by Zack Miller on August 15, 2011
This post is derived from my exclusive email list, the AdvisorInsider — providing tips, tools and technologies helping grow investment businesses. Sign up here Letter.ly is a newcomer on the newsletter scene launched a couple of months ago by drop.io founder, Sam Lessin. An industry blogger, Lessin had grown tired of the free newsletter scene [...]
by Zack Miller on August 12, 2011
Has your phone stopped ringing? Are you dialing for dollars, sending out letters, conducting seminars to and for your scared clients? It hurts, it’s a terribly chaotic time in the market and in the world and investors (myself included!) are looking for direction. That means the importance of communication — that bond between professional and [...]
by Zack Miller on August 7, 2011
Well, for starters, it’s what successful investment advisors have been doing forever (people like Ken Fisher have built billion dollar practices using content marketing). It’s just being done online now in a big way. Content marketing is all about using content to prospect new clients. Much like writing in your local newspaper, writing content online [...]
by Zack Miller on July 1, 2011
The Internet has changed the way many professional services firms market themselves and service clients. The financial services industry has been slow to adopt cutting-edge technologies and contemporary marketing techniques. Our guest for this episode of New Rules of Investing Radio is Michael Kitces, a renowned speaker, consultant and writer about the entire financial planning [...]
by Zack Miller on May 31, 2011
Morgan Stanley dropped a bomb this week with an announcement permitting the firm’s brokers to begin testing social media using Twitter and LinkedIn for communication and business building purposes. We’re joined by Bruce Johnston, CEO of DBJ Associates and Advisolocity. He’s got 30 years of experience helping financial businesses adopt next-generation marketing and technologies to [...]
by Zack Miller on May 29, 2011
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by Zack Miller on May 29, 2011
This list of the top marketing resources to help grow your financial practice isn’t meant to be exhaustive. Please vote and add your favorites. Whether it’s sales advice, technology, free or premium, this is a list of some of the best marketing resources for investment advisors. (I use some of these while I’ve relied on [...]
by Zack Miller on May 27, 2011
This email is a sample of the AdvisorInsider email — what hundreds of financial professionals receive weekly full of tips, techniques and tools to build their practices. Subscribe here. Imagine walking into a store with something specific in mind. You don’t approach the sales help, but they don’t bother asking what you need either. You [...]
by Zack Miller on May 10, 2011
Can’t beat awesome free resources I’ve been testing a new weekly email (called the AdvisorInsider) full of tips, tools and resources to help you build your investment business . We have over 100 advisors currently testing the email and the feedback has been great. You can see a sample newsletter here. According to one RIA: [...]