Marketing Mindset for Financial Services Professionals
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The Financial Services Pro vs. The Entrepreneur
Are you a Mortgage Broker?
How 'bout an Insurance Agent?
Maybe you call yourself a Financial Planner or Financial Advisor?
Perhaps you're even a CPA?
But...
Are You an Entrepreneur?
Are You in the Same Boat as 99% of Successful Financial Services Pros?
You're a Very, Very GOOD...
... Salesperson.
You're Very, Very GOOD Technically...
You can recite LTV, Cash-Outs, Split-Dollar Funding, Charitable Remainder Trust Guidelines in your sleep...
But...
Are You A Marketer?
Do you Think About Your Business Like an Entrepreneur?
You're Very, Very GOOD Technically...
You can recite LTV, Cash-Outs, Split-Dollar Funding, Charitable Remainder Trust Guidelines in your sleep...
But...
Are You A Marketer?
Do you Think About Your Business Like an Entrepreneur?
Most Financial Services Pros Are Stuck...
... Even the GOOD Ones... Stuck with a "Technician's" Mindset
Most Financial Services Pros don't have a "Real" Business...
They own a J-O-B... they just happen to be self-employed.
Most all successful financial services pros are damn good salespeople... one-on-one with clients they shine.
Most successful Financial Services Pros are damn good technicians... they are excellent at DOING the work... putting together loan packages, outlining insurance programs, analyzing and making recommendations on investment portfolios, re-structuring corporate ownership of assets to minimize taxes...
But...
Nearly ALL Financial Services Pros totally suck at...
MARKETING!
Here's my definition of successful MARKETING:
ATTRACTING... systematically, consistently and persistently... an Over-Abundance of Highly-Qualified, Targeted, On-Profile, Ideal Client Prospects...
Prospects with particular financial problems that YOU... and only YOU... are uniquely qualified to solve.
So...
Do YOU Think like an Entrepreneur?
The Entrepreneur Mind-Set understands that marketing systems that ATTRACT an Over-Abundance of Highly-Qualified Ideal Clients are the secret...
... To Building a Business that will set your FREE.
A Business that sets you FREE is a Business that runs without you there... DOING the daily work.
Are you ready to build a business that sets you FREE?
Here's a Special FREE Subscription Blog
"7 Habits of Peak Performing Financial Services Pros"
They own a J-O-B... they just happen to be self-employed.
Most all successful financial services pros are damn good salespeople... one-on-one with clients they shine.
Most successful Financial Services Pros are damn good technicians... they are excellent at DOING the work... putting together loan packages, outlining insurance programs, analyzing and making recommendations on investment portfolios, re-structuring corporate ownership of assets to minimize taxes...
But...
Nearly ALL Financial Services Pros totally suck at...
MARKETING!
Here's my definition of successful MARKETING:
ATTRACTING... systematically, consistently and persistently... an Over-Abundance of Highly-Qualified, Targeted, On-Profile, Ideal Client Prospects...
Prospects with particular financial problems that YOU... and only YOU... are uniquely qualified to solve.
So...
Do YOU Think like an Entrepreneur?
The Entrepreneur Mind-Set understands that marketing systems that ATTRACT an Over-Abundance of Highly-Qualified Ideal Clients are the secret...
... To Building a Business that will set your FREE.
A Business that sets you FREE is a Business that runs without you there... DOING the daily work.
Are you ready to build a business that sets you FREE?
Here's a Special FREE Subscription Blog
"7 Habits of Peak Performing Financial Services Pros"
The "Entreprenerial" Financial Services Pros...
How do they think... What do they do?
First of all...
What do you Believe?
* Do you have a strong need to achieve?
* Do you believe in yourself?
* Are you optimistic?
Most successful Financial Services Pros ace these three questions...
Now, let's turn up the heat... shall we?
What are your Capabilities?
* Can you make decisions in the face of uncertainty?
* Can you hire "A" Players?
* Can you delay gratification?
Do some introspection... be honest with yourself.
Very few Financial Services Pros can answer with a clear and firm "Yes!" to these second three questions.
And a 5 minute visit to your office... or 15 minutes on the phone with you... would reveal the truth to me... a 25 year industry veteran.
Your Identity and Beliefs... and "Entreprenerial" Capabilities Shape Your Business Success.
What do you Believe?
* Do you have a strong need to achieve?
* Do you believe in yourself?
* Are you optimistic?
Most successful Financial Services Pros ace these three questions...
Now, let's turn up the heat... shall we?
What are your Capabilities?
* Can you make decisions in the face of uncertainty?
* Can you hire "A" Players?
* Can you delay gratification?
Do some introspection... be honest with yourself.
Very few Financial Services Pros can answer with a clear and firm "Yes!" to these second three questions.
And a 5 minute visit to your office... or 15 minutes on the phone with you... would reveal the truth to me... a 25 year industry veteran.
Your Identity and Beliefs... and "Entreprenerial" Capabilities Shape Your Business Success.
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Make Your Financial Services Marketing Work
Resources, ideas, and tips for improving response, generating leads, and attracting clients.
Ok... Show Me a Million Dollar Financial Services Business
Traits of a Peak Performing Practice
How does your business stack-up?
Run your head through this list:
#1. It is built around an existing demand.
#2. Decisions are based on numbers--NOT opinions.
#3. The owner does not need to be present all the time.
#4. The owner is passionate about the business.
#5. The owner is not afraid to relinquish some control.
#6. The owner knows how to build a team.
#7. The owner understands marketing very well.
Notice how almost all of these components revolve around the OWNER and not some magic bullet or slick marketing gimmick? It's time you take a step back from what you're doing and ask yourself:
"Where did my beliefs about business come from?"
It goes without saying that you're here to learn more about building your Financial Services Business.
But in order to build a wildly profitable operation that churns out profits... and ultimately sets you FREE... you need to take a look at YOURSELF first.
Run your head through this list:
#1. It is built around an existing demand.
#2. Decisions are based on numbers--NOT opinions.
#3. The owner does not need to be present all the time.
#4. The owner is passionate about the business.
#5. The owner is not afraid to relinquish some control.
#6. The owner knows how to build a team.
#7. The owner understands marketing very well.
Notice how almost all of these components revolve around the OWNER and not some magic bullet or slick marketing gimmick? It's time you take a step back from what you're doing and ask yourself:
"Where did my beliefs about business come from?"
It goes without saying that you're here to learn more about building your Financial Services Business.
But in order to build a wildly profitable operation that churns out profits... and ultimately sets you FREE... you need to take a look at YOURSELF first.
Work ON, not IN your Business
Inspiration from the Founder and Author of The E-Myth
Your Business... and YOU... are Two Different Things.
Marketing Mindset Books for Financial Services Pros
Share Your Marketing Challenges...
How can I help you build a Financial Services Business that sets you FREE?
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