by Allan Ward | Apr 29, 2016 | Marketing, Web Design
Have you ever thought about how easy (or difficult) it may be for clients to find your business? I had an experience today that reminded me of the importance of making sure people can find you. I need new glasses. Now that I’ve reached the ripe old age of 47...
by Allan Ward | Dec 23, 2015 | Industry Comment, Web Design
The financial planning industry here in Australia has been through a lot of change over the past year. We’ve had the changes to opt-in, various reviews and ideas for reform around life insurance, discussions around education requirements and a lot of talk about...
by Allan Ward | Jun 16, 2015 | Email Marketing, Marketing, Podcast, Sales Ideas, Web Design
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWelcome to the first episode of the Advisor Marketing Podcast – your source of information for all things relating to financial advisor marketing. In today’s episode we talk about your financial advice website. You do...
by Allan Ward | Mar 23, 2015 | Marketing, Social Media, Web Design
I’m a financial advisor and I talk with a lot of other advisors. Many of them have built websites, some have Facebook pages and other social media, some have tried online advertising and others have done nothing. The common thread that I find across a lot of my...
by Allan Ward | Jan 16, 2014 | Web Design
For a while now I’ve been meaning to get a list of all the posts I’ve written on this site. I’m conscious that there are a lot of articles that I’ve written that are buried in the archives of the Contar Media blog, and they may not get seen...
by Allan Ward | Nov 11, 2010 | Web Design
Some financial planners are unaware that they don’t actually own their website – their web designer does. In many cases these advisers are essentially ‘renting’ their website from their designer – they pay an annual fee in exchange for...
