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as the client changes, so must the accountant.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

the emerging relationship between professional and client, and between the marketers and the professionals, is further complicated by the changing nature of the professions themselves, in which several phenomena are redefining the nature of the professions.

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in planning for both a firm and its marketing program, there are three factors that should be understood.
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all the marketing effort in the world will rarely produce a client. it can only produce a receptive prospect.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

the tools of marketing are not a program – they are simply tools.

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a marketing program, then, is not simply a catalogue of tools. it’s a plan – a strategy and a tactical plan. it’s the sum total of all relevant activities, supporting one another, and not just random activities designed without objective nor relevance to the needs of the prospective client.
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six marketing considerations. also: nine goals beyond getting new clients.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

firm objectives are the context for marketing programs, which are, in turn, the blueprints for achieving firm objectives. to think of marketing otherwise is to court marketing programs that are irrelevant and unproductive.

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the word market warrants some clear definition. a market is a group, of any size, with a common need or purpose. a market is a group that can be reached by common media. a market group is dynamic, subject to change, to reorganize, to respond to such external forces as the economy, law and regulation, and social factors.
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firm and marketing plans must be intertwined.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

because a professional services marketing program must do more than accumulate clients, and because it must function in a dynamic world that’s constantly in flux, an effective marketing program can’t be a static list of activities that use a static list of marketing tools. it must have clear objectives that are flexible enough to accommodate the dynamic nature of the market. it must focus specific aspects of a practice, predicated on the distinctive needs of each aspect of the prospective clientele.

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for example, a marketing program to attract high-asset individuals is different from one to attract corporations. a program to attract real estate developers is different than one to attract builders.
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how to use marketing to build for the future.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

to put it simply, professional services marketing is a process that’s designed to bring a firm and its prospective clientele together. more than just accumulating clients, the effective marketing program helps shape and secure a practice that’s relevant to the dynamic needs of both the firm and the clients it serves. more than a collection of marketing activities, marketing is a process.

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the process, essentially, may be perceived in four parts:

1. define the market.
2. define the service to meet the needs of the market.
3. define the tools of marketing to be used to reach and persuade the market.
4. manage the tools.

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from the 1.0 of bates to putting the client first.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

we live in a dynamic world, in which constant motion of events and social and economic structures continually alter the state of many activities and circumstances. for example, the advent of the personal computer in 1981 changed the way trade and commerce were done. this altered the nature of financial structures, industrial practices and communications. but it also gave rise to new laws and new needs in accounting and finance. it created a new business environment that affected all participants in the cycles.

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it’s an ongoing cycle that generates new problems and needs in many disciplines, including law and accounting. new financial instruments, new laws and regulations, new technology that accelerates the pace of doing business, growing internationalism, the expanding body of knowledge in so many areas and the rapidity with which it can be organized and retrieved, new demands from client – all substantially change the demands upon lawyers and accountants, and therefore, the structures and practices that professionals must adopt to stay abreast of their own clients.
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change is a result; evolution is the process.

by bruce marcus
professional services marketing 3.0

editor’s note: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 was privileged to have a long relationship with bruce w. marcus, who was ahead of his time in his thinking and practice in marketing for accounting. we are publishing some of the late expert’s evergreen work, which retains wisdom for the present.

it’s not difficult to understand, in this economic environment, why the word change looms so large in professional services dialogue. the nature of the professions, rooted as they are in history and tradition, can be fairly rigid, and resistant to innovation. but the times seem to have accelerated the need for new ideas and structures to cope with new economic and social problems and opportunities.

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the accounting profession, even as we know it today, is practically prehistoric, and is now so bound by traditions, rules, regulations and laws that any suggestion of serious structural change is seen as a virtual assault on the professions. the codification of laws and the legal profession go back about as far, and are just as resistant to innovation. in both cases, the rigidity in the professions is designed to maintain integrity and probity, as well as efficiency in firm governance. if the nature of products allows for constant and rapid change to match changing tastes and fashions, the nature of professional services requires a measure of uniformity and predictability. but now, there are cracks appearing in the wall. the potential for conflict between the ethical rules and their protection of integrity, and the need for successful competitive marketing, can be intense.
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