Cold-calling is NOT a “try it once and hope it works” endeavor. It requires testing and tweaking to learn what works for your market, your list, and for you. Cold-calling is NOT for advisors who fear rejection. You will get a lot of rejections when you cold call – but if you follow best practices, it won’t matter, because the number of new leads you…
Finding new clients is a chore for most service-based businesses — financial advisory included. There’s plenty of competition — your potential clients can even look up financial planning tools and Frankenstein their way to a plan. And your prospects might not be aware that they need…
The new SEC Marketing Rule contains multiple prohibitions and restrictions that all investment advisors must follow when it comes to their marketing – especially when it comes to marketing their investment performance. But while this new rule makes selling trickier, it also presents an opportunity for some advisors to get ahead of the game. That’s because Ric and Connor have…
Have you ever felt like tearing your hair out because you just don’t know where to look for new prospects? If so, the solution to finding fantastic prospects is surprisingly simple: To figure out what your best prospects look like, and where to find them, first take a look at your best clients…
Have you ever felt like tearing your hair out because you just don’t know where to look for new prospects? If so, the solution to finding fantastic prospects is surprisingly simple: To figure out what your best prospects look like, and where to find them, first take a look at your best clients…
A “channel” is a “trench, furrow, or groove.” Water flows in channels — and so do assets. Example: You have a client who is a real estate agent in a high-end golfing community. She is making money hand over fist and adding $500,000 a year to her portfolios. You ask yourself, “How can I get more clients like this?” Well, you need a list. Here are some possible steps…
The Importance of Dripping – for decades, I have coached financial advisors to send a letter to their clients and prospects every month on a topic of interest to them. This is called “dripping,” and it’s key to: client retention, business now, new assets and new clients. There are many reasons why dripping is effective at all these things..
Volatile markets are something all financial advisors have to deal with sooner or later. During my forty years in the industry, I’ve coached tens of thousands of advisors through multiple bear markets and dozens of market corrections. The 1987 stock market crash. The bursting of the dot-com bubble. The aftermath of 9/11…
Fact: Many financial advisors have a selling problem. Nearly every week, our coaches here at Bill Good Marketing talk to at least one FA who is meeting with lots of prospects but only closing a few. This man is Ric Lager… He doesn’t have that problem. Ric is a long-time veteran of the Bill Good Marketing System. He’s also the co-creator of No More Pies®…
Selling to the HNW is a process in and of itself. If you’ve made it far enough for that first meeting, you are halfway there. And the rest of the way is a choreographed dance. Do you know the steps? Do you know what it takes to close new business among the HNW? What’s more, do you know how to get them to refer their frien…
