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Build the year around the compliance calendar, not around a content plan.

Digital marketing for a tax firm is the plan across search, the website, client reminders and referral relationships, built inside whatever your professional body allows. GullySales writes that plan against the filing calendar, puts a compliance check in front of everything published, and reports on engagements rather than traffic.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What digital marketing means

Digital marketing is the combined work of search, social media, advertising and website channels running together rather than as separate projects with separate people. GullySales runs these as one connected system so a change in one channel, such as a new offer, is reflected everywhere at once.

Also for tax consulting firms

Sales and marketing for tax consulting firms, the overview.

Last updated 17 Oct 2026. Rules for this trade differ by state and professional body, and they change. We describe restrictions in general terms, so check the current position with your own council or adviser before you publish anything.

For tax consulting firms

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

“Referral and retention carry the firm, not the website”
The site has to hold up when a banker checks you, and when last season's client comes looking in June.
“The calendar is already written for you”
Monthly returns, quarterly statements, the July deadline and the audit season decide when anyone is listening. Nothing else sets the rhythm.
“One rule governs everything you put out”
The limits on what a practising professional may say apply to the site, the listing, a post and an advert alike, so the plan starts there.

What we do

What we deliver for tax consulting firms.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

A plan laid over the compliance calendar
What goes out in which month, matched to the returns, the audit season and the tax-saving quarter, with the quiet months used for building.
Result: Effort lands when owners are paying attention.
A compliance step inside the publishing routine
Every page, post and advert reviewed by your partner against the code the firm works under, with the claims flagged for them to read.
Result: Nothing reaches the public unchecked.
The website reorganised by situation
Sections built around the problems clients arrive with, rather than a list of service names copied from every other firm's site.
Result: A worried owner lands somewhere that recognises their problem.
A referral routine with bankers and other professionals
A one-page note on the work you take, a list of who should have it, and a record of which relationship sent what.
Result: Referrals stop depending on who you met recently.
Client reminders that run through the year
Due date notes, document lists and a June check on last season's clients, sent from the firm rather than by whoever remembers.
Result: Clients stop drifting between seasons.
Reporting on enquiries and engagements
Figures for enquiries by source, proposals sent, engagements signed and clients retained, against the baseline recorded before work starts.
Result: You can tell whether the work is paying for itself.

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How the result is measured

Enquiries across channels
Cost per enquiry overall
Channel mix by contribution

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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Where to start for tax firms

Write pages for the situations clients are in, and review everything before it goes live.

A page for each situation: Write pages for a GST notice, a late return, an NRI return and a new-business registration, in the words a worried client uses. Note which page each enquiry came from.
A compliance step before publishing: Name one partner who checks every page and post against your professional body's advertising rules, which differ and change. Record the date of each review.
The Maps profile: Complete the profile with services, hours and the firm's membership details as your body allows. Count calls and direction requests.
Client reminders by deadline: Build a client list sorted by service and send reminders ahead of each filing date. Record how many reply and how many return the next year.
A referral list of bankers and professionals: Write down the bankers, advisers and other professionals who send clients, with the clients each sent. Meet the ones who send before seeking new ones.
What to leave until later: Paid ads that name outcomes and general tax-tip posting can wait. A firm in this trade grows on referrals and returning clients.

Who it is for

This is written for these tax consulting firms.

Individual and small business tax consultants
GST compliance and advisory firms
Corporate tax advisory firms
Chartered accountancy firms offering tax services
NRI taxation specialists
Startup and new business tax advisory firms
Tax litigation and notice response specialists
Payroll and TDS compliance firms

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

The firm has no one to own the plan, and four channels begun together would each be left half done.
The partners have not agreed what the firm may say in public, so every post would wait for a debate.
Your intake cannot handle more calls than it has now, and the plan would add reach the firm cannot serve.

How it works

How the digital marketing work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

1
Agree the one aim
We settle what the campaign must achieve, such as enquiries for a launch or footfall for an event, and the date it must be live.
2
Check what is ready
We list the channels you already run, who runs them, and what each can produce in the time available. Anything that cannot be done properly is left out.
3
Write the idea and the message sheet
We draft the one-sentence idea, test it against each planned format, and fix the wording that all channels will copy.
4
Brief every channel from the same sheet
Your agency, freelancer or in-house person receives the message sheet and calendar. Their work is checked against the sheet before it goes out.
5
Run on the shared calendar
Channels go live together. If the offer changes, every channel is changed on the same day from the same sheet.
6
Measure as one campaign
Enquiries and orders are read against the baseline. The reporting schedule is agreed in writing with the scope.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 0, foundation. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2 · you are here
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Where should a two-partner firm start?

With the enquiry routine and the client reminders, because neither costs anything in media and both stop losses you already have. Search pages come next. Advertising comes last, and only once your firm's position on it is settled.

How is the fee worked out?

After we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything begins, separating our time from any media spend and from production costs. The term is agreed in writing. For most tax firms the media share is small, because the work is writing and follow-up.

Can we publish client reviews or testimonials?

Rules on this differ by professional body and change, so check your own institute's current guidance. Never imply an outcome on a notice or refund. Ask the compliance partner to decide once, write the rule down and apply it to every page.

How do we find out which referral source is worth our time?

Add a referred-by line at the first call and record the name. Later, note whether each referral became an engagement. A banker who sends five calls and no engagements is different from one who sends one client who stays.

How long is the contract?

The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.

How soon will we see results?

It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.

Who will actually do the work?

The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

What do you need from us?

Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

What if we are not happy with the work?

Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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