Advice Line: How To Turn LinkedIn Success Into Client Growth (Joe Marshall)
Oct 30, 2024
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Joe Marshall, a financial advisor at Coastal Capital Advisors, specializes in helping tech professionals manage equity compensation. He discusses how to diversify marketing strategies beyond LinkedIn, emphasizing the importance of creating compelling content and refining engagement tactics. Joe shares tips on converting followers into leads, integrating email marketing, and building a robust marketing funnel. He also highlights the psychological barriers faced by millennials in wealth management and the need for strategic growth in client relationships.
Diversifying marketing efforts beyond LinkedIn is crucial for advisors to create a more stable and effective marketing strategy.
Implementing structured lead magnets like tailored white papers can enhance client conversion by optimizing existing outreach and content.
Deep dives
The Importance of Diversifying Marketing Channels
Many advisors rely heavily on platforms such as LinkedIn, which can create a perception of risk similar to clients with concentrated stock holdings. Joe, an advisor with a successful LinkedIn presence, raised a concern about the potential dangers of depending solely on one marketing channel. The discussion emphasizes the importance of transitioning traffic from social media to a platform that the advisor owns, like an email list. By building a more stable foundation beyond just social media, advisors can mitigate risk and enhance their marketing effectiveness.
Strategies for Optimizing LinkedIn Engagement
Joe currently engages with a limited number of prospects each month through LinkedIn, which has been effective but inconsistent. He primarily connects with tech professionals from Procore, using a structured approach with connection requests and targeted posts. However, there is room for improvement by refining his outreach strategy and focusing on content that specifically resonates with his audience. By enhancing post quality and interactions, Joe can cultivate deeper relationships and potentially convert followers into clients.
Leveraging Written Content for Better Client Engagement
Although Joe produces a blog and email newsletter, these efforts seem scattered and lack a consistent strategy, leading to missed opportunities for deeper engagement with prospects. The podcast suggests that creating a valuable white paper tailored to Procore employees could serve as an effective lead magnet to capture email addresses and nurture leads. Instead of spreading efforts too thin across multiple channels, Joe is encouraged to focus on maximizing the impact of existing content. A structured approach to content promotion could enhance his marketing efforts and streamline conversion from social media followers to email subscribers.
Building a Funnel for Effective Client Conversion
The conversation stresses the need to create a clear funnel for client conversion rather than relying on chance interactions on social media. Proposing the idea of webinars, the speakers suggest that inviting LinkedIn followers to informational sessions can significantly improve conversion rates from casual engagement to booked introductory calls. Furthermore, establishing a landing page for the proposed white paper would provide a systematic means to collect contact information and enhance follow-up strategies. This structured approach not only facilitates tracking engagement but also ensures that prospects receive consistent and valuable information from Joe.
Is your marketing strategy too reliant on a single channel? How can you maximize your LinkedIn success?
In this LIVE "Advice Line" episode, financial advisor Joe Marshall joins us to discuss diversifying his marketing efforts beyond LinkedIn. We explore how to leverage his existing success on the platform and create a more robust marketing funnel. From optimizing content to converting followers into leads, we provide actionable advice to take his firm's growth to the next level.
Key questions we answer include:
► How can I improve my LinkedIn strategy to attract more qualified prospects?
► What's the best way to convert LinkedIn followers into email subscribers?
► Should I focus on SEO or other marketing channels right now?
Whether you're looking to refine your social media approach or build a more comprehensive marketing funnel, this episode offers valuable insights for advisors seeking to grow their firm through digital marketing.