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Using LinkedIn as a tool for generating accounting leads
Love it or loathe it, everyone has a view on social media. With your marketing hat on, it is helpful to pause and think how you can best use social media to grow your firm.
Using LinkedIn as a tool for generating accounting leads
Love it or loathe it, everyone has a view on social media. With your marketing hat on, it is helpful to pause and think how you can best use social media to grow your firm.
The pitfalls accountants should avoid when looking to grow
Like any business owner, you will go through different stages as you manage your accountancy practice. From your original start-up mode to consolidation; sometimes you will have to deal with adversity, and sometimes your mindset is all-out growth.
Here is our rundown of five of the most common marketing missteps we see when accountants are in growth mode.
How to create a marketing plan for your accounting firm
Unless you are in a position to have hired a marketing director or manager, responsibility for creating a marketing plan for your accountancy firm may rest solely on your shoulders or one of your partners.
Social media communication barriers: how to overcome them
Whether you're sending a message to your friends or marketing a product or service to customers, social media is an everyday tool to communicate, network and market to an audience. However for accountants who may not have the skills to use social media; it can be a...
Do accountants need to incorporate “Ltd.” in their logo?
Do you need to incorporate “Ltd.” in their logo? In short, the answer is no. A logo is an essential part of an accounting firm’s brand. Because logos are so central to your and your practice’s identity, and carry so much weight, it can be tempting to cram too many elements into that small space. The fact is, you don’t need to incorporate ‘Ltd.’ in your logo and probably shouldn’t even if you want to.
Non-doms, inheritance tax, reverse charge VAT and more
September’s monthly PracticeWeb documents go out to subscribers on Friday, just as summer recess ends for children and politicians alike. With Brexit unresolved and a new chancellor in place, speculation is mounting ahead of a potential Budget in October 2019. Some...
Targeting local areas and industry sectors
Trust is a fundamental value in the relationship between a business owner and an accountant. It’s therefore no surprise that recent research from PracticeWeb has found that the majority of SMEs like to have an accountant who is local to their area and who has...
The importance of service pages for accountancy websites
When you’re commissioning a new website for your accountancy practice, it’s easy to end up focusing on the showy, brand-focused headline sections like the homepage or ‘about us’. But individual service pages matter, too. Massively. As a senior account manager at...
Accounting websites: design inspiration
PracticeWeb designers Mark Jones and Jacob Pugh, and editor Ray Newman explain how accounting websites go from blank page to the finished product. Building some of the best accounting websites in the UK is the end result of a creative process that continues to evolve....
Minimalism is cool but it doesn’t generate leads
With my graphic designer hat on, of course I love clean, minimalist websites. They're often the ones that grab attention and win awards. They're a great way to make a bold statement about brand, too. What is a minimalist website? It's one with very little written...
Clarity and space: developing a brand strategy for Harold Sharp
The PracticeWeb team brought fresh thinking and established a clear understanding of our property clients and their motivations to reflect in our Proptech website design and content. The website project was well managed and proved an enjoyable and collaborative...
Accountants and marketing agencies: what to ask to get the best deal
This post is aimed at people working in accountancy firms who have been given the job of approaching agencies like PracticeWeb to get quotes for developing a new website. If you’re thinking of working with an agency like PracticeWeb, there’s some basic practice you...
Google My Business ideas for accountants
First impressions count, and that goes for accountants as much as any other business. What do they have in common? Google My Business. If someone searches for an accountant and you can give them useful information and a brand that stands out before they even get to...
Let your website pay for itself by saving on recruitment fees
Every week, I spend at least a day or two out of the office going to see accountants around the country. In among all of the coffee, cake and conversations, a common theme is recruitment. More specifically, that finding good people is one of the biggest challenges...
Turning leads into clients for ambitious accountants
In the last two weeks, we've had a record number of websites going live for our clients, all fulfilling the needs that these ambitious accountants have to support their business plans.With lead generation a key part of one client's brief, we created a website...
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.
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