As an accountant, CPA or bookkeeper you are probably well aware of how important it has become to have an online presence. In fact, in the digital world we live in, not having a web presence can almost be seen as irresponsible. People expect businesses to be online. Rather than look in the yellow pages, many consumers simply go to their phone and look up what they need on a search engine, mostly Google. So if your accounting firm is not online you are missing the boat.

With that said, today MoneyThumb.com is here to help you with your online marketing needs. We have gathered below a list of what we consider to be the best posts from professionals about how to market online effectively, including using social media marketing. Get your marketing hat on, for you are about to move your accounting business to the next level!

Online Marketing Tips for Accountants

This post by Court Cunningham of Accounting Today does a great job of explaining how a small accounting firm can successful marketing themselves online.

Karen Reyburn has a five year old blog with some awesome marketing advice for accountants. She has a newsletter you can sign up for, it's free and you'll get marketing tips for you accounting business delivered to your inbox. This post, Humanity, Transparency, and Personality: 3 Marketing Foundations for Your Accounting Firm, offers some sage advice.

One of my favorite sites for accountants is Accounting Web. There is a large sense of community and accountants, CPAs and bookkeepers with blogs can share their post there. This post, A How-To Social Media Action Plan for Accounting Firms by Rachael Power is a gem. The post lays out exactly what to do when you are ready to tackle social media.

Sweet Fish Media offers this great post teaching accounting firms how to dominate social media.

Marketing Ideas for CPAs is a five year old blog with a great social media presence also. This post, Key Elements of Digital Marketing Success, is well worth a read.

This site, Practice Paradox, has this great post with advice on email marketing.

These blog posts and websites offer everything you need to make your accounting firm successful online. If you have other suggestions to offer your fellow accountants for places to learn more about successful online marketing, be sure to leave a comment below.

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