By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Is your revenue slowing down along with your customer’s journey? Personal financial advice is one of the hardest and largest purchasing decisions a consumer will make. And it gets even harder when most retirees and pre-retirees [...]
By Simplicity Lone Beacon Co-Founder John Capuano. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com Attention, financial industry—it’s time to invest in your own future! You might have noticed your prospects and clients are glued to smartphones. So, why is the industry that wants people to invest “for the long term” so quick to [...]
By Craig Foster, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Director of Digital Media. If you are a financial advisor looking to convert clients by getting the best leads, ask yourself, “is LinkedIn the right place to look for highly qualified leads?” The answer to this question is often both yes and no. Yes, you [...]
These days, it’s hard to get away from the chatter about “scaling your practice”. It’s a huge driver of the “fear of missing out” for so many business owners. The reality is that it takes a lot of hard work, time, resources, and ingenuity to become successful at it. Scaling is [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. In part two of this series on benefits-driven copywriting for financial advisors I am going to dive into specific examples of what good benefits-driven writing looks like for independent financial advisors, how to convey benefits quickly, and [...]
Hint...We live in a digital age Attention financial industry: It’s time to invest in your own future. You might have noticed that every one of your prospects and clients are glued to a smartphone. So, why is the industry who wants people to invest “for the long-term” so quick to [...]
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 [...]
Event leads are a critical part of any financial advisor or institution’s external marketing initiatives, and among the most popular ways to get eyeball-to-eyeball with prospects to show them your expertise and convince them to do business with you. We’ve discussed why event leads are some of the hottest leads [...]
Your BRAND = Your REVENUE POTENTIAL How connected is your brand to your revenue? Is your staff in lockstep with your brand and how it’s articulated? Do you live and breathe your brand? In the financial world, almost everyone’s brand is homogenized. Everyone shares the same stock market and [...]
By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media We have discussed before the importance of having a top-of-the-line website and tips on how you can monetize your website, but getting people to visit your website is another challenge. Simplicity Lone Beacon knows how to get your brand to engage with qualified [...]
