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The Top 20 Adviser Marketing Kitbag Essentials

by Tony Vidler It would be fair to say that adviser marketing is not a specialty subject for most advisers…they are usually great technicians and deliverers of financial advice and coaching, and they are usually great at selling and relationship management at an individual level. Not so great at getting the marketing going though…. […]

Fees For Advice: How to get paid every step of the way

by Tony Vidler If advice is valuable then it should be paid for. Getting paid fees for advice alone seems to be an issue as Financial Advisers often do not get paid what they should for the difference their advice makes…and more often than not it is the advisers’ fault. I have been […]

Being A Thought Leader Does Not Mean Being “First”

by Tony Vidler Creating a position as a thought leader is superb marketing for professionals, and all too often they confuse “being a thought leader” with simply “being first”. The rush to be “first” to express an opinion or provide insight often produces disappointing results for the audience and the would-be-thought-leader. The urgency […]

A Great Adviser is, or should be, a Thought Leader

by Tony Vidler “Thought leaders are the informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into reality, and know and show how to replicate their success.” The second sentence in the above quote seems particularly pertinent […]

To Be a Recognised Expert You Must Be Willing To Be A Target

by Tony Vidler If you become a recognised expert then business will find its way to you. Prospecting per se ceases to be a problem. Getting to be that recognised expert can be a costless and effective way of marketing yourself as industry, local or national media is constantly looking for opinion-shapers and insight. […]

Don’t know how to make great visuals? No worries…

by Tony Vidler Visual aids sell. Great visuals increase comprehension and speed of information absorption. Apparently the brain processes visual information 60,000 times faster than text. Well…I don’t know if the “60,000” is actually a fact but I found it on the internet, so it must be true. I am sure too that […]

How to get your prospects attention…and keep it.

by Tony Vidler Sad but true apparently: The average Goldfish has a greater attention span than the average human reader. That presents a bit of a challenge when it comes to us getting prospects’ attention and then holding it long enough to make our point and get them interested in engaging with […]

High Net Worth Clients: The 3 Strategic Issues You HAVE To Get To Grips With

by Tony Vidler The nirvana for most professionals is to work only with high net worth clients. The challenge in doing so is that the affluent are inevitably becoming more difficult to get in front of personally. As with the famous line from Jurassic Park – “life will find a way” – so […]

You are already using Digital Marketing daily, so why not use it well?

by Tony Vidler From what I observe, around 50% of professionals today still say they do not use digital marketing – and a fair proportion of those who say they don’t also say they don’t ever intend to use it either. However, from what I actually observe when it comes to how many professionals do […]

Consumers won’t use Financial Planners until they know what we do…

by Tony Vidler “Only 2% of consumers would go to a financial planner to take out life or other personal insurance” “Only 9% of consumers would go to a financial planner for retirement planning” “12% of consumers would seek investment advice from a financial planner” Wow. What on earth do consumers think […]

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