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TCJ Episode 20: What It Means To Be Professionally Informal
Welcome to Episode 20 of The Customer Journey! Last week, Mike and Greg talked about the major disconnect between an advisor and a prospect which was understanding their wants and needs. This week, they'll talk about what it means to be professionally informal during the customer journey. Relationships [...]
TCJ Episode 19: The Major Disconnect Between An Advisor and Prospect
Join Mike and Greg as they delve into the major disconnect between financial advisors and prospects. They'll explore what financial advisors want and need from their prospects, and equally important, what consumers are seeking in a prospective advisor. To bridge the gap and establish a deeper connection, it's [...]
TCJ Episode 18: Effective Messaging and Campaigns Have “This” in Common
The commonality between effective messaging and successful campaigns goes far beyond charts and statistics. The biggest thing they have in common is human emotion. Potential and current clients are buying into you and the person you are, so bringing that emotional tether into your campaigns is crucial for [...]
TCJ Episode 17: Customer Apathy May Be Your Biggest Competition Today
If you're looking to grow your financial advisory business and take it to the next level, it's crucial to consider how to address your competition. But before you look around at what your competitors are or aren't doing, it's crucial to understand a larger roadblock to sales success: [...]
TCJ Episode 16: Advisors, Are You Scaling or Growing This Year?
For 2023, you may have lofty goals and plans of action. But before you begin to execute, is your plan to grow your business or to scale it? You may have equated the two terms in the past, but there are some key differences that matter for your [...]
TCJ Episode 15: Don’t End Your Customer’s Journey Too Early!
When it comes to bringing your prospects all the way through to becoming clients, you may feel a sense of achievement when you land that new client. It can feel like you just won a football game, but the game's not over! Are you keeping your clients and [...]
Catch Up on the Marketing Advice for Your Financial Advisory
When it comes to your financial advisory businesses, your focus is on providing the valuable expertise you have to your clients and executing on financial strategy... but believe it or not, to acquire and retain those clients, you're actually in the marketing and sales business too! On The Customer Journey [...]
Published Article: Without Digital Technology, Your Financial Advisory Firm May Be Stuck in the Stone Age
By Simplicity Lone Beacon Co-Founder John Capuano. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com There are still firms in the financial industry that are barely dipping their toe into the digital space. The notion that engaging in digital is an option and not a necessity today is dangerous. Whether we [...]
Advisors Talk “Process”, Clients Want Outcome
Market your outcome, not your process. Every financial advisory firm is trained to “lead with their MULTI-STEP PROCESS” when they are talking to a new prospect. The reality is that most prospects want to hear about the OUTCOME and what that outcome means for them. The two biggest variables that [...]
The Pareto Principle: What Is It & How Can You Apply It to Grow Your Business?
The Pareto Principle, also commonly called the 80/20 Rule, states that about 80% of outcomes come from 20% of causes. While this principle can be helpful in prioritizing high-impact tasks and can help increase your productivity, it can also help you grow your business by identifying your best clients and [...]
What’s A Business Without Its People?
Workplace happiness can be a tricky thing to achieve, never mind quantify. There are 3 questions managers should be asking their employees regularly to gauge their job satisfaction.
Learn How Our Longest Standing Client Established One of the Most Successful Firms in the U.S.
Simplicity Lone Beacon is proud to announce that one of our longest advisor relationships, SHP Financial, was featured on Michael Kitces's Financial Advisor Success Podcast. During the show, Derek Gregoire, Co-Founder of SHP Financial, discusses the centralized execution of multiple marketing strategies. The Simplicity Lone Beacon and SHP Financial partnership [...]
Lessons From the Masters
It's nearly unheard of to walk out onto Augusta National and be competitive the first time out. It usually takes plenty of rounds and frustrations to even make the cut, much less be a contender. It's the same in business: The more experience you have being around the "final group", [...]
Instilling Confidence in a Time of Uncertainty
While uncertainty over foreign and domestic threats can create panic among consumers, they can also bring opportunities to those who can offer information and guidance to a nervous public. Just as we have begun to see the light at the end of the tunnel concerning the pandemic, the escalating war [...]
Home Alone!
As the mask mandates are being lifted, our attitudes toward a virtual work environment are likely here to stay. It's time to find the work/life/culture balance. Check out John Capuano's quick video below to learn about Simplicity Lone Beacon's approach to the new normal of working from home.
Do You Have a Cybersecurity Plan?
The events of the last couple years have forced companies to look more towards digitizing than ever before, and perhaps more quickly than they had prepared for. While this trend towards digital has allowed for greater productivity, businesses need to have a cybersecurity plan in place to prepare for possible [...]
