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How clients choose a Financial Adviser when they all seem the same

by Tony Vidler How do clients choose a financial adviser to use when everyone looks about the same? Sure there are individual differences in the human beings, with the full range of beautiful people, and those who are beautiful only to their mothers perhaps, and all the different skin tones and body shapes that […]

Here is how to explain, and show, your value to a client in 30 seconds

by Tony Vidler I am a massive fan of using simple diagrams to explain technical ideas, but they are also a fabulous way of articulating concepts that people struggle to grasp. One of my favourites is a very simple picture that anyone can scribble on a scrap of paper in 30 seconds, which is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

When clients say “too expensive” there is a value gap

by Tony Vidler If there is one objection which continually gets professionals in a tangle it is the client who says “it’s too expensive”. When a client says “too expensive” YOU you haven’t done your job…there is a gap between the value being delivered and value being perceived by the client. A value gap […]

How will this year be better?

by Tony Vidler Just one question should be dominating practitioners minds at this stage of the year: How will this year be better? HOW is the critical word here. Advisers are usually great at setting goals and targets. They are great at analysing and doing the numbers that tell them what activity at […]

How to engage clients in a review of financial advice

Your Philosophy MIGHT Be Your Real Point of Difference

by Tony Vidler Advisers often struggle to articulate their point of difference, yet they usually can easily express well thought out beliefs and philosophies about money and planning. So most advisers think carefully about such things and build up a philosophy based upon their formal learning and real world experience that shapes their advice […]

Professional Positioning Powers Elite Performance

by Tony Vidler The elite performance achieved by some financial advisers seems to come down to them being better at positioning themselves professionally than average advisers are. That positioning really pays off too: various surveys suggest that they get up to 2.5 X MORE business from new clients than average advisers. And to […]

How To Get Clients Choosing You

by Tony Vidler You need to get clients choosing you over the other adviser or you’re dead in the water, right? Often you don’t even know that they were comparing advisers until it is too late and the choice has been made. That happens to all of us in our careers. Once that choice […]

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