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Identifying Your Own “Soft Assets” To Turn COIs Into Powerful Referral Champions

Nerd's Eye View

Often, sharing a connection through soft assets can be more valuable than the professional services of the COI – at least at first. From there, when the advisor is ready to reach out (whether via email, social media messaging, or something similar), leading with soft assets is key to building common ground.

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Kitces & Carl Ep 135: Do Experienced Financial Planners Have A Professional Obligation To Create Job Opportunities For The Next Generation?

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In our 135th episode of Kitces & Carl, Michael Kitces and client communication expert Carl Richards explore the question of whether experienced financial planners have a professional obligation to create job opportunities for new advisors, how other professional service industries have traditionally brought in new talent, and how smaller financial (..)

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The Future Of Financial Advice: How Tech and Approaches In 2030 Will Differ From Today

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Professional service industries tend to evolve over time as the regulatory environment evolves and new technologies emerge. 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.

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Summer Reading List Of “Best Books” For Financial Advisors – 2023 Edition

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learning to give better feedback to team members, or migrating our own role in the business to be less advisor and more instructor, manager, or executive leader.

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: Vera Bradley to cut corporate jobs to ‘right size’ expenses, CFO to leave

MarketWatch

Other cost-cutting measures include marketing expenses, third-party contracts and professional services, logistics and travel, the company said. Enwright will work closely with Schwindle through early June to ensure a smooth transition, Vera Bradley said. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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#FA Success Ep 341: Bolstering The Quality Of Advice By Deliberately Rotating Advisors For Each Client, With Thor McIlrath

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What's unique about Thor, though, is how he has structured his firm so that clients rotate through different advisors at the firm each time they come in for a meeting, eschewing the traditional industry approach of trying to help clients form a deep relationship with one individual advisor and instead intentionally creating an environment where clients (..)

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Important Notice about Woodbury Office Access

Ballast Advisors

Please rest assured that our services and commitment to meeting your expectations remain unaffected by the construction project. Our dedicated team is fully equipped to assist you remotely and provide the same level of support and professional services you have come to expect from us.