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Make your client testimonials REALLY stand out!
by Tony Vidler        Yeah, yeah, yeah….Client testimonials are good. We should all collect them. We should all display them on our website and stuff…. …but then line after line of typed text just looks the same as everyone else’s, and they lose impact don’t they?  Especially when potential clients know that we aren’t going […]
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Give clients time to think and “Buy In” with this simple technique
by Tony Vidler         Wanting client buy in? Then there is a wonderfully simple technique that all professionals should be using every time they make a recommendation…. …of the challenge giving advice in what is usually a difficult area for consumers to comprehend easily or rapidly.  Consumers usually need a few seconds longer in processing time […]
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Ask the expert? Be The Expert That Gets Asked!
by Tony Vidler        It is so easy today to get yourself “in print” and be positioned to be the expert that target market customers ask for advice, and being the expert that gets asked leads to those customers putting in place solutions with you. Setting up chat forums, blogs, ezines and so on are all […]
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How To Get (and “do”) Client Testimonial Video’s
by Tony Vidler        One of the most powerful marketing tactics is getting client testimonial video’s. Yet, the majority of advisory firms do not appear to have really taken advantage of the consumer appetite for video or how they can use video to improve client service & experience as yet, and it seems they have […]
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This Is The Sensible First Step In Taking Charge Of Your Time
by Tony Vidler        Without doubt the most precious resource you have in professional services is your time.  For many practitioners it is all they have to sell, and derive income from. It follows that when it comes to trying to determine how to improve business efficiency or profitability, or personal earnings, that the allocation and […]
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How to make yourself scarce…and more valuable!
by Tony Vidler        Make yourself scarce. It is a well established economic AND behavioural principle is that people generally will have higher demand for that which is more difficult to get.  Less of something makes it more valuable, right?  It is a pretty sound principle that consumers tend to have a higher want for whatever […]
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What IS good content for sharing and engaging prospects?
by Tony Vidler        When it comes to creating GOOD content that is engaging prospects and your target audience there are a few things to get right, but most of the things you need to get right are not really about what you write or produce. So what makes really good content is not just […]
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Making the move from Product Rep to a valued Financial Adviser
by Tony Vidler        Being a valued financial adviser is the goal, right?  Well it is difficult to considered yourself “valued” if you don’t place a value upon your own expertise or worth to the client.  It is even more difficult for prospective clients to consider you valuable if you do not place value upon […]
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How to make your KPI’s actually work!
by Tony Vidler        Looking ahead at the changes you can…no… the changes you WILL make in the next year you have probably begun to zero in on the Key Performance Indicators – the KPI’s. These are the measures that matter.  They are the ratio’s or milestones that indicate your plan is progressing, and that the […]
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Want to Cross-Sell? Then put a bit of planning into it…
by Tony Vidler        We all know that cross-selling services and products to clients is critical to maximising the value of the client relationship as well as ensuring you are delivering full value to your clients. So why is it so often neglected? In part cross-selling is skipped because so many professional advisers today do […]
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