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5 Big Reasons Why Marketing Campaigns Fail

April 7, 2026

We learn as we go in professional services, and that is especially true when it comes to analysing why marketing campaigns “fail”. To be fair, few of us are trained in marketing at all so…

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Marketing NEVER Stops For Today’s Adviser

November 21, 2025

I was asked “when should I slow down or stop the marketing?” Answer: “Your marketing never stops. Never.” The rationale behind the question was the adviser has a good and large business – there are…

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The Formula For Writing Winning Headlines

October 24, 2025

Coming up with a winning headline or subject line is the first objective when writing for clients or prospects. Anything else we have to say in the body of the message just doesn’t really matter…

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Is Your Marketing Budget As Big As Your Dream?

July 25, 2025

Nobody likes a budget – even financial advisers don’t. But a marketing budget for your business is good budgeting…it’s an investment in growth. Even well established advisory firms usually want growth as they usually want…

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What is the mix of content which is engaging?

July 22, 2025

The key to content marketing is to mix it up. Keep it engaging. Keep it coming… As a consumer yourself you know that there is a need to be fed fresh stuff…after all, you tune…

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3 Must Haves For Effective Marketing Copy

October 31, 2023

For marketing copy to be truly effective it must have “readability”. If something is easy to read and comprehend quickly then it will be effective – assuming the actual message wasn’t rubbish to begin with.…

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First, Become Famous In Your Neighbourhood

July 5, 2023

Where are your advertising dollars, and efforts, going to get the best return? It seems that the majority of small businesses get the majority of their new clients from their local area, which is not…

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