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Expert advice, tips and the latest news for the world of accountancy and small business.When should I receive my Spring Budget/ Autumn Statement report?
We send out the Budget Newswire within 24 hours of the Chancellor’s Budget speech or other major Government budgetary announcements. This is not a scheduled send but rather a manual send once the documents are fully prepared.
What are my login details?
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Should I use lots of different keywords on one page?
We do not encourage clients to use many different keywords on a page to improve their SEO. This is because: Content relevance: Each page of your website should have a specific focus and topic. Using many keywords on one page can make it challenging to maintain a clear...
What’s the difference between Organic and Paid results?
Organic search results are natural listings that appears on search engine results pages based on their relevance and authority in relation to the search query. With paid search results (often labelled as ‘Sponsored’), businesses pay search engines to display their...
Business owners regret not speaking to an accountant
Our recent insight report ‘Why SMEs won’t pay for business advice – and how to change their minds’ revealed that 63% of respondents said they regretted making a business decision without speaking to an accountant first.
The power of a good logo for your accountancy firm
Like most people running a business, partners and managers in accountancy practices have had a lot on their minds over the past 12 months. In such a disrupted market, business development is more important than ever. Sometimes, there is a lot to be said for going back to basics: When was the last time you reviewed your logo? Is it playing its part in winning and retaining clients?
Showing SMEs the value of your advice: insights for accountants from our research report
As SMEs continue to face new and varying pressures in 2021, the services they need are inevitably also changing.
With the demand for technical advice being overtaken by the need for general business expertise, SMEs could start to overlook their accountants.
Read on to find out what our new research report has discovered.
Explosion of search engine traffic isn’t just a flash in the pan-demic
I’m always excited at the end of the month because that’s because I get to delve into our clients’ marketing performance data to spot trends and report back. There’s always some spark of insight into what’s happening in the accounting sector and how SMEs are engaging with accountants’ marketing activity.
This month, I decided to take a look back at last year’s performance and see how behaviour has changed during the pandemic.
How to get more leads for your accounting firm through SEO
The following article has been put together based on the webinar discussion between myself [digital marketing manager and SEO specialist at PracticeWeb] and Mike Crook, PracticeWeb’s managing director, who hosted it. The event: ‘Get more leads through search engine optimisation’ took place on AccountingWEB Live:The Business of Marketing webinar in March 2021.
The aim of the webinar was to provide accountancy professionals with a crash course in commercial SEO, along with practical tips to take away to help them grow their organic traffic and get more leads via their firm’s website.
How you can replace lost accounting clients after IR35
As you will know, IR35 is hardly new in our world of accounting. But it will take on a new significance in April this year. The fear you may be feeling is that it will have unfavourable consequences for you, too. Some say that with private sector contracting being driven back in-house, that accountancy practices could lose up to 20% of their client bases.
What Making Tax Digital Means for Accountants
As momentum gathers around the Government’s Making Tax Digital programme (MTD) it’s time for accountants to focus, once again, on communicating to clients the need for urgent action.
AccountancyManager appoints PracticeWeb as recommended digital marketing partner
We are thrilled to announce that PracticeWeb has been appointed as AccountancyManager’s recommended digital marketing partner. We’re now in a world where customer experience and communication are the most important factors to get right when it comes to attracting and...
Spring Budget 2021: what could feature in your report?
As public debt soars to increasingly unsustainable levels, the Spring Budget on 3 March 2021 has the potential to be one of the most important since the second world war.
Challenges facing the accounting profession in 2021
It would be nice to think that with 2020 behind us, we can move on and start to think about new challenges and opportunities this year – but, as we all know, COVID-19 will continue to be the main concern on people’s minds for the foreseeable future.
With more changes to come, and businesses feeling the pressure of lockdown restrictions, accountants continue to be a vital source of information and support.
The complete guide to websites for accountants
Updated edition for 2022 and beyond
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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