Everything Costs More Now

Help Your Clients Stop Absorbing Rising Costs and Start Managing Them

Rising costs are the No. 1 problem small business owners name right now, and most handle it wrong. They either absorb the hit or panic-raise prices. Neither works.
In this masterclass, you will learn a repeatable, scalable system for finding where rising costs are eroding a client's cash flow, digging into the root cause, and workshopping a real response.

August 20, 2026 | 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET

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Free · 1.0 hr NASBA CPE · 48-hour replay · Live Q&A

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The Problem

Your clients keep absorbing rising costs, and it’s draining their cash.

Costs climb almost every month, and most business owners react in ways that make it worse. Recognize any of these?

A client is busier than ever but has less cash than last year, and can’t tell you where it went.
When costs jump, the client eats the increase and assumes prices will come back down. They don’t.
Or the client panic-raises prices across the board and loses the customers they can least afford to lose.
You can see a client’s margins shrinking, but turning that into a plan is the hard part.
The client wants you to tell them what to do about rising costs, not just confirm that costs went up.

If any of that sounds familiar, this masterclass is for you.

The Approach

Rising costs aren’t only a problem to absorb. They’re a signal to make clear pricing and spending decisions.

Most business owners see rising costs as something that just happens to them. Your job is to help them respond. Use a repeatable system to find where rising costs are eroding the client’s cash flow, dig into the root cause, and workshop a real response together: what to pass through, what to absorb, and what to renegotiate.

Lead that conversation with a system behind you, instead of handing over one more report and hoping they figure it out.

What the Data Shows

No. 1

Inflation is the single biggest problem small business owners name right now, the highest since late 2024, ahead of taxes, labor, and everything else.

Costs keep climbing, and clients are reacting by raising prices at the fastest pace in three years to keep up. This session shows you how to help them decide what to pass through, what to absorb, and what to renegotiate.

Source: NFIB Small Business Economic Trends, June 2026

Learning Objectives

What You’ll Walk Away With

How to spot where rising costs are pushing a client’s cash flow off track, reading the underlying drivers, not just the P&L, and quantifying the real dollar impact before the meeting.
A framework for workshopping the response with your client: what to pass through, absorb, or renegotiate, instead of letting them react emotionally.
How to guide the pricing conversation: the math behind the right adjustment, the method that fits their business, and how to help them actually communicate the change.
How to build cost monitoring into an ongoing advisory rhythm, so rising costs become something your client manages proactively, and you become the advisor who saw it coming.

Your Presenter

Meet Your Masterclass Leader

Dyanna Salcedo

CEO, The CFO Project

Dyanna Salcedo is the CEO of The CFO Project, bringing 20 years of leadership experience across Wall Street, growth-stage consumer brands, and the United States Army. Her superpower is helping organizations turn data into decisive action, a through-line that led her to The CFO Project, the premier training platform for accountants and CPAs ready to launch high-impact CFO Advisory practices.

Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

This masterclass is NASBA-approved and qualifies for CPE credit. Indicate your preference on the registration form and we’ll handle the rest.

Available Date

August 20, 2026 · 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET (1 CPE)

Cost: Free

CPE Credits: 1.0 hours

NASBA Field of Study: Business Management and Organization

Program Knowledge Level: Basic

Instructional Method: Group Internet Based

Delivery Method: Group Internet Based

Prerequisites: None

Advanced Preparation: None

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