Byrnes Consulting, LLC http://byrnesconsulting.com Byrnes Consulting's Mission: To provide business planning and marketing strategy consulting services to help businesses become even more successful. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:36:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Take your website to the next level http://byrnesconsulting.com/2012/01/31/take-your-website-to-the-next-level/ http://byrnesconsulting.com/2012/01/31/take-your-website-to-the-next-level/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:20:20 +0000 Michael W. Byrnes Jr. http://byrnesconsulting.com/?p=1954 Headed to TD Ameritrade Institutional’s National Conference? 

If so, attend Mike Byrnes’ presentation entitled, “Take your website to the next level“.

By doing so, you will learn about:

  • Social media trends
  • Website best practices
  • Search engine optimization
  • The mobile explosion
  • Benefits of videos
  • And much more

If you can’t attend, keep tabs on the conference via Twitter with the hashtag #TDAI2012 or by following @ByrnesConsultin.

 

Interested in hiring Mike Byrnes to speak at your event? 

Learn more about the many standard topics he covers and contact Byrnes Consulting to set up time to discuss a possible speaking engagement.

 

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Mike Byrnes wrote a Financial Advisor article to describe the three main benefits of Twitter.

Read the article to begin:

  1. Learning
  2. Branding
  3. Reaching

There is a lot of great free information when you log on Twitter and follow the right individuals and organizations, combined with a significant potential to strengthen your brand and extend your business exposure. It is time to get on board and start tweeting!

Contact Byrnes Consulting to better understand Twitter and build a social media strategy.

Also, follow Mike Byrnes at @ByrnesConsultin and Kevin Feehily at @AdvisorAdvice, and please tweet our content.

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Read Mike Byrnes Financial Advisor article to learn more about how social media is evolving and what regulators are doing to keep up, especially related to these recent news items:

Also, get insight on the history of social media regulatory communications in FINRA’s:

Of all that has been shared, it is clear that the regulations will never be black and white. Old rules still apply, and thus they require interpretation.

Need help with your social media strategy? Contact Byrnes Consulting to improve your success.

 

 

 

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Read the list on Financial Advisor to get tips on:

  1. Email marketing
  2. The importance of videos
  3. Motivating employees
  4. How to get PR
  5. Social search
  6. Online expertise
  7. Top advisor best practices
  8. Google+ pages
  9. Social media realizations
  10. M&A advice
  11. Target market determination
  12. Social media musts

As a bonus, watch a short video on how to build a social media strategy with LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.

Contact Byrnes Consulting if we can help your business be more successful this year.

 

 

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Read Mike Byrnes’ article published by Financial Advisor to get an understanding of why holiday parties are so important.

Get some tips for your event, including leveraging Facebook by tagging your attendees in pictures taken at your party (with their permission) to increase online word-of-mouth exposure.

If you need help building a strategy to create client advocates, organizing a top-notch event or building out the right social media tactics, contact Byrnes Consulting for assistance.

Happy holidays from all of us at Byrnes Consulting!

 

 

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Mike’s “12 Keys to Success in 2012” session provided a wide array of business planning tips aimed at helping the attendees surpass 2011 results.  Mike shared industry strategies on topics such as business planning, growing a practice and being more efficient and effective, with the hope of assisting advisors improve client relationships, new business and profitability.

Watch a few minutes of Mike giving tips to the IMCA attendees to get more client and strategic alliance referrals.  Also, subscribe to Byrnes Consulting’s YouTube channel while you are there.

Along with presenting, Mike wrote three Financial Advisor articles about strengthening client relationships, getting more referrals and finding prospects online.

Learn more here:

Look for more pictures from the conference on the Byrnes Consulting, LLC Facebook page.

If you need help with any of these topics to grow your practice, or if you are intersted in hiring Mike Byrnes as a speaker, contact Byrnes Consulting for assistance.

 

 

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Read Mike Byrnes’ Financial Advisor article to learn 8 SEO tips on the following topics to help your website come up higher on Google, Bing and Yahoo!:

  1. Titles
  2. Descriptions
  3. Formatting
  4. URLs
  5. Keywords
  6. Local SEO
  7. Inbound links
  8. Analysis

If you need help improving your online strategy, contact Byrnes Consulting for assistance.

Interested in hiring SEO4Advisors?  Contact Byrnes Consulting for a partner discount.

]]> http://byrnesconsulting.com/2011/12/30/increase-your-chances-of-prospects-finding-you/feed/ 1 Valuable nuggets of practice management and marketing advice http://byrnesconsulting.com/2011/12/20/valuable-nuggets-of-practice-management-and-marketing-advice/ http://byrnesconsulting.com/2011/12/20/valuable-nuggets-of-practice-management-and-marketing-advice/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:34:39 +0000 Michael W. Byrnes Jr. http://byrnesconsulting.com/?p=1888 Mike Byrnes, President of Byrnes Consulting, LLC, attended the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors’ 2011 Practice Management and Investments Conference, in Brooklyn, NY and wrote an article published in RIABiz on what the attendees learned.

Get insight from a mix of experts on how to improve your business on these topics:

  • Getting publicity
  • Bringing on business development staff
  • Growing through referrals
  • Benefiting from website cross linking
  • Having personal touches
  • Being different in a good way

Need help in any of these areas? Reach out to Byrnes Consulting for assistance.

 

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To help advisors be more successful next year, Mike Byrnes has been asked to be a keynote presenter at the Investment Management Consultants Association 2011 Winter Specialty Conference – Business Development and Investment Strategy.

Mike’s session will provide a wide array of business planning tips bound to make every attendee more successful, helping to surpass 2011 results.  Mike will share industry strategies on topics such as business planning, growing a practice and being more efficient and effective, with the hope of helping advisors improve client relationships, new business and profitability.

Review the IMCA conference brochure and then register online.

If you want help to be more successful in 2012, contact Byrnes Consulting with a good time to talk.

 

 

 

 

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Are Google’s pages better than Facebook’s?

That is to be determined. Google+’s users are far less, but to date it is the fastest growing social network ever. It will be interesting to see if the momentum can continue.

Google will also continue to integrate its other products, most importantly search. All businesses want to be found online, so it cannot hurt to create a Google+ page.

Read Mike Byrnes’ Financial Advisor article to learn more and get steps on how to get started.

Check out Byrnes Consulting’s Google+ page and please +1 and recommend it.

Need help with your social media strategy? Contact Byrnes Consulting for assistance.

 

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