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Plus 4 components to build credibility.

By Sandi Leyva
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms

The power of a website over many other marketing methods is its potentially enormous reach. When you can market to many people at a time, your costs are generally greatly reduced.

MORE SMALL FIRM GROWTH STRATEGIES: How to Maximize Online Profile Sites | Make the Most of Trade Shows | Track Your Online Reputation | Partnering: Referrals on Steroids | Measure Client Retention … Against Yourself | Take Your Client’s Pulse | How to Determine Your Ideal Client
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For accountants, their website is one of the prime ways to get business without having to do much interaction. If you’re highly introverted, you may not like serving on committees and attending networking events. If that’s the case, then it’s all the more important to work on your website and maximize its message.
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Three you MUST be on.

By Sandi Leyva
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms

A few of you know I moved from California to Plano last year. We rented a house for a year, then started looking around for a house to buy. We found one in April and in May, we moved.

MORE SMALL FIRM GROWTH STRATEGIES: Make the Most of Trade Shows | Speaking: How, Where and Getting Leads from It | 3 More Kinds of Referrals | Turn to the ABCs for Client Feedback | Use Client ‘Touch Plans’ to Stay in Touch | Build Your Revenue Plan in Reverse
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Well, I thought it was going to need about $20,000 of work, but that was an understatement. My challenge now is to find high-quality contractors I can trust to help me fix the house up right.
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Plus some mistakes to avoid.

By Sandi Leyva

Events are fabulous ways to leverage face-time selling activities. If you have eight leads, it can take you eight hours or more of one-on-one selling before they have had a chance to get to know you.

MORE SMALL FIRM GROWTH STRATEGIES: Speaking: How, Where and Getting Leads from It | Build Your Community Reputation | Build Reputation through Credentials, Testimonials | 5 Ways to Get More Referrals | Use Feedback for Service Innovation | Create Your Marketing Plan
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In an open house, speaking or at trade shows, you have the chance to meet hundreds of people in a compressed amount of time. That’s why marketing at events is so effective. It’s a great use of your marketing time.
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You might get video content as well.

By Sandi Leyva

Speaking is a way to demonstrate your expertise to your audience without them having to hire you first. It’s perfect for accountants who are comfortable speaking in front of a room full of people.

MORE SMALL FIRM GROWTH STRATEGIES: Build Your Community Reputation | Track Your Online Reputation | Partnering: Referrals on Steroids | Measure Client Retention … Against Yourself | Take Your Client’s Pulse | How to Determine Your Ideal Client
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When I first started Accountant’s Accelerator, speaking electrified my business. I can trace tens of thousands of dollars in revenue back to just one speech I gave a few years ago.
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What do people see when they search your name?

By Sandi Leyva

One thing you will want to track is your online reputation. This is a little different from online marketing.

MORE: The ABCs of Getting Started with Advisory Services | Build Reputation through Credentials, Testimonials | Use Feedback for Service Innovation
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What do users see when they Google your name? Does your website come up, or is it a person with the same name as yours whom clients could mistake for you?
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