Boosting brand share of voice for accountancy outsourcers Advancetrack

Advancetrack is one of the UK’s leading specialist outsourcers of accountancy and audit services.

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Highlights

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The brief

We were tasked with elevating Advancetrack’s authority and brand share of voice in the accounting sector, supporting its planned rapid growth internationally. This was delivered through a strategic blend of PR and social media marketing activation, which enabled us to significantly enhance their visibility, drive engagement with the right audiences, and secure top-tier media coverage. 

These were underpinned by a series of key objectives: 

  1. Boost Brand Awareness: Achieve widespread coverage across regional, trade, and national titles, increasing share of voice and positioning Advancetrack as a market leader.
  2. Increase Social Engagement: Enhance engagement and follower numbers on social media, primarily through our hero channel LinkedIn.
  3. Campaign Activation: Promote Advancetrack’s landmark ‘gbX Conference’ and publicise its industry-leading Accounting Talent Index, securing high-quality backlinks from reputable sites.
  4. PR and Outreach Support: Provide proactive and reactive PR for Advancetrack, driving positive sentiment and supporting it through its significant High Court win against a competitor for trademark infringement. 

What we did

Research and Strategy: 
  • Conducted comprehensive competitor analysis and audience mapping to identify key opportunities.  
  • Developed unique insights into the online behaviours of target demographics, supporting the development of a unique and compelling narrative that would resonate with audiences 
  • Craft a single strategy to align all core activity, reviewed and refreshed quarterly to align to learnings to ensure maximum success across both PR and social media. 
Media Outreach: 
  • Created bespoke media and outreach lists to key outlets were targeted and prioritised. 
  • Implemented a PR strategy combining proactive and reactive outreach, trend newsjacking, thought leadership, and data-driven campaigns to enhance brand awareness and media visibility. 
Social Media Integration: 
  • Seamlessly integrated social media to support campaigns, create additional customer touchpoints, drive traffic to the Advancetrack website, and establish it as a trusted, authoritative voice through multi-channel promotional tactics. 
Reactive and Proactive PR: 
  • Provided press office support, managed media relations around Advancetrack’s high-profile court win, and reacted to breaking news stories. 
Thought Leadership and Expert Commentary: 
  • Positioned Advancetrack as an industry leader by proactively securing outreach opportunities and leveraging company experts to comment on sector trends and the wider news agenda. 
Campaign Activation: 
  • Activated the global Accounting Talent Index report through a well-planned outreach strategy, ensuring maximum visibility and downloads from targeted groups.
  • The launch was synchronised with the gbX Conference, an event we publicised on a national scale. 

The results

  • Secured more than 70 pieces of coverage across national, trade, and regional titles in 11 months, exceeding our original KPI by more than 300%. 
  • Achieved coverage in top tier outlets including City AM, Accountancy Age, AccountingWEB, Yahoo Finance, AAT Comment, and more – including all of our primary (or Gold) media targets  
  • A coverage reach of more than 150 million. 
  • Implemented new social media strategy, helping to increase Advancetrack’s LinkedIn followers by more than 50% in five months. 
  • Notable engagement spikes across key social channels during campaign periods, particularly around the gbX Conference. 

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