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Good Content marketing: It isn’t written the way you were taught to write…

by Tony Vidler Advisers getting into content marketing or just trying to create an audience for their brand are often confused about how best to communicate – or develope a style which balances personality with professionalism. Inevitably they ask “what is the correct way to write?” The grammar-nazi’s certainly have their views and […]

A simple way to boost your ROI with your daily emails

by Tony Vidler Have you thought about the ROI you get on your daily emails? Probably not, because rarely do we think of the 100 emails we send 1-to-1 daily as “marketing” so we also don’t think of them in terms of the return on investment either. But we should…in fact it might just be […]

You COULD generate more referrals than you could handle if you use digital well

by Tony Vidler Regular readers will know that I am a massive fan of using social media and other digital marketing tools and tactics, especially in professional services where we are trying to market our expertise, rather than sell a tangible product. My reasons are simple: we need to create recognition in our target markets […]

The Ultimate Personal Brand Position: Own A Word

by Tony Vidler The ultimate goal in building a strong personal brand is to own a word in your target markets mind. It may be own a phrase rather than own “a word” of course, but the point is you want to be KNOWN for something. You want to create a position where your target […]

Got a content problem? Get Google to deliver it…

by Tony Vidler Content marketing is finally starting to gain traction with financial advisers but many struggle with working out what content to share, and most still think they have to create it all themselves. There is significant merit in curating content – sharing other folks great contributions with your audience…you DON’T have to […]

Making LinkedIn Matter In Your Marketing

by Tony Vidler Most professionals have a LinkedIn profile now, but are they making LinkedIn matter when it comes to their marketing? Often they are not effectively utilising the 2 key areas that are searched by Google, being the title section and the summary. That is incredibly valuable online real estate….provided for free…so let’s have […]

Why have a WHY video, and what should it cover?

by Tony Vidler There sure a variety of opinions on how a “WHY” video should be constructed, and what you should cover in it. For me, most of the stuff you read and hear about how they should be just doesn’t make sense. That’s probably because I keep thinking about it from the perspective of […]

Paying COI’s: Perhaps prepare for the harvest before you prepare for the feast

by Tony Vidler Is it appropriate to be paying COI’s a share of your success from their influences? Or, to put it bluntly, nother way, should you share remuneration or the spoils of the sale with referrers? Personally, I think not. However, it is actually just a little more complicated than that […]

How One Successful Financial Planner Gets New Business (part 2)

by Tony Vidler Professionals are always interested in what other professionals are doing that leads to new business and becoming more successful. The constant question is: “What are others doing that are successful for them?” In a previous post one leading financial planner shared where he gets his new business from, and the […]

Financial Adviser Marketing: Creating Ghost Town’s?

by Tony Vidler I found this cartoon ages ago and I love it because it so accurately describes a huge marketing mistake that I keep seeing when it comes to financial adviser marketing: Enormous effort and resource is put into creating wonderful websites, facebook pages and blogs…..then……nothing! While there is an excellent […]

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