Sample - How To Post

Posted by Sample HubSpot Useron May 6, 2014

INTRODUCTION:

Your “how to” blog post should teach the reader how to do something by breaking it down into a series of steps.

Begin your blog post by explaining what problem you are going to solve through your explanation and be sure to include any relevant keywords. Add in a personal story to establish your credibility on this topic. And make sure to end your blog post with a summary of what your reader will gain by following your lead.

Need some inspiration? Check out these "How-To" examples from the HubSpot blog:

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COSO 2013 Best Practices - What are they?

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton April 30, 2014


Here is a great story about our customers experience with trying to switch from COSO 1992 to COSO 2013.
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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, Accounting Tip of the Day, audit, best practices, internal audit, sox compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, COSO 2013, corporate governance

COSO 2013 Tip: Your internal control procedures must include....

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton April 21, 2014

Here is your COSO 2013 Compliance Tip for April (T-minus 8 months until you must be change all of your controls to prove you are compliant)...

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Sarbanes-Oxley: Whistleblower Protection Extended to Consultants

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton March 7, 2014

Now this is interesting. Whistleblower protection laws previously did not apply to contractors so, as a for instance, if and accountant were to find fraud, they could not report it to the SEC or PCAOB without risking a lawsuit for violating their non-disclosure agreement and they were not protected under Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (whistleblower section). This was the reality for all consulting firms. We were essentially required to keep our mouths shut or suffer literally being sued into the ground for trying to “do the right thing.” This was always a concern for us consulting firms because “doing the right thing” is required by the SEC and PCAOB or you could face sanctions that would never allow you to work with a public company again; however, if you did “do the right thing,” then you could literally face losing your business, home, and career for violating your contract with your fraudster customer. This was a serious dilemma.

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Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Articles & Information, whistleblower policies, Sarbanes-Oxley Training, Sarbanes-Oxley

Free 1 CPE Training Available on SSAE 70, COSO 2013, and Internal Controls!

Posted by Teresa Bockwoldton February 13, 2014

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Tags: Vibato Webinars, SSAE 16, SOC, Process Improvement, COSO, COSO 2013, SAS 70, Internal Control Education