CPA Growth Trends

Strategies, Tools and Knowledge to Grow CPA Firms

Beginner’s Guide: ChatGPT and Real-World Writing

By Susan Ross Wells / February 15, 2023

Talk to any accounting marketer and they will likely tell you one of their greatest challenges is content creation. By identifying top issues and writing articles to feature on website blogs, social media channels, and in email campaigns we can offer value to our clients, potential clients, and broader audiences.…

Marketers Are Brand Advocates (And Police)

By Katie Tolin / January 31, 2023

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” ~Warren Buffett Branding has always been instrumental to CPA firms, but it has not always been intentional. A firm’s brand was likely developed by chance over the…

Beginner’s Guide: The Accounting Industry is Changing, and so is the Role of Accounting Marketers

By Taylor Bartosiewicz / January 19, 2023

Over the past couple of years, accounting firms around the world have had to adapt to a disruptive, uncertain landscape. They have been forced to transform their processes, reexamine their working environments and contribute to businesses’ economic recovery. Now that the dust has (mostly) cleared from the pandemic, lasting changes…

Seasoned Marketer: Marketers as Data Analysts? Maybe – But There’s So Much More to It!

By Leah Yoneda / January 19, 2023

We keep hearing about data analytics, and how it’s a big trend in our marketing industry… But first, let’s talk a little bit about what we mean by “data analytics.” It’s much more than having clean data. I really liked Emily Steven’s definition in her November 30, 2022, article What…

Articles of Interest: The Evolving Accounting Landscape

By Tanya Doescher / January 19, 2023

The accounting industry has undergone a significant transformation over the past few years. With remote work now the norm, how has marketing’s role changed? The industry is being shaped and altered by several trends and forces. As a marketer in the accounting industry, here are a few articles that will…

A Word From The President

By Laura Snyder / July 28, 2017

AAM Volunteerism Can Impact Your Career Fifteen years ago I attended my first AAM Summit. As a “newbie,” I was welcomed not only to the event, but also the association with open arms. I remember being in awe of the leadership and shocked they would invest their time getting to know…

AAM Launches CPA Growth Trends

By Kristen Lewis / June 10, 2017

Welcome to CPA Growth Trends! This all-new AAM blog is a destination where you can find strategies, tools and knowledge focused on growing CPA firms. Adding a new platform for engagement is quite the undertaking, and AAM’s knowledge footprint grows whenever we do. We are proud to bring this blog…

Welcome to the AAM Blog – CPA Growth Trends

By Lauren Clemmer / June 9, 2017

Growth encompasses disciplines including marketing, advertising, social media, communication, public relations, business development, innovation, data analysis and much more. Add to that recruiting, technology, M&A, practice management, and all of the other areas of firm management that growth impacts, and you clearly see why growth is one of the top…

This Accounting Podcast Is Booming!

By Abbey Kanellakis / June 6, 2017

Podcasting: The Next Frontier of Content Production for Accounting Firms Using podcasting as a vehicle for getting into your customer’s ear (so to speak) has never been more popular than it is today. And for those looking to market professional services to the world’s business leaders, now is a great…

Fostering Emotional Intelligence in Accounting Firms

By Laura Sparks / June 6, 2017

Emotions don’t belong in an accounting firm. Accounting is about numbers. It’s rational, orderly, logical. Emotions are irrational, messy, and they don’t follow rules of logic. “Emotional intelligence” is a buzzword. One of those feel-good, flavor-of-the-month initiatives cooked up by marketing and HR—irrelevant to the real work of serving clients…

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Featured: Season 9 Episode 4

Beyond the Database: Building a CRM That Fuels Business Development

Nikki Burgeson | UHY-US

In this episode, Chris Camara speaks with Nikki Burgeson about the critical role of CRM systems in business development, particularly within professional services.