How Understanding MQLs and SQLs Can Improve Your Financial Advisory Business

By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. As a financial advisor, it's essential to recognize that not all prospects are alike. Understanding the different types of prospects is pivotal in tailoring your processes and conversations, providing a superior experience, and elevating your likelihood of securing [...]

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The Data Shows Your Advisory Should Embrace Digital Channels to Supplement Traditional Advertising

By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media. In the financial advisory world, the allocation of marketing budgets, especially when you have a limited budget, plays a pivotal role in enhancing lead generation, client acquisition, and overall business growth. As the world modernizes, the age-old debate of whether to invest in [...]

2024-03-27T20:54:00+00:00March 25, 2024|Blogs, Digital Marketing, Marketing|
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Published Article: Why Do Most Digital Lead Platforms Fail?

  By John Capuano, Co-Founder of Simplicity Lone Beacon. This article originally appeared on www.wealthmanagement.com For marketing companies like ours and our clients, success is measured by the ability to generate, evaluate, nurture and close leads. And for the most part, that means digital leads. The perceived success or failure of [...]

Published Article: How Financial Advisors Can Connect with Gen X

  By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media at Simplicity Lone Beacon. This article originally appeared on wealthmanagement.com Generation 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, [...]

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Published Article: What is Most Important to Digital Marketing Campaigns

  By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media. This article originally appeared on www.wealthmanagement.com There are many components to a digital marketing campaign. When examining the performance of your ads, it can be difficult to accurately attribute certain components of them to the success or failure. In other words, data [...]

2024-03-21T17:19:49+00:00March 6, 2024|Blogs, Digital Marketing, Marketing|
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Tracking Client and Prospect Engagement: Finding Leads You May Have Missed

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 [...]

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Insights Financial Advisors Need to Connect with Gen X

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 [...]

2024-02-14T16:58:21+00:00February 14, 2024|Blogs, Digital Marketing, Marketing|

Facebook Ads Benchmarks for Independent Financial Advisor Marketing

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”, [...]

2023-12-08T18:26:59+00:00December 8, 2023|Blogs, Digital Marketing, Marketing|

Three Keys to a Successful Digital Brand for Advisors

By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Building and sustaining a quality digital brand requires discipline and creativity. Financial advisors operate in one of the most highly commoditized industries where authenticity and trust reign supreme. Here are three important keys to consider for a successful [...]

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Addressing the Where and What of Your Social Media Strategy

By Craig Foster, Director of Digital Media. In the past I’ve written about the importance of social media posting, “The Case for Organic Social Media: How Organic Can Support Your Paid Social Marketing Strategy” and how boosting those posts, “Boosted Posts Are the Key to Improving Your Lead Generation Campaigns” [...]

2023-10-25T02:02:41+00:00October 25, 2023|Blogs, Digital Marketing, Marketing|
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