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7 New Lessons Learned Building A Fee-Only RIA From Scratch: Years 3–5

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Nonetheless, after a year or 2 in business, some firm owners will find that their plate is becoming full and their available time is shrinking as they balance servicing current clients with marketing for new ones and also possibly managing staff.

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#FA Success Ep 363: Finding The Best Networking Approach For Prospects (And New Career Opportunities), With Christa Madison

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

Christa is the Managing Director of Financial Planning and Business Development at Sebold Capital, a fee-only RIA based in Chicago, Illinois, which manages $300M across more than 100 client households. Welcome back to the 363rd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast!

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#FA Success Ep 305: Accelerating Growth Of (Fee-Only) Clients By Making It Clear You Have Nothing To Sell, With Mindy Crary

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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.

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#FA Success Ep 356: Scaling To (Nearly) $2M Of Revenue As A Flat-Fee, Advice-Only Firm, With Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez

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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. Welcome to the 356th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez.

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#FA Success 291: Managing Fast Growth And Slow Growth Of A Planning-Centric Advice Firm, With Amy Irvine

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JULY 26, 2022

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how after working for years in the financial industry, Amy realized there was a missed opportunity in working with career-driven Gen X women like her and decided to focus on serving that type of clientele she knew so well, how the initial fear of launching a firm on her own initially led Amy to partner with another (..)

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#FA Success Ep 351: Facilitating Successful Advisor Mergers & Acquisitions By Avoiding The Conflicts Of A Success Fee, With Jessica Polito

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Jessica leveraged her investment banking experience in wealth management mergers and acquisitions to build her own business where she could provide more independent M&A advice, why and how Jessica developed her flat-fee advice model for mergers and acquisitions to, similar to the evolution of fee-only (..)

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#FA Success Ep 386: Turning Impostor Syndrome Anxiety Into A Strength That Drives Client Referrals, With Dann Ryan

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MAY 21, 2024

, and the reason that Dann's firm has continued to stick with an AUM fee model despite an increasingly financial-planning-centric service offering.

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#FASuccess Ep 388: Transitioning To Independent RIA With Only $7M Of AUM To Turbocharge Growth With Website Local SEO, With Freeman Linde

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JUNE 4, 2024

We also talk about how Freeman has been able to turbocharge growth in his RIA, going from $7 million to now approaching $50 million in AUM in under 4 years, by using a local SEO strategy that emphasizes their status as one of the only fee-only fiduciary firms in their geographic area, why Freeman created 3 different websites targeted at the separate (..)

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#FA Success Ep 388: Transitioning To Independent RIA With Only $7M Of AUM To Turbocharge Growth With Website Local SEO, With Freeman Linde

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JUNE 4, 2024

We also talk about how Freeman has been able to turbocharge growth in his RIA, going from $7 million to now approaching $50 million in AUM in under 4 years, by using a local SEO strategy that emphasizes their status as one of the only fee-only fiduciary firms in their geographic area, why Freeman created 3 different websites targeted at the separate (..)

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#FA Success Ep 387: Merging A Fast-Growth Firm Into A Much Larger One To Get The Operations Monkeys Off Your Back, With Jenny Martella

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MAY 28, 2024

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Jenny and her partner grew their firm from $19 million to $250 million of assets under management in just 7 years, thanks in large part to investing in a professionally designed website that highlighted their status as a women-run fee-only financial planning firm, how Jenny felt an increasing burden of operational (..)

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#FASuccess Ep 402: Accelerating Early Advisor Growth With A (Federal Employee) Specialization That Evolves Over Time, With John Mason

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

So, whether you're interested in learning about how serving a niche can help a newer advisor gain credibility with clients, using a podcast to generate new client leads, or how to profitably transition from a broker-dealer platform to the RIA model, then we hope you enjoy this episode of the Financial Advisor Success podcast, with John Mason.

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#FASuccess Ep 387: Merging A Fast-Growth Firm Into A Much Larger One To Get The Operations Monkeys Off Your Back, With Jenny Martella

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MAY 28, 2024

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Jenny and her partner grew their firm from $19 million to $250 million of assets under management in just 7 years, thanks in large part to investing in a professionally designed website that highlighted their status as a women-run fee-only financial planning firm, how Jenny felt an increasing burden of operational (..)

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#FASuccess Ep 401: One-On-One Advice Through Financial Wellness Programs To (Profitably) Expand The Reach Of Financial Planning, With Zack Hubbard

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Zack views fiduciary financial wellness to 401(k) plan participants as a 3-tiered offering consisting of education, one-on-one advice, and implementation support, how Zack's firm is able to generate incredibly strong email open rates of 75%–90%, and click-through rates of 40%–50%, on the (hyper-targeted) (..)

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#FA Success Ep 372: Quadrupling Revenue By Restructuring Your Business Model To Reflect Your Entire Value To Clients, With Melody Townsend

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

What's unique about Melody, though, is how after her first decade in practice, she quadrupled her revenue in the subsequent 2 years by restructuring her business model from standalone hourly engagements and project planning fees to a more holistic wealth management offering that combined investment management and financial planning for a single AUM (..)

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#FA Success Ep 371: Pairing Equity Appreciation Rights With Partnership Equity To Retain Long-Term Advisor Talent, With David Savir

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

David is the Co-Founder and CEO of Element Pointe Family Office, a Fee-Only RIA based in Miami, Florida that oversees almost $1.6 Welcome to the 371st episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is David Savir. billion in assets under advisement for 50 client households.

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3 Resources for Financial Advisors Looking to Start an RIA

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JUNE 5, 2023

We rounded up some of XYPN's best resources for advisors who want to launch their own financial planning firms. From tackling compliance to creating a business plan and everything in between, this roundup of resources will set you up for firm launch success.

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3 Resources for Financial Advisors Looking to Start an RIA

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JUNE 5, 2023

We rounded up some of XYPN's best resources for advisors who want to launch their own financial planning firms. From tackling compliance to creating a business plan and everything in between, this roundup of resources will set you up for firm launch success.

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Advice-only financial planners are stealing the show!

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MAY 23, 2022

What is an advice-only financial planner? Advice-only financial planning is fee-only comprehensive financial planning without the expectation or even the option to manage any client investments. No business plan, no. So please subscribe! What the heck is going on? Nothing, literally nothing.

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Why Advertising “Conflict-Free” Advice Could Violate The SEC’s Marketing Rule

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

However, in a landscape where the number of fee-only, fiduciary advisory firms has grown – making "commission-free" less of a differentiator for any one firm – it's worth questioning whether it makes sense for firms to describe themselves in terms of their relative lack of conflicts of interest at all.

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7 New Lessons Learned Building A Fee-Only RIA From Scratch: Years 3–5

#FA Success Ep 363: Finding The Best Networking Approach For Prospects (And New Career Opportunities), With Christa Madison

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#FA Success Ep 356: Scaling To (Nearly) $2M Of Revenue As A Flat-Fee, Advice-Only Firm, With Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez

#FA Success 291: Managing Fast Growth And Slow Growth Of A Planning-Centric Advice Firm, With Amy Irvine

#FA Success Ep 351: Facilitating Successful Advisor Mergers & Acquisitions By Avoiding The Conflicts Of A Success Fee, With Jessica Polito

#FA Success Ep 386: Turning Impostor Syndrome Anxiety Into A Strength That Drives Client Referrals, With Dann Ryan

#FASuccess Ep 388: Transitioning To Independent RIA With Only $7M Of AUM To Turbocharge Growth With Website Local SEO, With Freeman Linde

#FA Success Ep 388: Transitioning To Independent RIA With Only $7M Of AUM To Turbocharge Growth With Website Local SEO, With Freeman Linde

#FA Success Ep 387: Merging A Fast-Growth Firm Into A Much Larger One To Get The Operations Monkeys Off Your Back, With Jenny Martella

#FASuccess Ep 402: Accelerating Early Advisor Growth With A (Federal Employee) Specialization That Evolves Over Time, With John Mason

#FASuccess Ep 387: Merging A Fast-Growth Firm Into A Much Larger One To Get The Operations Monkeys Off Your Back, With Jenny Martella

#FASuccess Ep 401: One-On-One Advice Through Financial Wellness Programs To (Profitably) Expand The Reach Of Financial Planning, With Zack Hubbard

#FA Success Ep 372: Quadrupling Revenue By Restructuring Your Business Model To Reflect Your Entire Value To Clients, With Melody Townsend

#FA Success Ep 371: Pairing Equity Appreciation Rights With Partnership Equity To Retain Long-Term Advisor Talent, With David Savir

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