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When To Take Online Engagement Offline
by Tony Vidler        A frequently asked question by professionals using digital marketing is “how, and when, do I take the online engagement offline into the real world?” Let’s assume for the exercise that you have made a new connection on Linked for example.  Often professionals will make new connections and then wonder what to […]
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Not all clients are equal…well, not equal value anyway
by Tony Vidler        Let’s talk about one of those elephant in the room things: not all clients are equal for a professional service firm. As human beings they might all be equal, but as clients they are not. Each client relationship has a commercial value….and a commercial cost.  Each therefore has varying profitability, and […]
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get quick wins from your marketing
3 things your marketing message must do to get quick wins
by Tony Vidler        “Long term marketing ideas are great, but what do I need to do to get some quick results?” A fair question…sometimes we need our marketing message to produce some pretty quick wins – which it can do if you get 3 things right. In this weeks Quick Tips video we discuss […]
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Are you willing to pay the price?
by Tony Vidler        Given the vast raft of changes and challenges facing advisers the question of whether one is willing to pay the price should be considered.  I tripped over this again a little while ago while re-visiting some classic books, which in this case was “The Feldman Method”, by Andrew H. Thomson. Ben […]
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3 Is The Key To Effective Presentations
by Tony Vidler        3 is the magic presentation number. Effective presentations are structured in “threes”. It is a well established principle that people absorb information best when it is presented in 3 points…and while listing your best 3 features or benefits is more effective than listing your top 10 to most consumers, applying a […]
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Differentiate By Building A Strong Promise
by Tony Vidler        There are notable differences between high growth professional firms and others when it comes to differentiating themselves.  How they choose to express their value and stand out is quite different to the mainstream.   Undoubtedly the average or low growth firms inability to express what their difference is in relation to […]
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Where your Value Proposition REALLY fits in
by Tony Vidler        A well crafted and well articulated Value Proposition is the key component in any good marketing strategy.  Even though it is the most important part of the entire marketing message, it is not the first thing however… To craft a great marketing message for your business there are three essentials and […]
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I sell…You sell…We ALL sell. Or should do…
by Tony Vidler        I am a professional.  I am a salesman. These two things are not contradictory.  We all sell stuff.  It seems like I’m selling my time these days…sometimes a product….sometimes it is just selling concepts and possibilities.  Mostly it is selling behavioural change & fixing other peoples’ problems though. But I sell.  […]
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The 9 Essentials Of Your Value Proposition…in 9 Seconds
by Tony Vidler        There are 9 things you have to nail in only about 9 seconds if you want your value proposition to be truly effective. Sound impossible? It’s tough to craft a great value proposition that hits all 9 things….but it is definitely not impossible.  In this quick video we talk about what […]
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The times are a changin’…Business as usual is a dead end!
by Tony Vidler        The difference between any two professional practices filled with well qualified and well meaning people is usually that a different culture exists in each. All businesses develop a “way we do things here” over time…whether they meant to or not.  A culture evolves within the business…whether you wanted it to or […]
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