unique selling proposition

How to do client video testimonials the right way!

May 10, 2023

Testimonials are good for business – but we all know that, right? Video testimonials are even better for business – and not everyone has got THAT yet. Being able to see the body language, and…

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10 Steps to an EFFECTIVE Marketing Plan

April 17, 2023

There are 10 big steps to developing an effective marketing plan. “Effective” in this context means a marketing plan which will get you enough of the right sort of customers for the resources you have…

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How The Greatest Advisers Become Great

April 10, 2023

The greatest advisers tend to be doing similar things to the other great advisers usually, and very few of them seem to be doing something that nobody else could do either. They just execute better.…

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differentiating

Differentiate By Building A Strong Promise

March 17, 2023

There are notable differences between high growth professional firms and others when it comes to differentiating themselves. How they choose to express their value and stand out is quite different to the mainstream. Undoubtedly the…

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I sell…You sell…We ALL sell. Or should do…

March 10, 2023

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…

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When clients say “too expensive” there is a value gap

February 6, 2023

If there is one objection which continually gets professionals in a tangle it is the client who says “it’s too expensive”. When a client says “too expensive” YOU you haven’t done your job…there is a…

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creating a USP for financial advisors

Identifying your uniqueness as an Adviser

September 2, 2022

Your fingerprint is a unique identifier. Nobody else has the same one as you. Your uniqueness extends beyond having a separately identifiable set of finger prints though. Yet so many professionals struggle to identify their…

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5 Points Of Competitive Difference In Choosing Product Suppliers

July 4, 2022

Often it seems there is little difference between product suppliers in financial services, with one fund manager looking similar to other fund managers, and one life insurer offering essentially the same products as other life…

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