By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. We’ve got bad news: you’re probably missing out on a huge source of potential leads. But we also have good news: we can show you how to find those leads, get those leads in the seat across [...]
By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media. Generation X, or Gen X, is a crucial customer base for financial advisors and their firms’ future growth. I have written several articles about how the Generation X demographic is a major opportunity for financial advisors, and what marketing strategies can work to [...]
Do you want to have a better handle on your financial advisory's client and prospect engagement? Tracking and analyzing these metrics is critical to making the most of your campaigns. On this week's episode of The Customer Journey, Mike and Greg discuss tracking client and prospect engagement. [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. Certain prospects value different features when shopping for an advisor. But there are mostly just two types of prospects: convenience-based and strategic, tactical. The convenience-based prospects really don’t want, or care, to know HOW the financial world [...]
By Ben Kulis, Simplicity Lone Beacon’s Operations Manager This article appeared on WealthManagement.com In today’s connected world, businesses constantly search for innovative ways to boost their brand presence and break through the noise. While digital marketing, social media, and influencer partnerships are all essential components of a robust [...]
Finding innovative avenues for growth is paramount. One often overlooked goldmine is right at your fingertips - your existing customers. Our latest video delves into the transformative concept of viewing customers not just as patrons but as integral partners in your prospecting journey. Your customers are more than [...]
By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media. Have you ever wondered how your marketing campaigns stack up against others when aiming to turn prospects for independent financial advisors into your clients? As digital marketers for financial advisors, we surely have. When testing the comparative performance of your campaigns versus “the field”, [...]
Written by Andrew Preshong, Email Marketing Manager at Simplicity Lone Beacon, and edited by Marcus Roth, Senior Director of Email Marketing, Automation, and Content at Simplicity Lone Beacon. Over the past 7 months, our email team conducted an extensive review of our advisors' Complimentary Dinner Event emails to find out [...]
As a financial advisor, it's critical that you understand branding and brand differentiators. Making them work for you can be the difference between an effective and ineffectual growth strategy. On this week's episode of The Customer Journey, Mike and Greg discuss how advisors can improve their branding techniques. [...]
Consistency is everything in business and in life. People aren’t fans of surprises when it comes to most things. If you can consistently do something great, you’re going to be valuable to someone. At the end of the day, we’re all in the business of consistency. The people [...]
