Financial Advisor's Guide to Excellence
Author: Daniel Collison
Publisher: Thomson Carswell
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 563
ISBN-13: 9780779854868
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101 Advisor Solutions: A Financial Advisor's Guide to Strategies that Educate, Motivate and Inspire!
Author: Daniel C. Finley
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-12
Total Pages: 475
ISBN-13: 1257837222
DOWNLOAD EBOOK101 Advisor Solutions: A Financial Advisor's Guide to Strategies that Educate, Motivate and Inspire is a must read for any financial advisor looking for tools, techniques, strategies and real world solutions to conquering common challenges! This book is designed to help you build a better business...one solution at a time.
The Financial Advisor's Success Manual
Author: David Leo
Publisher: AMACOM
Published: 2017-12-07
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0814439144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo you want to become a million-dollar financial advisor, boost client satisfaction, and dramatically expand your business? This book provides all the answers and strategies you need to do just that. Complete with proven techniques, expert insights, and practical tips to maximize your profitability, The Financial Advisor’s Success Manual will show you how to break the cycle of moderate growth by teaching you how to: Develop a differentiation strategy Define and implement your six core client-facing processes Balance the cost of services with the value delivered Enhance client loyalty Perfect your personal marketing and sales approach You didn’t start your financial services firm with a goal of modest gains. So don’t settle for that! By implementing the methodologies and strategies in this manual, you can grow your business beyond your wildest expectations--all while serving your clients better.
Success as a Financial Advisor For Dummies
Author: Ivan M. Illan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2018-11-13
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 1119504139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA must-have reference for financial advisors In step-by-step detail, Success as a Financial Advisor For Dummies covers how a current or would-be financial advisor can maximize their professional success through a series of behaviors, activities, and specific client-centric value propositions. In a time when federal regulators are changing the landscape on the standard of care that financial services clients should expect from their advisors, this book affords professionals insight on how they can be evolving their practices to align with the regulatory and technological trends currently underway. Inside, you’ll find out how a financial advisor can be a true fiduciary, how to compete against the growing field of robo-advisors, and how the passive investing trend is actually all about being an active investor. Additionally, you’ll discover time-tested advice on building and focusing on client relationships, having a top advisor mindset, and much more. Master the seven core competencies Attract and win new business Pick the right clients Benchmark your performance Start your own firm Brimming with practical expert advice, Success as a Financial Advisor For Dummies is a priceless success tool for any wannabe or experienced financial advisor.
The Financial Advisor M&A Guidebook
Author: Greg Friedman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-12-19
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 3030000036
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith M&As in the RIA space increasing, many firms are rapidly changing hands with little to no expert guidance on how to successfully execute a merger or acquisition. In 2017, a record number of M&A deals closed in the advisor space – 168 transactions, or a 22% growth over 2016. Aside from a fifth straight year of record highs in M&A activity, the size of the acquired firms has also increased, with average acquisitions involving wealth managers exceeding $1.01 billion in assets under management. For many advisors, it only takes a handful of missteps during a merger or acquisition to jeopardize their business, but with so much unknown, advisors need a guidebook for success. A significant and often overlooked component to a successful RIA merger or acquisition is the thoughtful integration of technology. This comprehensive guide walks you through the steps of strategy, assessment, implementation, adoption and growth, all while considering how to best inspire and galvanize a firm’s most valuable asset – its people. Combining the real-life experiences of a life-long financial advisor with the expertise of a 15-year operations director and founder of a large RIA ops network, this book takes real M&A experiences of the financial services industry and offers best practices, tools and resources to help advisors make smart decisions about technology integration that elevates the firm’s goals and solidifies its future success.
Building Bigger & Better
Author: Daniel Collison
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: 2023-05-11
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 1039143679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTop-Producing financial advisors choose not only to succeed, but to thrive. Building Bigger & Better shows you exactly how they do that. The 80/20 rule is alive and thriving in the financial services industry. Approximately 20% of financial advisors are producing about 80% of all revenue. These top-producing financial advisors – the twenty percenters – have all learned and mastered the three critical elements of high performance. In Building Bigger & Better, advisors will learn how to: quickly develop the mindset of a top producer; put the structures in place to support dramatic growth; and build a marketing and prospecting plan that attracts significantly more of their ideal clients.
Deena Katz's Complete Guide to Practice Management
Author: Deena B. Katz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010-05-13
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0470885327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeena B. Katz, CFP, a preeminent authority on practice management and an internationally recognized financial adviser, presents a comprehensive guide to running a professional financial planning practice. To create this book, Katz updated, revised, and combined her two acclaimed books Deena Katz on Practice Management (1999) and Deena Katz's Tools and Templates for Your Practice (2001). In this newly expanded volume, she presents the essentials on how to help a practice thrive side by side with the tools and templates needed for the everyday operation of your firm. This new volume offers guidance on practice-management issues: setting up an office systems and technology administration and staffing marketing growing as the market changes hanging on to clients for the long term succession planning when the time comes This comprehensive resource provides sample forms, worksheets, templates, letters, brochures, and collateral materials developed and refined by top wealth managers and planners. From keeping the business running well by designing dynamic collateral material, to considering plans for retirement, Deena B. Katz guides advisers through every challenge a financial planning business will face.
The Pocket Guide to Sales for Financial Advisors
Author: Beverly D. Flaxington
Publisher: Ata Press
Published: 2014-10
Total Pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780983762089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelling is as old as civilization itself. Put in the simplest of terms, selling is the exchange of goods and services for something of value. To financial advisors, however, the sale is often seen in a negative light, and many cringe at the word "sell." Interestingly, the same advisors who shy away from the concept of selling are often those who find themselves selling every single day! Sometimes they're even participating in the selling process multiple times throughout the day--and they may not realize it. Asking for client referrals, developing strategic alliances, seeking and talking with new prospects are all obvious parts of the selling process, but selling happens every time you remind a client why it's a good choice to do business with you, too. The fact is that most CFAs(R), CFPs(R), CPAs, and other professionals did not obtain these titles because deep down they really wanted to be in sales. Most times, their interests tend more toward data, analysis, and more solitary orientations. Selling is probably the last thing those who entered these fields were thinking of doing. They may not have considered the "people" aspect of their chosen profession; the aspect that involves sales. For this reason, and some others, turning into a salesperson seems like a negative, degrading thing. Many advisors will conjure up the picture of the slimy used-car sales guy. It's time to recognize selling as the valuable activity that it is. It is a way to: Let people know who you are and what you do well. Get your message out to those who need it. Promote your planning process, wealth management services, or investment expertise. Use your relationship skills to close new business. Take your business to the next level. If you want to grow your business, the bottom line is that you--or someone on your team--need to sell, and to sell well. This book will offer guidance on how you can sell in a comfortable and effective manner.
How to Hire (or Fire) Your Financial Advisor
Author: Ivan M. Illán
Publisher:
Published: 2015-09-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781491770184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou've worked too hard for your money to let it be squandered by someone who only wants to line their own pockets with commissions. Ivan M. Illán, a longtime financial advisor to high net worth families, walks you through ten simple questions to ask your current advisor to determine if he or she should stay on the job, and so you can hire the best qualified person on the first try. Once you know what type of responses are best, you'll be able to - uncover hidden conflicts of interest; - determine what motivates an advisor; - evaluate an advisor's intelligence; and - develop a method to evaluate performance. While there are many benefits to having an expert manage money, it's essential to pick the right person to preserve and grow wealth. Get the critical guidance you need in How to Hire (or Fire) Your Financial Advisor.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Success as a Personal Financial Planner
Author: John P. Napolitano
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781592576869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to the U.S. Office of Statistics, financial planning is one of the fastest-growing careers in America today. Over 200,000 financial presently work in the marketplace, and the growth rate continues in the double digits. Of those financial planners, over 40 percent are self-employed or outside affiliates with financial institutions. Certified financial planners usually come from financial backgrounds, including accountants, bankers, MBAs, or brokers. But what do you need to become a CFPr and how can you make it a successful career path? The Complete Idiot's Guide to Success as a Personal Financial Planner has it all.
