Nerd's Eye View

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Enjoy the current installment of “Weekend Reading For Financial Planners” - this week’s edition kicks off with the news that AdvisorTech giant Envestnet has announced a partnership with New Zealand-based FNZ that will allow Envestnet to offer custodial services to advisors beginning in the second half of 2023.

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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.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 26, 2022

Welcome back to the 291st episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Amy is the owner of Rooted Planning Group, an independent RIA based in Corning, New York that oversees $67 million in assets under management for 175 client households. My guest on today's podcast is Amy Irvine.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Though, at some point, covering a large number of financial planning topics can eat into an advisor's time, which is problematic if clients won't pay substantially more to receive that more comprehensive advice.

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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.

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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

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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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We also talk about how, after listening to industry podcasts on his commute while working in the traditional corporate finance world, Andy’s eyes were opened to the possibilities of financial planning which led him to pursuing his CFP marks (along with some other designations) before he ever quit his old job to launch his new firm (to ensure (..)

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Tax Planning Financial Advisor Retirement Clients 246

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

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. tax planning or working with blended families), as well as the type of clients they like working with the most.

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Marketing Marketing Financial Planner Clients 246

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.

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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

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

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

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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Marketing Marketing Financial Planner Education 246

Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 5, 2024

We also talk about Rob's journey from getting an undergrad in Kinesiology and starting med school to moving into accounting and then ultimately becoming a financial planner through the program at UCLA (because financial planning was the perfect blend of helping people the way he wanted to in medicine, and working with numbers the way he did in accounting), (..)

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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.

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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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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Other tools make it easy to write business plans, digitize important formation documents, create logo designs and websites, and tackle other essential tasks. This guide from Able Futures will tell you how to put your entrepreneurial plans into action, find the funding you need, and get your business up and running in no time.

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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. Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers have a common knowledge and skill sets.

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Steve Sanduski

APRIL 8, 2023

As I think about the nature of retirement planning, it is highly left-hemisphere focused. What’s missing from retirement planning, and financial planning in general, is the value, nuance, and context that right-hemisphere thinking brings to the table. What does all this have to do with retirement planning?

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Ballast Advisors

APRIL 13, 2023

Making the transition from taking care of your business to having the business take care of you in retirement is the purpose of succession planning. A good plan helps ensure the orderly transfer of a business to the next generation while providing you with retirement income or a nest egg to secure your future.

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Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How to Choose the Right Wealth Management Firm in Kansas City Managing your wealth is a crucial aspect of financial success and security. Intermediate and Short-Term Goals Begin by distinguishing between your long-term, intermediate-term and short-term financial goals. But with many options available, how do you choose the right one?

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Good Financial Cents

JULY 17, 2023

Profit income offers the potential for financial independence and wealth creation. However, it requires careful planning, market knowledge, and risk management to succeed in various profit-generating ventures. It’s important to conduct thorough market research and develop a solid business plan to maximize your chances of success.”

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Fortune Financial

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

How to Choose the Right Wealth Management Firm in Kansas City Managing your wealth is a crucial aspect of financial success and security. Intermediate and Short-Term Goals Begin by distinguishing between your long-term, intermediate-term and short-term financial goals. But with many options available, how do you choose the right one?

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Wealth Management Management Risk Tolerance Retirement Planning 52

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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Financial Planner CFP Financial Planning Education 52

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

Tell us a little about your plans coming out of college. So there’s the, “Hey, I’ll work with you and we’ll develop goals and a plan how to get there.” They’ll do tax planning, right? We’ll do estate planning and other complex financial planning. How did you end up at Vanguard?

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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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