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Episode 180 – How to Make Your Website Business Develop (and Introduce Yourself to Prospects) with Nate Blair



Nate Blair is a Partner at Palo Alto Wealth Advisors alongside long time friend, Ryan Schmidt. The two founded Palo Alto Wealth Advisors in order to serve the unique needs of tech professionals as they plan their lives and careers.

In this podcast, Nate discusses the client-focused approach to marketing which Palo Alto Wealth follows, highlighting the short film bios created to promote the firm in a new, creative way.

They also discussed:

  • Nate’s unconventional path to becoming a financial advisor, transitioning from investment banking and private equity.
  • Co-founding Palo Alto Wealth Advisors and the importance of trust and alignment in partnerships.
  • Focusing on a niche clientele and differentiating yourself in a competitive market.
  • Introducing the unique approach of using short film bios to market the firm.
  • Collaborating with Drew Forest from Forest Brand Design and the process of creating the authentic and personal videos.
  • The positive outcomes from the video bios in terms of client acquisition and growth.
  • Self-selection of clients based on the videos leading to better-fit prospects.
  • The emphasis on client-focused approaches as the core of their strategy going forward.

 

Resources: 

Palo Alto Wealth


Episode 100 – Achieving an Effective Marketing Strategy for Your Firm – With Susan Theder and Samantha Russell



At FMG Suite, Susan Theder acts as the Chief Marketing and Experience Officer and Samantha Russell acts as the Chief Evangelist. FMG Suite currently provides over 40,000 financial advisors and insurance agents with award-winning content and digital marketing tools to help them build their businesses, expand their influence, and strengthen relationships with customers.

Doug, Susan and Samantha addressed a grab bag of questions and scenarios Susan & Samantha are seeing in the marketplace today, and how they would recommend developing different marketing strategies for each. They provided their expert advice to three firms that hold widely common concerns.

Advice was aimed at:

  • A small advisory firm that wants to create content but lacks strategic digital marketing 
  • A firm focused on gaining creativity in their newsletters and articles
  • A solo advisor looking to capitalize on their video skills and thrive on social media channels

They also discussed:

  • Statistics on organic growth through digital marketing
  • The likelihood that wealthy individuals will share their advisor’s newsletters with others
  • The optimal length of videos to gain the most traction
  • Emergences in social media channels used by advisors

Resources: FMG Suite