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Tax advisory firms

A website for a tax advisory firm built around planning, not just filing season

A tax advisory firm's site earns year-round inquiries when it is built around planning engagements and specialties, not only around the few weeks before a filing deadline.

Four recurring faults

What usually goes wrong for tax advisory firms

01The site reads like a general filing service, so it never attracts the higher-value planning engagements the firm actually wants.
02There is no page distinguishing individual planning from business or entity planning, so both compete for the same generic traffic.
03Seasonal messaging from three tax seasons ago is still the first thing a visitor reads.
04A prospective client cannot tell from the site whether the firm handles a situation as specific as theirs, such as multi-state or cross-border filings.

The architecture

The pages your site will carry

  1. 01Home
  2. 02About the firm
  3. 03Individual tax planning
  4. 04Business and entity planning
  5. 05Specialty situations page
  6. 06Partner bios
  7. 07Client resources
  8. 08Schedule a consultation
Infographic with Tate the bison mascot: The pages your site will carry. Individual tax planning; Business and entity planning; Specialty situations page; Partner bios; Client resources; Schedule a consultation.

Built for this practice type

Planning consultation form

A form that asks the situation type (individual, business, specialty) and timeline, so the advisor who follows up already knows which planning conversation to have.

In their words

What clients say about the same work

What I value about the advisory consultations guide is its restraint. It explains what the first conversation needs, and deliberately asks for nothing sensitive online. First conversations are shorter and better because of it.
Ellen SinclairPractice manager, Succession planning advisory firmFrederick, Maryland

Preparation guide and inquiry support for advisory consultations

We knew the advisory consultations document was a problem; we had just never prioritized fixing it. Each section has its own link, so answering a question no longer means attaching the whole file. The print-friendly version remains, but it is no longer the only option.
Christian RigsbyPartner, Independent business advisory firmSalem, Oregon

Structured reference pages for advisory consultations

The evening inquiry route for advisory consultations suits how we actually work. Evening visitors leave structured information and an honest response time, nothing more promised. I arrive to a usable list instead of piecing together scraps from three channels.
Shalini GillNew business coordinator, Board advisory and non-executive practiceAkron, Ohio

After-hours inquiry capture for advisory consultations

Three ways to run it

Pick the plan that matches the firm

Practice

The website, fully managed

Live in 7 days, plus $797 build fee invoiced after launch.

See Practice

Multi-Partner

Everything, plus the Content Engine

Live in 15 days, plus $797 build fee invoiced after launch.

See Multi-Partner

What every plan carries

Everything a site for tax advisory firms includes

The site itself, search visibility and management come on every plan. Partnership adds the AI Engine. Multi-Partner adds the Content Engine. Nothing below is an add-on invoiced later.

Every feature in depth

Practice On every plan, from $137 a month

Partnership Added on Partnership, $297 a month plus AI usage at cost

Multi-Partner Added on Multi-Partner, $747 a month

Questions from tax advisory firms

01Can the site distinguish planning work from tax preparation?

Yes, and it should. Planning and preparation are different engagements with different clients, and giving each its own page is how a search engine and a prospective client can tell them apart instead of assuming the firm only does one.

02Do you handle updates around filing deadlines?

Yes. Seasonal messaging, deadline reminders and hour changes around a filing period are revisions like any other, turned around within the plan's window so the site reflects the current period rather than an old one.

03Will the site imply we give tax advice through the site itself?

No. The site describes the firm's services and invites a conversation; it does not answer a visitor's specific tax question. We are not accountants and do not represent any content on the site as personalized tax advice.

04Can we highlight a specialty, such as multi-state filings?

Yes. A specialty situations page is part of the standard structure specifically so a firm with a niche, such as multi-state or cross-border work, has a page built to be found by someone searching for exactly that.

05Can the site capture planning inquiries outside filing season?

Yes. Planning pages and articles on year-round topics keep the site relevant after the deadline rush, which is when advisory work is usually sold.

06Can the articles cover changes in tax law?

Articles describe topics in general terms and are never presented as advice. Time-sensitive topics can be reviewed by the firm before publishing.

07Can we show that we handle multi-state work?

Yes. A multi-state page can name the states the firm works in, in the firm's own wording, without implying licensure the firm has not confirmed.

08What does the AI Engine say when someone asks a tax question?

It says it cannot give tax advice and offers to pass the question to a person at the firm, taking the visitor's details so someone can follow up.

See it built for tax advisory

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