Hortz: What best advice can you give other advisors about how to incorporate digital marketing and community engagement into their practices?
Thurman: We highly suggest that advisors challenge their thinking about traditional marketing approaches, like we did, and actively start incorporating technology in their marketing and community engagement efforts. As more and more active financial inquiries are happening online all around us, we feel there is no better real-time way of capturing and addressing that interest in the community, especially in the way they want to be addressed—educationally. First, aim to build trust and authority by providing immense value. If you gain the community’s trust, you’ll earn the right to provide them with your expert services. The only way to maximally execute that strategy, we have found, is by offering a digital approach to high-quality educational seminars. We welcome advisors to visit us online at www.whiteglove.com or call 844-949-9497 to learn more.
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