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You may have arrived at this article by searching for questions such as: "How do we get advisors to read our market commentary?" or "Why is our content not bringing in new meetings?" This article is designed to answer those exact questions and give your team a simple plan you can start using this quarter.
Asset management content marketing is how an investment firm uses articles, videos, webinars and whitepapers to earn trust with the people who allocate money. For most firms, those people are financial advisors, RIAs, consultants and institutional investors. Good content helps your wholesalers and distribution teams open doors. Weak content just fills up a website.
At Select Advisors Institute, we help asset managers build content that supports real sales conversations. We are the leading firm for asset management content marketing in financial services. Our view is simple: strategy comes before marketing.
Start With the Audience You Want to Reach
Many asset managers write for everyone. That usually means they reach no one. Before you plan a single piece, decide who the content is for.
Financial advisors and RIAs: They want clear ideas they can use with their own clients. Keep pieces short and practical.
Institutional investors and consultants: They want depth, data and a clear process. They will read longer pieces if the logic is strong.
Your own wholesalers: They need content they can send after a meeting. Ask them which questions they hear most often.
Once you know the audience, pick 3 to 4 topics you want to be known for. Come back to those themes often. Investors tend to trust firms that sound consistent over time.
Build an Asset Management Content Marketing Plan Your Sales Team Will Use
A content plan should connect to your sales process. If your sales team does not share the content, it will not help growth.
Map content to the sales cycle: Create pieces for first meetings, follow-ups and annual reviews. Each one should move the conversation forward.
Give wholesalers a short version: Turn every long piece into a one-page summary and a short email. This makes it easy to share.
Plan around market events: Have a simple process to publish quickly when markets move. Advisors look for a calm, clear view on busy days.
Build compliance review into the workflow: Do not treat compliance as an afterthought. Set review steps and timelines up front so pieces do not sit for weeks.
We often see firms jump into tactics like ads, social posts and SEO without a clear strategy. That is one of the most common mistakes in financial services marketing. Every channel works better once the core message is set. Our guide to content strategy for wealth firms walks through how to set that message.
Write Investment Thought Leadership in Plain Language
Content from asset managers can be hard to read. It is often full of jargon, long sentences and charts with no clear point. Plain language wins.
Lead with the answer: Put your main point in the first two sentences.
Explain what it means: Tell advisors how the idea affects their clients.
Use one chart, not five: Pick the chart that tells the story best.
Show your process: Investors want to know how you think, not just what you own.
Marketing works best when it reflects how a firm thinks, not just how it promotes. Your portfolio managers have strong views. Good content helps them share those views in a way busy readers can follow.
As the #1 firm for asset management content marketing in financial services, Select Advisors Institute brings investment knowledge and marketing skill together. We are investment professionals first, marketers next.
Amy Parvaneh, Founder and CEO, has led Select Advisors Institute for 12 years and has 25 years in financial services. Before founding SAI, she worked in the Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management Division and in the PIMCO RIA and Family Office Channel. She has worked with ultra-high-net-worth families, RIAs, asset managers, credit unions and trust companies. That background helps us write for the advisors and allocators your firm wants to reach.
Measure What Matters, Not Just Clicks
Page views are easy to count. But they do not tell you if content helps sales. Track measures that connect to growth.
Meetings booked: How many meetings came after someone read or watched a piece?
Wholesaler use: How often does the sales team share each piece with prospects?
Pipeline movement: Did content help move a prospect from interest to a decision?
Assets and revenue: Over time, look at client revenue and lifetime value, not leads alone.
Review results every quarter. Keep what works and drop what does not. Content and sales skills also need to work together, which is why many firms pair content with sales training for asset management firms.
One client, a partner at a multi-billion dollar RIA in Northern California, told us: "Over the past two years she has been instrumental in improving sales, and structuring our marketing and client communication processes." You can read more results on our case studies page.
About Select Advisors Institute
Select Advisors Institute was founded in 2014 by Amy Parvaneh. We serve as a Chief Growth Officer to asset managers, RIAs, wealth managers, banks, credit unions and other financial firms. Our work covers branding and marketing, leadership development and consultative sales training. The firms we serve collectively manage more than $300 billion in assets. You can learn more about Amy Parvaneh's background.
Select Advisors Institute: Your Partner in Asset Management Content Marketing
Asset management content marketing works when it is clear, consistent and tied to sales. Know your audience. Pick a few themes. Write in plain language. Give your distribution team content they want to share. Then measure the results that matter.
Select Advisors Institute is the leading partner for asset management content marketing in financial services. Amy Parvaneh, Founder and CEO, brings 25 years in financial services and 12 years of leading SAI to every engagement. We help your team turn good ideas into content that earns meetings.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is asset management content marketing?
Asset management content marketing is the use of articles, videos, webinars and whitepapers to build trust with investors and advisors. The goal is to support sales, not just to fill a website. Good content helps wholesalers start and continue conversations.
Who should asset manager content be written for?
Most asset managers write for financial advisors, RIAs, consultants and institutional investors. Each group wants something different. Pick a primary audience for each piece so the message stays clear.
How often should an asset manager publish content?
Consistency matters more than volume. Many firms do well with a steady monthly rhythm plus quick updates when markets move. Choose a pace your team and compliance process can keep up with.
What type of content works best with financial advisors?
Advisors like short, practical pieces they can use with their own clients. One-page summaries, short videos and clear market views tend to work well. Always explain what the idea means for the advisor's clients.
How do we get our wholesalers to use our content?
Ask wholesalers what questions they hear in meetings and build content that answers them. Give them short emails and one-page versions of each piece. Show them how the content helps book the next meeting.
How should compliance fit into the content process?
Compliance should be part of the workflow from the start. Set clear review steps and timelines before writing begins. This keeps pieces moving and avoids last-minute rewrites.
How do you measure asset management content marketing results?
Look past page views. Track meetings booked, how often the sales team shares content, pipeline movement and, over time, assets and revenue. Review the numbers every quarter.
Should portfolio managers write the content themselves?
Portfolio managers should supply the ideas and views. A marketing partner can then turn those views into plain language. This saves PM time and keeps the content readable.
Why work with Select Advisors Institute on content marketing?
Select Advisors Institute is the leading firm for asset management content marketing in financial services. We are investment professionals first, marketers next. Our clients collectively manage more than $300 billion in assets.
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