For CPA, tax and bookkeeping firms

Clients for the whole year, not just tax season.

A one-time return pays once. A business on monthly bookkeeping or advisory pays every month. Reach the owners who want a firm to keep them ahead, and be easy to find when they look.

  • Written to your board's and the AICPA's rules
  • Pages for each service you sell
  • A written read every Friday

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What do you want your marketing to do for you?

Pick the one that matters most right now. We start there.

What your buyers search

What owners search when the books get away from them.

Some searches are seasonal, most are triggered: a notice, a new business, a bad year. The firms that rank for those moments get the engagements that last.

  • CPA near me
  • small business accountant
  • bookkeeping services for small business
  • tax preparer near me
  • IRS notice help
  • fractional CFO
  • payroll services small business
  • accountant for LLC

The work worth chasing

  • Monthly business clients

    Bookkeeping, payroll and advisory on a monthly fee: the engagements that carry the firm.

  • Business tax returns

    Often the first engagement, and the natural step into monthly work.

  • Notices and cleanup

    Back taxes, IRS letters and messy books: urgent, and often the start of a long relationship.

  • Advisory and planning

    Entity choice, tax planning and cash flow, for owners who want to see ahead.

What goes wrong

Why firms stay buried in returns.

The skill for advisory is usually there. The marketing still sells the season.

  • Four months of demand, eight of quiet.

    Marketing that only says “tax prep” fills the season and leaves the rest of the year empty.

  • Every firm says the same thing.

    “Accurate. Reliable. Personalized.” When every site reads alike, the owner picks on price. Say who you serve, what you do monthly and what it costs to talk.

  • Owners do not search for “accounting.”

    They search for the problem: an IRS letter, payroll, books for an LLC. One services page cannot rank for all of it.

  • The wrong clients find you.

    Without pages aimed at the clients you want, you get the ones you would rather refer out.

How a firm gets chosen

From “I need an accountant” to a monthly engagement.

Each step needs something specific from your site.

  1. The trigger

    A notice, a new business, a bad year

    Something pushes the owner to look. They search the problem and the town.

  2. The shortlist

    Two or three firms

    They look for a firm that serves businesses like theirs and says plainly how it works.

  3. The first call

    An easy way to start

    A clear way to book a consultation or send documents gets you the meeting.

  4. The engagement

    One job, then monthly

    A return or a cleanup turns into bookkeeping or advisory when the first job goes well.

How you pay

How an accounting firm plan is built.

Every plan is built from the same three parts. What changes by trade is what counts as a lead and how long a job takes to close.

What counts as a lead

A business or household in your area asking about work you offer, with a name and a way to reach them.

What does not

Spam, a vendor pitch, or work you do not take. Whether one-time individual returns count is your call.

  • A monthly retainer

    Covers the site, the service pages, SEO and the Friday read.

  • A price per qualified lead

    A flat price for each inquiry that meets the definition above.

  • A share of each closed job

    Offered only where your board's rules allow it and disclosed the way they require (the AICPA treats it as a referral fee, ET 1.520). Many firms choose the retainer and per-lead parts only.

What counts as a lead is agreed before work starts. Prices depend on your market and season, so we quote them on a call. No setup fee.

Questions owners ask

About marketing for CPA and accounting firms.

Can you help us fill the months after April?
That is the point of the plan. Pages and search aimed at bookkeeping, payroll, notices and advisory bring in work all year, and returns become the way in rather than the whole business.
Do we have to pay you a share of new client fees?
No. Most firms take a retainer and a flat price per lead. A share of fees is a referral fee under the AICPA code and your board's rules, so we only offer it where it is allowed and disclosed.
Who answers during the season when we are buried?
AI Lead Response can answer the call or form, collect the kind of work and the deadline, and book a consultation, so nobody waits on a voicemail in March.
We serve a niche. Can the site say that?
It should. A firm that says it serves contractors, restaurants or medical practices ranks for those owners and attracts them over a firm that serves everyone.

Quiet after April?

Tell us the clients you want more of. We will tell you what your site ranks for today and what would bring in year-round work.

Frontend Horizon, Dallas, TX

Your site should be paying for itself. Let's find out together.

Take ten minutes with us. You will leave knowing where your site stands and what we would do first, whether or not you hire us.

  • Monthly retainer
  • Pay per lead
  • Pay per close
  • A written read every Friday
About a minute1 of 5

What do you want your marketing to do for you?

Pick the one that matters most right now. We start there.