The 7 Fundamentals of Getting Clients with Social Media

h…But only if you’ve done everything else first.

By Sandi Smith Leyva The Accountant’s Accelerator 

It’s likely your friends and peers are urging you to get on the social media bandwagon. Hearing about social media is unavoidable these days. We have many clients who feel stressed about the whole topic. The stress or guilt comes in when they don’t really want to do it but their friends keep urging them to.

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I like to take a contrarian view with social media: I believe it’s not a cost-effective marketing tool for a majority of accountants. Nevertheless, there are some very important exceptions where it can pay off big. Here are some ideas just in case you can’t resist getting started in social media.