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Expert advice, tips and the latest news for the world of accountancy and small business.This is what your practice needs to know about Google EEAT for 2023
At the end of 2022, Google added a new SEO guideline factor: experience to make EEAT. If you want your accounting content to rank well, you need to be able to demonstrate your experience of a subject matter.
This is what your practice needs to know about Google EEAT for 2023
At the end of 2022, Google added a new SEO guideline factor: experience to make EEAT. If you want your accounting content to rank well, you need to be able to demonstrate your experience of a subject matter.
AI and ChatGPT: 3 challenges in content writing
By testing the capabilities of AI ourselves on our content team, we’ve found it can be used to support and streamline the content process, but also some flaws.
10 steps to take to improve accounting websites
Accounting websites should be the cornerstone of the digital marketing mix, we include 10 actionable steps to accountancy practice’s can take too
Why your firm needs accounting workflow management
There comes a time in every growing accountancy practice when you need to look at accounting workflow management software as a project management tool to help you.
How long does it take to build domain authority in 2023?
Do you know what domain authority is and how important it is to build domain authority? When you are growing your accountancy practice, the kind of numbers your mind naturally focuses on may be turnover, profit, costs... thanks to your training. When you think about...
Supporting clients in crisis: insights from UK Business Forums
The challenges that businesses faced before the pandemic outbreak haven’t gone away, meanwhile. If anything, The pressures of partnership difficulties, late payments, and workforce management are more pronounced now than they were before.
Using a CRM to provide the best customer service
For accountancy firms, as with any public-facing business, building and maintaining good customer relationships is vital. The more clients you attract and the longer they stay with you, the more information you will collect. Being able to quickly access and sort...
Local lockdown support for business announced
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced another support scheme for businesses, this time focused on those affected by regionally-targeted COVID-19 lockdowns. It offers an extension of the job support scheme for employees across the whole of the UK whose workplaces are...
Why is brand strategy important for accountants?
Having a serious brand strategy is what sets the most exciting and ambitious accounting practices apart and helps them get ahead. Done right, it will make your firm stand out and help you connect with the clients you really want – the people you get a buzz from...
Blogging for accountants: how to write a blog post
Writing a post for your accountancy firm’s blog needn’t seem like an impossible challenge: there are some tricks, techniques and shortcuts for getting it done quickly and painlessly. Even when accountants know they ought to write a blog post or article – even when...
Where to Focus SEO When Time is Short
As an agency we’re always advising accountants on how they can improve their search rankings via sustained, data-driven SEO. However, one of the pain points we hear about most frequently is a lack of time and resource to implement these SEO changes. Unless you have...
Covering the Chancellor’s winter economy plan for PracticeWeb clients
Yesterday evening as the working day was winding down we were hit with a one-two punch of government announcements: first, that the Autumn Budget was cancelled and, secondly, that the Chancellor had a few announcements to make. My first reaction, honestly? Oh no, not...
Three secrets to building a superstar accountancy brand
First things first – why should you care about your accounting firm's brand? You might think ‘brand’ is fluffy nonsense, bandied about by marketing types, obsessed with fonts, colour palettes and logos – but it’s much more profound than that. Brand is your starting...
Video content: overcoming the fear and putting yourself out there
“Argh, no thank you, don’t point that camera at me!” Have you ever caught yourself saying something along those lines? Or scurrying for cover when the marketing manager starts stalking the office looking for team photos or someone to say a few words for the company...
3 Easy Ways to Improve Your CTR Overnight
Hi, my name’s Ben and I’m here to tell you two things: 1) that click-through rate (CTR) is one of the most important metrics going and 2) three great ways to improve your CTR virtually overnight. When it comes to optimising websites, one of the things that always...
The complete guide to websites for accountants
Updated edition for 2022 and beyond
Everything you need to know to get the right website to help your accountancy firm meet its business and marketing goals, achieve maximum return on investment, and stand out in the accountancy marketplace.