Marketing

Advisor Focused Websites: Progression is Key

February 24, 2011 by Amy McIlwain Leave a Comment

The Insured Retirement Institute (IRI) released an impressive report that found widespread improvement on advisor websites and resources. This great news outlines the importance of an increased distribution of advisor resources to better serve financial professionals and their current and prospective clients. From product information, sales and marketing tips, an increased flow of information to […]

Filed Under: Financial Advisors, Marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media, Study Tagged With: Advertising and Marketing, Advisor Websites, business, linkedin, marketing, Sales, social media, website

Gather Insights by Adding LinkedIn Recommendations to your Website

February 22, 2011 by Loic Jeanjean 1 Comment

We’ve always been strong believers of Linkedin at Advisor Websites, not only because it’s the most used professional networking website in North America, but also for the potential it has in helping financial advisors grow their business and establish themselves as expert in their own community/industry. As I was going through all the RSS feeds […]

Filed Under: Blog, Financial Advisors, LinkedIn, Marketing, Social Media, Study Tagged With: Advisor Websites, business, company, linkedin, Loic Jeanjean, RSS, social media, Uniform Resource Locator

LinkedIn DirectAds For Advisors - How To Succeed

February 8, 2011 by Loic Jeanjean Leave a Comment

Most financial advisors I have been talking have heard about pay-per-click or at least have seen some of these pay per placement ads on search engines like Google or Yahoo! These ads run on a bidding system that can prove very expensive for advisors trying to compete for keywords like ‘financial planning’ ‘investment advisor’. Over […]

Filed Under: E-mail, Financial Advisors, LinkedIn, Marketing, Social Media, Study Tagged With: advisors, brand, business, company, financial, help, how to, marketing, message, online marketing, organization, SEO for financial services, social media, user

Direct Mail VS E-mail Marketing

February 1, 2011 by Loic Jeanjean Leave a Comment

You have probably heard in recent conferences or business gathering that you should abandon old marketing methods in favor to online marketing. In today’s article, I will go over the pros and cons of using direct mail or e-mail marketing and try to show why e-mail marketing provides such a high ROI and positive response […]

Filed Under: Blog, E-mail, Financial Advisors, Mail, Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: advisors, brand, business, company, email, financial, mail, marketing, online marketing, social media

LinkedIn Company Pages - What They Are & Why Your Business Needs One

January 27, 2011 by Amy McIlwain Leave a Comment

Alright, so you have your LinkedIn profile up and running, you are adding new connections, becoming involved in group conversations, and yet your brand just isn’t getting out there. LinkedIn Company Pages is a great way to get your company’s brand and profile out into the online community. It is a powerful tool in finding […]

Filed Under: Financial Advisors, LinkedIn, Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: brand, business, company, financial, followers, group, help, how to, linkedin, marketing, online marketing, profile, social media, website

Evolution of Marketing for Financial Advisors

January 25, 2011 by Loic Jeanjean 3 Comments

This is the first part of a 5 week series on the evolution of marketing in the financial services industry. The series will cover the new and old marketing tools used by Financial Advisors, their advantages and disadvantages, the compliance rules about social media and will showcase 12 advisors that have been successfully incorporating social […]