For referral alliances to be sustainable both parties must feel that the alliance is equitable. If one party keeps getting more out of it than the other, is that alliance likely to last long term?…
How much an adviser should spend on marketing is a perennial question with an expectation that there is a definitive $ or % answer. There isn’t. So the better question is how much time should…
The easiest method for anyone to generate and get more referrals and favourable introductions is to GIVE more referrals and introductions. This is just not done as much as it could or should by most…
For an industry focused on planning, advisers have a tendency to forget planning how they will build their influencers. I know that sounds like a heck of a generalisation, however it is one founded upon…
Getting referrals on an ongoing basis from happy clients largely comes down to positioning for them correctly. Put some thought into how you will position the expectation, and when you will do it in your…
Getting referrals is difficult enough for many, but to get the right referrals is even tougher. It’s always nice to get any referral of course, but it doesn’t help if we do get a referral…
Being a firm believer that Word-Of-Mouth marketing is THE most effective form there is, I do bang on about being referable and engaging with the target market…but… REALITY CHECK: Some people just never feel comfortable…
One of the reasons referrers don’t give us quite the right quality referral most of the time is that we are often very poor at describing the person we work best with when we are…