2019 Review of BuildYourFirm Accounting Websites

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From the 2019 reviews of website building systems for accounting firms.

Build Your Firm Accounting Website Packages offers a variety of custom website building solutions for accounting firms of any size. Build Your Firm is scalable, with three website design options and three hosting options available, and any of the web designs can be hosted at any level. All plans offered include complete SEO capability, an email newsletter, productivity tools, secure file sharing, a content library, and a social media posting wizard.

Build Your Firm does not use any templates in their design, but builds each website from scratch, creating custom content in the process. Once the site is built, Build Your Firm also handles all site changes.

To get started, those interested in Build Your Firm websites will have to determine the type of website they want, along with the appropriate hosting plan. Once this is decided, firms provide Build Your Firm designers with details such as firm colors and branding, staff and partner details, key employee bios, a complete list of services offered, and any other information that will included on the newly created website.  A variety of logos are available to use in Build Your Firm, or firms can use their current logo. There is also an option to have a custom logo created if desired. In addition, more than 600 stock photos are available from Build Your Firm that can be used on the website.

Along with custom content, Build Your Firm provides firms with specialized newsletter content, with eight articles provided each month. A newsletter dashboard is included in Build Your Firm, to ensure clients receive articles pertinent to them.

Email addresses are also included in each hosting plan, with six email addresses offered in the Professional hosting level. Both the Platinum and Platinum Plus hosting level offers email addresses for all firm employees. Complete domain management is included in all hosting plans, with users able to point multiple domain names to a single website if desired.

Each firm that contracts with Build Your Firm will be assigned a consultant who will serve as the main point of contact going forward. The consultant can assist firms with everything from web design and edits to email setup and domain registration.

Along with standard web content, Build Your Firm also offers a Tax Center, where clients can access tax organizers, read tax articles, and browse through tax tips. The built-in library contains even more resources, with hundreds of tax and accounting articles available, along with insurance, investment, business, and real estate related articles. Productivity tools such as the File Share option allows firms to securely share confidential documents with clients, and the contact form allows potential clients to request an appointment directly from the website. In addition, Build Your Firm includes BizPayO, a payment processing portal that helps firms get paid faster.

Build Your Firm also includes a client dashboard, where users can access a variety of help documents and videos, view the email newsletter, access the file share portal, and open a support ticket when necessary.

Build Your Firm offers an integrated blog option, which is available for an additional fee. The blog is created using WordPress, and Build Your Firm will integrate the blog using firm branding directly into the website. If users already have a blog, Build Your Firm can help with the migration process, bringing all blog content over to the newly created website.

Build Your Firm offers complete integration with popular social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and the Platinum Plus hosting plan offers automatic posting to these accounts. Reputation management, and website traffic analytics monitoring is also available in the Platinum Plus plan.

Build Your Firm offers a scalable custom web building solution, and is ideal for those that wish to completely outsource the complete web building and design process. Build Your Firm offers three different website types: Essential, Niche, and Custom, with hosting options priced separately.  The Essential plan does not charge a setup fee, so the monthly hosting fee is the only cost Essential subscribers would pay. For firms desiring an industry-based website, the Niche website has a setup fee that starts at $500 and goes up to $1,250. The Custom plan is the most comprehensive, with a setup fee of $2,000.  All plans are can be hosted at any level, with Professional level hosting starting at $69.99 per month (billed annually), Platinum hosting running $99.95 per month, and Platinum Plus running $399.95 per month.  

2019 Overall Rating: 4.75 Stars