Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The increasing popularity of financial planning has led to a growing awareness of how important managing finances and planning for the future can be. For most financial advisors today, a website is a critical tool that allows them to market their services and communicate their fees to potential clients.

Financial Planning 196

Financial Planning Planning Financial Planner Financial Advisor 196

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A common service model for many financial advisory firms is to schedule annual client meetings throughout the year where the advisor meets with each client in the month they started working with the firm, and conducts a comprehensive review of all planning topics for the client.

Financial Planning 198

Financial Planning Planning Estate Planning Clients 198

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 17, 2024

After advisors do all of the work of bringing on a new client (Marketing! And while all may appear well on the surface – the client rarely contacts the advisor with problems but they show up for every annual meeting – they may actually be feeling quite disengaged with the financial planning services being provided.

Clients 216

Clients Financial Planning Planning Compliance 216

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 8, 2024

Measuring a client's tolerance for risk is an essential (and required!) step when onboarding a new client, as making any sort of recommendation is impossible without first understanding how comfortable clients may be when their portfolios inevitably experience volatility. And while few (if any!)

Clients 239

Clients Risk Tolerance Financial Planning Planning 239

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In the early days of financial planning, serving clients often meant developing transactional relationships focused on facilitating trades and selling insurance. Over time, advisors shifted toward more analytical approaches, such as investment management and retirement planning.

Clients 130

Clients Planning Financial Planner Financial Planning 130

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

When it comes to focusing on a niche for financial advisors, business owner clients can be an appealing target as they can have complex financial planning problems ranging from cash flow management to tax planning to acquisition strategies.

Financial Advisor 184

Financial Advisor Clients Financial Planning Tax Planning 184

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Welcome to the 401st episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Zack Hubbard. Read More.

Financial Planning 130

Financial Planning Planning Retirement Planning Financial Advisor 130

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Traditionally, financial planning meetings have been held face-to-face in an advisor's office, and over the years, a body of research has emerged showing that how the advisor's office is laid out can have a significant impact on how clients perceive the advisor, their mood during the meeting, and even their resulting financial planning decisions.

Clients 232

Clients Financial Planning Planning Communication 232

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Travis is the founder of Student Loan Planner, an RIA and student loan consulting company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that serves nearly 1,400 households with ongoing financial planning (as well as consulting with over 15,000 clients on student loan debt).

Consulting 130

Consulting Clients Financial Planning Compensation Planning 130

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 29, 2024

Most financial advisors strive to provide excellent client care and prioritize a systematic process to maintain regular communication with their clients both on a scheduled (e.g., Suddenly, the question of, "What does it mean to provide the best care for clients at this firm as a team?" becomes a crucial one to solve.

Clients 227

Clients Communication Healthcare Planning 227

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 24, 2024

The requirements to run a successful, growing advisory firm are often less about doing the technical work with clients and more about marketing value to get prospects in the door in the first place. Which means that advisors should not be expected to champion the planning industry alone when prospecting for clients.

Financial Advice 189

Financial Advice Clients Financial Planning Planning 189

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 13, 2023

Establishing successful client relationships as a financial advisor relies on good communication skills not just to present information persuasively and with confidence, but also to establish client rapport that allows meaningful and engaging relationships to be built.

Clients 224

Clients Financial Planning Financial Planner Communication 224

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 25, 2024

Chris is the founder of Sparrow Wealth Management, an RIA based in Orlando, Florida, that oversees approximately $110 million in assets under management for 68 client households.

Clients 188

Clients Financial Advisor Financial Planning Wealth Management 188

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One of the most important parts of a financial advisor’s value proposition is time spent meeting with their clients. These meetings allow advisors to listen to their clients’ concerns, make planning recommendations, and chart a course for the coming months.

Clients 246

Clients Financial Planning Planning Financial Advisor 246

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

While it can be easy for financial advisors to recognize the wide range of ways they add value for clients throughout the year, clients themselves might not be aware of what their advisors do for them behind the scenes outside of their annual meetings (e.g.,

Clients 220

Clients Financial Planning Planning Financial Advisor 220

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Brad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Intellicents, an independent RIA with 12 offices across the country and headquartered in Albert Lea, Minnesota, that oversees $6 billion in assets under management for more than 3,000 client households.

Financial Planning 130

Financial Planning Planning Wealth Management Retirement Planning 130

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 21, 2024

Dann is a Managing Partner of Sincerus Advisory, an RIA based in New York City, that oversees approximately $165 million in assets under management for nearly 150 client households. and the reason that Dann's firm has continued to stick with an AUM fee model despite an increasingly financial-planning-centric service offering.

Clients 130

Clients Fee Only Financial Planning Financial Advisor 130

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 18, 2022

equivalent of nearly $60 million in assets under management for 115 client households. Louis is the Director of WealthUp, an independent advice practice based in Cape Town, South Africa, that oversees the U.S.

Financial Planning 130

Financial Planning Planning Management Investing 130

Nerd's Eye View

MAY 23, 2023

Welcome back to the 334th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Meg is the Founder and Lead Financial Planner for Flow Financial Planning, a virtual RIA serving mid-career women in tech that oversees almost $60 million in assets under management for 60 client households.

Clients 240

Clients Financial Advisor Financial Planner Financial Planning 240

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2022

Shari is the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Rappaport Reiches Capital Management, an independent RIA based in Skokie, Illinois, that oversees more than $800 million in assets under management, for 350 client households.

Clients 204

Clients Planning Financial Advisor Financial Planning 204

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 19, 2022

Andrew is the founder of Tenpath Financial Group and Planning Across the Spectrum, a hybrid firm based in Farmington, Connecticut that oversees $100 million in assets under management for 100 client households.

Financial Advisor 242

Financial Advisor Clients Financial Planning Insurance 242

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 2, 2022

Matthew is the Founder and CIO of Lansing Street Advisors, an independent RIA based in Ambler, Pennsylvania that oversees $160 million in assets under management for 60 client households.

Clients 197

Clients Financial Advisor Financial Planning Portfolio Management 197

Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 6, 2023

One of the benefits of owning a financial planning business is an advisor’s ability to control their work schedule. Notably, the choice of work schedule can affect the type of client with whom an advisor might want to work. take on no more than 25 clients to maintain their 20-hour workweek).

Clients 191

Clients Communication Financial Planning Numbers 191

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Suzanne is a Senior Financial Advisor at Meridian Wealth Management, an RIA based in Lexington, Kentucky, where she oversees approximately $110 million in assets under management for nearly 150 client households.

Clients 214

Clients Financial Advisor CFP Wealth Management 214

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 12, 2024

Eric is the Founder & CEO of Abundo Wealth, an Advice-Only RIA based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, that oversees $600M in assets under advisement for 420 client households.

Clients 130

Clients Financial Advisor Financial Planning Media 130

Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 16, 2024

Thomas is the co-founder of AllStreet Wealth, a financial planning firm for millennial business owners and those with equity comp based in Indianapolis, IN, that has quickly grown to more than $500,000 of run-rate revenue generated from serving 70 ongoing client households. My guest on today's podcast is Thomas Kopelman.

Media 223

Media Financial Advisor Financial Planning Planning 223

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 27, 2023

According to the 2022 Kitces Research study, “How Financial Planners Actually Market Their Services”, advisors without the CFP marks typically spend more of their time on marketing activities relative to CFP practitioners (allowing them to spend more time on higher-value tasks).

CFP 246

CFP Clients Certification Financial Advice 246

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 23, 2022

Shari is the Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Rappaport Reiches Capital Management, an independent RIA based in Skokie, Illinois, that oversees more than $800 million in assets under management, for 350 client households.

Clients 150

Clients Planning Financial Advisor Financial Planning 150

Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Welcome back to the 372nd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Melody is the president of Townsend Financial Planning, an RIA based in Lexington, KY, that oversees $112 million in assets under management for 160 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Melody Townsend.

Clients 130

Clients Certified Financial Planner Financial Advisor Financial Planner 130

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

To sustain firm growth, financial advisors often face a dilemma: to focus on what originally drew them to the profession – like financial planning – they often must first do an extensive amount of business development. From there, advisors may need to consider whom to outsource to.

Marketing 220

Marketing Marketing Communication Engineering 220

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sarah-Catherine is the founder of Aptus Financial, a fee-only financial planning firm based in Little Rock, Arkansas, that is approaching $2M in revenue and works with over 480 client households.

Financial Advisor 207

Financial Advisor Financial Planning Planning Clients 207

Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mindy is the owner of Creative Money, an independent RIA based in Seattle, Washington, that offers a unique 12-month financial planning engagement – or as Mindy puts it on her homepage, “financial planning that doesn’t suck” – which has allowed her firm to work with nearly 400 client households just this year.

Fee Only 130

Fee Only Clients Financial Planning Financial Advisor 130

Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Many employee advisors gravitate toward service-oriented roles; this preference often stems from their initial motivation for entering the profession – wanting to help clients or perform the more analytical aspects of investing and financial planning. Rarely do they enter the field to be in a sales or marketing role.

Strategic Planning 231

Strategic Planning Sales Clients Planning 231

Nerd's Eye View

JUNE 6, 2023

Adam is a principal with RubinGoldman and Associates, and the Founder and CEO of Asset-Map, a financial planning tool that helps financial advisors create a visual representation of their clients’ financial situation, reaching over 1.25 My guest on today's podcast is Adam Holt. million users.

Assets 231

Assets Financial Advisor Financial Planning Insurance 231

Nerd's Eye View

JULY 10, 2023

As owners of financial planning firms approach retirement, some may decide to sell to an external buyer, while others may plan for an internal succession. Sometimes, this succession plan can include the owner's child, providing an opportunity to keep the business in the family.

Financial Planning 243

Financial Planning Retirement Planning Clients 243

Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 13, 2024

billion in assets under management for approximately 2,700 client households. Eric is the CEO of Marcum Wealth, an RIA based in Cleveland, Ohio, that oversees $2.5

Financial Advisor 130

Financial Advisor Financial Planning Accounting Planning 130

Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

As a result, teams with service advisors who hold the CFP marks tend to attract significantly more affluent clients than teams with non-CFP certificants, with a median client AUM of $1,000,000 AUM versus $250,000 AUM, respectively. Read More.

CFP 130

CFP Certification Financial Planning Clients 130