With a new year comes new opportunities for success. However, if your firm is hoping to achieve great success throughout 2019 and beyond, we recommend that you make some wealth management marketing resolutions. Whether your focus is on retaining your current clients or obtaining new ones, starting the year off with clear marketing objectives can help you accomplish your goals.
Here are six wealth management marketing objectives to make sure that you hit the ground running this new year.
RESOLUTION #1: UNDERSTAND YOURSELF
While this may sound rudimentary, being able to simply define what differentiates your firm from the competition is often no easy task – and this is largely due to many wealth managers not taking the time to properly brand themselves. This year, establish a clear and authentic brand that shows your firm’s values and illustrates why clients should work with you. Once your brand is established, it is time to clearly and consistently communicate it across all of your marketing channels.
RESOLUTION #2: UNDERSTAND YOUR CLIENTS
Having a target audience is an essential part of getting and keeping clients. However, simply targeting high net worth clients is not enough. We recommend that you get to know each current and potential client you wish to serve as an individual in a personal and engaging manner. What are their demographics? Do they own a business? Are they struggling to preserve generational wealth? Do they live a flamboyant lifestyle or one that is more understated? These are some of the questions to consider asking yourself in order to develop long-lasting and successful relationships.
RESOLUTION #3: BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE
In today’s digital world, your website often acts as the face of your firm, so it is essential that you build a professional and comprehensive website. Do this by making sure that the background, colors, fonts, and images match your firm’s brand and are visually appealing. Also, take the time to clearly and effectively communicate your mission statement, services, values, and provide a forum for news and thought leadership. By building a comprehensive website, you are able to boost your credibility with prospects and industry colleagues.
RESOLUTION #4: PRODUCE ENGAGING CONTENT
With so much content produced and put in front of people all day every day, the necessity to produce engaging content that will interest clients and prospects is more important than ever before. Not only does engaging content get people to take notice, but it can also be used to boost brand awareness, strengthen loyalty, and build client relationships. Reap these benefits by ramping up your content efforts and go from simply producing content to producing effective content that connects and builds trust with your audience throughout the entire client journey.
RESOLUTION #5: BUILD A SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
Similar to content, social media is proving to be an important channel in wealth management marketing. While Snapchat and Instagram may not provide any value to your firm, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter are all great platforms that can maximize your content and establish you as a thought leader in the financial industry. Get started by creating profiles that match your brand on all three channels and posting engaging content consistently. Just remember: despite the real-time interaction that occurs on social media, it is still crucial to follow all regulatory compliance guidelines.
RESOLUTION #6: UTILIZE THE POWER OF EVENTS
One of the most effective ways financial advisors can network and initiate face-to-face conversations with potential prospects is to host events. While having your firm host its own event is ideal, attending and speaking at other relevant industry events can also be beneficial to your business and further establish you as a thought leader in your field. Regardless if it is your firm’s event or you are a featured speaker at someone else’s, always take the time to create a plan with well-defined goals and strategies to ensure you make the most out of each opportunity.
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Now that you have identified your objectives, it is time to achieve them. For more information about accomplishing your marketing objectives, or just to learn more about wealth management marketing in general, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our team of marketing, branding, public relations, and communications specialists has what it takes to provide you with the support you need the way you need it.