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SEO Knowledge Gap Prevalent Among Business Owners
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a complex subject matter that seems to be changing all the time. While most accountants, CPAs, and marketers understand the importance of having a brand-appropriate site that can capture the attention of prospects, it’s the details of how various components fit together that create confusion. While not everyone cares to learn “how it works” it’s important that business owners (partners) understand the elements needed to ensure new opportunities are generated
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Ultimate Guide to SEO for Accountants – Off Page SEO
2020 will be a year of digital marketing. More companies in the industry and public accounting are planning to invest more in their websites, SEO, and digital advertising than ever before. Digital’s value proposition is strong, after all: cost-effective, easily trackable, and the ability to be highly targeted. SEO has the power to more fully optimize digital marketing campaigns and expand the reach of online efforts.
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Top Blogs for Accounting Firms in 2020
In light of Accounting Today’s release of the latest Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting, and strategic planning for 2020, we thought it would be a great time to compile some of our favorite accounting marketing and growth blogs. As any forward-thinking accounting firm knows, the only way we get better is by surrounding ourselves with smart, passionate people who know more than we do.
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What is Google Site Kit?
Reflective of the growing popularity of WordPress, amongst CPAs, accounting, law, and other professional service firms, Google recently published its own plugin. Site Kit, as the name suggests, provides marketers with the ability to access a variety of information from their Google Analytics and Google Search Console accounts. There is also an option to connect the firm’s website to Google Page Speed Insights, the Google-branded tool for checking page load time (both mobile and desktop).
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We wrote about how high-growth accounting firms are increasing their digital marketing spend in 2020, and how most accounting firm marketers recommend increasing SEO spend, too. It’s such a big topic that it’s hard to know where to start, much less what everything means. In the next three posts, we’re going to dive into every major aspect of SEO so that by the time marketers are done reading, they’ll be able to explain what it is, why it matters for their firm, different ways of approaching SEO, and actionable tips that any firm can put into practice immediately. Look for the SEO icon next to quick, easy actionable tactics.
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Why is Quality Thought Leadership Important?
hought leadership has a significant influence on the purchasing process.
In a recent survey study by Edelman Business Marketing, it was discovered that most decision-makers engage with thought leadership at least one hour per week. In addition, it was found that 60% of decision-makers are willing to pay a premium because the thought leadership demonstrates deep thinking on a topic and demonstrates the virtues important to them. These findings reveal the importance of creating and promoting high quality thought leadership and the effect it has on prospects. The findings contained in the 2020 B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study, provide important insights into why thought leadership is important for SEO and digital marketing programs.
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Digital Marketing Insights for Accounting Firms
Digital marketing has become an important part of many accounting and CPA firm’s marketing practices. However, knowing where to allocate firm dollars to get the maximum return can be challenging. To help uncover where to invest, we asked several accounting marketing experts (including in house marketers), to give us their digital marketing insights most important for accounting firms.
We asked each expert to give us their insights on the top challenges for 2020, how they expect to tackle them and invited them to share other insights “simmering” in their minds. It’s a good variety of the issues and challenges CPA and accounting firms have on their plate.
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Best SEO Conferences – COVID 2020 Update
The fourth quarter is typically a time for marketing departments to budget for the next year. When evaluating where marketing spends and return on investment, in 2020 consider the role of continuing education. We know it’s important and judging by the results of 2019 Marketing Budget Benchmark Study, marketing teams do, too. Networking Events, Trade Shows, and Conferences were among the top five marketing expenses across an average of all 100 accounting firms they surveyed. High-growth accounting firms, in particular, know that digital marketing and SEO are keys for future growth, so adding at least one SEO conference to the marketing budget is highly recommended.
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It’s the Point of Contact
Many professional firm websites are specifically built to demonstrate the organization’s knowledge, skill, and experience with a specific service or in an industry. Since these companies sell their expertise and not a product, the manner in which confidence is built and trust earned is quite different than a product-based website. After all, what website one purchases their gym shoes from is more often based on price, option availability or shipping dates, than how long the specific company has been in business. However, with professional services, it’s the converse. The amount of technical training, staff experience, industry knowledge, credentials and formal education around the offered service are actually quite important.
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Best Browser Extensions for Marketers – 2019
Every day, people spend on average 6 hours and 42 minutes online. When more than 25 percent of an entire year is spent browsing the internet, it’s important to make that time as efficient, productive, and useful as possible. That’s where browser extensions come in. They add or enhance existing functionalities of websites or remove unwanted features, like pop-up ads. Google Chrome has thousands of extensions available in their web store to make the internet experience better, so how can the average marketer decide which ones are worthwhile? Let us help.
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