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 10, 2011
This post is derived from my exclusive email list, the AdvisorInsider — providing tips, tools and technologies helping grow investment businesses. Sign up here Automating your business, increase efficiency, and grow your revenues When I first opened a brokerage account after college, I used to receive these letters from my broker wishing me a happy [...]
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 19, 2011
In 2010, RIA-in-a-Box handled 1 of every 5 successful new registrations for an investment advisory license. Its founder, Zachary Gronich began his career helping CPAs get registered as RIAs and he morphed his business into a growth machine. In this episode of New Rules of Investing Radio, you’ll learn: why RIA-in-a-Box is growing like a [...]
by Zack Miller on June 13, 2011
A lot of people ask me how to get started blogging their investment ideas. While this isn’t a catchall list, it does begin to bring together the various tools you’ll need to run a great investment blog. Vote on your favorites and add what you use for your financial blog.
by Zack Miller on June 6, 2011
We’re still jaded with stories of self-made dotcom millionaires making money out of thin air. Building a financial services practice takes sweat, energy and time. Nancy Butler’s back was against a wall. She was 31, in the midst of a divorce, with 2 kids when she embarked on building her financial planning businesses. 20 years [...]
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
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 [...]