All too often marketing is overlooked, put on the back burner, or is assigned to someone who has extra time. These scenarios are detrimental to any company. Marketing plans are essential to provide direction towards your goals and firm growth. Without growth and a plan to get there, your firm is at risk to silently fade away.
Advisors face common challenges when it comes to marketing. Many cite that time, talent, and the implementation of written plans are their top concerns. These elements are critical to your long-term success and the absence of any component reduces your marketing efforts significantly. In addition, marketers need to develop and implement strategies to address communal growth dilemmas facing advisors to overcome investor perception:
- Clear differentiation among advisors that is not apparent to your market
- Market volatility, scandals, and media reports generating uncertainty in the mind of the investor
- Structural shift in the industry as Boomers delay retirement and/or shift their wealth to the next generation
Developing a marketing plan, scheduling marketing plan reviews, and staying consistently open to change are vital to successful execution and reaching your firm’s goals. Implementing a well thought out marketing plan, focused on positioning your practice as an industry leader and trusted resource, is an indispensable component to your business plan.
Download Ironstone’s workbook, “The Essential Guide to Financial Advisor Marketing.” This e-book will guide you through each step and includes tables, checklists, and notes area to keep all of your information in one place.
Request more information from the Ironstone team or join the Ironstone – Financial Industry Professionals Practice Management Group on LinkedIn and start a discussion.
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