The BIG ticks: Best articles for professionals this week

best marketing ideas for financial advisors

By Tony Vidler The articles that I spotted this week that make you think in new ways, or new directions….the “best of the best” for me….are provided here as a quick readers digest for professionals who are looking ahead. These are the highlights from the week that you should stop and read. There is so […]

Do You Practice Enough To Be A Champion Adviser?

By Tony Vidler This is one of my favourite business quotes. My reason for pointing this out is because people keep forgetting it.  If we turned temporarily from business to the world of sport – where success is often measured primarily by win/loss ratio’s -then I’d say that this is a favourite: My point in […]

Demonstrate Your Value And Prospects Will Choose You

By Tony Vidler Smart professional service firms today focus on demonstrating their value to prospects. Having a prospect who is interested enough to hear what you have to offer has always been a necessary step on the path to getting a client, and it obviously remains so today. However, who the prospect decides to continue […]

The BIG ticks: Best articles for professionals this week

best marketing ideas for financial advisors

By Tony Vidler The articles that I spotted this week that make you think in new ways, or new directions….the “best of the best” for me….are provided here as a quick readers digest for professionals who are looking ahead. These are the highlights from the week that you should stop and read. There is so […]

If you want prospects to “buy you”, then dumb it down!

by Tony Vidler One of the best tips I can give anyone in professional services is “dumb it down- but don’t treat people like dummies“. There is a big difference between “dumbing it down” and treating people like dummies too.  The first is about simplifying the message in order to be effective, whereas the second […]

Being There. Maybe that is what Advisers are not doing well.

by Tony Vidler I’ve just been reading through a very interesting piece of research that came out of the last census here in NZ, compiled by Statistics NZ, and it immediately highlighted some problems in our process as advisers that suggest we may be missing the mark with many consumers.   The key statistic that […]

The BIG ticks: Best articles for professionals this week

best marketing ideas for financial advisors

By Tony Vidler The articles that I spotted this week that make you think in new ways, or new directions….the “best of the best” for me….are provided here as a quick readers digest for professionals who are looking ahead. These are the highlights from the week that you should stop and read. There is so […]