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What are your clients really worried about? – A first glance at our new SME report
You know your clients based on the conversations you’ve had with them and the work you’ve done for them over the years. You’re familiar with their business goals, and maybe their lifestyle goals, too. But what you don’t know is what’s on their mind the rest of the...
What are your clients really worried about? – A first glance at our new SME report
You know your clients based on the conversations you’ve had with them and the work you’ve done for them over the years. You’re familiar with their business goals, and maybe their lifestyle goals, too. But what you don’t know is what’s on their mind the rest of the...
Will this year be an eventful one for you?
Adding value through events It‘s felt like a long January – and I'm sure that’s especially true for many accountants who have been buried in tax returns at their practices. But we’re on the home stretch now, one step nearer to spring, and to when the accountancy...
What does your font say about your accountancy firm’s proposition and personality?
Even if only on a subconscious level, clients and prospects will read meaning into the fonts your accounting firm uses in its website design and publication layouts. There’s a famous pop experiment that proves this point. The American documentary maker Errol Morris...
Four critical metrics to track marketing performance in 2020
Analytics is about measuring what’s most critical to your accounting firm so you can track performance and gauge return on marketing investment. But knowing what to measure, and how to do it, can be daunting.
Staff picks for January 2020: Influencers, UX writing, SME insight
In the past month, the PracticeWeb team has been digesting all sorts of interesting articles and blog posts about web design, digital marketing, SEO and more. With a general election and Christmas in close succession, it's been a strange few weeks, but there's also...
Building a challenger brand: Rise
“Working with PracticeWeb has been a hoot. Nothing less than really good fun. If one gives over completely to the process – and it really is a process – then it can get really get quite creative. “What has emerged is really quite impressive. They have a multi-layered...
How many ways are there to say ‘accountancy’?
One of the most common mistakes made by inexperienced writers, or experienced writers who don’t take time to edit and proofread their work, is accidental repetition. Accidental repetition, which I’m doing deliberately right now, is where certain words or variants are...
Fonts for accountancy websites
Things have been getting a bit geeky on the PracticeWeb blog in recent weeks with posts about full stops and the technicalities of SEO. Now it’s our design team’s turn to get stuck into one of their favourite subjects – typography. It’s 2019 – everybody knows you...
The benefits of institute membership
Professionalism. That’s what small and medium-sized business owners value the most from their accountant in 2019, according to our recent research report which asked what do SMEs want from their accountant? Competency, expertise, self-regulation, integrity, honesty....
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...
The complete guide to websites for accountants
Everything you need to know to get the right website to help your accountancy firm meets its business and marketing goals, achieve maximum return on investment, and stand out in the accountancy marketplace.
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