Value Proposition

Make your professional designations mean something to clients

October 22, 2021

Why aren’t more financial advisers using their professional designations and qualifications better? There is no doubt that there has been an increasing proportion of advisers pursuing professional designations, and an increasing number of niche choices…

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your-value-proposition

Answer The 3 Questions That Help Them Choose You

September 13, 2021

Your marketing objective is simple: Help ideal clients choose you. The most important word in that sentence was “help“, and that is very different to “convince“, which is the typical marketing approach. A great marketing…

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differentiate

Dependability: Is it a differentiator?

July 23, 2021

While talking to a very experienced and successful adviser I asked him what he put his phenomenal success down to. He said: “I am dependable”. As simple as that…a 40 year record of happy clients…

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do-you-know-your-customer

Re-think what you THINK you know about clients

July 19, 2021

Is it time for financial advisers to re-think what they think they know about clients? Insurance is sold, it isn’t bought, right? People don’t value advice, right? Really? I know from personal experience – both…

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common-client-experience

Reaching todays “common client”

July 5, 2021

Reaching todays common client is not easy for professionals. They are easy to find for sure, but reaching them and getting their attention is something else again. When you consider how a buying process happens…

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Robo-Advice is here, and it is helping Advisers be better at giving advice!

June 21, 2021

Apparently a fair proportion of advisers still do not believe that robo-advice will have a serious impact upon their business. It will of course, and in many respects it is helping advisers to be better…

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what's in it for me

Answer the only question that matters and prospects will give you what you want

April 12, 2021

The only question that matters to prospects is “W.I.I.F.M?” The big “what’s in it for me?” question is the only question that matters when we are dealing with a prospective customer…someone who WE want to…

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adviser-value-proposition

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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