The BIG Question Clients Ask Before Hiring an Advisor
The question clients ask before hiring a financial advisor is “Can I trust you?” Advisors who get a “Yes” grow faster, but the old mindset doesn’t work anymore.
Clients Are Panicked About Social Security: What Can Advisors Do?
Social Security is headed toward insolvency and the Social Security Fairness Act means 3.2 million more will be collecting benefits. Opportunities are huge for advisors who step in to help.
Clients Need to Get Real about Longevity: How Advisors Can Help
The role of the financial professional has evolved dramatically in the past few decades. In the “old days,” advisors acted much like stock brokers, focusing primarily on goal planning and wealth accumulation. Clients expect a whole lot more from advisors today, including retirement planning. Yet,…
Elite Advisors Embrace the Life Insurance Game: Here’s Why
Many advisors resist selling life insurance, preferring to focus on securities instead. If you want to serve affluent clients better, it’s time to give life insurance another look.
Lean Into the Power of Social Security to Grow Your Advisory Practice
One of the most important things advisors can do for clients is to help them pinpoint strategies to optimize retirement income.
Top Four Attributes Advisors Need to Lead a Winning Team
Many advisors launched their career in the corporate world. The trouble with the corporate world is that it can put you in a box that limits your potential.
How to Cultivate Trust in the Advisor-Client Relationship
When clients are on the hunt for a financial advisor, they’re seeking more than financial expertise. While it’s important to “know your stuff,” consumers want to work with an advisor they can trust. Yet many advisors focus on pushing their credntials and come up short on building emotional connections clients. If you’re fretting about stagnant organic growth, working on your trusted advisor status could be a game changer for you.
Advisors: Stop Asking for Referrals, Become Referable Instead
Advisors can make a difference for clients by having conversations that help them prepare for life-changing transitions.That’s what makes you referable.
Advisor Video Marketing Made Easy: 8 Business Boosting Tips
Like those old Virginia Slims commercials used to say, video marketing has come a long way baby! More advisors are using video to connect and engage with consumers, but the “rules” regarding what works and what doesn’t work continue to evolve. Video can be one of the…
Quashing Cat Food Nightmares Is Good for Clients and Advisors
Many advisors struggle with lackluster organic growth. There’s never been a better time to be an advisor, but talking to clients about longevity is critical.