By Marcus Roth, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Senior Director of Data, Automation & Content. This article originally appeared on WealthManagement.com I learned a valuable lesson from a friend who would be considered a model prospect for any financial advisor. He recently changed advisors and made his decision on this factor: client [...]
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 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 [...]
By Graeme Mills, Content Manager for Simplicity Lone Beacon. As a financial advisor in the digital age, transforming your financial and economic expertise into compelling content is an essential skill that can be the difference between gaining market share in new advertising channels and floundering along with the pack. Compelling [...]
By Mike Schaffman, Simplicity Lone Beacon's Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Videos can be one of the most efficient ways for advisors to thoughtfully communicate with and educate their audiences. That said, it is crucial for advisors to be authentic and understand that each video must have a [...]
Co-authored by: Andrew Preshong, Email Marketing Manager at Simplicity Lone Beacon, and Marcus Roth, Senior Director of Email Marketing, Automation, and Content at Simplicity Lone Beacon. Over the past two years, we've been on a mission to explore all our emersion welcome sequences to find out what really works for advisors [...]
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 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 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 [...]
