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Dawn Wagenaar

Dawn Wagenaar is Principal of Ingenuity Marketing Group, LLC, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Ingenuity works with accounting firms across the country on branding, research, marketing and growth to make their professionals famous. Dawn is past chair of the AAM Conference Committee and Virtual Education Committee and past member-at-large for AAM National Board of Directors.

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How to Analyze your Research to Approach Content Correctly

By Dawn Wagenaar / March 10, 2022

How can analyzing research help you form a content marketing strategy? There is great value in conducting research and getting objective feedback. If you find areas in which your firm is excelling with prospects, existing clients and employees, you will want to maintain and improve what you are doing and…

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Two Ways to Generate Niche Leads

By Dawn Wagenaar / February 15, 2022

Sponsored post by Ingenuity Marketing Niche Lead Generation Strategies Niche lead generation is a two-way street of active and passive activities at accounting firms. The active part is training team members to suggest additional services to existing niche clients and to be involved in the niche for professional visibility and…

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The ABCs of KPIs for CEOs

By Dawn Wagenaar / April 7, 2020

“Identifying the business objective and how can marketing help is the first place a marketer should start when developing KPIs for their firm,” said Suzanne Reed, Marketing Director at LMBC, during the March 26th AAM High webinar. In the webinar, “The ABCs of KPIs for CEOs,” Suzanne shared examples of…

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Marketing’s Role in M&A: Prep, Roll-out and Vigilance

By Dawn Wagenaar / July 31, 2019

Change is hard.  With so much riding on a successful merger or acquisition for an accounting firm, the most important role for marketing is making change just a little bit easier.  The role of marketing in mergers and acquisitions will identify key audiences, messaging and timing of the firm’s big…

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Manage the Message: Supporting the Shift to Consulting

By Dawn Wagenaar / July 24, 2019

At this moment, clients will use technology if it’s easy and less expensive than a service provider. Some clients say they want proactive guidance and a back-up opinion, but mainly they don’t want things messed up and expensive. This is a time when marketing can really change the conversation about…

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Five Ways Accounting Marketers Can Support Their Firm’s M&A Strategy

By Dawn Wagenaar / May 17, 2019

Mergers and acquisitions are an imperative part of most firm’s growth strategies. In fact, when attendees on our recent AAM High! Webinar were asked if M&A is part of their firm’s growth strategy, all but two respondents said yes. What is the accounting marketer’s role in M&A? Here are five…

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Webinar Recap: Growing Your Firm Through a Niche Market Strategy

By Dawn Wagenaar / May 30, 2018

By Dawn Wagenaar, Ingenuity Marketing Group   On our most recent AAM High! webinar, Bill Penczak of Briggs & Veselka Co. shared how to grow your firm through a niche market strategy. Here is our recap of the session. To set the stage, Bill shared the results of a recent…

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Webinar Recap: Building SEO Success with Few Resources

By Dawn Wagenaar / May 15, 2018

Building a successful search engine optimization (SEO) strategy can be difficult for marketing professionals who wear many hats. In our recent AAM High! webinar, “Building SEO Success with Few Resources,” Diane Kulseth from Siteimprove shared basic terminology, core components, key team resources and a standard SEO process. Basic Terminology Search…

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AAM Awards Season

Webinar Recap: How to Win an AAM-MAA

By Dawn Wagenaar / December 27, 2017

By Dawn Wagenaar, Ingenuity Marketing Group   Each year, firms and agencies submit their best work to be considered for an Association for Accounting Marketing’s Marketing Achievement Award (AAM-MAA). This award recognizes outstanding achievement in accounting marketing. We recently surveyed members to find out what questions they had about the…

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Strategic Planning for the Future, Observations, and Advice

with Dan Hood, Accounting Today

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