By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. People get tens, even hundreds of emails a day. With so many emails flying around our inboxes, it can be hard to think critically about the technical strategy behind a successful email campaign. The truth is that [...]
By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities…” A song made famous by The Jungle Book movie says that they’ll come to you, but it’s not always that easy for financial advisors. Sometimes they must bring the [...]
By Kasey Dean, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Accounts. Throughout my career and personal life, I have held various leadership roles. Among those leadership roles, one of the most important aspects is helping to grow and develop the teams I work with. What I learned in these roles is [...]
By Craig Foster, Director of Media. Recently Meta launched a new platform, “Threads,” as a competitor to Twitter (now called X). The launch came with a lot of fanfare and explosive user growth. Threads hit over 100 million users in just 5 days making it the fastest growing social [...]
Welcome to Episode 20 of The Customer Journey! Last week, Mike and Greg talked about the major disconnect between an advisor and a prospect which was understanding their wants and needs. This week, they'll talk about what it means to be professionally informal during the customer journey. Relationships [...]
By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Many advisories will celebrate the acquisition of a new client, as they should, but what’s often overlooked is the fact that the customer journey is just heating up. Creating great experiences enables the customer advocacy phase of their [...]
By Kasey Dean, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Accounts. The financial industry has historically been dominated by the male perspective. In fact, I've noticed a lack of fellow women in the financial space and I can say from experience that it can be like navigating a "boy's club" at [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. Independent financial advisors are entrusted with a significant responsibility: safeguarding their clients' retirement savings. It's no surprise that clients expect an assurance that their savings are in capable, professional hands, and that any arising issues will [...]
Join Mike and Greg as they delve into the major disconnect between financial advisors and prospects. They'll explore what financial advisors want and need from their prospects, and equally important, what consumers are seeking in a prospective advisor. To bridge the gap and establish a deeper connection, it's [...]
By Craig Foster, Director of Media. Recently I wrote about how boosting posts on social media sites can help improve the results of your lead-generation campaigns, “Boosted Posts Are the Key to Improving Your Lead Generation Campaigns.” As I wrote, a boosted post strategy is a cost-effective way to increase [...]
