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Fact, Situation, Feeling – Using The Iceberg Follow-Up Model To Connect With And Motivate Clients

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The need for financial professionals to ask prospects and clients questions has a long history in the industry. One of the best ways to accomplish that goal is not to ask better questions, but to also ask engaging follow-up questions that build trust and rapport with clients. as judgmental.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 127: Creating Value Through Presence (And The 50 Fires Podcast)

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In our 127th episode of Kitces & Carl, Michael Kitces and client communication expert Carl Richards delve into Carl's latest project – the "50 Fires" podcast. While conversations between financial advisors and their clients often focus on the quantitative aspects of a client's financial life (e.g.,

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Using Reflection Questions To Help Prospects Find Clarity And Focus On A Shared Planning Vision

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Initial outreach to a financial advicer rarely (if ever) results from a prospective client waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat because they just figured out that they're in desperate need of a comprehensive financial plan.

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#FA Success Ep 325: Building Success In The Financial Advice Business From A Financially Challenged Upbringing, With Brenda Hiscock

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Brenda is a financial planner with Objective Financial Partners, an advice-only advisory firm based in Ontario, Canada, that works with clients on project-based financial plans, and also offers outsourced paraplanning to other Canadian advisory firms. Welcome back to the 325th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast !

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Déjà Vu? 2023 is Not 2008

The Big Picture

This is how capitalism is supposed to work. This is how capitalism is supposed to work. How many of you thought, “ Here we go again. ”? If there is a unifying theme that connects all of them, it is just how little we know as these events unfold in real-time. There is always that other guy that is to blame.

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#FA Success Ep 330: Raising And Lowering Fee Minimums To Manage Growth Pace And Advisor Capacity, With Ari Weisbard

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that oversees $143 million in assets under management (AUM) for nearly 75 client households. Welcome back to the 330th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is Ari Weisbard. Ari is Managing Partner of Values Added Financial, an independent RIA based in Washington, D.C.,

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3 Ways To Ask For Referrals More Effectively Based on Pro-Social Psychology

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New client growth is the lifeblood of financial planning firms and there are myriad strategies for attracting qualified prospects, but many of these come with a hard-dollar or time cost for the firm. Which is why many advisors seek to leverage client referrals, where their clients refer family members, friends, or colleagues to the advisor.