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Building human connections and achieving emotional engagement
Our latest piece of research into SME attitudes confirms what we all suspected: during a crisis, especially one which locks us all behind closed doors, good communications are vital. The full report, produced in partnership with brand consultancy Insight 101, is...
Building human connections and achieving emotional engagement
Our latest piece of research into SME attitudes confirms what we all suspected: during a crisis, especially one which locks us all behind closed doors, good communications are vital. The full report, produced in partnership with brand consultancy Insight 101, is...
Producing regular content is an investment that pays off in a crisis
Here’s a hypothesis we’ll be testing in the coming months: accountancy firms that had a solid online presence and a body of great content have fared better in the current crisis than digital hold-outs. With the majority of business going online almost overnight, from...
Supporting our clients through partnerships.
As we start to figure out what life might be like in a post pandemic world. With the rush of adrenaline beginning to fade.
It feels like a good time to reflect, breath and take stock of what went well, what didn’t and how you want to move your firm forward.Freeing up time to look inwards can be a challenge. But knowing where to focus your efforts can be even more of a challenge.
To help our community, PracticeWeb has gone on the hunt for businesses that we believe could help strengthen your proposition and enable your firm to bounce back quicker.
PracticeWeb and ACCA announce partnership
On 4 June, we were delighted to announce PracticeWeb’s partnership with the ACCA, making PracticeWeb their sole digital marketing partner. It’s a fantastic opportunity for PracticeWeb and the ACCA to share insight, expertise and knowledge with each other’s communities.
Social media marketing for accountants
There’s one very good reason why accountancy firms ought to be paying attention to social media marketing: over a relatively short period of time, social media has become a significant part of most people’s daily lives. Data from the Office for National Statistics...
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...
Solving the authenticity problem for accountants
Accountancy is a crowded market so it’s important for practices to find a way to stand out but, at the same time, your brand identity and tone of voice must be authentic. In other words, it must be a true reflection of your personality, or of your accounting firm’s...
Brand codes: how to make your accountancy practice distinctive
When we ask our clients about their marketing goals and challenges, we often hear they want to differentiate from their competition. That makes a lot of sense in a sector like accountancy. With a lot of practices providing essentially the same services, how can you...
Staff picks: evaluating campaign success, the experience economy, pinball patterns
At PracticeWeb, we like to stay on top of trends and best practice in marketing and share what we've learned with the accountancy firms we work with. Here’s what’s grabbed our attention and got us talking in the past month, from a reminder on the importance of...
Why your accountancy practice’s website deserves proper copywriting
There’s writing and then there’s copywriting. If you want your accountancy firm’s website to generate leads and promote your brand, you need professional copywriting. Copywriting is the technical term for crafting text for marketing purposes. It’s most often used to...
What accountants can learn from the 100 most valuable brands on earth
More often than not, at the start of a project, we’ll ask a new client which brands and websites they admire or aspire to. The most common answer? Apple. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Apple recently topped the Interbrand rankings for the 100 most valuable brands in the...
Search marketing for accountants: the benefits of optimised content
Most practices are unclear about how our search marketing for accountants service determines the success, or failure, of a blog. We gauge 'success' in this context by the number of readers, and how many of those convert into leads. Most writers can choose a topical...
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.
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