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You Need A “Tight 5” For Ongoing New Business Success

by Tony Vidler You want new business and new clients, right? When it comes to building an audience of influencers, advocates, raving fans and interested spectators who will all send business your way, it all begins with having your own Tight 5. If you follow rugby you probably know where I am heading straight away, […]

Content for your marketing has never been easier…just get it delivered.

by Tony Vidler Content marketing is resonating with financial advisers but many still struggle with working out what content to share, and most still think they have to create it all themselves. Yet getting content for your marketing has never been easier. So it shouldn’t be the barrier to improving, or increasing, engagement that many […]

Details Matter: They Can Double The Return On Your Marketing

by Tony Vidler Details matter. That attitude was a significant contributor to Apple’s success. It was the centrepiece of Steve Jobs approach to design. It made him (and Apple) swags of money. While beautiful design is perhaps not really the forte of professional services firms, we do share something in common with Apple back when […]

Target Marketing: Is it an “Either/Or”?

by Tony Vidler Advisers talk about target marketing as if it is an “either/or” choice. One has to be focussed on the ideal client only and ignore everyone else, or alternatively, you have to be focussed on dealing with as many potential clients as possible and give up on the idea of the “ideal”. […]

Creating Content That Engages Prospects

by Tony Vidler Creating content that engages your target audience takes a lot of effort, and nothing is more frustrating than creating something which you think is marvellous only to find that it goes nowhere because nobody knows about it, and nobody shares it around. It doesn’t have to be that way of course. While […]

How to get more eyeballs on your Call-To-Action

by Tony Vidler Getting prospective customers to move from content engagement to your call-to-action is a critical step in improving qualified leads, and conversions of them to clients. One of the things I love about technology today is that there are always new applications helping you to improve your sales and marketing efforts in this […]

The Biggest Mistake In Financial Adviser Digital Marketing

by Tony Vidler I found this cartoon ages ago and I love it because it so accurately describes what I think is the biggest mistake in financial adviser digital marketing and I just keep seeing it happen over and over. Enormous effort and resource is put into creating wonderful websites, facebook pages and blogs…..then……nothing! […]

Paying COI’s: Should You Be Sharing Fees Or Commissions?

by Tony Vidler Is it appropriate to be paying COI’s a share of your success from their introductions or referrals? Should you share fees or commissions in other words. Personally, I think not. However, it is just a little more complicated than a simple “yes” or “no” because there are perhaps conflicting views. So […]

Get Better Focus On YOUR Marketing Message

by Tony Vidler Getting attention in an era of message bombardment is tough, but there are techniques that can help you get better focus on YOUR marketing message. There is no doubt that professionals have to work that much harder to make valuable content stand out and get noticed. It is a challenge when we […]

How do you create an “Act Now” mindset with clients?

by Tony Vidler One of the ongoing challenge in marketing professional services is simply getting people to “act now”. We have to overcome their lack of urgency. Because our service will still be there tomorrow, right? And usually the need to be addressed by us is a future need, and maybe well into the future….so […]

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