Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that the passage of “SECURE Act 2.0” ” has brought a wide range of changes to the world of retirement planning.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 25, 2024

This sales technique involves asking a "negative" question such as, "Joining with a financial planner can be a really scary jump to make, right?" One potential tool to address this challenge is a tactic called the "negative close". where the ideal response would be negative ("No, it's not scary! Let's do this!").

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Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In this article, Jeremy Walter, founder of Fident Financial, and Andy Baxley, Senior Financial Planner at The Planning Center, discuss how advisors can follow a 3-part framework to help clients craft an informative, values-based statement of financial purpose.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2022

We also talk about how the tragedy of 9/11 (coupled with Amy’s personal loss of friends and colleagues) and seeing how underfunded life or disability insurance can seriously impact people's lives inspired Amy to return to college and get her undergraduate degree just so she could gain her CFP marks and become a financial planner, how even though (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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.

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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).

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 23, 2023

One way to provide such a message is to create educational content, in the form of a blog, podcast, or social media posts (or a combination of the three), on topics that are relevant to the financial lives of the types of clients the advisor is trying to reach.

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Nerd's Eye View

AUGUST 21, 2023

Many financial advisors start their own firm because of an entrepreneurial itch, a desire to work with a specific type of client, or perhaps because they want to have more control over their work life. But typically, the opportunity to create and implement a marketing strategy is not one of these reasons.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 13, 2023

Though client-facing roles are a central part of financial planning, there are other roles for those seeking successful, satisfying careers in the profession that do not require working directly with clients.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Data from the 2022 Kitces Research Study on “How Financial Planners Actually Do Financial Planning” provide some answers about what advisors can expect when going beyond a solo practice, shedding light on the impact that hiring has on advisor capacity. What type(s) of employee should they hire?

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 9, 2024

Welcome back to the 367th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Kimberly is the Lead Financial Planner and Managing Partner of Enders Wealth Management, a hybrid advisory firm based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, that oversees $50M in assets under management for 85 client households.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In this episode, we talk in-depth about Gaetano's experience working in insurance sales starting soon after he graduated from college, including why the need to cold-call for business as a relative newcomer was both a challenge and a confidence-builder as he started to gain traction selling insurance products and some standalone financial plans, the (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The results of the 2022 Kitces Research study on "How Financial Planners Actually Do Financial Planning" show that financial plan comprehensiveness has increased over time as advisors try to do more and more for clients to validate their fees, hitting them with a proverbial "sledgehammer of value".

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What's unique about Brett, though, is how he has leveraged his passion for teaching to build one of the most popular CFP exam prep programs in the country, while also growing his own RIA to $2 billion in AUM… by focusing on just his unique financial planning strengths, and learning to delegate the rest by hiring a President, Chief Operating Officer, (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

And be certain to listen to the end, where Andy shares how, even though he intentionally set out to be a solopreneur for the flexibility and control, he is looking to fill the gap of camaraderie and brainstorming that he misses from when he was part of a larger firm, how Andy didn’t realize he was inadvertently creating a virtual practice by (..)

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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.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Welcome back to the 312th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Emily is the Senior Financial Planner for Archer Investment Management, a virtual Independent RIA based in Austin, Texas, that oversees $170 million of assets under management for nearly 170 families. My guest on today's podcast is Emily Rassam.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

What’s up with these “advice-only financial planners?” I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. What is an advice-only financial planner? The benefits of advice-only financial planners.

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NAIFA Advisor Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

Delvin Joyce is a Certified Financial Planner specializing in providing comprehensive financial planning services. He collaborates with clients and their advisors to create a detailed and robust financial plan tailored to their unique needs and goals.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 5, 2024

In this episode, we talk in-depth about how Rob sets the agenda for his 20+ meetings per week with his clients using a structured flow that always touches on the same key areas for every client, the way he leverages his paraplanner to prep a stack of client meetings so that he can knock through a week's worth of meeting preparation in just a few hours (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We also talk about how Melody invested early, at least relative to her revenue and profits, in business coaches and her own employees in order to sustain the service model that would meet her own standards, why Melody decided to hire with a focus on character over technical skills, reasoning that while she could teach paraplanning work, she couldn't (..)

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Pursuing entrepreneurship may seem daunting when you’re living with a disability and busy raising a family, but there are lots of tools and resources to help you achieve your goal of starting a small business. The post How to Start a New Business as a Busy Parent With a Disability appeared first on Sara Grillo.

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Carson Wealth

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Financial service professionals call themselves lots of things — most of the time using the title established by their firm. Regulators of financial planning firms and accrediting bodies do not lay out differences in nomenclature. Are you a Certified Financial Planner ® ? Why the confusing variety?

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Good Financial Cents

JULY 17, 2023

Certified Financial Planner Mark Davis suggests, “For those with an entrepreneurial spirit, starting a business or investing in profitable ventures can be a great way to generate substantial income. It’s important to develop an investment strategy aligned with your risk tolerance and long-term financial goals.”

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Tobias Financial

APRIL 8, 2025

Is your business generating $5M-$50M in revenue? If so, this workshop is designed for business owners like you who are navigating growth, strategy, and exit planning. Join us for our dynamic, in-person workshop designed specifically for business owners who want to lead with clarity and plan ahead. RSVP Here

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Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Key Credentials Financial certifications, also called financial designations, are credentials that investment and financial industry professionals use, according to Investopedia. They are well-versed in various aspects of financial planning, including investments, retirement planning, estate planning and tax management.

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Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Key Credentials Financial certifications, also called financial designations, are credentials that investment and financial industry professionals use, according to Investopedia. They are well-versed in various aspects of financial planning, including investments, retirement planning, estate planning and tax management.

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Ballast Advisors

APRIL 13, 2023

Understand the prospects and limitations of your business including when and how you’ll add to your retirement savings. Despite the best business plan, it is too easy to assume that your business is your retirement plan—and that could be a very costly mistake. Start with the end in mind.

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Good Financial Cents

APRIL 19, 2023

You can earn passive income whether you’re an entrepreneur with a brilliant business plan, a talented artist, or just happen to have extra cash to invest. Assess your skills When I started GoodFinancialCents I was a Certified Financial Planner looking to grow my business and answer common client questions.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 21, 2023

Welcome back to the 325th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Brenda is a financial planner with Objective Financial Partners, an advice-only advisory firm based in Ontario, Canada, that works with clients on project-based financial plans, and also offers outsourced paraplanning to other Canadian advisory firms.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Just go with your business plan.” I read somewhere that something like 97% of certified financial planners in the state of Pennsylvania work for Vanguard. You know, another thing Bill did that I thought was really great at that time is when London sky is falling, everybody is laying off. So we hired great people.

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Steve Sanduski

APRIL 8, 2023

I’m “a numbers guy” who has undergrad and grad degrees in finance and business, who’s been a Certified Financial Planner for more than 25 years, and who can tell you his net worth by month going back more than 30 years. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that what I’ve written here does not come easy to me.

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