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Creating Compelling Video Content with Laura Garfield (Ep. 44)

Creating Compelling Video Content with Laura Garfield (Ep. 44)

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Rebecca Hourihan is joined by Laura Garfield, co-founder of Idea Decanter, to discuss the evolution and significance of short-form content and video marketing, particularly for financial advisors. Laura emphasizes the importance of adapting to your audience’s evolving preferences, leveraging video for effective communication, and utilizing AI tools to enhance video production.

Gain insight and actionable takeaways surrounding:

  • Short-form video content 
  • How to structure compelling video marketing strategies 
  • AI’s role in enhancing video creation and engagement
  • Maintaining consistency in content creation
  • And more

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About Our Guest:

Laura Garfield spent her teenage years idolizing Jane Pauley and Katie Couric. A thirst for learning and a love of writing had her hooked on broadcast journalism – where you didn’t have to know everything except how to ask the right questions. After graduation, Laura landed her first news gig at a tiny TV station in Hastings, Nebraska. Over the span of more than a decade, she worked her way up through stations in Omaha and New Orleans to a position at CBS News in New York and then CNN in Atlanta. 

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Business Development Strategies for 401(k) Advisors with Sasha Cibrian (Ep. 19)

Business Development Strategies for 401(k) Advisors with Sasha Cibrian (Ep. 19)

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To grow your advisory firm, you need initiatives and strategies that can help you reach a broader clientele.

In this episode, Sasha Cibrian shares her knowledge on how to design the necessary activities to expand your firm. She covers topics like client acquisition, retention, reputation, brand awareness and why having niche retirement plan content enhances your trust. Additionally, she provides useful tips to help businesses expand their network through email campaigns and social selling with LinkedIn.

Sasha discusses:

  • The concept of business development
  • How the sales funnel can be useful to develop business strategies
  • Tips on how to advance an advisor’s business
  • The value of outsourcing when getting into business development
  • And more!

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Diversifying Your Marketing Strategy With Mike Kane (Ep. 15)

Diversifying Your Marketing Strategy With Mike Kane (Ep. 15)

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When marketing your business, it’s important to have a diverse strategy so you can reach as many of the right plan sponsors as possible.

In this episode, Rebecca Hourihan speaks with retirement plan advisor legend, Mike Kane of Plan Sponsor Consultants. Mike discusses the importance of advisors using a variety of marketing tactics in their business’ tool kit to reach the largest audience.

Mike discusses:

  • The evolution of Plan Sponsor Consultants marketing tactics over the years to get in front of prospective clients
  • The current marketing strategy Mike and his team use to win retirement plan business
  • The three topics plan sponsors are most interested in
  • Advice for financial advisors and ways they could implement marketing strategies into their practices
  • What the retirement plan industry might look like in 10 years
  • And more

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About Our Guest:

Michael Kane serves as Managing Director of Plan Sponsor Consultants. He is a member of Retirement Partners Group (RPG), a network of advisors associated with LPL Financial who are among the 401(k) plan distribution leaders in terms of number of retirement plan advisors, plans, participants and assets under advisement. He is also a member of GRP Advisor Alliance, an independent network of retirement plan focused advisors. GRP Advisor Alliance is not affiliated with or endorsed by LPL Financial. Mike is also a member of the prestigious national Retirement Advisor Council (RAC), where he serves on 2 committees. Mike also serves on various committees of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA), a division of the American Retirement Association. Mike also serves on the Retirement Advisor Leadership Committee of LPL Retirement Partners. He is a member of the Centre For Fiduciary Excellence (CEFEX) and the Center for Fiduciary Studies.

Mike is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst (AIFA). AIFA’s have completed a rigorous specialized program on investment fiduciary standards of care at the Center for Fiduciary Studies, in association with the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. He also is a Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor through the National Association of Plan Advisors.

 

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