PTC Marketing Communications Portal 2022

September

  • 09/12/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Emails: This email was created to send to investment sponsor prospects to showcase PTC as superior custodial partner.
  • 09/09/22 – National 401k Day: An email was sent to clients to remind them to take a look at their retirement accounts progress and not to leave their old 401ks behind with our blog.
  • 09/09/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Visit: XSITE Capital visited PTC to learn more about the possibilities of a partnership and for us to get know the company & the investment that they offer. Resource documents were sent to them to be signed to be a sponsor.
  • 09/08/22 – Management Meet & Greet Event: PTC & Ignite hosted their first client event at the new office to thank local clients & bring friends/family that might not already be working with us.
  • 09/02/22 – Partnership Visit/Webinar/Live Event: Carrie Cook was invited to Spartan Investment Groups First Friday event where she discussed SDIRAs to their network of over 7,000 and the clients in attendance. It also gave her the opportunity to meet & teach their sales team about how easy it is to sell IRAs and work with PTC. Link to their recording of the webinar/event.

August

  • Annual Account Milestone – 08/17/22, PTC reached over 600 in new accounts.
  • Annual Event Milestone – 08/24/22, PTC had over 71 people register for the Ignite Funding/PTC co-webinar event.
  • Annual Review Milestone – 08/22/22, PTC reached over 130 reviews for the year. The minimum goal set by the marketing department was 150.
  • Annual Contribution Milestone – 08/31/22, PTC reached over $900k in contributions.
  • 08/31/22 – BOLV Print Ad: PTC had a feature print ad in the Best of Las Vegas edition of the Las Vegas Review Journal.
  • 08/30/22 – Management Event Invite: Nevada clients were sent an invitation to an event to show our appreciation for their business and to show them the new office. Clients were also called directly by the marketing department to RSVP.
  • 08/30/22 – Best of Las Vegas Vote: PTC was nominated for Customer Service and Trust Company Categories. An email was sent to clients to help us vote, and resent to clients that didn’t open the first email. Here is the link to vote.
    • This slider image was added to the homepage of the website.
  • 08/29/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Emails: This email was created to send to investment sponsor prospects to showcase PTC as superior custodial partner.
  • 08/26/22 – Follow Us On Social Media: Clients that fell of the younger demographic (35 & younger) were sent an invitation to follow-us on Instagram & TikTok.
  • 08/25/22 –  New Explainer Video: This new video was created to help explain PPM in Oil & Gas. This will be used on the website & in the new client email drip.
  • 08/25/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Visit: Spartan Investment Group CIO/Co-Founder visited PTC to learn more about the possibilities of a partnership and for us to get know the company & the investment that they offer. Resource documents were signed to be a sponsor. A podcast was recorded as well to be posted once PTC Point of View is up and running.
    • Landing Page created for them – Link.
  • 08/24/22 – Co-Webinar | Ignite Funding: PTC hosted Ignite in a webinar – Consistency is King: Build Your Retirement with Real Estate.
  • 08/23/22 – Company Partnership Consultation Landing Page: This landing page was created to try to encourage investment sponsor prospects to engage with us to discuss a potential partnership.
  • 08/23/22 – Company Partnership Blog Post: SD-IRA Service Providers: Are the Helping or Harming Your Business? was retailored content from an existing piece, geared toward investment sponsors that might not be aware of the implications of working with an administrator or facilitator. This has been linked to one of the email blasts we send to prospects.
  • 08/23/22 – Company Partnership Blog Page: A new blog listing page was created specifically for content created/geared toward company partnership prospects. It is not yet live on the website, as we are building it up with content before officially publishing.
  • 08/23/22 – Partner Visit: Paradyme CEO Ryan Garland visited PTC to see if we can re-engage them. A podcast was recorded as well to be posted once PTC Point of View is up and running.
  • 08/23/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Emails: This email was created to send to investment sponsor prospects to showcase PTC as superior custodial partner.
  • 08/17/22 – Co-Webinar Event Invite in Las Vegas Review Journal: Ignite Funding sponsored an email blast in the RJ to capture new leads/registrants for the event.
  • 08/17/22 – Co-Webinar Event Invite: This email invite was sent to leads/clients to a co-webinar event with Ignite Funding.
  • 08/12/22 – UNLV Program: The marketing department met with a UNLV representative to discuss PTC engaging webinars and in-person events in their Financial Wellness Certification Program for grad students. PTC would be involved in creating content on retirement basics and advanced topics to help educate students/prepare them for life after school. These events are TBD, August is the reps busiest time of year when school starts and we are pending their itinerary for the program.
  • 08/09/22 – Company Partner Announcement Email: This email was created for Scottsdale REI to announce the partnership with PTC.
  • 08/09/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Emails: These emails was created to send to investment sponsor prospects to showcase PTC as superior custodial partner.
  • 08/08/22 – Co-Webinar Advertising: The co-webinar with Ignite was advertised in the Rental Housing Journal with digital advertising, a blog post, and email ads to capture new leads/registrants.
  • 8/06/22 – Podcast ft. PTC: Chris was featured in a podcast with Scottsdale REI – link here.
  • 8/05 – 22/22 – Review Campaign: Emails were sent throughout the month to groups of clients in an effort to spread out reviews to show consistency over the course of the month.
  • 08/04/22 – Contribution Email #8: Don’t Make a Wish, Make a Contribution to Your Retirement
  • 08/02/22 – Co-Webinar | Phoenix Capital: PTC hosted a webinar event with Phoenix Cap to educate leads/clients about PPM investments in Oil & Gas. Watch the recording here.

July

  • 07/29/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Email: This email was created to send to investment sponsor prospects to showcase PTC as superior custodial partner.
  • 07/27/22 – Company Partnership Prospect Expedited Search: The marketing department narrowed down a list of 120 leads to find viable investment sponsors to pursue for company partnerships. These sponsors were emailed/called.
    • Companies that actually responded/expressed interest in further discussion: Spartan Investment Group & XSITE Capital.
  • 07/27/22 – New Blog: 5 Ways to Boost Your Retirement Savings can be shared with both clients & leads.
  • 07/26/22 – Co-Webinar Invite: This email was sent to leads & clients with no active investments for co-webinar with Phoenix Capital. It was then sent 3 more times after original send to people that had not opened the previous emails to capture more registrants.
  • 07/25/22 – Instagram & TikTok: PTC is now on these social media platforms to try and engage/educate a younger audience.
    • Instagram: preferredtrustcompany_official
    • TikTok: @preferredtrustcompany
  • 07/25/22 – Move Updates: The marketing department updated the address on everything from PDFs, landing pages, the website, applications, all Salesforce & Hubspot email templates and automated emails, disclaimers/disclosures, digital advertising, etc.
  • 07/15/22 – New Client Edu Email Drip: The Private Placement blog was added to the educational drip with this email.
  • 07/11/22 – Move Announcement: We will be communicating with clients through several mediums to inform clients of the mover throughout the month.
    • Website Banner posted 07/01 – Click Here to view
    • Blog Announcement posted 07/11 – Message is the same as what is in the email communication.
    • Email Communication will start on 07/11:
      • Email #1 sent on 07/11 – IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: We are moving to a New Office Location
      • Email #2 sent on 07/14 – {recipient.firstname}, We are Moving to a New Office Location
      • Email #3 sent on 07/26 – {recipient.firstname} LOOK HERE -> We Have Moved to a New Office Location
      • Email #4 sent on 07/29 – FINAL NOTICE: We Moved to a New Office Location
  • 07/06/22 – Contribution Email #7: Monthly reminder emails are being sent to clients to encourage them to make their annual contributions or set themselves up for recurring. Click Here to view this month’s email.

June

  • Annual Contribution Milestone – 06/22/22, PTC reached over $800k in contributions. Let’s keep killing it!
  • 06/29/22 – Review Campaign: As a final effort for the review competition, this email will be sent to clients.
  • 06/27/22 – New Blog: Private Placements: Not the Time or Place for Careless Due Diligence was created to help educate clients and potential clients on the steps they should take to vet out businesses to invest in. A due diligence checklist/guide that could be used for any investment, not just private placements.
  • 06/14/22 – New Blog: Breaking News: IRA Custodian Blunders Security of Cryptocurrency Assets was posted to the website to help educate current and potential clients on the risks they face when they forego the security of their investments.
  • 06/14/22 – DC Client Education Continued: We shared a recent news article to both current clients and closed accounts, reinforcing what Carrie warned in her whitepaper would happen to clients that were looking for the cheapest option, not the most secure. We also sent them another email showing the benefits of subsequent purchases with PTC.
  • 06/13/22 – New Blog: In a recent survey, clients requested more information on how to execute a Roth conversion. This blog clarifies how as a current PTC client and potential clients.
  • 06/08/22 – Contribution Email #6: Monthly reminder emails are being sent to clients to encourage them to make their annual contributions or set themselves up for recurring. Click Here to view this month’s email.

May

  • 05/31/22 – Lead Generation: We are trying out a company that provides leads lists as another avenue to retrieve leads to convert to new accounts. Click Here to view the first email that was sent.
  • 05/06/22 – New Client Email Drip Update: New emails educating clients on cryptocurrency investments have been added to the drip, starting after the “How’d We Do?” email (see April post for reference).
  • 05/04/22 – Contribution Email #5: Monthly reminder emails are being sent to clients to encourage them to make their annual contributions or set themselves up for recurring. Click Here to view this month’s email.
  • 05/02/22 – Client Review Raffle: During the month of May, if clients leave 2 or 3 reviews they will be entered into a raffle for a $50 or $100 gas station gift card. Click Here to view the first email. Clients will receive 2 reminder emails depending on if they leave a review later in the month.

April

  • Annual Contribution Milestone – 04/12/22, PTC reached over $600k in contributions. Let’s keep the momentum going!
  • Annual Contribution Milestone – 04/01/22, PTC reached over $500k in contributions. That’s no April fools joke!
  • 04/21/22 – Client Survey: A survey was sent to clients to gauge interest in learning more about other investments that they may not currently be investing in. Clients can elect to be contacted by a Company Partner for more information. Clients will be contacted by any of the following Company Partners – Digital One, Ignite Funding, Priority Gold, and Phoenix Capital – depending on what they selected.
  • 04/18/22 – New Client Education Email Drip: This automated email drip was created to help new clients better manage their IRA accounts by educating them on various topics such as navigating their online portal, contributions, different account types, different assets, etc. New emails will be added to the drip throughout the year. These emails are sent weekly and clients are automatically enrolled when they are converted to Account Status: Client.
    1. Email #1: Roadmap to Alternatives
    2. Email #2: Roth Conversions
    3. Email #3: Navigate Your Online Portal
    4. Email #4: Contribution – Diversification
    5. Email #5: Contribution – Sweet Spot
    6. Email #6: Contribution – Deductions
    7. Email #7: SEP IRAs
    8. Email #8: How’d We Do? – Review Request
    9. Email #9: Fee Best Practices
  • 04/18/22 – New Lead Email Drip: This automated email drip was created to educate leads that have submitted an application in an effort to better educate new clients even before their account is officially open. Leads are automatically enrolled in this workflow when they have a Lead Status of Pending Funds Transfer or Pending Compliance Info. There is a “general” lead drip and individual drips that have been created for Digital One, Priority Gold, USMR, Ignite Funding and GoldCo. The main difference is that our team player email references the name of the company partner to help clients make that correlation.
  • 04/15/22 – New Animated Video: Top 5 Mistakes Investors Make with Precious Metals was created as a video that can be used to educate leads and clients on how to navigate precious metal investments in an IRA.
  • 04/15/22 – New How To Videos: Two new videos were created to help new clients login to their online account portal for the first time and help current clients login and show them navigate around their online portal. The new client login video has been added to Client Services email templates in Salesforce. This will hopefully mitigate staff time spent walking clients through the process.
  • 04/15/22 – PTC/Ignite Funding One-Sheet: Use this one-sheet to help leads or clients understand the relationship between PTC & Ignite Funding when they choose to utilize a SD-IRA to invest qualified funds in Trust Deeds. It describes what each company does for the client, what to contact them for, fees, and provides contact information for each company.
  • 04/13/22 – Contribution Email #4: Monthly reminder emails are being sent to clients to encourage them to make their annual contributions or set themselves up for recurring. Click Here to view this month’s email.
  • 04/12/22 – Ignite Email Campaign: This is the final email in a series that was created to specifically educate Ignite Funding mutual clients on how to maximize their IRAs by supplementing their returns with contributions, transfers or rollovers.
  • 04/06/22 – Review Campaign: This email encourages clients to leave us a review to support a small business and also gives them a choice to support a non-profit where PTC will donate $10 to Opportunity Village. Click Here to view.
  • 04/04/22 – Ignite Email Campaign: A series of emails was created to specifically educate Ignite Funding mutual clients on how to maximize their IRAs by supplementing their returns with contributions, transfers or rollovers. Click Here to read the email.
  • 04/01/22 – New Social Media/Digital Ad Lead Drip: We have created a new drip for these types of leads to help weed out the duds and/or capture their interest more quickly.

March

  • Annual Account Milestone – On 03/25/22, PTC reached over 400 new accounts. That’s crazy awesome!
  • Annual Account Milestone – On 03/07/22, PTC reached over 300 new accounts. Keep it up!
  • 03/29/22 – Ignite Email Campaign: A series of emails was created to specifically educate Ignite Funding mutual clients on how to maximize their IRAs by supplementing their returns with contributions, transfers or rollovers. Click Here to read the email.
  • 03/22/22 – Revamped Blog: Require Minimum Distributions Q & A blog was revamped to include important information on Form 5498 to help them determine their annual RMDs.
    • On 04/06/22 – Clients of age 71 will receive an email featuring the blog to help them prepare in advance for their RMDs that start at age 72.
  • 03/22/22 – Ignite Email Campaign: A series of emails was created to specifically educate Ignite Funding mutual clients on how to maximize their IRAs by supplementing their returns with contributions, transfers or rollovers. Click Here to read the first email.
  • 03/22/22 – Deduct 2021 Taxes Email: This is a twist on our contribution email reminding clients of the tax deduction benefits of tax-deferred accounts when making contributions. Click Here to view.
  • 03/14/22 – Contribution Email #3: Monthly reminder emails are being sent to clients to encourage them to make their annual contributions or set themselves up for recurring. Click Here to view this month’s email.
  • 03/09/22 – IRA LLC Service Announcement: We officially announced to all clients that PTC is providing the service to set-up IRA LLC’s which featured our Press Release from last month. Click Here to view the email.
  • 03/02/22 – March Webinar: This webinar will focus on investing in real estate with a SDIRA, hosted by Carrie. This was co-marketed with Ignite leads as well, so a specific example for Trust Deed investments will be given as well as real property assets.

February

  • Annual Account Milestone – On 02/17/22 PTC reached over 200 new accounts. Keep it up!
  • 02/24/22 – Press Release: PTC officially announced that it offers the service to set-up IRA LLCs for clients with a press release issued via PRNewswire. This announcement was delayed due to some proposed legislation that could have potentially prevented this method of investing.
  • 02/24/22 – Webinar Invite: Emails were sent to both Ignite & PTC leads inviting them to PTC’s March 2nd webinar focusing on real estate in an IRA.
  • 02/23/22 – Client Survey: A Survey Monkey was sent to clients for the first time in PTC history to get client feedback on current services and gauge interest on others. The questions were as follows:
    • What services are we excelling at/meeting your expectations?
    • What services are we needing to improve?
    • Is there anything account or investment related that you would like more educational information about?
    • How responsive have we been to your questions or concerns?
    • Would you be interested in receiving text messages for important general announcements or information provided by PTC?
    • If our company were to donate $10 to a cause for each review that was left in 2022, would you leave a review for us on the BBB/Google?
    • Overall, how satisfied are you with PTC?
  • 02/22/22 – Blog Revamp: Original blog was revamped to “5 Easy Steps to a Self-Directed IRA” to include the step to find your alternative investment of choice first and clarifies that custodians like PTC don’t directly offer investments.
  • 02/17/22 – Webinar Invite: Marketing deployed an ad/invitation, in a Las Vegas RJ email blast, to the PTC webinar hosted by Carrie on March 2nd. Click Here to view. The webinar will discuss investing in real estate within an IRA and give a specific example for Trust Deeds with Ignite and an example for real property.
  • 02/14/22 – Review Campaign – All Clients: All clients that have not yet left a review will receive a more generic email request for reviews on a quarterly basis.
  • 02/10/22 – Contribution Email #2: Monthly reminder emails are being sent to clients to encourage them to make their annual contributions or set themselves up for recurring. Click Here to view this month’s email.
  • 02/09/22 – IRA Account Type Chart: A comparison chart was created to help both leads and clients determine what type of IRA account is right for them. This is also located in the PDrive: Marketing Folder>Onesheets.
  • 02/08/22 – Review Campaign – Client Anniversary: Clients with a 5yr anniversary with PTC will receive this email to thank them for their long-term loyalty and asks to share their experience. These have been scheduled to send bi-monthly throughout the year.
  • 02/02/22 – Social Media/Digital Ads: New lead generating ads were deployed utilizing the Roth Conversion whitepaper and Misconceptions Whitepaper as free downloads.

January

  • Annual Account Milestone – On 01/20/22 PTC reached over 100 accounts! That’s cray cray! Go team!
  • 01/24/11 – Review Campaign – Precious Metals Clients: Review request emails will be sent to clients that have recently opened their accounts and executed their first investment. These emails are specifically targeting PM clients b/c they have the most engagement with PTC during the application & first investment process. Click Here to view.
  • 01/20/22 – 2021 Tax Document Email: This email was sent to prepare clients for impending distribution of their 2021 tax documents on January 31st. Click Here to view.
  • 01/18/22 – Contribution Email #1: Marketing will be deploying monthly emails to remind clients to make an annual contribution or set themselves up for recurring contributions. Click Here to view.
    • Inbound Client Services will be calling a list of clients in cohesion with the emails to ensure client education.
  • 01/05/22 – Marketing Folder: This folder was added to the P:Drive for all staff to utilize materials created to assist with educating prospective and current clients.
  • 01/01/22 – New Marketing Position: Inbound Client Services was created to reach out to and onboard marketing driven lead sources and company partner mutual clients. They will also be assisting with contacting current clients to obtain reviews and educate them on making contributions.