May 2015 Sonoma Partners – Accounting Overview
What is happening in Accounting firms today? What we’re selling Center of our universe Key revenue driver Practice area/ Service lines New Clients People and partnerships Wallet Share
Client Unknowns -Sold/ unsold services -Client and industry news -Relationships with staff and other clients Navigating the Unknowns Process Unknowns -Internal best practices -Integrating marketing and biz dev -How, when, and what thought leadership to send to client Internal Unknowns -Who knows whom -Who knows what -Who met with clients when
Push Information -Auto Alerts to Staff -Analyze sales cycles to refine processes -Deliver information where people work How is this being accomplished? Knowledge Sharing -Align teamwork with compensation -Centralize information -Track all relationship with clients Collaboration -Broadcast success socially -Take discussions about clients off -Highlight best practices in action
CRM for Accounting Client Managemen t Strategic Marketing Creating “One Firm”
Collaboration/ Knowledge Sharing Client Management Key Account/ Strategic Planning Relationship and Referral Tracking Identify Cross- Sell Opportunities
Segmentation/ Targeted Communications Strategic Marketing ROMI TrackingLead Scoring/ Assignment Integration with Marketing Automation Tools
Streamlined Marketing List Creation Creating “One Firm” Highly Flexible Reporting Analytics and Deep Outlook Integration Integrations to Time and Billing/ Practice Management Systems
How can a CRM System Help? CRM serves as a central platform that puts it all together. External data Client data Reporting + analytics Business process Relationship/ Referral tracking Marketing Automation
1. Deloitte 2. PwC 3. Ernst & Young 4. KPMG 5. McGladrey 6. Grant Thornton 7. BDO 8. Crowe Horwath 2015 AccountingToday Top 15 Firms 9. CBIZ / Mayer Hoffman McCann 10. CliftonLarsonAllen 11. CohnReznick 12. Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 13. Plante Moran 14. Moss Adams 15. Marcum
Sonoma Partners Accounting Clients
Customer Success Story: Grant Thornton Since CRM was implemented :
CRUSH Conference for Professional Services
CRM for Accounting Track customer relationships Identify cross-selling opportunities Streamline customer communication Deal visibility to improve forecasting Track customer correspondence Share internal knowledge
CRM for Accounting Creating “One Firm” Sales Effectiveness Marketing Campaign Management -Cross-selling and upselling -Clean data management -Mobility -Deal visibility to improve forecasting -Knowledge sharing -Collaboration -Consolidation of systems and processes -Define client ownership -Streamline customer correspondence -Custom communication