By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. Long ago, the marketing department of service-based companies was a subdivision of the sales department. Marketing was seen as a tool wielded by sales staff to be used to further their direct goals. As business thinking has [...]
When it comes to your financial advisory businesses, your focus is on providing the valuable expertise you have to your clients and executing on financial strategy... but believe it or not, to acquire and retain those clients, you're actually in the marketing and sales business too! On The Customer Journey [...]
Use all five of your senses when analyzing what you're putting out there for potential clients to see for the first time. Originally appeared in WealthManagement.com By Mike Schaffman, VP of Sales and Marketing. According to a recent Business Wire survey report, 86% of consumers will leave a [...]
By Simplicity Lone Beacon Co-Founder John Capuano. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com There are still firms in the financial industry that are barely dipping their toe into the digital space. The notion that engaging in digital is an option and not a necessity today is dangerous. Whether we [...]
Get smart about engaging with the next set of retirees. By Marcus Roth, Senior Director of Email, Automation, and Content. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com Buying an email list in 2022 no longer has a reasonable benefit when compared with the litany of downsides that come [...]
Let’s commit to stop chasing shiny objects in 2023 when it comes to setting our goals. Your financial advisor firm will never make a 5-year goal without hitting a 1-yr goal. So let’s start with… Manageable goals Calendarized benchmarks Super communication to your team Discipline to avoid adding [...]
By Craig Foster, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Director of Digital Media. A few weeks back, I wrote about how Generation X is the forgotten generation that financial advisors should remember. In general terms, I mentioned the importance of targeting Gen X, why they are good prospects for financial advisors, where [...]
When it comes to your financial advisory businesses, your focus is on providing the valuable expertise you have to clients and executing on financial strategy... but believe it or not, to acquire and retain clients, your business strategy must include marketing and sales too! On this episode of [...]
By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. One musician on the street corner is a tune, a few in harmony is a band, working together in concert to delight their wandering listeners, but five musicians all playing their own song with their own artistic [...]
Get smart about engaging with the next set of retirees. By Craig Foster, Director of Media. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com Generation X to many people is the forgotten generation that falls between the baby boomers and millennials. But this is a generation now entering the prime [...]
