By Craig Foster, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Director of Digital Media. Have you recently had results from your lead generation campaigns that were disappointing? Maybe the campaign didn’t produce many leads or your cost per lead could have been higher than estimated or the quality of the leads was not what [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. An older friend of mine recently shared an insightful experience about switching financial advisors. This interaction sparked the idea for three separate articles I felt were worthy of publication. Interestingly, the decision was not propelled by [...]
By Kasey Dean, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Accounts. In the financial industry, and any business, managers and leaders tend to be the first ones called upon when a mistake or error occurs. Whether it's internally or externally, they are always looked on as the problem-solvers and are expected [...]
By John Capuano, Co-Founder of Simplicity Lone Beacon What’s a “Buddy Buy” you ask? It’s when you’re purchasing a product or service based on a personal relationship rather than a true value proposition. If your vendor’s plan is to invest in your personal relationship over investing in improving their own [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. Copywriting is an art that requires the use of carefully crafted words to communicate a message effectively. One of the most important aspects of writing marketing copy is specific word choice. The words you choose can impact [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. As a financial advisor, you are tasked with helping your clients achieve their financial goals, while also navigating the complex world of investments, taxes, and regulations. However, with the rapid pace of technological advancements, it can be [...]
First-party data is your firm’s greatest asset! With platforms like Google and Facebook tightening up on their privacy policies, it's never been more important to understand your first-party data and use it to strengthen your business. Based on the data we collect and use, we gather close [...]
By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. When trying to evaluate and enhance your customer’s journey, you’re faced with thousands of data points that can be difficult to identify and interpret. It becomes even more cumbersome when you try to execute action items based [...]
By Craig Foster, Director of Media. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com If you’ve kept up in the world of social media, you’ve likely heard a lot of talk about TikTok, both good and bad. With TikTok as one of the fastest-growing social media sites, financial advisors might be [...]
By Craig Foster, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Director of Digital Media. Everywhere you look these days you see people talking about Artificial Intelligence or AI. They talk about the use of programs like ChatGPT to write articles, school papers, and more. And that brings up the question for financial advisors [...]
