You Need More Than Marketing: You Need a Digital Strategy
If you are a managing partner or a marketing professional at an accounting firm, you most likely already engage in some form of digital marketing. It’s easy to think that “doing” digital marketing is the same as having a digital growth strategy. And some might think having a social presence, an updated website, and occasional…
How is the ‘Great Resignation’ Impacting Accounting Firm Marketing?
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4.3 million Americans quit their jobs in September. By the end of the second quarter this year, there were nearly 10 million open jobs nationwide. Popularly termed “the Great Resignation,” few industries have been left untouched. Notable entities in the world of accounting have responded by publicly…
Niche Marketing for Accounting Firms
In an age of steep competition, many accounting firms are deploying a valuable, ‘tried-and-true’ strategy: nicheing. Specializing into a submarket can help firms to differentiate by refining messaging and product offerings. Capitalizing on demand and finding a foothold in a target market as a result. Content marketing is the most successful kind of marketing, and…
Yes, Your Firm Can Succeed on LinkedIn
How the impact of active participation can elevate your firm. Many managing partners and firm leaders are dismissive of social media, either relying on low-level marketing team members to manage it or ignoring it altogether. There is one platform, however, that accounting firms need to be on — and active within — which can make…
3 Reasons Firms Don’t Invest in Leadership Development
Many firms don’t get ahead because they don’t prioritize leadership development. The current market climate for accounting, not to mention the pace of change in the industry, has a lot of managing partners carving a hard boundary line for new initiatives. Often placed in the extras category, is leadership development. This is a mistake. Investing…
Leadership Training: the Problem isn’t “What,” it’s “Who”
Firms are making efforts to invest in leadership training programs which inevitably experience a low ROI. After the first few attempts, results-oriented leaders invariably give up, writing off the experience as a failed experiment. Sometimes, it is. But as someone who has dedicated the latter part of my career to leadership development, I would offer…