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#FA Success Ep 383: Leveraging YouTube Videos To Organically Grow 9X To $750M In Just 5 Years, With Troy Sharpe

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What's unique about Troy, though, is how his firm's emphasis on driving organic growth through a multi-pronged marketing strategy, including a radio show, in-person seminars, and most substantively and scalably, a YouTube channel, that has allowed the firm to grow its AUM from $85 million to $750 million during just the past 5 years.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 116: Getting Training As (Or For) An Associate Advisor To Talk More In Client Meetings

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For many who are new to the financial planning profession and who have no experience working with clients, participating in client meetings can trigger feelings of anxiety, especially for those who share the common fear of public speaking.

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The Halo of Ringlets

Don Connelly & Associates

I hope by now you've done a business plan. A business plan is how you're going to hit your goals. Inside your business plan has to be your marketing plan. You're driving from Bangor, Maine to San Diego, you're going to pass mile markers along the way. Those are your goals.

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#FA Success Ep 312: Resetting Your Work/Life Balance By Getting Paid For Expertise Instead Of (Just) Effort, With Emily Rassam

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In this episode, we talk in-depth about how, as Emily progressed in her career from working on 401(k) plans to focusing on financial planning, she faced challenges and eventual burnout while building a successful financial planning offering in a firm that was still primarily focused on 401(k) plans first and foremost and didn’t want to allocate (..)

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How Advisors Can Get Client Referrals Identifying “Active Promoters”

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Referrals can play a vital role in the growth of financial advisory firms since finding prospective clients via referral requires virtually no hard-dollar costs, and it takes only a fraction of the time needed for other marketing channels like social media, blogging, and seminars.

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How Advisors Can Get Client Referrals By Identifying “Active Promoters”

Nerd's Eye View

Referrals can play a vital role in the growth of financial advisory firms since finding prospective clients via referral requires virtually no hard-dollar costs, and it takes only a fraction of the time needed for other marketing channels like social media, blogging, and seminars.

Clients 219
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#FA Success Ep 311: Unlocking Growth By Asking For A Referral Commitment And Then Showing Value, With Terry Parham Jr.

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What's unique about Terry, though, is how, after nearly ‘failing’ out of the business because he was struggling to get new enough clients in his first 2 years, he changed his approach to asking for referrals by asking prospects upfront to commit to making a referral only after he showed them real financial planning value… and within (..)