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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.
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Summary: Advisors now can learn from other specialist advisors and consultants in key areas of their business practice through a new website offering by the Financial Planning Association. The FPA Coaches Corner, open to all FPA members, provides thought-leadership white papers, video presentations, webinars, and soon, podcasts, on different FP exercises, such as marketing, team development, cybersecurity, compliance and growth strategies.
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Summary: I'm guessing that as a financial adviser you go to great lengths to keep your office clean. After all, you'd be embarrassed if a client could sign his or her name in dust on your fancy wooden desk. (Grab some lemon Pledge, I'll wait).
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Summary: For 21 years, we have been meeting with clients in person, for dinner, for golf, to review their financial statements and more. It's the way we've always done business. But given how fast technology is changing the business, even society, will future financial planners even meet face-to-face with clients?
