Celebrating 13 Years: 5 Lessons Learned and Tips to Fast Track Your Own Company’s Success
AdvisorPR’s anniversary is quickly approaching. It'll be 13 on January 31. As I reflect back on my business over the past 13 years, and of course on the heels of New Years and new goals for 2018, it dawned on me—if I had known then what I know now, how different the journey might have...
Resolutions for Your Financial Business’ Public Relations
It’s the beginning of a brand-new year and a great time to think about some New Year’s resolutions for your business. Yes, you are running out of time, so here at AdvisorPR, we put our heads together to help and came up with a few items that could get your public relations efforts off to a...
Frank Maselli & Alana Kohl:
The Power of PR - A Performance Enhancing Activity For advisors who are ready to take their practice to higher levels of sophistication and success, PR can be a goldmine opportunity. It can open doors, elevate your stature to a point where prospects call you and make referrals about 90% easier. What to expect from...
Talking Points 101:
A Guide to Making Your Interview Cheat Sheet Talking points can serve as a great resource as you prepare for a media interview. Most often used for TV or radio interviews, talking points can be developed in advance so that both you and the interviewer understand the general direction of the interview. By proactively creating...
How Do I Get Media to Attend My Event?
4 Tips to Attract Media Attention The holidays are approaching and that got me to thinking about parties. It’s a great time of year to celebrate and many financial advisors will be inviting their clients and prospective clients to a big annual event. It is a nice thing to do, and it’s a time where...
Top 5 Mistakes Financial Advisors Make In Social Media:
HOW TO AVOID THEM TO CREATE A SAVVY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE In today’s world, we know that if you do not have a presence on social media and Google, then you really don’t exist. People are moving away from checking the yellow pages and instead turning to Siri or to “Google It.” So how do...
The Advisor’s Guide to Blogging
Welcome to a blog about blogs! With Halloween just around the corner, this is the perfect opportunity to face your marketing fears and identify a “new” medium and make it your own. For many advisors, content marketing may be at the top of the list. Let’s start with a quick look at just a few...
“Off the Record”: Proceed with Caution
Has a reporter ever asked you a question “off the record,” and you’re unsure how to approach this potentially sticky situation? In the world of journalism, an off-the-record statement can help provide context or background information to a reporter, and it is (usually) understood as off limits, or not for publication. But as many of...
5 Ways to Freshen Up Your Financial Marketing
Is your marketing showing its age? Chances are it’s been a while since you gave your marketing materials a makeover. Just like the financial markets, the marketing world is dynamic, and what worked five years ago might come off as stale today. A misaligned message, an outdated design, an archaic technology—these things can spell trouble...
Charity Begins At Home
You want to give back and start raising money for a charity. It is something that you have wanted to do for some time. So, what is the first step? Finding a charity that you want to support. Easy right? Not always. Picking a charity that is right for you can take some effort. Unfortunately,...