Blogging and marketing tips from Michael Kitces

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Blogging is a valuable tool for financial advisors embracing the digital age, and there has been much ado about it. Yet it is rare for a blog to reach the point where it is driving significant business growth. This podcast, featuring special guest Michael Kitces, will start with the fundamentals of blogging and move into a discussion of the more sophisticated techniques that can help improve results. It’s an overall great slew of marketing tips from Michael Kitces the great industry sage.

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Marketing tips from Michael Kitces

Listeners will learn:

  • What the point of a blog should be vs. what many advisors see the point to be
  • The problem (or solution) that giving away your ideas for free creates
  • Why niche blogging works better
  • Blogs on your own site vs. blog for somebody else (Investopedia, Forbes, etc.) -pros and cons of each approach
  • What is wrong with your blog if you are getting cricket sounds instead of people responding when they read your blog
  • Strategies to promote your own blog
  • Whether keyword and SEO strategies are good for advisors to consider
  • What to do if you get haters commenting on your blog

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