Marketing for financial advisors is made hard by the lack of creativity that most of the profession – and most of the consultants serving them – exhibit on a consistent basis. Try these original and out of the norm ideas to get prospects’ attention.
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#1 Interview local business owners
Financial advisors often overlook that:
- They have a much stronger chance of closing a prospect who lives in their local area, and
- Business owners in their local area are very enthusiastic about marketing their companies
Let’s put these two together.
Why not create a video or blog series, where you talk to some of these business owners? It doesn’t have to be about their money. Have it be about business tips.
The benefit is that by having the conversation you aren’t just getting your name in front of their network; you’re also deepening ties with a possible prospect, just because the two of you had a conversation.
You should be so hungry to meet other local businesses. Don’t count them out just because you think they aren’t targeting the ultra-wealthy. You never know who has money, and it doesn’t really emerge until they get to know you.
So get to know them!
#2 Make a list of past vendors
I don’t know what it is about human nature, but when we hire someone for a task, alot of times we kinda presume that they don’t have as much money as us.
Make a list of all the vendors you have ever worked with your entire life. People who have sold things to your business, realtors, hairdressers, babysitters. Anyone that you have paid. Then contact them (they’re very likely to talk to you, because they like you, hopefully). Just have a conversation and see what they are up to, and get them onto your newsletter list. Connect with them on LinkedIn.
Even if they were broke when they worked with you, you never know where they are now.
#3 Personalized videos
Many financial advisors are wary of social media such as blogging and online video because of the heavy compliance regulations that their firms uphold.
When prospecting, instead of sending a follow up email, why not send a personalized video email? It’ll be way more powerful. Just make sure there’s enough of a bond there so that the person won’t be put off by the high degree of attention you are paying to them.
Here’s a podcast I did with my homegirl Katie Braden and we talk about the basics of financial advisor video, if you’re convinced this is something you want to try.
But this is changing! You have to work with it, not allow it to make you avoid the digital world altogether.
#4 Using Google “related questions” and “people also ask”
Alot of times in financial advisor marketing, people feel like they need to reinvent the wheel. Every single blog, social media post, or whatever they are doing. Remember that Google knows way more about what people want to know than you ever will.
And you don’t need any expensive software to find out.
If I were to type “is Medicare going up in 2022” look what comes up in Google as related searches :
Why not make some snippets for social media answering those questions? You increase relevance to your audience when you go by the data.
#5 Pets
They melt hearts. What can I say, as a cat mom myself, I have had numerous occassions where I get a ton of comments just by including a picture of me and my cat(s) in my newsletter, social media posts, etc. I think pets are underutilized and that is my fifth idea about marketing for financial advisors!
Sara’s Upshot on marketing for financial advisors
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-Sara G
