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Promoting the new business grants to your clients
A set of new business grants have been announced today (5 January) for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. Here’s how you can communicate the news to your clients.
Promoting the new business grants to your clients
A set of new business grants have been announced today (5 January) for businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. Here’s how you can communicate the news to your clients.

More emails and calls via accounting firm websites in the past 30 days
Here’s some hot-off-the-presses info for you: in the past 30 days the preferred method among SMEs for contacting accounting firms has been through email and phone calls.

How do I price a new accountancy service?
When your accounting firm launches a new specialist service, you’ve got to decide how to package it, how to promote it and, of course, how much to charge.

Packaging your accountancy services to make them irresistible to potential clients
When your accounting firm launches a new specialist service, or if you want to revive an existing one, you’ve got to package it to appeal to clients. Here’s our advice on how to go about it.

Fonts for accounting websites
Summary The font you use can say a lot about your accountancy firm’s brand and personality. But with so many typefaces available, choosing can be difficult. Our websites for accountants are designed with your clients in mind. Things have been getting a bit...
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...
Why content marketing isn’t working for your accounting firm
Your accountancy firm has given content marketing a go – you’ve blogged, you’ve posted on social media – but the leads aren’t coming. Here’s why.
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
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.
