Monday, September 15, 2025

Practice marketing

Slow Down and Get Better Results

GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER To get better results one usually has to change something and sometimes, strangely enough, better results can be achieved from...

Financial Advice Firm Partners with Plunket

Haven Financial Advisers has announced a new partnership with Whānau Āwhina Plunket, which the firm says reinforces its commitment to building brighter futures for...

Simple Prospecting System From the World’s Greatest Ever Salesman

GUEST COLUMNIST - TONY VIDLER According to the Guinness Book Of World Records the greatest salesman in the world was Joe Girard, writes business coach...

Regular Client Engagement Critical in Retention

Client engagement is high on the agenda at Australian firm Newlane Risk, where it uses every policy anniversary to contact the relevant client for...

Sell Holes, Not Drills, to Get More Customers

GUEST COLUMNIST - TONY VIDLER When people go to the hardware store and buy a fantastic electric drill they are not usually terribly interested in...

The Tight Five – How to Generate New Business

GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER When it comes to building an audience of influencers, advocates, and fans who will all send business your way, it...

The Essential Soft Skills Needed To Influence

GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER To influence others requires softs skills rather than hard core sales skills and techniques, writes business coach Tony Vidler...   The financial...

Change is the New Normal for Financial Advice Businesses

GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER Financial advice is not going through some changes; constant change is the new normal, writes business coach Tony Vidler...   Whatever regulatory...

Prospecting – Fish at Your Feet First

GUEST COLUMNIST – TONY VIDLER Business coach Tony Vidler says that when it comes to fishing for future clients, it's often easier to start with...