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Kitces & Carl Ep 145: Explaining The Value Of Financial (Life) Planning By Unlocking The Emotional Job To Be Done

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As advisory firm websites have become crucial to the prospecting pipeline, displaying fees can present a delicate challenge for advisors. Read More.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 100: Is Advisor Technology Really About Making Planning Faster… Or Better?

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Financial planning technology, in particular, has allowed advisors to automate time-intensive back-office tasks and delegate routine analyses to support staff, freeing up their time to engage more personally with clients.

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The Return Of IAR Ethics CE Day And The State Of The (Nerd’s Eye View) Blog

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Additionally, the upcoming Kitces Value Summit, coming December 12 , 2024, will tackle how real advisors provide and communicate their ongoing value to their clients. Along with the expanded CE offerings, we've also been reinvesting heavily into making the Kitces platform easier to use.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 140: Are You Worrying About Scale Before You Even Have A Scale Problem

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As the financial advice industry continues to move toward providing full-blown professional services rather than focusing primarily on product sales, advisory (advicery?) Advicer concerns around scaling typically present in a couple of ways. firms are increasingly experiencing similar stages of growth in their practices.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 94: Is Being A Financial Planner A Service Business Or An Intellectual Property Business?

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For many financial advisors, the most valuable part of what they offer comes down to the financial advice that they give, whether it be the expert guidance they give to a certain niche or a unique point of view that presents unique insights to an individual client.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 123: Does Every Prospective Client Fit A Niche, Or Do Advisor Specializations Leave More Underserved?

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Most commonly, niches present as particular needs of a firm's clients. These needs are often understood in terms of a client's occupation (e.g., tech employees who need help managing equity compensation options), stage of life (e.g.,

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The 5 Dysfunctions Of Client/Advisor Relationships: How Advisors Can (Re-)Build Trust And Spur Clients Into Action

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In the modern era of financial advice, the advicer/client relationship is tightly centered on trust.

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