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    New Advisor Marketing Inside Out (December 2023)

    December 20, 2023

    The best marketing strategies, tactics, and trends for new financial advisors from experts inside and outside of the industry. Gary Vaynerchuk with tips on delivering on “hooks,” prioritizing YouTube thumbnails, considering Instagram’s green screen feature, and experimenting with content format [YouTube Short]: “Dustin and I were talking about on our trip this week, ‘Do we need the hook from the thumbnail to be delivered on in the first 2 or 3 or 4 seconds?’ We really believe we do. If my hook says ’30-to-40-year-olds you should be thinking about LinkedIn’ and if my opening line is like ‘Before we get into that…’ In 2 seconds you may lose that audience.”…

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    What’s Trending for New Financial Planners (December 2023)

    December 3, 2023

    “What’s Trending for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. 3 steps to take before the end of the year to hit the ground running in 2024 [Video]: What ALL Advisors Should Get Done In December [Penny Phillips, Practice Management With Penny] If the idea of setting new business targets for another year feels a bit uninspiring, an alternate question to consider asking [Article]: “I’m very much in the musing/brainstorming part of the process. For inspiration, I’ve asked several colleagues what excites them as they look forward to 2024 in their business. And…

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    New Advisor Marketing Inside Out (November 2023)

    November 22, 2023

    The best marketing strategies, tactics, and trends for new financial advisors from experts inside and outside of the industry. If you’re creating written content marketing, Seth Godin on overcoming writer’s block and impostor syndrome [Video, 4-Minutes]: “So many people have something to say and yet when it’s time to say it, when it’s time to write our book, we hesitate. We get frozen, we get stressed, we procrastinate. There’s one big reason for this and a couple small things that can help. The big reason is because you care. You care about the work. You care about being judged. You care about the permanence of it. You care about all…

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    What’s Trending for New Financial Planners (November 2023)

    November 5, 2023

    “What’s Trending for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Michael Kitces and Alan Moore cover the latest findings from XYPN’s 2023 benchmarking study including what to expect during your first few years and how specializing or “niching” can provide a big advantage after year 3 [Podcast with Transcript or Video]: [Kitces] “We’ve seen this for a long time, having grown multiple businesses. I did an article about this back I want to say like 2015 or 2016 on the blog of, ‘Why it takes three years before your business gets…

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    What’s Trending for New Financial Planners (October 2023)

    October 1, 2023

    “What’s Trending for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. New Planner Recruiting shares salary data from their latest new financial planner compensation survey [Podcast]: “The average expected salary for a Paraplanner, and by Paraplanner we mean someone with 0-2 years of experience, a new entrant into the profession, probably completed the CFP coursework or is in progress to do that. We saw low $60’s. $63,241 is the number we came out with. For an Associate Planner, this is someone in that 2 to 5 years of experience, probably passed the…

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    What’s Trending for New Financial Planners (September 9-10, 2023)

    September 10, 2023

    “What’s Trending for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Carson Group’s Jamie Hopkins on what the CFP® designation means today, opportunities designed to keep new financial planners in the industry longer, and more [Article]: “It’s been wonderful to see the retention. We haven’t lost a single person in this program, compared with a really high attrition rate across the industry in that first two-year period. We are recognizing that the old sink-or-swim mentality is not going to change this problem. I believe the W2 approach is crucial for the beginning…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 2-4, 2023)

    September 4, 2023

    “Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. How to confidently raise your fees for existing clients [Article]: “It’s natural and normal when you are starting out. You might take a client who isn’t paying you market prices (fees), and it is also normal for non-professional salespeople to find themselves waffling fees early on in their career or when they are launching their practice/firm. It’s the problem that comes when you finally figure out what you really are worth. You start asking for it and getting it and you…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 26-27, 2023)

    August 27, 2023

    “Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. Best practices for client meetings including setting expectations, using scripts, defining objectives, and more [Podcast]: “It’s easy in the early days of all of our businesses to just feel like every, single person that you meet should become a client. You want them to become a client. But, the reality is that there is probably at least some percentage, I don’t know if it’s 10% of people who may be interested in hiring you, but you really shouldn’t. I think the…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 19-20, 2023)

    August 20, 2023

    “Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. How to quickly build and maintain trust with clients [Article]: “A study conducted by the Harvard Business Review assembled two groups of people and instructed them to have one-on-one conversations within their respective groups. The first group was told to ask no more than four questions within a 15-minute period. The second group was told to ask at least nine questions in the same amount of time. Feedback from the participants produced an incredibly valuable insight: The participants in the second group…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 12-13, 2023)

    August 13, 2023

    “Weekend Content for New Financial Planners” is a collection of articles, podcasts, videos, etc. that I’ve been consuming regarding breaking into financial planning, industry trends, career development, and more. The 3 most effective stories to share with your clients, the science behind decision-making and storytelling, and more [Podcast]: “That’s how people’s brains work. It’s called a synapse system. When you bring up a topic, when you bring up a name, when you bring up a subject, the first thing that comes to people’s recollection is the emotion associated with that particular thing. Then, the rationale comes up about six seconds later. I mention that because our brains are storytelling machines.…

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