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It's not as easy as you probably presume to write unique content for your CPA Website. Most CPA's do not create their own copy. Instead they choose to buy website "templates", ready-made CPA websites with copy already already built-in.

There is a downside to this method. Don't misunderstand me. If you're planning to get a website posted this is definitely the best technique. It will allow you to get the website up quickly, and the sooner you get your site up the sooner it will start bringing in new customers and accumulating domain authority in the search engines.

The downside to this strategy is that you are presenting what the search engines call "duplicate content". It's unlikely that you're the only CPA using that content provider, and all these other CPA Websites have essentially the same content on their websites as you have on yours. These pages will not usually be treated well in the search engines. Duplicate content pages get indexed, but the page that indexes first get's the lion's share of the credit. This means all the other sites using the same page will need to change the page to get full credit for it. All these pages count... your site won't be penalized for using these duplicate content pages, but it's unlikely they'll ever score well in the search engines.

Fortunately there's a easy fix for this problem.

All you need to do is re-write your important pages. Voila! Problem solved.

Do your "index" page first. The "index" page, also known as the the "home" or "welcome" page, is the most important page on your site. As a rule it has the most inherent authority, and it almost always gets indexed first. By rewriting it you are creating "unique content", and  that's what the search engines are looking for.

Once that's done selectively rewrite other pages. As a rule the more pages you re-write, the better. You'll get more pages with better rankings, and your overall site will accumulate authority faster. Assign an order of importance to the pages with the pages you consider most important at the top of the list, then rewrite the pages on your site one at a time in that order.

There are some important rules of thumb to keep in mind that will maximize your appeal both to search engines and prospects.

Using Your Meta Tags

Before you begin writing create a keyword rich page title for your page. Make your page title 5-7 words, and make sure you include the city and state you're marketing to. For example:

Hoboken, NJ Accounting and Business Planning

Put this in the "Page Title" Meta Tag for the page (if you don't know what a Meta tag is or how to change it your web host may need to help you with this).

Now create a keyword rich, headline-style introduction to the page for the search engines to display when your page comes up. For example:

Your Hoboken, NJ Accounting and Business Planning Solution. Free initial consultation for Business Owners.

Put this in the "Page Description" Meta Tag for the page (again, your web host may need to help you with this).

Some accounting and CPA website design firms won't help you fix the Meta Tags on individual pages. They'll try to convince you to use a "global setting". This means all the Meta Tags on every page are the same. This is fine at the start, and a global setting is handy to have, but in the long run it's disastrous to rely on it. As you customize your site content you MUST change the tags on each page. If your website provider doesn't allow you to change the Meta data on individual pages it's time to get a new website.

Now... rewrite your page copy.

Most people find it easiest to just use the existing copy as a guideline. This is fine. Just make sure you "spin" it enough that the search engines don't catch on. There are no exact guidelines to offer, but the industry standard among SEO's says you should have variation in at least 30% of the sentences. Some people claim that figure should be closer to 70%.

Being Search Engine Friendly

The search engines want a "concise summary" of the information: Too long and the search engines will penalize you because they'll think you're either babbling on or getting too technical; Too short and they'll assume you're summary isn't detailed enough. Make your page 400-600 words.

Use your keywords in your text. Try to use your page title keywords (in the example above that would be"Hoboken ", "NJ", "Accounting", and the keyphrase "Business Planning"). Optimally you want a 1% "keyword density". If your page is 450 words use each keyword 4 or 5 times. Don't overuse your keywords. This is considered a type of spam and could result in your page being de-indexed.

Being People Friendly

Don't write too smart. Making youre visitors feel stupid will just frustrate them or make them angry. Don't waste their time with the details. Prospects don't care about the details. All they care about is what the benefit is to them. Concentrate on this. How will your service make the readers life better? Write conversationally. Good copy reads casually. People friendly copy is just that... friendly.

Most custom website designers don't want you to know this, but you can actually get a full featured website up quickly and inexpensively and still reap the benefits of custom content and meta data.