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The Continuous Cycle That Is Social Media Marketing
by Tony Vidler         Marketing via social media is a bit like riding a bike: you have to keep pedalling that cycle or the lack of momentum will make it fall over. Many professionals beginning with social media as part of their marketing mix fail to recognise that continual movement is a critical part of making […]
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Pitching Your Marketing To The Target Client’s Buying Journey
by Tony Vidler        Every practice needs to be pitching their marketing efforts at the ideal point in the target market’s buying process, because no practice has enough money and time to cover every possibility. Today’s consumers go through a process of engaging with professionals which is a little different to the consumers of 20 years […]
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Give Publicity To Get Some Good Publicity
by Tony Vidler        An excellent way to get some positive publicity and generate more “word of mouth” advertising for your business is to give some good publicity to other businesses.   That may sound a little strange…counter-intuitive even…but the priniciple of reciprocity is a powerful thing.   Pretty much everyone in professional services has clients […]
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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.   Our service will still be there tomorrow, right?  And usually the need to be addressed is a future need, and maybe well into the future….so there is […]
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Don’t rush to go “The Extra Mile” in client service just yet…
by Tony Vidler        Go the extra mile and clients will love you, right?   Maybe not.   While I would be the first to say that an area of opportunity for professional services firms to excel in comparison to their competitors is in “providing service”…the answer to getting to more clients on the “satisfied” […]
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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 […]
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You Need Your Own Tight 5 For Long Term Success
by Tony Vidler        When it comes to building an audience of influencers, advocates, raving fans and interested spectators, it all begins with having your own Tight 5.  If you follow rugby you probably got it straight away, but if you don’t follow rugby then this analogy will seem wierd, so humour me for a moment […]
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How to protect your brand and reputation on social media
by Tony Vidler        You would think professionals would take more care of their reputation. I mean it is their livelihood, right?  You’d also think that professionals using social media would set themselves some guidelines on what stuff they will and won’t allow to have atached to their reputation…but nope. Confusion about what one should […]
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Are you offering Advice clients Fast Food or Fine Dining?
by Tony Vidler        Many advisers are unsure about what they offer advice clients – cheap and cheerful advice on the fly, or a superb planning experience.  Both do the job, albeit in different ways.  But offering fast food at silver service prices is a business model that will struggle…and that’s what happens when there […]
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Your Reputation IS Your Personal Brand – and it is what matters most
by Tony Vidler        For most advisers the only brand that truly matters is, or should be, their personal brand.  Not the corporate brand, or licensees brand, or dealer group or avourite financial insititutions…YOUR brand.  And when it comes to your personal brand, reputation is everything really.   A lot of professionals get their branding […]
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