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Ask for introductions, not referrals
By Marvin Feldman, CLU, ChFC, RFCSuccess in getting referrals often lies in the way you ask.
November 08, 2012
Advisor Marketing and Social Media: No Job for AmateursWant to build and protect your brand? Get professional help. Heres one firm you should check out if youre serious about using tech tools to market yourself.
November 07, 2012
Barclays Recruits 18 Advisors; Morgan Stanley Adds 1; LPL Group Brings on Wells TeamThe new Barclays advisors come from many wirehouse and other firms with close to $40 million in yearly fees and commissions, as well as about $9.4 billion in assets.
November 07, 2012
New Hire Roundup: American Century Names Bannigan COOAlso this week in new hires, Monte Garpestad went to Securities America, and the RIIA named Peng Chen academic curriculum director of its retirement management analyst curriculum.
November 06, 2012
Seven days after SandyThe guy who wears his seat belt while chain-smoking cigarettes shows just how muddied the human perspective on risk can be.
November 06, 2012
RIIA Names Peng Chen Academic Director of Retirement Management Analyst CurriculumChen will oversee and review the academic and scholarly direction of the evolving RMA curriculum.
November 05, 2012
Hurricane Sandy: What Comes Next? A RoundupThe winds and storm surges of Hurricane Sandy may have died down, but the long slog of sorting out the damage has just begun. Here are some perspectives from our sister site, PropertyCasualty360, on what comes next.
November 05, 2012
What’s the Real Driver of Sales Success? (Hint: It’s Not Personality)While it is often thought that the at-ease extrovert is a natural salesperson, a recent study shows that personality does not predict sales success.