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#FA Success Ep 372: Quadrupling Revenue By Restructuring Your Business Model To Reflect Your Entire Value To Clients, With Melody Townsend

Nerd's Eye View

What's unique about Melody, though, is how after her first decade in practice, she quadrupled her revenue in the subsequent 2 years by restructuring her business model from standalone hourly engagements and project planning fees to a more holistic wealth management offering that combined investment management and financial planning for a single AUM (..)

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How to save on financial advisor fees?

Sara Grillo

I’m writing a book about how to find a financial advisor who won’t ruin your life. How to reduce the fees you pay to a financial advisor #1 First thing: know what all the fees are. There are websites such as NAPFA, fee only network and XYPN that offer advisor search directories.

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Do I Need A Financial Advisor? Here’s How To Decide

Clever Girl Finance

You’ve read all the books and watched all the Youtube videos but you still don’t know where to start. Percentage-based fee or fee-only Some charge a percentage-based fee, which is a percentage of the amount you have invested. Table of contents Is it really necessary to have a financial advisor?

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Do I Need A Financial Advisor? Here’s How To Decide

Clever Girl Finance

You’ve read all the books and watched all the Youtube videos but you still don’t know where to start. Percentage-based fee or fee-only Some charge a percentage-based fee, which is a percentage of the amount you have invested. Table of contents Is it really necessary to have a financial advisor?

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Rich vs. Wealthy: What’s the Difference?

Good Financial Cents

This can mean things like: Hiring a mentor Joining a mastermind group Investing in personal coaching Learning with the help of books and courses Building relationships by investing in others I like to refer to these investments as “income accelerators” because they can help you boost your income in ways other investments cannot.

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Should you die and go to hell before selling an annuity?

Sara Grillo

Fee only advisors can now purchase annuities for their clients without having to be licensed agents. And if you want to join the right for higher ethics in financial advice, join the Transparent Advisor Movement. With annuities now being able to be offered in 401k plans, the playing field has changed. December 12 th , 2023.

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Should the CFP Board police financial advisor “bad apples”? The debate continues! (Part Two)

Sara Grillo

Wright: Yes, So yes, is the quick answer, the more convoluted answer would be that we should control internally… We’re a fraternity of ethics and competency testing that should be different from the SEC. Salaske: Right, now.

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