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Social Media: Are you hogging the conversation?

by Tony Vidler You should post on social media once a week. No. You should post 6 times a day! ummmm….how much is right? The short answer is “it depends”. It depends on the platform you are using, and it depends on your target audience and their appetite for content or engagement, and it […]

How do you know when you have a “great practice”?

by Tony Vidler “Great” is so subjective isn’t it? Having a “great practice” is a subjective assessment too…what is great to one adviser might be considered ordinary to another. But the true measure for each (I think) is: “When it is delivering the income and lifestyle that you imagined.” However, that outcome is potentially […]

Where should your Professional Development focus be: becoming a Brilliant Technician or an Orchestrator running the show?

by Tony Vidler Professional development is all the rage…the regulators and the professional associations and training providers in the compliance space are all putting it top of mind continuously. And virtually all of them have an extremely narrow focus when it comes to the concept of developing a professional. They want to develope brilliant […]

Engage, Engage, Engage…Make prospecting a PROCESS!

by Tony Vidler If real estate is driven by location, location, location, then surely the prospecting process is driven by engage, engage, engage. I’ve previously posted about the problem with generating referrals consistently largely coming down to the lack of engagement with, and by, clients. A process of engagement is also often the missing […]

Why don’t you roll the dice and ask for referrals anyway?

by Tony Vidler On some things you just have to roll the dice and take your chances in life. Asking someone for a date….getting on a plane…or asking for referrals. It doesn’t always work out of course, but as a great hockey player once said: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” […]

The 10 Things That Successful Advisers Just Do Better

by Tony Vidler The most successful advisers just do better at some things than the average advisers…they are not necessarily better advisers. They just do some things better, and that makes them more successful. Most of those things they do better are not actually about being a better adviser, they are about being better […]

Improve your sales results with a quick “Kerbside Review”

by Tony Vidler One of the most effective ways to improve sales results is to spend 2 minutes on a reflective process after each client meeting – whether it was a good or bad one. It is the “kerbside review” (I know…USA spelling, but this concept did originate in America I believe!) If we […]

Give Client Gifts That Give Back

by Tony Vidler How much do clients really value the “business gift”? It is a nice gesture and usually generates a level of appreciation…but often it is a very very fleeting moment in the clients’ mind and quickly forgotten. There is a limit to the level of gratitude that can be achieved with a […]

The Maximum Value Zone Of Service For Advisers

by Tony Vidler For many professional services firms delivering value from actively lifting service levels is a means of differentiation, while also creating maximum value for the practice. Improving profitability through service differentiation is good for the practice of course, however it is not a sustainable differentiator in itself which then threatens future profitability. […]

Showing gratitude: Do your clients know that you value them?

by Tony Vidler Silent gratitude achieves nothing. Yet, gratitude is one of the most powerful emotions because it highlights to others that you value them, or what they have done. But gratitude is worthless if you never express it. It also happens to be one of the most simple ways of building client and […]

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