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Summary: Years ago, when I worked as a financial advisor at a major brokerage firm, we learned highly sophisticated ways to analyze clients’ investment ideas so we could consistently tell them “no.”
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Summary: If you are an independent financial advisor looking to find an untapped pool of retirement-ready prospects, look no further than social media marketing, and specifically, advertising on Facebook. It offers a unique set of values to financial advisors unlike any other online or offline marketing platform available today.
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Summary: Innovation is the key to success in a rapidly evolving financial services market. But with the rise of new products and delivery platforms, advisors face competition from low-cost robo-advisors and automated turnkey solutions. Advisors also are confronting a generational shift and, as baby boomers enter the drawdown phase, advisors must reach out to a new generation of clients with different needs and preferences.
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Summary: My advisors need to do a better job of presenting their ideas to clients. As the head of marketing, I am frustrated when I watch them get mired in details and lose focus on the client’s reactions. I’m enrolling a couple of them in Toastmasters because I believe having a third-party, objective assessment would be helpful.
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Summary: RIAs If I’m hearing you right, is your latest research telling us exactly how long it takes to work affluent prospects through the pipeline?” asked Josh, then continued, “I guess that means that we should be more assertive in managing our pipelines.
