Sales & Marketing for Professional Services

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Getting attention & positive engagement on the phone

March 17, 2021

There is some methodology to getting a listeners attention and positive engagement on the telephone…it isn’t just good luck! Of course, there is structure and methodology in building effective and entire telephone track. It should…

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What is NOT a Value Proposition…and what is.

March 5, 2021

Value Proposition. It is the value that you propose to deliver to a potential customer. What it is not is anything other than the value you propose to deliver to them. Seems simple enough, doesn’t…

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How to get customers enthused when our products are boring

March 1, 2021

How can we create or transfer enthusiasm to a customer when: Our products are as boring as the boring-est thing ever. The Value that customers receive from financial services products could be years and years…

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Which prospecting method delivers the best results?

February 26, 2021

The prospecting method that keeps on delivering the most opportunities is Referrals. A distant second in the source of new clients for advice firms is Centre of Influence referrals. Research by the Financial Planning Association…

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How to tap into the Principle Of Scarcity – and create some urgency for clients

February 24, 2021

The Principle Of Scarcity One of the more powerful principles of influence is the Principle Of Scarcity: people tend to want what they perceive as being limited, or difficult to get. That is a difficult…

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Thinking Differently To Connect With Prospects

February 22, 2021

Thinking differently would seem to be an obvious thing to do if one wanted to be different. If you wanted your advisory firm to stand out from competitors it would make sense to DO something…

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Show Prospects Your Advice Planning Process To Get CLIENTS

February 12, 2021

The Challenge: Getting prospects to buy into your financial advice planning process. The Solution: Show them HOW the process works before asking them to commit. The keywords there are “show” and “how“….and it is because…

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You are probably closer to being “An Authority” than you realise.

February 1, 2021

IF you have bought into the key concept of providing good quality content, or information, to prospects in order to engage them until they are ready to use your services, the inevitable question becomes: “what…

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