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You know it is time to review the marketing plan when…

by Tony Vidler It seems advisers think this is the time of the year to review their marketing plan…but perhaps any time of the year is the “right” time to review it? The “right time” to review your marketing plan is when it isn’t providing the results you wanted, or needed in your […]

When you cannot think of a better way to market yourself, try this…

by Tony Vidler When all else fails and you are at a loss to market your particular value as an adviser, the safest marketing path is to sell “convenience”. We all know, because we all do it, it is simply more convenient to go to the supermarket than an array of specialty shops. […]

Could Advisers Be DRIVING Revenue To Online Providers?

by Tony Vidler I do keep wondering if advisers realise how much revenue is waiting to be unlocked by them inside their existing business? A little while ago I was talking with a business that provides outsourced client servicing solutions and they provided me with some of their data from working with financial […]

Does Social Media ACTUALLY work for financial advisers?

by Tony Vidler It seems the question is still being asked by most advisers on social media: does it actually work in growing an advisory business? Remarkably, most professionals that I meet and talk to still consider social media to be some sort of “teenager or millennial thing”, or “something which doesn’t seem […]

10 Mistakes That Advice Businesses Keep Making

by Tony Vidler So many advisory firms do not realise their potential, and the top mistakes which hold them back are more often than not nothing to with their ability to be great advisers. They tend to fall into the category of being basic commercial mistakes. So the main mistakes that advice businesses […]

The Strategic Approach To Practice Development

by Tony Vidler For any professional services business to realise it’s full potential the owner must take a strategic approach to the development of the practice. In doing so there are 3 general areas of the firm which drive growth and value of the business, and each of those has some sub-sections. The […]

How to influence clients with “Social Proof”

by Tony Vidler One of the primary functions of the professional adviser is to influence people to make change. Or sometimes, influence them not to change things. Our role is to manage client behaviour to help generate the desired outcomes that clients want. We must get them to act, or not act, in order to […]

A Good Financial Adviser MUST Consider Risk Management

by Tony Vidler Financial planners and professional advisers who do not tackle risk management issues thoroughly for clients do the clients a disservice. Perhaps that is a little challenging to some of todays professionals, however too many advisers seem to struggle with positioning risk management in their suite of services to clients. It seems […]

Give Gifts That Give Back

by Tony Vidler How much do clients really value the standard corporate gift? It is a nice gesture and usually generates a level of appreciation…but often it is a very very fleeting moment in the clients’ mind and relatively quickly forgotten. There is a limit to the level of gratitude that can be […]

To Improve Productivity, Plan More Time Off…

by Tony Vidler Here’s a tip you’ll love for improving personal productivity: take more time off if you want to do more business! Clearly you cannot take that advice to an extreme and take the entire year off….there will definitely be a point where “time off” results in diminishing returns….BUT… To really […]

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