7 April 2018

How often should advisors update their websites?

2022-08-07T16:15:29-04:00April 7th, 2018|Website Development|0 Comments

It’s important to update your website yearly.  For sure, you want to update the copyright date every December or January of each year to match the new year.  If your site reads (c) 2014 name of company, people “may think” your site is 4 years old and you may be out of business.  So, keep the date current with this year’s date. Every two years, ask your marketing consultant to give your site an hour once-over.  They’ll look at things such as: Are the code, theme, and plugins current? Do the photos reflect your ideal clients and are their clothing or hair styles current? Do the words need to be updated? Are the fonts or formats

4 April 2018

Determining What To Tweet On Twitter

2022-08-07T16:15:30-04:00April 4th, 2018|Social Media|0 Comments

Clients often stay away from Twitter, understandably, due to compliance regulatory issues. Aside from that, inexperienced users aren’t always sure WHAT to post. So, what are some things you can tweet about? Here’s a brief list to get you started: Current blog posts that have been approved. Old blog posts and articles. Events your ideal audience will appreciate. Other people’s blog posts, events as they relate to the work you do. Information your ideal clients would enjoy even if they are off-topic. Responses, feedback, opinions on your followers’ posts. Images with comments from events you are speaking at or attending. Ask a question or for a recommendation. Your quotes or words of wisdom. Industry news. Pictures

4 April 2018

PowerPoint Deck Tip When Speaking Abroad

2022-08-07T16:15:30-04:00April 4th, 2018|Speaking|0 Comments

When speaking in another country, buy images of people who LOOK like the audience. It really does matter. Recently, I conducted 2 presentations in India and needed 2 presentation decks. I first considered doing what I usually do — updating the PowerPoints I had, change what needed adding, removing, or adjusting slides based on the customization talks. But once the decks were complete, I realized I needed to do more, the images that didn’t sit well with me. While the people in the images were diverse, they didn’t look like the population I was going to be speaking to. I knew my audience of advisors would be dressed in suites and pressed shirts. They would also be

3 April 2018

Stop Making It Difficult For People To Visit Your Website!

2022-08-07T16:15:30-04:00April 3rd, 2018|Website Development|0 Comments

Today starts a series outlining my business marketing pet-peeves! My pet-peeves are often simple things people don't do that may cause them to lose a prospect or clients. Now, I'm not sure how many I have, but we'll see over the next few months. ===== You've just met someone at an event, and gave them your business card because they may be an ideal client, wanted more information and you said it was on your website, etc. Your website domain name (URL) is more than one word. Maybe it includes an initial or numbers. You have included it on all your marketing materials. Let's look at how it's written. From my experience, there is a 70%

13 March 2018

72 Unusual Marketing Strategies for Small Business

2022-08-07T16:15:30-04:00March 13th, 2018|3. Marketing|0 Comments

Tip 28: The Power of 10 (T-POT) by Maria Marsala of . A business owner was outsourcing marketing for the 1st time. She felt that doing it herself would be best and cheaper than the $300 quoted, but she listened to her coach. After viewing the new collateral, she was still apprehensive. I created T-POT, which states that each piece of marketing collateral be used 10 ways. It could be that you use the whole piece again or it could be you use part(s) of the piece. Mary reaped the rewards of T-Pot with a new $5K client! Don't reinvent the wheel... use a T-POT! To learn more about how to use To read the 71

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