Brian O'Connell, President
Over this holiday, I’ve been treating myself to exploring the world of accounting blogs.
I like what I see.
I’m delighted that a lot of accountants have taken the plunge into regular blogging.
They’ve decided they want to reap the benefits of regular blogging: connect with clients on a more personal level, establish themselves as experts in their field, and boost their visibility in the search engines.
I’ve found that a few CPA and accounting blogs really stand out above the others. Here’s my list of best accounting blogs for 2010.
My Best of 2010 List
AxiomCPA – Joey Brannon, CPA, P.C., does a nice job of mixing accounting content and general interest videos and comments in this easy-to-read blog.
Brumley’s Blog – Scott Brumley, CPA, offers accounting tips as well as comments on technology.
Deduct Me Blog – Kara Haas, CPA, P.C., writes this engaging blog and makes great use of catchy headlines to grab her readers’ attention.
Don’t Mess with Taxes – Journalist Kay Bell writes this informative blog providing tax and personal finance tips.
Empower Your Business – This blog focuses on accounting for businesses. Written by Nick Roberts of New Zealand.
The Fraud Files Blog – Tracy Coenen keeps this niche blog on fraud, scams, scandals, and court cases.
Golden Practices Blog – Michelle Golden provides this popular and high-profile blog, and she also publishes a fairly comprehensive list of accounting-related blogs.
The Leadership Notebook – Although this blog by leadership coach Mary Werner is for accountants themselves rather than their clients, I’m impressed by Ms. Werner’s signature in each post, which adds a personal touch, and her use of graphics and epigraphs.
It’s Taxing – Written by Bond Beebe accountants and advisors, this blog is clean, easy to read, and informative.
Phil Hogan’s blog – This chartered accountant’s blog is set up with several teaser posts on the home page that entice you to click and read more.
The Potts Report – Potts and Company, CPAs, make excellent use of images in their posts, and their headlines are short but also descriptive.
Small Business Blog – CPA firm Cherry, Bekaert & Holland provide this substantive blog on accounting for small businesses.
Social CPAs – Here’s another blog for accountants, and it addresses the important topic of “social media insights for the accounting profession.” Written by Barry MacQuarrie, CPA.
Taste of Taxes – The design of this blog is clean and the headlines are easy to read. Written by MaloneBailey LLP.
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Enjoy my list of the Best Accounting Blogs of 2010. And if you think I missed one, let me know in a comment.
Here’s to blogging for your accounting firm in 2011!
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Brian,
So honored to be a part of your list! Thank you so much for including me. CPA Site Solutions was my start in this arena. Using your services my first several years in business were my initial spark and motivation to blogging. Your team puts together some terrific material, programs and support to CPAs.
Best! Kara
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Hi Kara,
You’re welcome! You deserve it.
And I’m glad to know you our services were helpful. Let me know if you need anything else.
- Brian
Thanks for including SocialCPAs on this list!
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Hi Barry – You’re welcome! I love your blog – we read it here regularly. Keep up the good work! – Brian
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Thanx alot for providing such a great list. I have been very outdated from studies due to my job. These blogs will help me bring back my knowledge which i got from ACCA.
Each of the blogs had its own unique flavor. We are experimenting currently with our blog as well. Brand identification, driving people to the main site, and calls to action are the three initial goals.
We are still taking baby steps, but are hopeful that we can achieve these goals in the near future.
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I take a look at some of the blogs, the list is really great. I want to tell you that we (SB Accounting & Consulting) have a very useful and content rich blog about accounting and taxation in Bulgaria, so if you ever need information about it, feel welcome to use it.
Kind Regards
Great list – Thanks for taking the time to publish it for a solid resource. I’m in Nashville, TN and like to follow http://www.KraftCPAs.com and http://www.Pricecpas.com/blog
Excellent collections of accounting blogs. Thanks for sharing such a valuable information with us
Thanks for sharing the precious SocialCPA’s list!. I must say you are doing a great job. This blog has vast my knowledge and i really do appreciate your hard work and research behind this blog.
You’re very welcome. I appreciate your feedback!
This is really a good list of accounting blogs. I provide online accounting services and I am always looking for accounting blogs. This blog helped me a lot. Keep updating.
Thanks for sharing this information, this accounting blog list is very useful. Many accounting professionals understand the benefits of blogging for their firm, but might be unsure about how to get started.
Your article disproves that “creative” is always a bad mentioned with accountants.
Great job.
Any feedback on our blog would have enormous value for us.
One recommendation would be to make it a little easier to find.
I’m assuming by “blog” you’re referring to your entire site, and in as much as it’s a blog you’re doing fine. If I were to offer you some advice it would be to take a look at your website and try to find ways to streamline the path to your sales funnel.
What’s a nerd got to do to get your attention? I may not be blogging about tax tips or FASBs but I do mention XBRL when the spirit moves me. Doesn’t anyone else think accountants have a dire need to become better communicators?
You got your link, bud.
What’s a nerd got to do to get our attention? All you need to do is ASK most of the time.
Thank you for the list its really good and helpful.
Thanks for this list of accounting blogs. Our CPA firm just started a blog recently, and these blogs are definitely giving us some good inspiration for future posts.
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Great list of blogs, I’ll repost as we have tons of students that are always looking for good sources
Great list. Do you also have a list of best accounting blogs for the year 2011,2012 and/or 2013? It would really help us a lot if you can post it here. Thanks ahead. :_ I will be sharing this post to my colleagues.
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Hello Barbara!
Unfortunately, we have not compiled lists of the best accounting blogs for subsequent years. Sorry!
Chris
Hello Mr. O’Connell,
Since your best of 2010 list came out I started an accounting blog. If you decide to update your list I’d appreciate if you’d give consideration to my blog as one of the best. I think you’ll find the articles to be original, informative and educational. I’ve only written about matters that interested me, so serious readers of accounting and tax literature should find them interesting too.
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Very informative list.
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Nice post ! with great informative list. I am just bookmarked this page and waiting for the next. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great list of Accounting blog sites and I am glad that I visit your post cause I am looking accounting and CPA blogs. looking forward for your new post in best 2013 blogs about accountant and consulting.
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