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How Marketing With The CFP Marks Reduces Client Acquisition Costs And Accelerates Revenue Growth

Nerd's Eye View

In the context of financial advisors, surveys have shown that CFP certification serves as an important branding signal for consumers seeking the services of a qualified advisor. For instance, a 2015 study found that consumers had higher brand awareness of the CFP marks, even more than the well-known ChFC, CFA, CLU, and PFS designations.

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2022 Highlights — The Top 22 Nerd’s Eye View Blog Posts You Might Have Missed

Nerd's Eye View

Accordingly, just as I did last year, and in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014, I've compiled for you this Highlights List of our top 20 articles in 2022 that you might have missed , along with a few of our most popular episodes of ‘Kitces & Carl’ and the ‘Financial Advisor Success’ podcasts.

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My 2015 Favorites

The Irrelevant Investor

I wanted to share some of my favorite things from 2015. Blog Post: Morgan Housel's "Financial Advice for My New Son" New Twitter Account: @Jeopardystocks Experience: Spending two weeks with my wife in Italy. link] Tweet : [link] The post My 2015 Favorites appeared first on The Irrelevant Investor. I was wrong.

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Don’t be tricked by 8% eternal Universal Life Insurance Interest Rates!

Sara Grillo

But before we get into it… Look, there are alot of schmucks out there hawking crap products disguised as financial advice. Please subscribe to my newsletter to receive updates that raise awareness of consumer financial issues. Don’t be fooled! I wrote a bunch of consumer advocacy blogs here to protect people from all the BS.

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Cultural Humility in Financial Planning

eMoney Advisor

According to Koochel, McCoy, and Davis (2022) of the CFP Board’s section on Cultural Humility in The Psychology of Financial Planning 1 , Hays and colleagues (2015) present the ADDRESSING strategy to understand the dimensions of identity: A ge and Generation. D evelopment Disability. D isability (acquired). R eligion.

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Mothers and Money: How Three Generations of Women Approach Financial Planning

Ballast Advisors

Jean and her husband worked hard to realize their financial goals, being a snowbird in Florida, golfing, traveling, and loving on eight great-grandchildren. Jean admits she still worries about money, but working with a financial planner has helped give her peace of mind. When Lowell passed away in 2015, Jean says she was worried.

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How to sniff out a lying grifter in a Form ADV

Sara Grillo

If you’re a financial advisor reading this and you want to leave more about how to present yourself in a fair, logical, and transparent way, join the Transparency Advisor Movement. Scott Salaske is the founder and CEO of Firstmetric , a flat fee financial advisor firm in Troy, Michigan. He started Firstmetric a few years later.