marketing & sales

four steps to a successful email marketing campaign

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promote your consulting services as products.

by august j. aquila
price it right: how to value accounting services

we’ve discussed marketing tools, how they can be divided into three main types (one-way messages, two-way messages, and one-on-one messages), and what each type will accomplish. in this post i will examine using email and show you how to make it effective.

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email marketing is a strategy for a firm to send promotional messages to people in mass quantities. to start email marketing, you need to select an email marketing tool/service, build your email list, decide the type of campaign you want to use, write persuasive messages, make a schedule, run the campaign and measure the campaign results.
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eighteen things advertising can do for your firm

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and five things it can’t, no matter how good it is.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

advertising, in professional services, has a strange history. more words, and more dollars, have been wasted on it, and less seems to have been learned from its mistakes than from any other marketing tool we currently use.

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in the early days – the few years post-bates (1977) – advertising was still anathema to law and accounting firms. arthur young was probably the first to do it after bates, which was an exercise in courage (i was there – i remember) and then came deloitte’s “beyond the bottom line” campaign. the more likely scenario at the time was typified by the then-managing partner of price waterhouse, who said about advertising, “over my dead body.” now law and accounting firms, including its successor firm, pwc, spend millions. marketing for professionals, as we know it today, didn’t come easy. i’m not so sure it’s much easier today. certainly, getting it right in advertising is no slam dunk.
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three types of marketing message, and which is best

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woman stands facing three open doors

what are you trying to accomplish?

by august j. aquila
price it right: how to value accounting services

there is no silver bullet when it comes to marketing. that does not mean that having a focused marketing plan is not of critical importance to the success of your consulting practice. at last count, there were more than 15 different marketing tools that you can use to support your sales efforts, to generate leads and to get prospects to select your firm.

more: six ways to market your technology consulting practice | five reasons to implement change orders | make your practice better | eleven marketing strategies for smaller firms | five questions for developing your marketing plan | you only have four strategies | the damage that traditional fee methods do
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the first question that comes to mind is, “which of the marketing tools should my firm use?” only you can answer that question, but here are some other things to consider in reaching your decision:
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seven steps to keeping your clients forever

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two businessmen shaking hands at a restaurant table

bonus: you’ll probably see more revenue from them, too.

by sandi leyva
the complete guide to marketing for tax & accounting firms

it’s far less expensive to keep your existing clients happy than it is to find new clients, especially since the trust factor between people is at an all-time low.

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so you might want to think about redirecting a portion of your marketing attention on your existing client base instead of networking for new clients.

i’ve met a lot of business owners who have trouble getting their employees to sell while they’re on-site, and i’ve also heard from some customers who’ve remarked that their vendors don’t stay in touch with them. so here are some tips to mine the pot of gold that lies right before you: your current clients who already trust you and are eager to hear about new solutions that will ease their pain and problems.
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