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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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creating brand advocates for ongoing referral business
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 […]
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Yin and yang of modern marketing
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 […]
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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 […]
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get quick wins from your marketing
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 […]
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differentiating
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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creating a USP for financial advisors
Identifying your uniqueness as an Adviser
by Tony Vidler        Your fingerprint is a unique identifier.  Nobody else has the same one as you.  Your uniqueness extends beyond having a separately identifiable set of finger prints though.   Yet so many professionals struggle to identify their uniqueness and present that to the market.   To create truly effective personal marketing in […]
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