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Deal or No Deal? Advice is that simple at the beginning. Really.

by Tony Vidler One of the greatest challenges for professionals working with complex ideas and products is to keep initial advice as simple as possible, without being patronising to the client or skipping the detail that compliance demands. After all, it takes great skill and careful thought to be able to simplify complex information […]

Your key for unlocking endless creative content ideas

by Tony Vidler How we engage with prospective customers has changed fundamentally in the last few years, and smart operators know that delivering engagement and meaningful content is critical to establishing authority, credibility and relevance for your target market. In fact, ongoing engagement while consumers choose when they will engage is 90% of the […]

Segmentation: Why not have everyone as “A” Clients?

by Tony Vidler Segmentation of clients in your database is sensible, and some sort of labelling to differentiate them is necessary. The idea behind segmenting clients into different categories is to introduce efficiency into a practice while recognising that not all clients are of equal commercial value to the firm. It is also a way […]

Think before you commit to that marketing idea…

by Tony Vidler We all love a new and exciting marketing idea and it is easy to get caught up in thinking about its possibilities…but it is also easy to lose sight of what you should be trying to achieve too. Focussing on tactics without having a clear strategy often results in disappointment as […]

How to do client video testimonials the right way!

by Tony Vidler Testimonials are good for business – but we all know that, right? Video testimonials are even better for business – and not everyone has got THAT yet. Being able to see the body language, and hear the inflections in a clients voice as they talk about their positive experience, are far […]

Creating A Client Advocate Culture

by Tony Vidler In an ideal world all of our clients would become active advocates for us…and each client advocate would be the key driver of new business and growth in our practice, wouldn’t it? Our clients would be so in love with how our advice and expertise has positively changed their world that […]

How To Blend Old AND New Marketing Methods: An Example

by Tony Vidler Old, traditional, marketing methods….or new, modern, methods? Which is best? Neither are “best”…and both can be pretty effective. Using the best of both simultaneously though can be fabulous. Traditional marketing methods mixed with modern technology, data-driven insights and delivery platforms can be extremely effective…in fact using everything is absolutely necessary to […]

10 Steps to an EFFECTIVE Marketing Plan

by Tony Vidler There are 10 big steps to developing an effective marketing plan. “Effective” in this context means a marketing plan which will get you enough of the right sort of customers for the resources you have available. Getting results with the limited time and money you have in other words. The 10 […]

3 things your marketing message must do to get quick wins

by Tony Vidler “Long term marketing ideas are great, but what do I need to do to get some quick results?” A fair question…sometimes we need our marketing message to produce some pretty quick wins – which it can do if you get 3 things right. In this weeks Quick Tips video we discuss […]

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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