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Summary: Introductions are the most powerful form of word-of-mouth marketing. Our research on elite financial professionals and affluent investors continues to reinforce this fact. When one person intentionally introduces a service provider to someone they know, the credibility transfer speeds up the entire sales process.
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Summary: Much of my time is spent helping firms maximize operations, processes and technology at all organizational levels. The desire to maintain balance begins on a personal level and must work its way to the professional level. To put this in better perspective, here are some ways technology has transformed work-life balance into work-life integration.
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Summary: Advisors who use technology platforms such as client portals and client relationship management systems manage almost 40% more in assets than their tech-averse competitors, according to a Fidelity Clearing and Custody adviser survey cited by InvestmentNews. They also have 55% more clients, according to the survey.
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Summary: It's time for financial advisers to tune up their business development engines. Just over half of all advisory firms missed their growth targets last year when flat U.S. stock markets failed to rev up their assets under management.
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Summary: Financial advice firms are using technology more than ever to improve their profitability and grow. But in practice, tech doesn't always deliver exactly as planned, advisers said.