Digital marketing for accountants.
Digital marketing for accountants and bookkeepers that brings in the clients your firm actually wants: business owners who need advice all year round, not only at tax time. We're a marketing agency for accountants that plans around tax time, advisory work and the trust a client needs before they hand over their books.
Watching quality clients go to other firms?
The firms winning new business aren't always the best accountants. They're the easiest to find and the easiest to trust from a search result. That part can be fixed.
Two channels, one plan for your practice.
Accounting firm marketing works best when organic search and paid search are planned together: one builds steady visibility, the other puts you in front of people ready to engage an accountant this week. Each has its own page with the detail.
SEO for accountants
Search engine optimisation (SEO) gets your practice found in Google's local results and organic listings: a page for each service line such as tax, self-managed super funds (SMSF) and business advisory, a properly set up Google Business Profile, partner profiles, and content that answers the questions your clients ask. Read more about SEO for accountants.
Google Ads for accountants
Paid search puts your firm in front of people searching for an accountant right now. Campaigns are split by service line and location, ad copy filters out searchers you can't help, and every call and form is tracked so you can see which services your spend actually wins. See how we run Google Ads for accountants.
Marketing for accountants isn't generic small business marketing.
Planned around the financial year
Demand for accountants moves with the calendar. Business owners start thinking about tax planning before the end of financial year (EOFY) on 30 June, individuals look for someone to do their return once tax time opens in July, and quarterly business activity statement (BAS) deadlines bring their own searches. We raise and lower activity to match, and use the quieter months to build the search rankings and content that pay off next season.
Advisory work, not just compliance
An individual tax return and an ongoing business advisory, SMSF or virtual chief financial officer (CFO) engagement are different buyers. They search with different words, compare firms differently and are worth very different amounts to your practice. We separate them in your pages, keywords and reporting so the budget follows the work you want more of.
Trust signals up front
Someone choosing an accountant is handing over their finances. Before they call, they look for proof you're qualified and reliable: registration as a tax or business activity statement (BAS) agent, Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA) membership where it genuinely applies, real Google reviews, named people with real profiles, and clear information on what you do and who for. We put those where a searcher sees them first.
Partner-led search
Referrals usually come with a person's name, not a firm's. The prospect searches that partner, and what they find decides whether they call. Each partner gets a profile page with their qualifications, specialties and the kinds of clients they work with, marked up so Google understands who they are and which firm they belong to.
Google Ads results from a Darwin law firm.
These are a law firm's Google Ads results, not an accounting firm's. We rebuilt the firm's account around its highest-value matters. Measured Jul 1 to Jul 31, 2026. Results vary. Read the case study.
Services we help you put in front of clients.
From tax returns to virtual CFO work, for accounting firms and bookkeeping practices. Each service line gets its own pages and campaigns.
Accounting firms across Australia.
Gold Coast based, taking on accounting and bookkeeping practices anywhere in Australia, from sole practitioners to multi-partner firms.
Marketing an accounting firm within the rules.
The Tax Practitioners Board Code of Professional Conduct
Registered tax and BAS agents must follow the Code of Professional Conduct in the Tax Agent Services Act 2009, overseen by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB). Its first obligation is to act honestly and with integrity, which the TPB says includes a commitment not to mislead or deceive. The Code's separate rule on false or misleading statements covers statements to the TPB, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) or other government agencies, not advertising.
Who can say "registered tax agent" or "BAS agent"
Unless a limited exception applies, only a registered tax agent may advertise tax agent services, and only a registered tax or BAS agent may advertise BAS services. Claiming to be a registered tax agent or BAS agent when you aren't is a separate breach. Both carry civil penalties, which matters for bookkeepers who advertise BAS services.
The Australian Consumer Law
The Australian Consumer Law applies to every business. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says it makes no difference whether a business intends to mislead, a statement creating a false impression can break the law, and a business must be able to prove the claims it advertises, testimonials included.
CPA and CA designations
CPA Australia's by-laws set the letters members may use after their name (ASA, CPA or FCPA). Branding a firm as a CPA practice needs a public practice certificate, majority control by certificate holders and CPA Australia's approval. Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand sets its own rules for how member firms may use the Chartered Accountant designation, including who must hold a Certificate of Public Practice. Check your obligations with your body before your marketing leans on the letters. Our part is making sure the words on the page match what you are entitled to say.
How we handle it
We only use registrations and designations your firm actually holds, we don't promise tax outcomes, we only use genuine reviews, and nothing goes live until your firm signs it off.
This is general information, not legal or professional advice. Your firm is responsible for its own compliance, so check the current TPB guidance and your professional body's rules.
The questions accounting firms ask us.
Do you understand the advertising rules for accountants?
How is accounting firm marketing different from general small business marketing?
Do you have an accounting firm case study?
How long does it take to get results?
Can you help with EOFY and tax time campaigns?
Do you work with bookkeepers and BAS agents?
Will you write content if our partners don't have time?
What does it cost?
Start with something free.
Run one of these and you'll know where you stand in a couple of minutes.
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Up to 30 of your pages and how they link, plus the structural gaps holding your traffic back.
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Our packages, what sits inside each one, and how we'd shape it around your business.
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Tell us a bit about your business and we'll do a free review. We'll look at where your enquiries come from now and give you straight advice on what would work for your firm.
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Written by Adrian Fowler, Co-Founder, CLIQE. Last updated 17 September 2026.