Building Your Business
Explore the latest industry news and advice that can help financial advisors build and grow successful practices.
Cruising for Clients
By Jane Wollman RusoffNicholas Childers' secret recipe for prospecting female clients: Eat lunch at ritzy department stores, where high-net-worth ladies are cosseted, corseted and open to friendly conversation. "They're...
July 01, 2006
Providing More Than a CommodityLast month we introduced research conducted by JPMorgan regarding clients' passion points, and talked about how you can tap into them to grow your business....
July 01, 2006
Show Me, Show ThemThe easy thing to say about Stuart Zimmerman is that he's an advocate for CPAs doing financial planning. It's easy because he's prone to say...
July 01, 2006
Power of the PeopleYou may not realize it, but at the end of each day some of your firm's most valuable assets disappear right out from under your...
July 01, 2006
Contact PointIdeally, Gary Zaugg would chat with his computer, have it input client notes, and file appropriate details into the correct folders--all without the Virginia Beach,...
July 01, 2006
Manage Your BossAfter a particularly arduous day with an advisor who was tormented by his inability to have constructive interactions with his staff, I mindlessly clicked through...
June 30, 2006
Witnesses Plead For Action On Pension BillDefined contribution plan provisions in the pension compromise bill now being hammered out by Congress are of prime importance to small businesses.Witnesses delivered that message ...
June 25, 2006
Updating Emergency Procedures In The Post-Katrina WorldWe have all heard flight attendants tell us about the safety precautions to be used in an emergency. Parents place oxygen masks on themselves first ...