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How To Transform Wealthy Friends Into Clients
By Linda KocoHow do advisors ask for business from people who are new friends or acquaintances along with old established friends?Bryce Sanders, president of Perceptive Business Solutions ...
July 02, 2008
Marketing credibilityMary Rowland discusses several tactics for bringing in new clients in her book, "Best Practices for Financial Advisors." A good marketing campaign requires advisors to...
July 01, 2008
Sorting out the pretenders, producers and playersThe following is based on one of Norm Trainor's clients, Steve Wright. As a financial advisor, are you a Pretender, Producer or Player? That is the question each of us has to answer for ourselves. Steve is a Kentucky-based advisor whom I
July 01, 2008
Democracy of foolsOne knock against Ross Perot's 1992 presidential run was the belief that he would try to run Washington like he ran his businesses. Used to...
July 01, 2008
Invest in OthersLPL Financial created the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation in 2006 to recognize its advisors and their impact on their communities, and to further encourage...
July 01, 2008
An Attitude of GratitudeIt's hard not to be a little awestruck by the prodigious effort that Wendi Eckardt gives to her job ("Portrait of a Branch Manager"). Working...
July 01, 2008
Schwab Smoothes the Road to IndependenceSchwab Institutional announced on June 12 a multipronged platform--with some existing planks, and some newly laid ones--to ease the transition process for brokers who wish...
July 01, 2008
Lessons from the School of Hard KnocksAchieving the wisdom that allows an advisor to see that a well-managed firm is as good for his clients as it is for himself usually...