Tag Archives: Financial Services

The Next Frontier: Text Messaging for Advisors

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When it comes to marketing for business growth, advisors want the same thing: the silver bullet.

They ask, “What’s working right now? Should I be making videos? Start a podcast? Run webinars?”

“What is it???”

They don’t like my answer because it’s, “Yes, yes, yes, and…(insert list of other digital advisor marketing best practices here).”

You’ll never catch me claiming there’s a silver bullet in marketing,

Make Some Noise! It’s Time to Become a Fan-Worthy Advisor.

Where do a financial advisor’s best leads and clients come from? It’s no secret. It’s likely every financial advisor will agree that the answer is undoubtedly… referrals. Referrals are potential clients that have been introduced to you by advocates—or fans!

What’s great about referrals is that they tend to move through the sales process much faster than non-referral leads. That’s because the sales process has been initiated by someone the lead already trusts.

5 Ways to Convert Prospects

Prospects

Good news! Your marketing efforts are working. Prospects are booking calls through your website, sending you messages on social media, and calling the office directly. But how do you turn interested prospects into paying clients once they’ve made it this far? The answer may not be with you think. Or, at the very least, the answer might be the opposite of what your gut instinct is telling you to do.

Once you have made an initial connection with a prospect,

How Advisors Are Operating in This Era of Uncertainty – September Data Results

Red Zone Marketing conducted research from Sept 15-21, sponsored by Incapital, to find out how financial professionals are adapting and changing in response to crisis conditions. This is the third time we have conducted this survey (May, June & September 2020) and it continues to produce interesting insights as financial professionals navigate the landscape of their operations.

Key Findings

The research uncovered the marketing strategies today that are actually producing new clients.

Advisor Pulse Survey Results: How Advisors Are Operating in This New Era of Uncertainty