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Financial Planning October 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success.
Financial Advisor February 2012	Social Media Losing Some Appeal With Financial Advisors Despite the hype about the benefits social media can bring to financial advisors, most advisors don't find it very useful in their businesses.
On Wall Street September 1, 2010 Aarti N. Maharaj	Five Questions With Amy Strong Joining Financial Research Corp. as a research analyst in 2007, she examines the state of the industry and marketing effectiveness.
Financial Advisor April 2007 William Glasgall	Why Marketing Works Over the years, many advisors, being analytical people at heart, have relegated marketing to a minor role behind crunching numbers for clients' financial plans and investment portfolios. Now, that attitude seems to be undergoing a long-needed change.
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Financial Planning June 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz	More Than Equal A study of the role of the female financial advisor. The research compares female to male advisors and looks at the varying performance levels of women advisors.
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 John J. Bowen	Closing the Gap Financial advisors often know what they should do to be more successful but never actually do it. They need to close that gap.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 David A. Geracioti	To Increase Revenue Increase Time Spent With Clients Clients are happier when financial advisors pay close attention to them, and new research suggests that this can manifest itself in more business.
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015	2015 Broker Report Card: Show Me The Money Advisors' gross production varied widely by firm in this year's survey results.
Investment Advisor April 2008 Lewis Schiff	Like Client, Like Advisor New research reveals the personality traits and practices that help advisors become millionaires themselves.
Registered Rep. October 31, 2014	Advisor Views on Alternatives While 70 percent of advisors recommend some form of alternative products to their clients, it's a select group.
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Financial Planning October 1, 2006 John J. Bowen	Outsource It! As a financial advisor, if you want to focus on wealth management, consider outsourcing everything else to a turnkey asset management provider.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2015	The State of Independence: ETF Plays Advisors' knowledge of exchange traded funds is lacking.
Registered Rep. December 7, 2011 Philip Palaveev	The Say on Pay: Registered Rep.'s 2011 Compensation Survey Financial advisors continue to expand their practices, work with more clients and receive ample compensation for their efforts.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Better Economic Times Ahead? Your Clients Don't Think So. Advisors seem more optimistic about the economy than their own clients, according to a recent survey.
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Financial Advisor November 2003 Blomfield & Hamil	Who Puts Clients First? Client-centered financial advisors have an edge over ones focused on investments.
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Registered Rep. June 3, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: How Advisors Stack Up Advisors whose business mix leans more toward fees make almost twice as much as those who still lean heavily toward commissions, according to data collected in WealthManagement.com's compensation survey.
Registered Rep. June 23, 2010 Halah Touryalai	Too Much Client Hand-Holding, Not Enough Prospecting The nervous-client-syndrome has yet to wear off. That's according to a new survey that says most advisors are still spending the majority of their time with existing clients rather then generating new business.
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Investment Advisor February 2007 Savita Iyer	Taking Advantage of the Pension Protection Act Financial advisors need to understand fully what the Pension Protection Act means and how it pertains to their business.
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Financial Advisor August 2012 Jon Beatty	A Promising Road Advisors are enjoying strong growth despite significant challenges in the financial markets.
Registered Rep. December 8, 2015	2015 Broker Report Card: Stagnating Assets? It's no surprise that younger advisors have fewer assets under management, yet they are growing at a faster clip.
On Wall Street April 1, 2013 Lorie Konish	Five Questions with Matt Matrisian The director of practice management at Genworth Financial offers advisors tips on avoiding common blind spots.
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Financial Advisor May 2012	Satisfaction A job satisfaction study by J.D. Power found that financial advisors' happiness with their work is most dependent on their firm's performance.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Maya Ivanova	A Victim of Success? A recent survey of registered investment advisors reports that while advisors recognize that marketing is a key component of their business, few devote enough time to this vital activity.
Registered Rep. October 30, 2015	The State of Independence: Robo Rising Advisors like automated investment platforms for a number of reasons.
Registered Rep. June 2, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Compensation Survey 2015: The Slowly Disappearing Commission Moving from a commission-based business to one based on fees, advocates argue, removes conflicts and puts advisors on the same side of the table as their clients.
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Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Bogan & Doss	The Marketing Plan You'll Need The struggle many advisors face is that active marketing can seem as daunting and complex as a piano concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
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Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Megan Leonhardt	Pay and Compensation There seems to be little correlation between satisfaction and production: Advisors earned an average of $548,176 in gross annual production last year and $71.8 million in assets.