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Engagement that leads to cross selling
This document discusses how financial institutions can engage remote customers and drive cross-selling through content marketing. It notes that many customers do their banking online or haven't been to a branch in 6 months. Most banks only offer single products instead of additional offerings. The document advocates using relevant content delivered around life events to engage customers and start meaningful dialogs that can lead to additional sales. It provides examples of content delivery platforms like a financial answer center and discusses leveraging existing channels like branches, websites, email and social media to promote this content and connect customers to advisors.
Brand Engagement: A Setup To Sales
Inadequate share of wallet is a point of pain at most financial institutions today. On average, customers only buy 2 out of 10 products from a single institution. It’s little wonder that cross selling is the #1 goal of marketers today.
Brand image plays a big role in success or failure. All too often it is actually an impediment to cross selling. It becomes a trap. Why? Because the brand image is too narrow: A place to go for no more than transactions.
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Why customers stray and how to stop it
This document discusses how financial institutions can engage customers and prevent them from straying by implementing a content marketing strategy. It notes that technology is causing customers to be more remote and do more transactions online rather than in branches. A survey found that most banks only offer single products rather than engaging customers about their other financial needs. The document advocates creating and distributing relevant financial content to customers around life events in order to start dialogs, provide solutions, and turn those engagements into sales opportunities. It provides examples of content delivery methods like a financial answer center and discusses how content can be introduced and promoted through branches, websites, email, social media, mobile apps, and employee benefits to engage customers.
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