Craft on Tap, Now Serving Growth Marketing for RIAs
Craft on Tap, Now Serving Growth Marketing for RIAs
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Funny marketing advice for financial advisors from Craft Impact CEO Stephen Beach & Marketing Strategist Faustin Weber (two dads!). We share practical methods helping RIAs find clients & build their practice. Learn specific ways to attract good-fit clients online, get answers to common marketing questions, & discover what's working now. Expect clear tips, a down-to-earth perspective, and laughs. Focus on clients, not confusing tactics. Subscribe for weekly RIA marketing know-how! Learn more: craftimpact.com #CraftImpact #Marketing #RIAs
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Focuses on practical marketing methods for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), with episodes covering topics like setting effective marketing KPIs, the ROI of podcasting for advisors, and understanding marketing ROI timelines, offering actionable insights like aligning KPIs with growth goals and maximizing content reach.
Welcome to Craft on Tap: Growth Marketing for RIAs by Craft Impact. We’re the dedicated marketing partner serving as an outsourced CMO + digital marketing team for RIAs. This pod combines industry expertise with a refreshing approach (and the occasional dad joke). Our goal is to help you avoid random “acts of marketing.” Expect real advice delivered with personality. Subscribe for untapped potential! #RIAMarketing #CraftImpact
Showing up in AI search results is all the rage in the financial advisory community. But does it even matter???
👉The reality is more nuanced than the hype suggests.
CEO Stephen Beach and Marketing Strategist Faustin Weber cut through the chatter around AI optimization to share what IS working for financial advisory firms, based on real experiences with clients.
We cover:
Why educational blog content rarely drives traffic from ChatGPT (and what this means for your content strategy)
The difference between ”grounding” and ”non-grounding” in AI responses
Bottom-of-funnel optimization: where the real opportunity lies for RIAs
How to analyze ChatGPT's comparison matrices to improve your firm's positioning
The critical role of online reputation and reviews in AI search results
Why citations across multiple platforms are morevaluable to AI search than website traffic
⏱️ Timestamps:
(0:00) Welcome & AI search landscape update
(2:03) Understanding grounding vs. non-grounding in LLM responses
(6:42) Why AI search isn't driving the website traffic you'd expect
(11:25) Bottom-of-funnel searches: the real AI optimization opportunity
(16:18) The importance of pricing transparency in AI comparison charts
(16:30) Online reputation as the foundation of AI search success
(21:20) Building citations and authority across the web
(24:29) Reality check: AI search in context of how affluent clients actually find advisors
(26:03) What content marketing should really accomplish in 2026
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Craft Impact is a growth marketing agency that helps financial advisors reach their AUM goals through strategic marketing. Subscribe to Craft on Tap on YouTube and learn more about our services at craftimpact.com
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