We work with some of the most successful financial advisory offices in America and we’ve had the good fortune to watch them grow their staffs. For most, it’s been a completely enriching experience for all involved, but for some, it’s a frustrating revolving door of staff members. If you’re on [...]
By Diana Salvucci, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Operations. The Rolodex – a familiar but antiquated means of keeping track of your contacts’ information. It’s not very often we see a Rolodex on a desk today, and there are reasons for that. With the option for evolving technologies and [...]
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 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 [...]
By Marcus Roth, Director of Marketing Automation & Analytics There are many ways to draft high converting marketing copy on newsletters and sales pages. Over the early development of the internet, one style of copywriting quickly rose to the top of the heap. In this article, we’re going to break [...]
Dinner seminars and workshops have been a staple of the financial world to attract new clients for ages, and while the global pandemic may have caused some disruptions, forward thinking financial advisors and institutions changed the way they marketed them, focusing more on digital marketing instead of solely relying on [...]
By Simplicity Lone Beacon Digital Media Manager Craig Foster A few months back, Google announced that on June 30, 2022, advertisers will no longer be able to create or edit expanded text ads. In Google’s words, “This change will help simplify the way you create Search ads and make it [...]
Like everything else in our world, marketing in the financial services industry is anything but static: It is constantly evolving and those who want to be successful in this space must understand how the consumer they are trying to reach is different today than they were even two or three [...]
