21:43 -- Going with the flow, Tesorio (think “Mint for Business”) raises $10M in a Series A round | TechCrunch23:46 -- Intuit’s TSheets is losing the Race to Zero with increased user fees later this month | TSheets26:32 -- Might be time to think outside the Box … | WSJ29:18 -- Listeners – Are you using cloud storage, specifically Box, or Dropbox? Inquiring hosts want to know!  30:57 --  Vanguard Active Funds Struggle to Beat the Market | Money33:32 -- What to do when your cloud breaks | Journal of Accountancy35:52 -- ABC – Always Backup your Cloud! Just because it’s in the cloud, doesn’t necessarily mean your data is backed up!  36:40 -- Not even your teeth are safe from ransomware attacks! | Krebs on Security 37:55 -- Is your cyber insurance making you vulnerable to ransomware attacks? | ProPublica39:18 -- A deeper dive into the ransomware/insurance connection | ProPublica 40:01 --  It’s not what you do, it’s why you do it | CPA Trendlines43:43 -- Survey says: so long soft skills, bring on the tech! |  Accounting Today45:51 -- News of the Weird: Liberty Tax, Sears Hometown, and Vitamin Shoppe make strange bedfellows! 48:43 -- Sock-puppet-free, REAL awesome reviews! 51:56 -- Blake and David are Boston-bound for Accountex 2019! Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus. SubscribeApple Podcasts: http://cloudacctpod.link/ApplePodcastsSpotify: http://cloudacctpod.link/SpotifyGoogle Play: http://cloudacctpod.link/GooglePlayStitcher: http://cloudacctpod.link/StitcherOvercast: http://cloudacctpod.link/Overcast

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In this episode, Blake and David explore the world of fake accounting news and LinkedIn's sock-puppet infestation, and share some ways to scope out the faux connections in your list. In other news, Sage Intacct is taking root in the Land Down Under, TSheets is raising some fees, Liberty Tax isn't sure what it wants to be when it grows up, and CFOs now prefer tech-savviness over soft skills. They also cover why finding your 'why' is important as an accountant, whether cloud storage companies, such as Box and Dropbox have seen better days, as well as what to do when your cloud breaks, and much more!

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