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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. March 1, 2013 Matt Oechsli	Are You an Elite Advisor? The Oechsli Institute recently conducted its annual advisor survey to discover just that. The research shows what today's affluent clients expect from a financial advisor and what advisors are doing to meet these expectations.
Registered Rep. April 5, 2012 Matt Oechsli	Enhancing the Affluent Client Experience Everything is important when you're dealing with the affluent. Here is a checklist that can help you have more consistency with what may be referred to as the client experience.
Registered Rep. October 19, 2011 Matt Oechsli	Crafting Your Occupy Wall Street Message Occupy Wall Street is turning into a viral marketing campaign for elite advisors.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Matt Oechsli	A Recipe for Failure Somewhere, somehow, some high-net-worth advisors are making serious, but easily remedied, missteps. Are you one of them?
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 John J. Bowen	The Right Ally Forming strategic alliances with the right professional advisors -- such as CPAs and attorneys -- is one of the best avenues for advisors to acquire additional high-net-worth investors.
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.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2012 Boswell & Nichols	Fast Track: Less Verbiage -- Better Results Rainmakers win the confidence of affluent prospects by framing everything in direct and simple language.
Registered Rep. June 6, 2012 Matt Oechsli	Debunking the Brochure Myth Promotional material doesn't influence prospects. Advisors are their own brand.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	Positioning Power Here is a sales strategy for getting affluent investors to turn to you first for their financial needs. It involves taking eight steps -- three of which are of particular importance -- that will produce the best results.
Registered Rep. March 22, 2013 Matt Oechsli	What Women Want When Shopping for an Advisor Affluent women are now more involved in major purchase decisions than ever before. Here's what they're looking for in an advisor.
Registered Rep. October 29, 2015 Matt Oechsli	Financial Advisors Rock This doesn't diminish a CPA's or estate attorney's expertise, but it does provide a clear signal that the affluent perceive today's financial advisor as the quarterback out of all of these financial experts.
Registered Rep. April 25, 2013 Matt Oechsli	Friend Me The Oechsli Institute's 2013 Affluent Investor Research paints a very clear picture: Today's affluent investor insists on having a business and personal relationship with their financial advisor.
Registered Rep. October 5, 2011 Matt Oechsli	Practice Management Reality Advisor realities regarding practice management can be segmented into four interconnected components, each systematized into a process; wealth management, client loyalty, business development, and operational efficiency.
Registered Rep. August 29, 2012 Matt Oechsli	Advising the Next Affluent Generation Reaching out to the children of clients pays off in big ways.
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.
Registered Rep. August 31, 2011 Matt Oechsli	Modeling Elite Advisors in Crisis This crisis is an opportunity for every advisor to strengthen client loyalty and acquire affluent clients - to model elite advisors. This elite methodology revolves around being strategically proactive.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Dan Wheeler	Tools of the Trade: Five Building Blocks Financial advisors often ignore their own business practices and procedures for delivering a great client experience. As a result, they wind up disappointed with their level of success. To take care of business, follow these steps.
Registered Rep. May 25, 2005 John Churchill	Millions to Choose From Advisors gunning for millionaire clients now have more prospects to choose from -- and a blueprint for what they're looking for -- according to a new survey which says that 1.3 million new American households became millionaires in 2004.
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 Ann Rieder	Connect with Clients' Kids: 5 Steps Is your firm prepared for the transfer of assets from your clients to their heirs?
Registered Rep. July 31, 2012 Matt Oechsli	Don't Fear the Wealthy Prospect Don't be afraid to sell, but mind these pitfalls.
Registered Rep. July 24, 2013 Matt Oechsli	The Generational Divide The next generation of investors is easily misunderstood. But if you want to hold onto their assets, you'd better get to know them.
Financial Advisor March 2005 Grove & Prince	Know Thy Clients This is the second in a series of articles about the risks, rewards and challenges of wealth management, as well as the ever-changing tools of the trade.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2004 Matt Oechsli	The Myth of Reluctance There are four important facts for advisors who struggle to get new client introductions from their current affluent clients.
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.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	The Full Monty Affluent clients want a clearly defined and structured process that will produce the right solutions for managing their financial affairs. For many financial advisors, this means coming up with a formal plan. Here's how.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Matt Oechsli	Appearances Matter Wealthy clients weigh a lot of factors when choosing a financial advisor --- cost of services is one of them, but it is far from the most important.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Matt Oechsli	Don't Sell Yourself Short Many advisors are going about selling their value all wrong. The old elevator speech may need some rejiggering.
Registered Rep. May 12, 2011 Matt Oechsli	7 Key Attributes of Top Assistants The increasing importance that the advisor-assistant relationship plays in the loyalty of today's affluent client prompted the Oechsli Institute to conduct a study on advisors and assistants. Here are the findings.
Registered Rep. October 12, 2011 Boswell & Nichols	You Seem Pretty New at This... There are a few areas that new advisors can control to help deemphasize their youth and inexperience.
Financial Advisor March 2005 David L. Lawrence	Merging Options Five steps may help you avoid pitfalls and make your financial advisory practice merger a success.
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).
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Matt Oechsli	Successful Prospecting Habits Current research clearly states that affluent Americans are searching for a trusted "go-to" financial coordinator, but they do not know where to look or whom to trust. Here's what advisers can do to win these sought-after clients over.
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Scott Schutte	The Kids Are All Right (Maybe) Countless studies find that family fortunes often dwindle away by the end of the second generation. I wonder how many of those families, with the help of a capable advisor, could have preserved the legacies previous generations built so painstakingly.
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.
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.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2005 Grove & Prince	Elusive Loyalty It's a serious conundrum for financial advisors: Their success hinges on their ability to cultivate loyalty in their most affluent clients, but many are having a tough time building that loyalty. But financial advisors can learn the skills that promote client loyalty.
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr	Wealth Transfer It's important for financial advisors to understand the profound effects that inherited money has on inheritors when developing a strategy to work with them.
Registered Rep. November 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	Warning or Opportunity? Here are new affluent client issues that can be both warning shots and opportunities for financial advisors: Increasing Internet Savvy... Dissatisfaction with Financial Plans... Increased Competition... etc.
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.
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. June 18, 2014 Matt Oechsli	Building a Multigenerational Wealth Management Team The most common exit strategy for a veteran advisor getting ready to retire is to sell his or her book according to the guidelines established either by their firm or industry valuations standards.
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 John J. Bowen, Jr.	5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips.
Financial Advisor July 2006 Littlechild & Pomering	Unlocking Client Value The first question financial advisors should ask is not "how" to survey clients but "why" you should do it in the first place. In addition to allowing you to stay on top of changing client needs, interests and expectations, the reasons abound.
Investment Advisor April 2009 Lewis Schiff	Danger & Opportunity: Seling Wisdom Advisors with a wealth-management practice orientation can provide the kind of services affluent families need during difficult market times.
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