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Know and Use the Principles Of Influence Deliberately

by Tony Vidler One of the most important pieces of work for professional advisers in the last 3 decades would have to be Robert Cialdini’s Principles Of Influence. Essentially he has distilled the lessons of human behaviour into a relatively small group of principles which most humans are influenced by. There are exceptions of […]

How to tap into the Principle Of Scarcity – and create some urgency for clients

by Tony Vidler The Principle Of Scarcity One of the more powerful principles of influence is the Principle Of Scarcity: people tend to want what they perceive as being limited, or difficult to get. That is a difficult principle for professionals to tap into most of the time as the products and services […]

The Adviser as an Influencer

by Tony Vidler The financial adviser is supposed to be an influencer…our role is to influence others to make better decisions than they would otherwise have made. In order to become a more effective adviser the ongoing development of the skills that are required to deliver influential advice should be deliberately developed. But […]

Give Publicity To Get Some Good Publicity

by Tony Vidler An excellent way to get some positive publicity and generate more “word of mouth” advertising for your business is to give some good publicity to other businesses. That may sound a little strange…counter-intuitive even…but the priniciple of reciprocity is a powerful thing. Pretty much everyone in professional services has clients […]

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