WOW! How an Advisor used these simple things to get 2% Better each week to more than triple his income in a year…

This 56-minute, tell all, video walks you through the surprisingly simple… and absolutely free… things an advisor did to go from making just $50,000 a year… to less than 3 years later making over $1 million a year.

Watch “What can 2% Better Mean for you” courtesy of 5Q Group:

 

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A Little Work Once a Month… and a few hundred dollars leads to 25 huge referrals

A Florida advisor knew he could help an accountant, who specialized in small business taxes, save his clients taxes.  He was rebuffed every time he approached the accountant… so he decided to put the approach on automatic.  He began to send the accountant pertinent books with the best part marked and highlighted once a month.  He did this for 13 months… and then the call came… and then another and another.  End game–$397 spent… 25 terrific referrals… 12 new clients… millions in new money under management.

Are you thinking outside the box?

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How are you intercepting all the money in movement every day?

$1.23 TRILLION dollars changes hands every day.  You wouldn’t have to intercept much of that to see a huge difference in your bottom line.  Where is the money going?  401(k) rollovers… divorce settlements… business sales… savings… investing… and the list goes on.

What is your plan to intercept some of it?

  • There are advisors who make a great living going down to the court house every couple of months and finding divorce settlements. They send out a pre-approach letter explaining how they specialize in working with people who are recently divorced.  They then follow up with a phone call after checking to make sure the person isn’t on the DNC list.
  • There are advisors killing it by trolling LinkedIn, Facebook and the business sections of their local paper looking for people that have recently changed jobs… and approaching those people about 401(k) rollovers.
  • I know an advisor that dripped on a Human Resources department head at a DIY big box retailer for over a year and then hit the jack pot. The company discontinued its Defined Benefit plan and guess who got all the referrals about what to do with the money that the company distributed to its employees?    The guy made over $2 million in two years with NO marketing costs.

Moral of the story?  Think about where your top clients came from… is there a way to put yourself in front of people just like them when they are making money decisions?  Spending an afternoon thinking about this could change your business forever… in a very, very good way!

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3 Simple Marketing Tactics to Capture the Untouchables… (The 87% of Retirees that DON’T Respond to Marketing)

How do you get the “Untouchables” in your office… the 87% of people that do not respond to any type of marketing?  This is one white paper that every advisor should read. It gives you 3 simple ways to do it with case studies of advisors successfully implementing them.  It’s yours courtesy of 5Q Group.

Download your copy HERE

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Your Marketing is Going to Suffer if You Are Touting Investments or Rates of Return!

Wondering how to get people to come see you… and more importantly to move their money to you?  This 49-minute video walks you through the science of what works to do both!  (Hint: Fast forward about 4-minutes into it.)

Here’s the YouTube link:

The ticket to success… it’s NOT return: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwASX05GQRo

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5 Tips on How to Make a Sale… even if they won’t answer the phone!

In today’s world of cell phones and caller ID… it’s getting harder and harder to get people to pick up the phone or return your calls.  So what do you do?

While your voicemail will not sell a product, neither should your first one-on-one meeting with the client.  It is simply part of the process.  It can move you closer to a sale… much closer to a sale… if you use it right.

Here are 5 Tips to leaving an Effective voicemail:

  1. Don’t just introduce yourself or worse yet try to sell your product or service. DO…
    1. Let them know about an article they might find interesting on your website
    2. Leave them with a funny or interesting fact (think Snapple Tea caps)
    3. Let them know about a mutual acquaintance you have
    4. About an offer for a free book you have for them
    5. Or, tie a hot, current news item as to why you want to talk to them (this is an extremely effective message).
  2. Know EXACTLY what you are going to say! Don’t wing it… there is nothing worse than rambling on and then regretting your message.  Remember, you can’t pull that message back.  And keep it brief… 1-minute or less.
  3. Give them options to respond. Give them the option of calling back or going to your website to respond (you can even leave your email if it is short and simple).
  4. Please speak clearly… slowly… and repeat your contact info!
  5. Let them know that you’ll keep trying to contact them but give them an easy out if they don’t want you to continue. Inject a bit of humor here if you’ve already contacted them a few times.  Also, keep track of who you’ve left messages for and don’t contact them more than once or twice a week.
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Gut Reaction… key to getting appointments!

Go to a bakery and have them use their new technology to put your Logo or Unique Selling Proposition on a cookie!

You can use this idea to get more appointments to actually show up. You simply mail them the confirmation letter with a couple of cookies as a thank you for making and coming to the appointment.

What do you do at a trade show (Senior Expo, Local business Expo, etc.) to get everyone to come to your booth? Logo cookies.

You could drop off the cookies at all the schools in your area for a back to school treat for the teachers… along with some information about how you help teachers.

How about companies in your area? Trade groups? And the list goes on and on. A cookie is a certain way to get people to “digest” your name… and if you are creative… a phenomenal Unique Selling Proposition!

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Do it be-CAUSE it will make you both money… and feel better!

A recent study showed that decision-makers are much more likely to work with someone if that company, or professional, actively supports a cause or non-profit entity.   It is a simple measurement of… “Do they care about something other than their profits?”

What works best? Here are the issues Americans want companies to support:

  • Education 80%
  • Entities that support the poor 80%
  • Health and disease prevention 79%
  • Clean water 78%
  • Environmental protection 77%
  • Disaster relief 70%

Where should you put a mention of your support? Everywhere. Your website… your stationary… in your office… on your desk… everywhere.

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5 Key Marketing Strategies

Follow one case-study that utilizes all 5 Key Strategies for pennies… and brings in over $1.5 million in new money over 6 weeks.

You can see how they did it in this short case study called, “What If Everything You’ve Been Told About Financial Marketing is Wrong?”

Get it here courtesy of 5Q Group.

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5 Points to Success… How many are you doing?

I mentor around 10 advisors a day and I find one of the biggest hurdles they have to overcome is recognizing the difference between…

ACTIVITY    vs.    PRODUCTIVITY

Most of the advisors I talk to are hardworking and really put a lot of effort into their practices… but when we actually walk through their 8-hour day or 40-hour work week we find that very little time was spent on productive efforts.

Instead, most of their time is spent doing things they “think” they need to get done, instead of what they “need” to get done, if they want to be more successful.  Here are the things I think you NEED to get done on a daily basis:

  1. Improve your skill level – if you just get 2% better at what you do every week… you will double your income by the end of the year.
    1. I’m not talking about trying to find a better investment or improving your investment analytical skills… those things don’t make you money.
    2. You should be improving your communication skills!  Listen to tapes of your meetings… would you work with you? How can you communicate more effectively?  If you have something people want… and you aren’t selling 100% of people… then your communication skills can still use some work.  Make sense?
  1. Specialize – figure out what makes you different… and then become the best, most expert person on the planet, about that thing.
  2. Develop your clientele – you should be working at duplicating your best clients on a daily basis.
    1. How do you get your clients to refer to you…  WITHOUT ASKING THEM!  I talked about how to do this with the Royal/Loyal system a couple of months back.
    2. Are you sending handwritten birthday cards to your best clients?  Are you hosting at least one monthly birthday lunch for your best clients?
  1. Be developing more profitable plans and techniques for YOU and your Clients – what can you do to make your practice more profitable? What new technique do you have that your clients haven’t heard about… that they should hear about?
  2. Getting face-to-face with people – take people out for breakfast and lunch.  Belong to service organizations.  And above all… figure out better, more effective ways to get yourself in front of people.  Sitting in your office waiting for referrals “ain’t gonna cut it,” if you want to be successful.  My best guys are in front of people constantly.  There are absolutely ways to do this effectively, if you are willing to put in the effort.

Are these things more difficult than reading the paper… looking for the magic pill investment… shuffling paperwork… taking long lunches… running errands for your household?  Yep, but as always…

Successful People Do… What Unsuccessful People Refuse To Do

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