Marketing Ideas Archives - Page 11 of 23

It Is A Journey To Becoming An Advice Client

by Tony Vidler Becoming an advice client is not quick and easy for consumers really…every decision, every solution, every recommendation seems to be a major journey for them. We know it is true, and we know that the process of onboarding a new client takes longer than ever and more barriers to engagement […]

Good content may not be enough for your audience

by Tony Vidler Creating good content and putting it out for your target market is great marketing. It may not be enough though to simply create “good” content and put it out there in the world. Just because you have good content and you are putting out there doesn’t mean that it is […]

How much TIME do super-successful advisers spend on marketing?

by Tony Vidler How much an adviser should spend on marketing is a perennial question with an expectation that there is a definitive $ or % answer. There isn’t. So the better question is how much time should an adviser spend on marketing. We know that time is money. We know that […]

Take a look at Twitter if you want new ideas

by Tony Vidler If you want new ideas for how to develope your business or inspiration for your own content marketing then you really should look at Twitter. It is a platform that many advisers have simply ignored as far as I can see, but it is well worth taking a look at. […]

Why you should think of Prospects as “an Audience”

by Tony Vidler The dominance of mobile search means prospects will typically first engage with you or your brand because of the content you’ve posted online. So who is your content for? It is essential to understand who your audience is. Maybe even more importantly you must continually think of those prospective future clientele […]

How To Produce Your Own Videos In The Office

by Tony Vidler I’ve lost track of how many times I’m asked “how do you produce your own videos that you put out each week?” The ugly truth is that I spend twice as long figuring out what I want to produce a video about than I do figuring out what I am […]

Creating Equitable Referral Alliances

by Tony Vidler For referral alliances to be sustainable both parties must feel that the alliance is equitable. If one party keeps getting more out of it than the other, is that alliance likely to last long term? One party at some point is going to feel that the relationship is rather one-sided […]

Here is how to work out WHERE to compete

by Tony Vidler A cornerstone of great strategy is understanding where to compete in the market…or rather, which area of expertise or service offering to lead with in the marketing efforts. Once the target market clients have been worked out (so we know who we want to appeal to) we have to decide […]

Answer The 3 Questions That Help Them Choose You

by Tony Vidler Your marketing objective is simple: Help ideal clients choose you. The most important word in that sentence was “help“, and that is very different to “convince“, which is the typical marketing approach. A great marketing process helps prospects move along the buying (decision-making) path by pre-empting their concerns and need […]

Using Facebook For Business: Where’s the line?

by Tony Vidler Many advisers wanting more customers are hesitant about using Facebook for business as they struggle to figure out where the line is between being social and being commercial and being too personal. Understandable really…it IS a blurry area for everyone, including the consumers who don’t really go to Facebook for business […]

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