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Actionable ideas to take into the new decade
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Our guests in 2019 came armed with invaluable lessons for your practice and your clients alike. If you’re new to the podcast or simply looking for some inspiration, this episode should act as a great refresher to jump start ideas as we enter 2020.
We’re joined by four BMO colleagues who work with financial advisors on a daily basis. Together, they share the information and ideas that stuck with them – and the advisors they work with – long after they listened to the show.
Business Development
Secrets of 2x advisors
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At the Excel 401(k) conference in October 2019, we heard from a panel of advisors who managed to double their business in a relatively short time. How did they do it, and what ideas can you implement to help your practice grow at a faster rate?
Our panelists, David Griffin of Atlanta Retirement Plans, Jania Stout of Hightower, and Robert Scherzer of Pensionmark, discuss what they learned on their path to 2x, including how they conquered the challenge of growing so rapidly.
Business Development
Modern marketing: Components of an advisor marketing strategy
As a financial advisor, you have a lot of responsibilities in managing your clients. At times you might not even feel like you have the time and resources to shift your priorities to grow your business further. Enter Matt Halloran, CEO of Top Advisor Marketing.
Retirement
Helping Millennial Women Close the Retirement Savings Gap
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Recent data show that the retirement savings of millennial and baby boomer women continue to lag behind their male peers.
Business Development
Envestnet Advisor Award Winners: Putting Principles Into Practice
Three advisors describe how they translate their values into powerful advice and consistent, thoughtful service for clients.
Business Development
BMO Wealth Institute Flyer
Gain insights into financial decision making to prepare for better conversations with your clients around all aspects of wealth planning, including retirement, estate, taxes and insurance. Check-out the BMO Wealth Institute reports for ideas.
Leveraging Technology & Data
Create, curate and connect: social media for advisors
Our topic today is social media – how to use it effectively as a financial advisor, why employing social media strategy is important, and some mistakes to avoid before you send out that first tweet.
Business Development
Purpose-led productivity: Achieving more with less
Time is a limited resource, and as a financial advisor, you have an increasing number of demands for your time. On this episode, we discuss productivity in many forms. We look at productivity through technology, systems, mindsets, and even personal habits and routines.
Retirement
Creating more precision with life expectancy planning
As life expectancy numbers continue to increase, the need for more careful and more precise financial planning for retirement has increased with it. A startup called Genivity, one of the winners of BMO's 1871 FinTech partnership program in 2017, is helping financial advisors have better conversations with their clients by incorporating health history insights into the financial planning process.
Business Development
Modern marketing: The secrets to a successful blog
This is the latest in a series of episodes where we take you “in the trenches” with financial advisors that are using modern media strategies to build their business.