Nerd's Eye View

MAY 16, 2025

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that Republicans in the House of Representatives this week released their long-awaited tax plan to address the impending sunset of many measures in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

JUNE 18, 2025

The Best Content for Financial Advisors to Attract Clients in 2025 Does your blog feel stale? Here’s content for financial advisors that’s actually working—and how to make it easier. What makes video so effective for financial advisors? Are your videos getting zero engagement?

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Indigo Marketing Agency

MAY 31, 2025

Why Short-Form Financial Advisor Video Marketing Is Fueling Growth Financial advisor video marketing online can feel like an uphill battle. If youre looking for a clear way to rise above the noise, short-form video marketing is a powerful tool thats helping financial advisors attract more clients and grow faster.

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Midstream Marketing

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Key Highlights Content marketing helps financial advisors stand out and earn trust from potential clients. When advisors share valuable content for a specific target audience, they can attract new clients and boost their online presence. It helps advisors show their thought leadership and grow their business.

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Indigo Marketing Agency

MARCH 19, 2025

Best Ad Practices That Work for Marketing Financial Advisor Services One of the most surefire ways of growing a business fast and keeping a steady stream of leads coming in is with advertising. Indigo Marketing Agency helps financial advisors get more clients with our complete marketing and advertising services.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 13, 2025

Which is surprising to some, given that a decade ago, the emergence of so-called "robo-advisors" was supposed to displace human financial advisors and compress advisory fees. In reality, though, the robos struggled to gain traction, and the human financial advice business just continues to grow.

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WiserAdvisor

JUNE 4, 2025

Financial advisors should take these factors into account to ensure their clients receive the right experience. This article will discuss some of the most pivotal financial planning industry trends to watch out for this year. For example, a clients investment choices should align closely with their tax strategy, too.

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Yardley Wealth Management

JANUARY 21, 2025

Exploring the Benefits of Financial Planning appeared first on Yardley Wealth Management, LLC. Is Talking to a Financial Planner Worth It? Exploring the Benefits of Professional Financial Advice Introduction “Is talking to a financial planner worth it?”

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Midstream Marketing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

By adopting these campaigns, advisors can achieve better results, connect with their target audience, and grow their business successfully. Introduction In todays challenging market, financial advisors need strong financial advisor marketing strategies. This is why video marketing works well for financial advisors.

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Midstream Marketing

JUNE 25, 2025

When someone types “financial advisor near me” into Google, they’re likely ready to take action. That’s why Google Ads for financial advisors can deliver high-quality leads—fast. Many advisors overspend due to vague targeting, irrelevant clicks, and poor landing pages. Want a full campaign audit?

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International College of Financial Planning

MARCH 12, 2025

Unlike their predecessors, they are tech-savvy, investment-curious, and financially independent-inded. But they also have a mild addiction to online shopping, an over-reliance on BNPL schemes, and a tendency to take financial advice from influencers who may or may not know what theyre talking about.

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MainStreet Financial Planning

MARCH 7, 2025

When choosing a financial advisor, how they charge for their services can significantly impact your long-term wealth. The two most common pricing models are fee-only financial planners (flat-fee or fixed-fee advisors) and AUM-based financial advisors (who charge a percentage of assets under management).

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Zoe Financial

JUNE 20, 2025

Getting Started: What First-Time Planners Should Know Even for seasoned investors, key decisions around taxes, estate structure, and long-term income planning can carry significant implications. That’s why we help investors connect with independent fiduciary advisors who can deliver personalized, coordinated strategies.

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Financial Symmetry

MAY 22, 2025

Deciphering the Social Security Tax Puzzle Another frequently overlooked aspect is Social Security’s tax implications. Delaying Social Security can create a strategic tax window in early retirement, allowing you to draw from tax-deferred accounts at potentially lower tax rates before starting your Social Security benefits.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JULY 17, 2025

Firms that hire financial advisors or customer service associates — especially in retail or high-net-worth planning — value the CFP far more highly than the CFA because it helps provide more client-facing expertise in tax, estate, retirement, and insurance planning.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

advanced tax and estate planning) and ensure that both members of client couples remain engaged in the planning process (to encourage a surviving partner to stay with the firm in case of a death of their spouse) could have more durable client satisfaction and, ultimately, higher client retention rates.

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Yardley Wealth Management

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Expertise and Experience: One of the most compelling reasons to delegate financial decisions to a professional is their expertise and experience in the field. They stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, regulations, and best practices, allowing them to provide informed advice and guidance tailored to your specific needs and goals.

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Hubly

JUNE 24, 2025

Many human advisors leverage the same technological resources, but they add a layer of human emotion and understanding to deliver personalized recommendations. Advisors can also adjust their offerings to meet client needs, such as adding tax or retirement planning tailored to each client’s circumstances.

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Abnormal Returns

JUNE 23, 2025

aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com) Taxes On the difference between tax planning and tax advice. citywire.com) How financial advisers charge for their services. kitces.com) The financial advice business was built with men in mind. (fa-mag.com) fa-mag.com) Are you a financial advisor?

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Yardley Wealth Management

JUNE 25, 2025

We frequently remind clients that creating an effective withdrawal strategy is both an art and a science—requiring a careful balance of longevity, tax efficiency, and income needs. 2 The Taxed Portion of Your Portfolio This part of your portfolio has no special tax advantages.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 8, 2024

For instance, the financial advice industry has seen many changes to regulations (for both advisors and their clients), advisor business models, and the advisor technology landscape. The changing patterns in how financial advice is delivered can be compared to the similar trends seen in the evolution of medicine.

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Nerd's Eye View

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the early days of wealth management, a financial advisor's value proposition was relatively explicit, typically focusing on a limited range of portfolio management activities (e.g., selling and trading) or on sales-oriented advice that centered on implementing insurance products.

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Nerd's Eye View

MAY 8, 2023

Traditionally, financial advice and tax preparation have existed as 2 related, but separate, services. Besides the fact that many financial advisors don’t hold the necessary credentials (e.g.,

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 23, 2024

While the financial advice industry has transformed in many ways over the past several decades, one aspect that has remained relatively constant is the use of the Assets Under Management (AUM) fee model as a common way for many advisors to get paid.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the shift in financial advice from pure investment management to comprehensive financial planning continues, with more individuals becoming CFP professionals than CFAs in the past few years as consumers increasing the diversity (..)

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Podcasts Michael Kitces talks with Ted Jenkin who is the consultant of JTPD Partners, a firm that helps financial advisors gather offers, negotiate, and ultimately sell their advisory firms. wealthmanagement.com) Advisers Six lessons learned from 20 years in the business of financial advice.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 17, 2023

In the early days when financial advisors were first and foremost salespeople for insurance and investments products, the reality is that "advisor training and education" wasn't really about finance or advice… it was mostly just about learning how the company's products worked and how to effectively sell them to consumers.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that the SEC this week fined 4 RIAs for violations of its marketing rule related to their claims that they offered 'conflict-free' financial advice.

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Nerd's Eye View

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Notably, while the rule will create an additional compliance burden, the due diligence advisers offering comprehensive planning services (as well as their investment custodians) are likely already conducting on their clients to create an effective financial plan could be a 'defense mechanism' for these firms against criminals looking to take advantage (..)

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The 2024 Technology Tools for Today (T3) Advisor Conference, held last month in Las Vegas, Nevada, featured a large gathering of financial advisors and representatives from across the fintech industry. Likewise, while CRM usage has slipped by about 5%, the overall number of advisors who use a CRM still remains at a dominant 92%.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 8, 2024

interest rates, and relatively little new tax legislation (yet). Additionally, the upcoming Kitces Value Summit, coming December 12 , 2024, will tackle how real advisors provide and communicate their ongoing value to their clients.

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WiserAdvisor

JULY 22, 2022

Hiring a financial advisor is beneficial in multiple ways. You get access to financial expertise and knowledge on investments and money management, a deeper understanding of how markets work, and how to create and deploy the right investment strategies to attain your goals. Keep reading to find out.

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Nerd's Eye View

JULY 2, 2024

Welcome to the 392nd episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! Welcome everyone! My guest on today's podcast is Kristopher Heck. Kristopher is a Founding Partner of Tanager Wealth Management, an RIA based in London, England, that oversees approximately $1.1 billion in assets under management (AUM) for 630 client households.

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Abnormal Returns

OCTOBER 23, 2023

riabiz.com) AI Is AI an existential threat to the business of financial advice? riabiz.com) The upside of pro bono financial planning. wealthmanagement.com) Another example of an RIA adding tax capabilities. citywire.com) A list of the top blogs for financial advisors to read. smartasset.com)

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WiserAdvisor

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

If you wish to learn more about financial planning for elders, consider consulting with a professional financial advisor who can guide you on the same. Read below to understand how the elderly are vulnerable to being scammed financially, and how hiring a financial advisor could help protect them from fraud.

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Darrow Wealth Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In November 2022, proponents of the Massachusetts ‘millionaires’ tax (question 1) won their bid to nearly double the income tax rate on individuals with taxable income over $1M a year. As proposed, the new legislation would increase these tax rates to 9% and perhaps even 16% , respectively, starting in 2023.

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