Bruce and Jeff chat with Candice Carlton, head of advisor growth marketing at FiComm Partners, about Merrill Lynch’s new tool allowing advisors to share custom videos and why Candace sees it as a wake-up call for advisors. She goes through the do's and don'ts of using video to market yourself as an advisor, and explains why this is a tool everyone will have to master.
Candice Carlton is the head of advisor growth marketing at FiComm Partners. Prior to FiComm, she worked for and with some of the fastest growing and most innovative firms in the US, including Mercer Advisors, United Capital acquired by Goldman Sachs and XY Planning Network.
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