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Explore the latest industry news and advice that can help financial advisors build and grow successful practices.
Planning to Jettison Your 'C' and 'D' Clients? Think Twice
By Warren S. HerschConventional wisdom has long held that advisors have to focus their practices around their most profitable clients if they're to enjoy success. Why, experts ask, ...
August 01, 2006
Building family connectionsAs the president of Battaglia Tax Advisory Group Inc. in Largo, Fla., Brenda Battaglia is busy. Really busy. When she's not calling on her clients, she's working with her staff to cook up new ways technology can work for her - and her clients. "I'm
August 01, 2006
Four Rules to Drive Home Your MessageWhat distinguishes highly successful advisors from less successful ones, regardless of their skills and industry knowledge? The answer is their ability to communicate the true value...
August 01, 2006
Tom HineManaging Member Capital Wealth Management, LLC. 628 Hebron Ave, Building 2, Suite 304 Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033 Phone: 860-659-8200 [email protected] www.capitalrm.com Year firm started: 2001 Number of advisors in firm: 1 AUM: $120 million Compensation method:...
August 01, 2006
Why Would Great People Want to Work for You?Most marketing efforts involve finding the right clients, but to do so, you need the right staff members to attract and retain those clients. In...
August 01, 2006
Staying On Track by Taking Time OffMaybe if you want to become super efficient at the office, you should get rid of it. Catherine Nomura, director of business development at The Strategic...
August 01, 2006
Keeping Up with Edward JonesWith its sole focus on individual investors, solo practitioners and door-knocking, face-to-face prospecting, Edward Jones has long taken a march-to-its-own-drummer tack to financial services. And that...
August 01, 2006
Building the CPA AllianceIn the early 1990s, Jay D'Meza Jr., then a young advisor, met a group of accountants and they began to cross-refer clients. In 1994, they...