Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 17, 2024

While it could be decades before we know those answers, at the moment, professionals across every industry, including financial advice, are working to learn how they can leverage this new and remarkable tool to make their practices more efficient. Read More.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This completely revolutionizes the way financial advisors can market their services. But as an advisor, how do you effectively use the new testimonial rule in your marketing without running into compliance issues? Why Are Testimonials Important for Financial Advisors? The same is true for financial advice.

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Sara Grillo

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Watch as all h&#@ breaks loose discussing the question of broker vs. financial advisor, commissions, fees, value, and more! I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. This debate went psycho at times.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 21, 2022

So here’s a blog about some things that ethical financial advisors do in the hopes they will serve as an example of right behavior for the rest of the industry to follow. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors.

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Tucker Advisors

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

How to Grow on Twitter as a Financial Advisor. By Jordan Collins Tucker Advisors Senior Digital Marketing Specialist. Today we will show you how to grow on Twitter as a financial advisor. Before we dive in, we want to explain how this can inform and grow your financial advisory practice. Table of Contents .

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Indigo Marketing Agency

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Most financial advisors already know the importance of using valuable content to reach more clients. As a financial professional, you know that providing financial advice is a highly personalized service. When it comes to relationships, trust is everything—especially as a financial advisor.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

We’re happy to announce that Indigo Marketing Agency was featured in Bob Veres’s August 2022 issue of Inside Information , a go-to resource for financial planning, financial advisor, and investment advisor professionals. Why Are Testimonials Important for Financial Advisors? Indigo’s Testimonial Program .

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

However, by the 1970s, the "investment counsel" term had largely fallen out of use in favor of the more generic (and less regulated) "financial advisor", which grew in popularity as insurance and mutual fund salespeople began to co-opt the title and position themselves as "advisors" while still being both compensated and regulated as salespeople.

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 21, 2022

For those looking to crack in and get a job at an RIA firm and become a financial advisor – good news! I am a CFA® charterholder and I used to be a financial advisor. I have a weekly newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.”

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this blog, Scott Salaske of Firstmetric and I discuss the proper way to read a Form ADV so that you can get the information you need to make an informed choice and avoid working with a financial advisor who is a lying, deceptive grifter. This is super important for anyone looking to pick a good financial advisor.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

MAY 4, 2022

This completely revolutionizes the way financial advisors can market their services. But as an advisor, how do you effectively use the new testimonial rule in your marketing without running into compliance issues? Why Are Testimonials Important for Financial Advisors? The same is true for financial advice.

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 11, 2022

Today I have Rick Ferri with me who is an hourly advisor, a CFA charterholder, a Marine, and the host of the Bogleheads podcast. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. What is an hourly financial advisor?

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Sara Grillo

JUNE 2, 2022

There are other nonsense financial advisor rankings such as Forbes and CNBC that I rip apart here too. I’m keeping a running tally of these BS advisor ranking lists and please let me know if there are any I am missing, I’ll put them on my hit list. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant.

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Carson Wealth

JULY 12, 2022

In this blog, we’ll break down industry jargon, share what various credentials indicate and explain why the financial services industry is so regulated. . Registration Standards for Financial Advisors. The first step in the competency stairway is regulatory compliance. .

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AdvisorPR

MAY 13, 2020

An Advisor’s Guide to “The New Normal” of Business During COVID-19 It’s the “new normal” they say. “We So how is a financial advisor supposed to “advise” amidst a lingering pandemic? And whatever is an approved format with compliance; keep in mind the security and archiving requirements for your communications.)

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Sara Grillo

JANUARY 9, 2023

What is happening in other states regarding reform of financial planning regulation, and why we expect these changes to become more widespread. What should financial advisors do? The move to financial planning transparency is aflame! Also, nothing in this podcast or blog can be interpreted as legal or compliance advice.

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Sara Grillo

AUGUST 25, 2023

I created this list of financial advisors for small accounts (less than $300,000 in assets) because there are alot of schmucks out there hawking crap products to people with portfolio of this size, and I don’t think it’s fair. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 8, 2023

Listen to this if you are a financial advisors or consumer who wants to see through the crap and make better decisions about whether IUL is good for you (or your client) or NOT. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors.

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Sara Grillo

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Here is a template and some model text for a flat fee advisor website. You should get this run by compliance before publishing any of this text. You should ask compliance for them. Before we get into it, I’m assuming you’re visiting this page because you are a flat fee financial advisor.

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Sara Grillo

MAY 23, 2022

This interview with Cody Garrett, CFP, of Measure Twice Financial was mind-blowing. It’s so clear to me what the future of financial advice is – what it should be – and what it will be. I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. What is an advice-only financial planner?

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Sara Grillo

MARCH 13, 2023

I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Are we in a market regime shift?

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Indigo Marketing Agency

MAY 5, 2020

About Your Presenters: Claire Akin, MBA Claire Akin runs Indigo Marketing Agency, a full-service marketing firm serving top independent financial advisors. She works closely with several of Barron’s Top 100 Financial Advisors to grow their AUM using digital marketing. I used to be an advisor with LPL Financial.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” . I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. Get ready for a rumble, folks!

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

when I first moved from Spain, and I learned a lot because I spent a lot of time with financial advisors, which, as you know, is a key segment of our client base today. What is the financial advice world like in Europe? And I think that the financial advisors are used, but not as widely used as they are in the U.S.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I am a CFA® charterholder and financial advisor marketing consultant. I have a newsletter in which I talk about financial advisor lead generation topics which is best described as “fun and irreverent.” I am an irreverent and fun marketing consultant for financial advisors. So please subscribe!

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Sara Grillo

MARCH 16, 2024

The Transparent Advisor Movement is taking Kansas City! Immersion2025 will be the second advice-only and flat fee financial advisor conference in our industry’s history. Immersion was a refreshing gathering of like-minded advisors sharing best practices and their vision for the future of transparent financial advice.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 25, 2023

Brian Hamburger has been one of the leading authorities in the world of registered investment advisories, broker-dealers, SEC regulatory compliance. And I would constantly hear them frustrated by the compliance department. HAMBURGER: They were just blaming compliance for everything they couldn’t do. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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