Tag: Strategic Partnerships

EP 20 – Don’t Skip these Steps! How to Build a Scalable Marketing Machine with John Wernz

EP 20 – Don’t Skip these Steps! How to Build a Scalable Marketing Machine with John Wernz

Organic growth in wealth management requires more than just good marketing.

It demands alignment, testing, and a process-driven funnel.

In this episode, Dan Gilmartin interviews John Wernz, Partner and Strategic Advisor at Mission Wealth, who shares lessons from helping firms scale from billions to tens of billions in AUM. John breaks down the stages of marketing maturity, the importance of ICP, and why sales alignment is the critical piece many overlook.

John discusses: 

  • Building marketing teams from generalists to specialists and scaling from 4 to 50 people
  • The three-step growth process: foundation, voice, and paid channels
  • The importance of defining and targeting the ideal client profile (ICP)
  • How to measure ROI on marketing campaigns and paid leads effectively
  • Aligning sales and marketing to avoid wasted spend and maximize conversion
  • And more!

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About our Guest: 

John Wernz is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Great Hill Partners and serves as a strategic advisor to growing FinTech companies. He champions the power of scalable and measurable organic growth programs, believing they enable financial services firms to make a greater impact. For over a decade, John led organic growth at Wealth Enhancement Group, one of the nation’s top RIA firms, where he helped drive asset growth from under $2 billion to more than $50 billion. Today, he applies that deep expertise and practical insight to support financial services firms and early-stage FinTechs, helping them achieve faster, more sustainable growth than they thought possible.

EP 17 – How Strategic Partnerships Drive Growth in Wealth Management with Marissa Fox-Foley

EP 17 – How Strategic Partnerships Drive Growth in Wealth Management with Marissa Fox-Foley

What makes wealth management thrive in today’s fast-paced world?

Catchlight’s Dan Gilmartin chats with Marissa Fox-Foley, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Choreo, about the art of blending financial strategy with tech-savvy marketing in the wealth management industry. Discover how Choreo fosters rapid growth through strategic partnerships, emphasizes advisor-client connections, and leverages data to enhance client service strategies.

Marissa shares insights on:

  • Streamlining sales cycles with strategic storytelling [00:02:46]
  • Choreo’s intentional growth path and origin story [00:10:28]
  • Building lasting relationships between CPAs and wealth advisors [00:15:32]
  • The role of data in bridging CPA and wealth management services [00:27:17]

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About Marissa Fox Foley:

Marissa Fox-Foley brings 25 years of experience to her role as Chief Marketing Officer at Choreo.

Marissa’s skillset spans both healthcare and financial services, with one common thread – a love of creating extraordinary brands, delightful client experiences, and profitable growth. Most recently, she served as the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer for a division of Mass General Brigham, the largest private healthcare employer in Massachusetts. She’s also served as the Head of Corporate and Brand Marketing for Cetera Financial Group, where she led corporate marketing and brand strategy, creative services, conference / event marketing, wealth management marketing, and recruiting marketing. Prior to Cetera, Marissa served as Executive Vice President, Advisor Marketing at LPL Financial (NASDAQ: LPLA), where she led an award-winning team focused on developing and executing integrated marketing strategies for independent financial advisory practices.

Marissa and her family live outside of Boston, having relocated from the West Coast, where they lived in San Diego and Las Vegas. They love playing ice hockey, skiing, swimming, running, and tae kwon do.

Marissa holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College and an MBA in Marketing from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.