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How to create a PROCESS to validate your product recommendations
by Tony Vidler        Everyday the situation arises where one adviser recommends Company A as a solution for clients, and another adviser trying to work with the same clients suggests that Company B is better.   This always creates confusion for clients of course, but when it comes to deciding between insurance companies or products it […]
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How clients choose when Advisers all seem the same
by Tony Vidler        How do clients choose which adviser to use when to outsiders looking at the profession as a whole, 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 […]
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Paying COI’s: Perhaps prepare for the harvest before you prepare for the feast
by Tony Vidler        Is it appropriate to be paying COI’s a share of your success from their influences?   Or, to put it bluntly, nother way, should you share remuneration or the spoils of the sale with referrers?   Personally, I think not.  However, it is actually just a little more complicated than that […]
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Referrals: You are probably letting hundreds go each year
by Tony Vidler        Why so many professionals struggle to get referral business consistently generally comes down to 2 things:   1.  They don’t position for them 2. They aren’t prepared in advance   Something like one-third to a half of the people we engage with might be prepared to provide referrals – IF we […]
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How One Successful Financial Planner Gets New Business (part 2)
by Tony Vidler         Professionals are always interested in what other professionals are doing that leads to new business and becoming more successful.  The constant question is: “What are others doing that are successful for them?”   In a previous post one leading financial planner shared where he gets his new business from, and the […]
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The Madness of Creating Videos Without a Master Plan
by Tony Vidler        A little while ago I participated in a survey on marketing by financial advisers internationally.  The results were intriguing in that clearly there is widespread recognition by advisers of the importance and effectiveness of creating videos as a communication and marketing medium, however there is a disconnect too as the majority […]
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Making the move into charging fees for advice
by Tony Vidler        The easiest way for advisers who are worried about trying to charge fees for their expertise or time is to sell a service which is not product related at all.  This seems daunting to the many financial advisers who have “grown up” in an environment where they were paid by commissions […]
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choosing you is a no brainer
These 4 things make it easy for prospects to say YES
by Tony Vidler        We all want all of our prospects to say YES, but getting them to do so isn’t necessarily about having a clever line that they can’t say “no” to.   Which do you think is more effective with todays educated and sophisticated consumer? 1. The clever sales technique that has you […]
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niche marketing
Target Marketing? Follow the seam of gold if you find it, but don’t spend money looking for it
by Tony Vidler        Whenever I hear advisers talk about target marketing they seem to think it is an “either/or” choice. One has to be focussed on the ideal client only and ignore everyone else, or alternatively, you have to be focussed on dealing with as many potential clients as possible and give up on […]
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Different communications are methods needed for different clients
by Tony Vidler         Different people learn and comprehend in different ways, and different sorts of clients need different sorts of communications methods and styles if messaging is to be truly effective.   One size really does not fit all.   A Little while ago LIMRA did some research on preferred methods of communications by […]
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