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Advisor Value & Fees
The power of designations
CFP, CPA, CLU, ChFC, RICP. You likely know what these designations are, but do your clients? And how important are these designations when prospective clients choose a financial advisor? Mike McGlothlin from the Society of Financial Service Professionals joins the podcast to discuss how designations act as a reinvestment in yourself and can provide outward credibility for your practice.
Advisor Value & Fees
What am I paying you for: The evolving pricing models of advice
Change is on the horizon when it comes to fee structures, and this has many advisors and advisory firms at a crossroads. Today’s episode is all about how advisors should think about the topics of charging fees to clients – commissions, retainers, and all other sorts of models.
Client Relationships
Money mindset: Advising millennials
This is the second of four episodes over the year where we’ll explore the “money mindset” of some unique groups that advisors serve. When most people think of millennials, they think of digital natives who spend their money on travel and love avocado toast.
Client Relationships
Leadership is learned: Leading your practice to better productivity and client engagement
Leadership in the workplace used to be largely about people management. In today’s workplace, being an effective leader involves so much more. Where should you be putting your focus so that your employees (and your clients, too) see you as a leader?
Client Relationships
Overcoming client objections
Objection handling is a communication skill that many financial advisors struggle with – whether it’s with recommendations for existing clients or prospective clients dragging their feet. How do you put established habits and status quo bias aside to overcome objections in your practice?
Client Relationships
How a high EQ can lead to sales success
Your IQ, your intellect and your hard skills get you in the door with clients and prospects. Keeping in tune with your clients over time is another task in itself, requiring you to leverage your emotional acumen to maintain success.
Alternative Investments
Why invest in real estate?
Anyone who has purchased a home is a real estate investor — but there’s a big difference between taking on a mortgage and investing in office buildings, malls or industrial parks. In this blog, I explain the basics of real estate investing, the potential benefits, and the ways that individuals can add real estate exposure to their portfolio.
Alternative Investments
Spring training for alternatives investors
A primary goal of spring training is getting the players back to basics by focusing on the fundamentals of the game. By doing so, the players ensure they are ready to go when the season begins. In honor of spring training, I’d like to take investors back to the basics and fundamentals of alternative investments (or alts).
Client Relationships
The Bid: Money talks, stress walks
Money is ranked the #1 source of stress in people’s lives, higher than physical health, work or family. But while we’re often willing to talk about the rest of these stressors, money is surrounded by taboo. How can we turn this concept into something approachable and part of cultural conversation?
Alternative Investments
Alternative Investments: Myths & misconceptions
This piece is approved to use with clients.
A lot of misunderstanding surrounds alternative investments. Some investors still think of them as high-risk, exotic funds reserved for ultra-high-net-worth individuals and institutions. However the reality is that alternatives have a place in nearly every portfolio.
Alternative Investments
The Role of Commodities
In this paper, Invesco discusses two key benefits of adding commodity exposure to portfolios.