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    What’s Trending For New Financial Planners (May 2024)

    May 12, 2024

    “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. Publishing Reminder: As I mentioned last month, I am pausing publishing over the summer. (I need to prioritize a few other projects for at least the next few months.) Thank you again for your understanding! If you enjoy productivity and time management tips, you are in for a treat. Michael Kitces shares how he manages his 6 businesses by “Theme-ing” his days, scheduling “Flex Time,” and much more [Podcast]: “I will track the amount of what I essentially call ‘Flex Time,’…

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    New Advisor Marketing Inside Out (January 2024)

    January 24, 2024

    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 5-6, 2023)

    August 6, 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 a self-proclaimed “perfectionist” financial advisor overcame his fears to create a content marketing system that now brings in one new client relationship each day to his bank [Video or Podcast]: Start Creating Content, Even If You’re A Perfectionist With Adam Cox [Matt Halloran, Top Advisor Marketing Podcast] Prospective client initial meeting questions that build trust [Article]: “In a direct and one-to-one sales context like advising, your prospect needs to feel sure in their gut that you’re the one for them. They…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (June 17-19, 2023)

    June 19, 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. “Sales” is often looked down upon inside and outside the industry. Yet, we sell in multiple ways throughout the day (e.g., influencing client behavioral change and communicating our services). Nancy Bleeke on the mindset shifts to view selling as being a trusted guide and aligned with wanting to serve clients well [Podcast]: “My mindset is: ‘This is the first value I get to give somebody. By helping them to make that decision to get help, to work with me, and to…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (May 27-29, 2023)

    May 29, 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. Why giving away your best content for free is actually an effective marketing strategy [Article]: “I write articles that frequently tell readers exactly how to do the work my firm is paid to perform for its clients. I am fine disclosing how we design websites, engage in SEO campaigns, produce videos, and utilize artificial intelligence to make our consulting practice more productive and profitable. Why does this make sense, and why should you follow my lead?” Give Away Your Secrets —…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (March 25-26, 2023)

    March 26, 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. Experience Your Wealth founder and financial planner Jake Northrup on using a values-based approach to find his niche client, the skills he is glad he developed before launching his firm, and how he grew to $500k in annual recurring revenue in 3.5 years [Podcast or Video]: “Having the ability to do one-time plans, knowing, and I’ve actually shared this with some other XYPN advisors too, you don’t want to take on the wrong people for ongoing relationships. But it’s okay to…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (November 12-13, 2022)

    November 13, 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. Ben Carlson with the most important skill for success in the industry [Article]: “The most important skill in finance has nothing to do with math. Creating the best discounted cash flow models in the world won’t help you raise assets from prospective clients. No one really cares about your Microsoft Excel skills if you can’t explain what they’re good for.” The Most Important Skill in Finance [Ben Carlson, A Wealth Of Common Sense] Haystack Financial Planning founder Matthew Ricks’ origin story…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (October 1-2, 2022)

    October 2, 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. Herbers and Company founder Angie Herbers shares the two biggest communication skills to set yourself apart from others, what firms are looking for in new hires, and more [Podcast]: “First, a lot of hiring firms will take them seriously even though they don’t have a lot of experience. From Herbers and Company’s perspective, there are lots of opportunities out there for new advisors who have no experience. To gain that experience, though, you’ve got to get boots on the ground. You’ve…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (September 3-5, 2022)

    September 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. Michael Kitces, Carl Richards, and Bill Bachrach on communicating your fees to prospective clients: describing your value, framing your fees, and more [Article]: Kitces: “‘Show me a prospect meeting where the prospect talked 80% of the time and it’s a very high likelihood that they’re going to end [up] doing business’ with you ‘because, at the end of the day, if they feel like they got their stuff out there and they feel heard,’ that tends to work in the advisor’s…

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    Weekend Content for New Financial Planners (August 27-28, 2022)

    August 28, 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 shares website accessibility tips that also improve your SEO, advice on partially leaning on outsourced marketing providers, and more [Podcast]: “These things we reviewed also create a good foundation for learning how to optimize your content for SEO. They force us to focus on the user, to create a better experience, and be thoughtful about what we include in our content and how we present it to the reader.” Web Accessibility, SEO, And Email Marketing [Taylor Schulte, Experiments In…

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