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The trick to maintaining consistent production
by Tony Vidler        Maintaining consistent production of new revenue isn’t quite a formula – it’s a process thankfully.  The process for continual positive performance is actually relatively straightforward and anybody can understand it and anybody can use it easily, unlike formula’s…. Even in challenging times where there is significant volatility and uncertainty, business continues to […]
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How to get down to business, nice and easy….
by Tony Vidler        It has never been more important to invest time at the beginning of a potential client engagement in establishing some rapport, and creating a genuine level of “like & trust”.  That is the foundation upon which the entire potential business relationship is built. However, many struggle with knowing how to make […]
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Question: What’s the worst that could happen if you asked this?
by Tony Vidler        Great questions are integral to client engagement, but what is a really GREAT question? One of the keys to success for any professional is having strong sales skills, or to put it another way, the ability to influence clients to shift their thinking.  Is that “selling” though, or is that just the […]
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“Always Be Coaching”, NOT “Always Be Closing”
by Tony Vidler        Coaching clients is a concept which is gaining traction with financial advisers, and for many this is a new line of thinking.  After all, they were taught years ago that “you should always be closing”, right?  No matter what else you are doing with prospective customers, and no matter what they […]
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The Words We Choose To Use Have Power
by Tony Vidler        If we want to give ourselves the best chance possible of influencing clients and prospects to change course, which is what professional advice is all about really, then there is no doubt that the words we choose to use can make an enormous difference. Enough experts have done enough research over enough […]
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Want Prospects To Open Up? Learn from the Pro’s who make millions doing it for a living…
by Tony Vidler        We need prospects to open up if we are to to do our jobs well and help them as much as possible.  That takes a bit more thought and skill than merely flicking between open and closed questions. In today’s world with it’s much greater emphasis upon individual opinion and with our […]
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Lost Sales Skills: How to “get down to business” without drama
by Tony Vidler        The advice industry has lost a lot of sales skills, and it needs them. If we are to help consumers make better decisions and change behaviour then we have to be able to help convince them to change.   The first tension point for today’s professionals is how to transition from the […]
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Sales Technique Is The Key To Opening Minds
by Tony Vidler        “Sales Technique”…the very phrase sends shudders down the spines of professionals today it seems.  Despite the focus on our increased technical knowledge and the emphasis upon good process, financial advisers do actually have to “sell” – even if they don’t want to face up to that. A large problem for many newer […]
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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 […]
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I sell…You sell…We ALL sell. Or should do…
by Tony Vidler        I am a professional.  I am a salesman. These two things are not contradictory.  We all sell stuff.  It seems like I’m selling my time these days…sometimes a product….sometimes it is just selling concepts and possibilities.  Mostly it is selling behavioural change & fixing other peoples’ problems though. But I sell.  […]
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