small firm

BONUS: Three sample plans plus 31 quick ideas.

By Sandi Leyva

Are your current clients happy? Or are they on the verge of leaving you?

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Plus 4 sample personas.

By Sandi Leyva

In 2011, there were 28.2 million businesses in the United States. Almost all of these businesses are small businesses, and more than 75 percent of them are solopreneurs. More than half a million new businesses are born each year.

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The great thing about being in the accounting industry is that every single one of these businesses needs one or more accountants to help them keep their books. What’s even more recession-proof is the requirement that all business owners must file all sorts of taxes and reports each year, requiring by law the type of recordkeeping that accountants are great at.
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Calculate exactly how many clients you need.

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

When I started my business, one of the first things I did was teach a QuickBooks class at the local adult education center. I was paid a lousy $20 per hour to teach a six-hour class of up to 12 entrepreneurs how to set up a chart of accounts, create invoices and enter bills. After the first class, some of the entrepreneurs came up to me and said, “This is good, but I don’t want to do it. Do you want to do my QuickBooks for me?” And I started getting clients.

MORE SMALL FIRM GROWTH STRATEGIES: 3 Steps to Using Social Media to Increase Your Search Rankings | Clients Need Advisory Services More Than They Know | Marketing vs. Sales and How to Plunge In
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The thing about how I started my business was that it was completely reactive; I was at the mercy of who approached me. I wasn’t actively selling. The result was that my business grew incrementally and slowly. I truly didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t have a plan.
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Plus sample posts.

By Sandi Leyva

There are two main reasons to be active in social media.

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One is to build your reputation as a professional so that your business is visible to prospects who need your services. The other main reason, which is often overlooked, is to increase your website’s search rankings. Let’s explore this second reason.
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