social marketing

Paying COI’s: Should You Be Sharing Fees Or Commissions?

September 10, 2024

Is it appropriate to be paying COI’s a share of your success from their introductions or referrals? Should you share fees or commissions in other words. Personally, I think not. However, it is just a…

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how many leads do you need for your marketing

Do you know what you actually need from your marketing?

August 23, 2024

It might seem like a dumb question: but “How many leads do you need?” One of the most common questions I get asked is “what sort of marketing should I be doing?”…and my response is…

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How much client contact is too much contact?

May 31, 2024

Getting the frequency of newsletters or regular client communications right is a real challenge. How much is too much, and runs the risk of you being a nuisance? How much is too little, and runs…

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Target Marketing: The Smart Play For Your Advice Business

May 10, 2024

Target marketing is usually the difference between those firms who get the right sort of clients, and those who just get customers. Clients follow advice, because they value it. Customers engage in transactions. They buy…

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You COULD generate more business than you can handle if you use digital marketing well

May 7, 2024

Regular readers will know that I am a massive fan of using social media and other digital marketing tools and tactics, especially in professional services where we are trying to market our expertise, rather than…

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Top Of Mind Awareness: Being Present Without Being A Nuisance

April 23, 2024

Promoting our personal professional brand is essentially all about creating top-of-mind-awareness. Being the person that our target market thinks of, and then calls, when they recognise a need or desire is our goal. We want…

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How to work out which digital tactics are your best chance of connecting with your target market

April 16, 2024

Digital marketing MUST be on every advisers radar by now, but which digital tactics are best for your practice remains a burning question for many it seems. The answer to that depends on what you…

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You Can Become A Trusted Brand Before Clients Even Meet You

January 30, 2024

For any individual adviser to become “a trusted brand” in your target markets mind has to be their main marketing goal. The importance of great engagement with prospective customers cannot be over-emphasised here…it is THE…

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