The best marketing strategies, tactics, and trends for new financial advisors from experts inside and outside of the industry. Donald Miller on financial advisors and coaches developing a top-of-funnel product that actually brings in revenue while you build trust and nurture prospective clients to your core service [Video]: “What you actually need is a top-of-the-funnel product. When I say ‘top-of-the-funnel product,’ I mean one thing that you can sell for like $99 that introduces everybody to the value you offer as a financial advisor.” … I see this all the time. I have worked with hundreds, maybe even thousands of financial advisors now. … What you are missing, as a…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 20-21, 2022)
“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. Dr. Brad Klontz on a range of financial psychology topics including [Podcast]: The importance of “Financial Flashpoints” and “Money Scripts” Biological forces that keep clients from saving more How to overcome “Relative Deprivation” And more… “What’s fascinating is that when people are doing things right around money, it’s actually going against all of their biological, social, and evolutionary conditioning. I think it’s a really important point. … Your genetics have set you up to not save.” Harnessing The Power Of Financial…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (June 4-5, 2022)
“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. Taylor Schulte on “The 3-Year Rule,” overcoming perfectionism, marketing budgets, and more [Video]: Taylor Schulte On The Importance Of Patience And Focus In Advisor Marketing [David Armstrong, WealthManagement.com] As Taylor recommended above, it doesn’t have to be perfect to get started; press publish and improve along the way as Thomas Kopelman and Treyton Devore documented with their video content: Anjali Jariwala on the importance of simplified messaging, how to make sales conversations smoother, and more [Video]: How To Create A Website…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 4-6, 2021)
“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. Financial planner, fintech consultant, and Monarch Money’s Head of Financial Advice Natalie Taylor on [Podcast]: The importance of “Big Wins” early on during implementation How she presents information to clients to encourage ownership Why she optimizes around implementation rather than “perfect financial planning” A handful of solid marketing tips around messaging “On a website, it’s about them knowing they landed in the right place because of who they are and not because of who you are. You want to help them…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (July 17-18, 2021)
“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. If you’re an overachiever looking for a way to boost your productivity or, alternatively, on the edge of burnout, 2X New York Times bestselling author Greg McKeown covers how to make your work feel “Effortless” [Podcast]: “What gradual pace can I sustain? So, once you’ve begun, you need to have not only lower bounds, for example, ‘every day I’m going to open my Google Doc that has my book manuscript in it.’ That’s the lower bound. But you also have to…
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Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (December 19-20, 2020)
“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. RLS Wealth advisor and Advisors Growing As A Community co-founder Justin Castelli’s origin story, the importance of sharing your own story and your “why” in your firm’s marketing, and four factors for successful marketing [Video]: The #1 Missing Ingredient Advisors Forget When Trying To Attract New Clients (Samantha Russell, Twenty Over Ten) Altruist founder Jason Wenk’s marketing workbook covering 7 basic marketing tactics every advisor should be implementing, the importance of copywriting and underlying principles, and a variety of sales personas to…
