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Modern Investor Psychology on Social Media
I was reviewing a campaign strategy with a financial firm that wanted to attract younger investors. Their team kept saying the same thing: “We’re publishing

Ad Creative Swipe File for Advisors
In one strategy conversation with an advisory firm, the team had no shortage of ideas, but every campaign still started the same way: a blank

Budgeting for Digital Advertising: What Advisors Should Expect
A firm owner told me once that he’d spent more on a single conference sponsorship than his entire digital advertising budget for the year, and

When to Use Paid Traffic: A Guide for Advisors
An advisor called in the middle of what was actually a strong year, oddly enough, worried about it. His whole book had come from referrals,

Click-to-Client: Turning PPC Traffic into Booked Calls
An advisor sent me his ad account last month and admitted something most people running paid search think but don’t say out loud: the campaign

Midstream Marketing vs Indigo Marketing Agency: Which Is Better for Financial Advisors?
The short answer: Both Midstream Marketing and Indigo Marketing Agency are legitimate, advisor-specific marketing firms worth serious consideration. Indigo is a strong fit for independent

Midstream Marketing vs FMG Suite: Which Is Better for Financial Advisors?
The short answer: FMG Suite is a well-built marketing platform for advisors who want to maintain a consistent content presence and stay compliant with minimal

Before-and-After Rebrand Case Studies
A firm I spoke with had recently updated its logo and refreshed its website, and it still felt disconnected from the type of client it

Midstream Marketing vs Snappy Kraken: Which Is Right for Your Advisory Firm?
Both Midstream Marketing and Snappy Kraken serve independent financial advisors. Both have compliance-aware approaches. Both are frequently mentioned when advisors go looking for a marketing

Messaging That Converts Skeptical Investors
A prospect once told an advisor client of mine, flat out, that she’d sat through three other “introductory calls” that year and every one of

Best Compliance-Friendly Marketing Solutions for Financial Advisors
Compliance stops more advisor marketing programs than the budget ever does. An advisor invests in a campaign, the content gets flagged, revisions take two weeks,

Brand Consistency Checklist for Advisory Firms
A client mentioned it almost in passing during a review call: she’d gotten two emails from the same firm that didn’t feel like they came