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Client Relationships
How a high EQ can lead to sales success
Your IQ, your intellect and your hard skills get you in the door with clients and prospects. Keeping in tune with your clients over time is another task in itself, requiring you to leverage your emotional acumen to maintain success.
Human Capital
Developing the next generation of financial advisors
It’s no secret that the advisor workforce is aging, and the old ways of recruiting and retaining advisors haven’t been sufficient in meeting demand for new talent in the industry. Some firms have turned to new, unique ways of advisor development and are seeing successful outcomes for their business.
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.
Business Development
Fanning the flame for your practice and your clients
Some advisors are doing what they’ve always wanted to do, and building practices that are incredibly fulfilling. Others might have inherited or succeeded a practice and are looking for a way to make it their own.
Client Experience
Becoming a local thought leader with educational workshops
The educational workshop can be an effective marketing practice and a way to provide education to your local community, helping to grow your business by creating a loyal client base that views you as a leader in financial planning.
Business Development
Succession planning: exit strategies for a smooth client experience
Advisors are experts at helping their clients through life transitions and into retirement, but many advisors may have neglected to create the same plan for themselves. Succession planning can mean many different things and is more than divesting or acquisition.
Behavioral Finance
Money mindset: Using behavioral economics to help investors succeed
Theory tells us that humans are generally rational beings and that they make decisions from an optimal perspective. This podcast discusses how the concept affects the investment decision-making process and how advisors can use a client’s biases to lead better conversations.
Business Development
Power of the pipeline: Client acquisition strategies to grow your practice
In this podcast, our guest shares the concrete, actionable steps that you can take today to overcome your hurdles to growth, including the five strategies to meet your client acquisition goals and the importance of building and managing your pipeline.
Behavioral Finance
We Don’t Have to Have a Recession
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There is not a “natural” economic reason for this expansion to end.
Behavioral Finance
Long-Term is Longer Than You Think
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Investment time horizon is a critical concept in building wealth. Most investors have very long investment time horizons, typically decades or more.
Advisor Value & Fees
Is a financial advisor worth the cost?
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My grandfather came over to the U.S. from Ireland in the early 1900s. As a kid, I always remember him telling me, Nothing in this world is for free and if someone tells you otherwise, walk the other way. I was reminded of this when I recently saw online ads for free financial planning and free no cost ETFs.