just giving 2 cents. i am a cpa i was with goodaccountants back in 2008 for a full year. they are a legit marketing companies for accountants...this how it works: they advertise nationally on google, yahoo, etc. if anyone search for keyword "accountant, tax, etc", goodaccountants website will be on the top of the list. that's how they generate their leads.
however, whether you can recoup on your investment is entirely up to the CPA. it requires some luck and public relations skill. you need luck because as i described above, goodaccountants don't actually go out and solicit, they are waiting for anyone to visit their website.....so the quality of the leads can go up and down 180.
i was lured in to them because they claim they can increase my billing by 80k a year. i invested about $18500 for their lead service. i broke even. some of the clients that i got from them are still with me today. in term of my roi, i was not the successful one.
so bottom line, they are legit but don't believe the "80k increase in billing" crap. i mean i am sure couple of the CPAs got lucky and was successful with them but most of time the clients you are going to get from them are anywhere from 800 to $2000. oh by the way, if you are in a major city, beware because they probably have several cpa signed up...which mean if they send you a lead, the other cpa with them also got the leads, you are going to have to compete.
I got a call today from someone saying that they had a client to offer me from NYC. I called back the number and they are charging me a fee. I asked a few questions and the person refused to give me acceptable answers.
I'M TALKING WITH THESE GUYS AT GOOD ACCOUNTANTS. SOME PEOPLE ABOVE SAY THEY MADE MONEY AND YOU GOT SCREWED BASICALLY. SO WHAT WAS THE STORY IN YOUR CASE?
Good Accountants.com called me today. They went on and on about a new client that wanted to meet with me the next day. Then, the sales pitch - $5,000 up front.
I said, unless they gave me the name and number of the potential client, I would not pay the $5,000.
I researched them and many of the so called clients on their data base. Many were addresses in the middle of no where. And, many of the so called claims on their website were from businesses with no web sites at all.