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Financial Planning October 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Listen Deep At the heart of successful client relationships is your ability to understand clients on a meaningful level. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Get Centered One of the smartest moves you can make right now is to pursue a target market of investors whom you are ideally suited to serve. Conducting interviews with centers of influence should play a major role in your efforts. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Ten for 2010 Here are five steps that advisors can take right away, followed by five more that will help them position their practices for long-term success. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Strategies for 2012 and Beyond In these volatile times, you have an excellent opportunity to build relationships with high-net-worth investors who are actively looking for advisor alternatives. With that firmly in mind, here are some key strategies and tactics that will make a big difference over the next year and beyond. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: What Do Counselors Think About Clients? Advisors to wealthy families speak out about clients and careers. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 John J. Bowen |
Women of Wealth Financial advisors can use their knowledge of affluent women to create a unique value proposition, and put themselves in a tremendous position to serve a group that's been too long ignored -- and capture more business than ever before. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 John J. Bowen |
Deep Listening Research shows that financial advisors often don't understand the needs of their affluent clients. Here's how to clear up the misconceptions. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Consultation, Not Just Advice Financial advisors offer advice, of course, but they'd be much better off if they thought of themselves as consultants. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
From Hunter to Farmer Hunting for new investors every day doesn't work well anymore, certainly not with highly desirable affluent prospects. Now, people don't want to be beaten over the head or be sold to. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Success on Purpose The right practice framework is essential to reaching success in the financial advisory industry, and the most important aspects of this framework fit into seven categories. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Ray Sclafani |
The High Performance Coach: Building, and Restoring, Trust A coaching session on how the best advisors build trust with new -- and existing -- clients. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Galvan et al. |
Heart of the Matter When you begin with what matters most to your client-whether the "client" is you, another person, peers or the public -- you are the client -- centered advisor. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Multiple Personality Syndrome The advisors who are most successful in finding, attracting and keeping affluent clients are those who get to know all different types and then build their service around specific subgroups. |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Grove & Prince |
Learning More About Clients With the Whole Client Model How to find out what you need to know about a financial planning client. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2009 John J Bowen Jr |
Interesting Times This interesting financial environment offers unparalleled opportunities for advisors to grow their businesses and come out of the current mess stronger than ever. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Bernie Clark |
The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them. |
Investment Advisor July 2010 Ray Sclafani |
The High-Performance Coach: The Five Myths of Professional Networks Why you need professional advocates. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
How to Reach Million-Dollar Clients To move your practice onward and upward, you may need to reconfigure the way you do business. Here s how. |
Registered Rep. August 7, 2012 Anne Field |
Nailing Your Niche Focusing on a niche market is often considered the road to success for advisors, but even the most promising niches don't always pan out. You may need to make a switch. |
Registered Rep. February 9, 2011 Diana Britton |
IMCA Helps Financial Advisors Pick Up Women Three out of four wealthy women are looking or thinking of looking for a better financial advisor. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Scott Schutte |
Setting Yourself Apart The wave of retiring baby boomers in the coming years will pave the way for advisors who wish to move away from traditional investment management and focus on specialized financial planning and wealth management services. |
Registered Rep. January 29, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
The Elite Financial Advisor of 2015 Most advisors would love to call themselves "elite," placing them in the small cadre of advisors that do the right activities the right way and are seeing phenomenal results. What exactly does this exclusive group look like? |
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Grove & Prince |
Theory to Practice For many advisors, the evolution to wealth manager remains a matter of theory, not practice. Sure, they're calling themselves wealth managers, but they're still behaving like financial advisors. |
Registered Rep. October 14, 2013 Matt Oechsli |
Mastering the Personal Introduction An important point to remember is that by asking for an introduction, you are helping your client help you by identifying a specific person you'd like to meet. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 John J. Bowen Jr. |
The Wow Factor Never underestimate the role that client service plays in your advisory business. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
The Perfect Profile Looking for the ideal client? Write a detailed description of the top clients you have now, by answering eight simple questions. |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Grove & Prince |
The Financial Life Of Senior Executives Who do America's top executives favor as their primary financial advisor and how did they find that advisor? |
Registered Rep. November 9, 2011 Boswell & Nichols |
Keys to Generating New Advisor Introductions Introductions are an extremely high impact activity when done correctly and they can be just as effective for someone who is brand new to the business as they are for a 30 year veteran. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Going Private Private client events can have a sizable impact on the success of your practice-helping you build credibility with existing clients and attract new business. Yet many advisors overlook these events or conduct them poorly. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Rediscovering Your Clients Think you know your clients inside and out? Chances are, you don't, and the gap between what you think your clients care about and what is actually on their minds could be costing you plenty. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Expert Positioning You must position yourself so that the clients you want to target see you as a true expert who can address their full range of problems, issues and opportunities. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Group Therapy Thanks to some positive developments in the markets and economy, advisors have been able to move away from defensive activities and focus on offensive maneuvers designed to win new business and build their practices. |
Registered Rep. March 31, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
Upping the Referral Game How do elite financial advisors develop effective referral alliances? |
Financial Advisor November 2012 Dorothy Hinchcliff |
Looking For Sun A financial advisor is in a good position to strengthen relationships with clients by asking about their concerns, listening patiently and being a neutral voice of reason. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2012 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Planners: Reset Your Social Media Strategy to Attract Affluent Clients Improve your efforts to attract affluent clients through LinkedIn and Facebook (and not Twitter). |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Wow Right Now Starting now, you need to delight your clients if you want to keep their business and maintain their loyalty going forward. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 John J. Bowen Jr. |
Culture Clash To create alliances with CPAs, you first have to understand the way most CPAs perceive most financial advisors and then do what's necessary to show that who you are, and what you offer their clients, is quite different from their expectations. |
Registered Rep. June 9, 2011 Matt Oechsli |
The Opportunities of Guarded Optimism There is still work to be done amid this guarded optimism, but opportunity awaits those financial advisors who are able to shake free of any complacency and are willing to roll up their sleeves. |
Investment Advisor November 2006 Chris Blunt |
Advisors: Natural Facilitators Generations welcome advisors' help in tackling wealth transfer talks. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr. |
What CPAs Want Almost 82% of wealth managers have told CEG Worldwide that referrals from other professionals, such as CPAs, are a very important source of new clients. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 John J. Bowen |
Narrow It Down Serve one affluent niche market--and serve it well--and you'll be better positioned to build your financial planning business. |
Registered Rep. June 6, 2012 Matt Oechsli |
Debunking the Brochure Myth Promotional material doesn't influence prospects. Advisors are their own brand. |
Registered Rep. June 17, 2013 Anne Field |
First Timers Cold calling is out; networking is in. Here's how to jump start a practice -- from scratch. |
Financial Advisor July 2005 Raymond Fazzi |
Defining Wealth Management The term "wealth manager" has provided more sizzle than clarity in recent years, as more and more advisors have adopted the name as they transition to more comprehensive practices geared toward affluent clients. |
On Wall Street July 1, 2010 Gerri Leder |
Life Events: Moments To Build Trust And Relationships When your competence as an advisor is met with the comfort of a caring friend, trust is solidified. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Lewis Schiff |
The Affluentialist: Best Practices for Retirement Planning According to an in depth survey of experienced advisors who devoted a significant portion of their practices to retirement planning, demands from clients are driving the evolution of retirement services. |
Financial Advisor April 2007 Grove & Prince |
Tune In To America's Core Wealthy Small business owners represent that greatest potential for growth and wealth in America. Historically, they have been a lucrative and complex client for financial advisors and will remain so. |
Investment Advisor February 2008 Susan L. Hirshman |
Quality Time Build the quality of client relationships by improving listening skills. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2010 Denise Federer |
The Behavior Profile Are you a perceptive financial advisor? Being able to identify your client's financial decision-making and investment style is important in communicating effectively with them. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Joni Youngwirth |
When To Prune One can find good reasons to cut clients and good reasons not to. Advisors who do are typically happy they took action. |