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January 28, 2015 at 01:35 PM
A visit to your website, a “like” on a Facebook post, a new connection on LinkedIn, those 140 (or less) little characters that make up a tweet. They might not seem like much, but they can amount to a lot when it comes to strengthening your existing client relationships and helping cultivate new ones.
After all, we live in a digital world, as the graphic below shows. The web and social media are prominent, powerful and have the potential to make a big impact on businesses. That’s why it’s important to consider the role your digital presence — or lack thereof — is playing in yours.
As a financial advisor, referrals are a critical piece of your ongoing growth, and in the digital age the Internet has become an integral part of the referral process. For Raymond James advisors, referrals represent 90 percent of new business, and 90 percent of those referrals use Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, professional websites and more to “vet” a recommended advisor before ever making contact directly.
Online presences are the new first impressions, helping to engender confidence in your abilities and even trust long before a discovery meeting, and perhaps the most important presence you can develop online is your website.
More than just an online brochure or business card, your website should be used as a digital extension of your “storefront,” establishing or reaffirming your credibility for clients and prospects. It’s an opportunity to feature every facet of your brand — save for the face to face — in one place.
