Executive summary Professional services firms’ views about the usefulness of website analytics are changing in our survey data firms’ fee-earners are aware that LinkedIn or Google make money by analysing what people are doing on their websites but there was less recognition that the same benefits can accrue to professional […]
Why professional services firms need campaign tagging - with a downloadable campaign builder tool and importable Google Analytics report template
Although it’s a question usually left unspoken, staff in professional services firms often assume article writing is just part of their training to write readable advice, learn more about their practice area, or is a more productive use of time when there’s no matter to work on. However there are […]
Website analytics faces a number of misconceptions in some law and accountancy firms, ranging from ‘not relevant as we revamped our website only 6 months ago’ all the way through to ‘analytics is mainly for ecommerce companies like Amazon – we’re not selling anything.’ The reason these misconceptions persist is […]
Syndication – the process of publishing your articles as a professional services firm on additional channels apart from your own website – is a simple question of ‘where’s the biggest audience?’ for many firms. There are of course more complicated questions about: what the syndication service gives you in terms […]
In providing website analytics for large numbers of legal and accounting firms we get a birds-eye view of what happens after website revamps. And revamps are common: about every 5 years as web technologies, brand refreshes, and new marketing directors come and go. The results are often surprising. For example, the […]
Professional services firms’ websites matter Prospects use your website to check you out before phoning or emailing to see if your site matches the claims made by your own staff and referrers, and whether you have the depth of expertise they need. Prospects also use search engines to find you […]
ASIC regulatory guidance now specifies web analytics as a requirement in distributing and issuing financial products In December 2020 ASIC issued a regulatory guideline (RG 274) for issuers and distributors of financial products to retail clients which specifically refers to using website analytics to monitor whether their products are reaching […]
You’ve seen it yourself on many accountant and law firm websites and it may be on your own website too. Right at the bottom of the page, usually in small unobtrusive lettering, your website designer places an innocuous piece of text saying something like ‘Website designed and built by Acme Developers‘. […]
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The launch of the Australian government’s Covidsafe contact tracing app on April 26th has triggered robust discussion in our social media feeds about privacy and even amongst law firm clients we’ve noticed different people in the same firm taking opposite sides of the argument. For both our professional services clients […]
It seems likely that along with other firsts accompanying Covid19, it may be regarded as one of the biggest data stories of this century. Whilst there have been policy missteps, it’s inspirational that many countries locked down their citizens with zero or handfuls of initial cases in hospitals, in what […]
There’s an increasing push to show data to support market initiatives – and law firms’ or accounting practices’ largest source of data is actually customers and prospects interacting with their website’s articles, practice group profiles, and fee-earners. As in the 1980s, when firms were tinkering with software development around early […]