/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 0 comments
We’ve often posted about the importance of creating an extraordinary client experience to make yourself more “buzzworthy” as an advisor your clients will want to discuss. You can’t even think about creating a compelling word-of-mouth buzz until you create the kind of service that feels personal, unique, and genuinely caring to your clients. That should be your primary focus.
However, beyond creating an extraordinary client experience, it’s essential to turn your clients into vocal advocates, like human billboards spreading the word about your business. While it does happen—having a delighted client go on and on about your service to a friend or colleague—most people are not naturally inclined to initiate a conversation like that without some help and encouragement.
Here are ten effective ideas to inspire your clients to spread the word and advocate for your business proactively.
Read more
Ten Strategies for Encouraging Your Clients to Spread the Word About Your Business
/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 0 comments
We’ve often posted about the importance of creating an extraordinary client experience to make yourself more “buzzworthy” as an advisor your clients will want to discuss. You can’t even think about creating a compelling word-of-mouth buzz until you create the kind of service that feels personal, unique, and genuinely caring to your clients. That should be your primary focus.
However, beyond creating an extraordinary client experience, it’s essential to turn your clients into vocal advocates, like human billboards spreading the word about your business. While it does happen—having a delighted client go on and on about your service to a friend or colleague—most people are not naturally inclined to initiate a conversation like that without some help and encouragement.
Here are ten effective ideas to inspire your clients to spread the word and advocate for your business proactively.
Read more
How to Get Your First Client as a Financial Advisor
/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 0 comments
All financial advisors start in the same place—with no clients. Getting that first client (who’s not a relative) is a significant hurdle but not insurmountable. And, as many successful advisors will tell you, once you clear that first hurdle, it’s off to the races.
While getting your first client can be a challenge, you can succeed with the right skills, a solid game plan, and a hefty dose of persistence.
Read more
Don’t Let Your Niche Get Too Narrow
/ by Don Connelly / Marketing Yourself / 0 comments
Having a tightly defined niche as a Financial Advisor is important. A research by CEG Worldwide confirms it – six out of ten advisors they surveyed said that focusing on a niche has been “tremendously or very positive” in helping them attract affluent clients. Only three percent said that focusing on a niche had had a “negative impact.”
So if focusing on a niche is so good, why are any advisors having a negative experience with it?
In many cases, it’s likely that these planners have fallen into a common trap: Their focus is too narrow.
Read more
The Importance of Why when Soliciting Referrals
/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 0 comments
When you ask clients for referrals, and hopefully clients are going to solicit referrals for you, you really have to get them to focus on why they do business with you. I think it’s important to tell people what you do and how you do it, but why they’re doing business with you is the most important part of any referral.
Listen to this audio episode or read the transcript to learn the importance of why when it comes to growing your business as a Financial Advisor.
Read more