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How are you planning to differentiate and stand out?

by Tony Vidler You have to differentiate to stand out and attract business…but where do you do that. How do you do that? Well, it begins by thinking strategically about where you want to do it. I remembering reading way back in one of the academic tomes on marketing that there were 5 attributes […]

Just a little different is enough to stand out

by Tony Vidler In order to be different, and stand out in a positive way in a crowded and noisy marketplace, it pays to do things a little differently to your key competitors. But just “A little differently” doesn’t mean you have to be radical. The first step in working out how and where to […]

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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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 Credibility & the “Trust Me…I am experienced” line

by Tony Vidler “Trust me…I’m an experienced professional…” How many times do we hear a professional claiming that a client should trust them and deal with them because they have X number of years experience? Does this “years of experience” thing really translate into professional credibility? Increasingly cynical consumers ask themselves “do you […]

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 […]

5 Points Of Competitive Difference In Choosing Product Suppliers

by Tony Vidler Often it seems there is little difference between product suppliers in financial services, with one fund manager looking similar to other fund managers, and one life insurer offering essentially the same products as other life insurers…how do you decide which product supplier is right to work more closely with? When it […]

Innovate to Differentiate (it CAN be done by professional services firms)

by Tony Vidler One great way to differentiate is to innovate. You do not HAVE to innovate to differentiate of course, but innovation definitely leads to differentiation. There is a perception that in order to innovate one must receive a flash of inspiration. A blindingly brilliant epiphany-like moment. Sometimes that happens. More often […]

Answer The 3 Questions That Help Them Choose You

by Tony Vidler 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 process helps prospects move along the buying (decision-making) path by pre-empting their concerns and need […]

Marketing Your Firm, and Marketing You are 2 different things

by Tony Vidler Understanding that marketing your firm and marketing you are 2 separate things is something that most professionals seem to overlook, or perhaps not understand. For most of us there are at least 2 brands at play in the market (if not more), being the corporate brand of the practice or […]

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