Advisory August 17, 2026
Merging? How to Protect Your SEO and AI Search Visibility
This part of the transition is easy to skip during a merger. But it shapes whether a potential client finds your firm in the first place.
Becky Livingston is the owner and CEO of Penheel Marketing, a New Jersey-based firm specializing in social media and digital marketing for CPAs. With over 25 years of marketing and tech experience, she is the author of “SEO for CPAs - The Accountant’s SEO Handbook” and the “The Accountant’s Social Media Handbook.” In addition to being a practitioner, she is a dog lover, an active Association for Accounting Marketing’s (AAM) committee member, an adjunct professor, and HubSpot partner. Learn more about Becky and her firm at https://Penheel.com.
Advisory August 17, 2026
This part of the transition is easy to skip during a merger. But it shapes whether a potential client finds your firm in the first place.
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