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Registered Rep.
March 1, 2013
Matt Oechsli |
Are You an Elite Advisor? The Oechsli Institute recently conducted its annual advisor survey to discover just that. The research shows what today's affluent clients expect from a financial advisor and what advisors are doing to meet these expectations.   |
Registered Rep.
February 26, 2015
Matt Oechsli |
The Marketing Budget of An Elite Financial Advisor For the general population of advisors, the question is how to mirror the relationship marketing activities of an elite financial advisor with only a fraction of the resources. |
Registered Rep.
May 5, 2011
Matt Oechsli |
Build Trust, Win Affluent Clients, Become a Rainmaker Much is required of today's financial advisors in order to earn a recommendation. |
Registered Rep.
October 14, 2013
Matt Oechsli |
Mastering the Personal Introduction An important point to remember is that by asking for an introduction, you are helping your client help you by identifying a specific person you'd like to meet. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Borrow From the Best One of the best ways to learn what it takes to succeed in our business is to look at the best practices of elite financial advisors who are enjoying tremendous success in the marketplace. |
Registered Rep.
March 31, 2015
Matt Oechsli |
Upping the Referral Game How do elite financial advisors develop effective referral alliances? |
Registered Rep.
May 12, 2011
Matt Oechsli |
7 Key Attributes of Top Assistants The increasing importance that the advisor-assistant relationship plays in the loyalty of today's affluent client prompted the Oechsli Institute to conduct a study on advisors and assistants. Here are the findings. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2012
Matt Oechsli |
Don't Sell Yourself Short Many advisors are going about selling their value all wrong. The old elevator speech may need some rejiggering. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Matt Oechsli |
Clone Your Clients Hang it up -- the phone that is. The way to get affluent financial advisory clients is through networking, referrals and introductions, not cold calling or direct mail. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Grove & Prince |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The top 1,200 U.S. financial advisors, who regularly earn more than $1 million on an annual basis, rely on characteristics and techniques that can be adopted and refined by a great number of advisors. |
Registered Rep.
March 22, 2013
Matt Oechsli |
What Women Want When Shopping for an Advisor Affluent women are now more involved in major purchase decisions than ever before. Here's what they're looking for in an advisor. |
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2011
Matt Oechsli |
The Opportunities of Guarded Optimism There is still work to be done amid this guarded optimism, but opportunity awaits those financial advisors who are able to shake free of any complacency and are willing to roll up their sleeves. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
Shaw Grove & Alan Prince |
Does Branding Still Matter? Are today's high-net-worth clients attracted or, at best, ambivalent, to big name financial services firms? |
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2013
Matt Oechsli |
Creatures of Habit Here are some examples of how this habit loop worked for three elite advisors who were part of our coaching program. By sheer coincidence, each had set a personal goal of bringing in $25 million of new assets in 2012, and each advisor surpassed their goal. |
Registered Rep.
September 1, 2004
Matt Oechsli |
The Myth of Reluctance There are four important facts for advisors who struggle to get new client introductions from their current affluent clients. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2014
Matt Oechsli |
Where Have All the Role Models Gone? Why aren't financial advisors immersed in the power of role models? Why aren't they infatuated with the elite advisors and trying to model everything about them? I'm not sure I have an answer. |
Registered Rep.
August 24, 2011
Boswell & Nichols |
7 New Advisor "Musts" for Thriving in Crisis These seven tips are great for deepening relationships, initiating new relationships, and finding new business in a time when many of your competitors are missing the mark. |
Registered Rep.
June 6, 2012
Matt Oechsli |
Debunking the Brochure Myth Promotional material doesn't influence prospects. Advisors are their own brand. |
Registered Rep.
September 8, 2014
Matt Oechsli |
You're Just Not That Interesting Even though you were asked a question about yourself, the less you talk about yourself, the more quickly you build rapport. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2014
Matt Oechsli |
How to Build a Peer-to-Peer Sales Force Imagine if everyone who knew you promoted your services. This would be a financial advisor's dream. |
Registered Rep.
August 31, 2011
Matt Oechsli |
Modeling Elite Advisors in Crisis This crisis is an opportunity for every advisor to strengthen client loyalty and acquire affluent clients - to model elite advisors. This elite methodology revolves around being strategically proactive. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
Elite Advisors' Best Practices: What Makes for a Successful Planner How do the best financial planners become successful? Developing a vision and a plan for your business takes focus, collaboration and consistency. And it s how the best performers enhance their success. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
Grove & Prince |
Elusive Loyalty It's a serious conundrum for financial advisors: Their success hinges on their ability to cultivate loyalty in their most affluent clients, but many are having a tough time building that loyalty. But financial advisors can learn the skills that promote client loyalty. |
Registered Rep.
May 8, 2014
Matt Oechsli |
Working the Room As much as we tout financial advice as a relationship business, many advisors struggle with networking. Instead, they make it all about business. |
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Grove & Prince |
The Secrets Of Million-Dollar Producers Here is how the role client loyalty plays in both the sustainability of the client/advisor relationship through difficult market conditions and poor performance and the client's willingness to provide more assets and referrals to the advisor. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Bogan & Doss |
The Marketing Plan You'll Need The struggle many advisors face is that active marketing can seem as daunting and complex as a piano concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. |
Registered Rep.
September 20, 2011
Boswell & Nichols |
Network Builders for New Advisors Social networks are big business for financial advisors. Your marketing efforts depend on the number and quality of connections you develop. |
Financial Advisor
December 2003
Grove & Prince |
The Financial Life Of Senior Executives Who do America's top executives favor as their primary financial advisor and how did they find that advisor? |
Registered Rep.
October 12, 2011
Boswell & Nichols |
You Seem Pretty New at This... There are a few areas that new advisors can control to help deemphasize their youth and inexperience. |
Registered Rep.
October 29, 2015
Matt Oechsli |
Financial Advisors Rock This doesn't diminish a CPA's or estate attorney's expertise, but it does provide a clear signal that the affluent perceive today's financial advisor as the quarterback out of all of these financial experts. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2013
John J. Bowen, Jr. |
5 Success Tips From High-Performing Advisors A new study of high-earning advisors offers 5 clear success tips. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
John J Bowen |
Referrals for the Asking The majority of advisors are ignoring one of the most effective, efficient and obvious sources for new referrals: their existing clients. |
Registered Rep.
October 19, 2011
Matt Oechsli |
Crafting Your Occupy Wall Street Message Occupy Wall Street is turning into a viral marketing campaign for elite advisors. |
Financial Advisor
November 2005
Grove & Prince |
A Dangerous Disconnect Many advisors don't understand what their wealthy clients want -- or need. By being able to deal with the planning concerns of the affluent by brining in the proper experts, the financial advisor will end up growing his or her business. |
Registered Rep.
July 31, 2012
Matt Oechsli |
Don't Fear the Wealthy Prospect Don't be afraid to sell, but mind these pitfalls. |
Registered Rep.
November 9, 2011
Boswell & Nichols |
Keys to Generating New Advisor Introductions Introductions are an extremely high impact activity when done correctly and they can be just as effective for someone who is brand new to the business as they are for a 30 year veteran. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2007
John J. Bowen |
The Best in the Business Financial advisors can learn much from studying the business practices of their most successful peers. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Stacy Schultz |
Client Loyalty The most common reason affluent investors leave their financial advisors is because their advisor does not answer their calls, according to a new report. |
Investment Advisor
July 2010
Ray Sclafani |
The High-Performance Coach: The Five Myths of Professional Networks Why you need professional advocates. |
Registered Rep.
May 25, 2005
John Churchill |
Millions to Choose From Advisors gunning for millionaire clients now have more prospects to choose from -- and a blueprint for what they're looking for -- according to a new survey which says that 1.3 million new American households became millionaires in 2004. |
Financial Advisor
October 2007
Grove & Prince |
7 Steps To An Affluent Client Referral It's common knowledge that referrals are the best way to build an advisory business, especially if you want more wealthy clients. Here are the steps that lead to a successful client referral. |
Investment Advisor
December 2007
Susan L. Hirshman |
Referrals Revisited Start today on a better method to get better referrals. Often for financial advisors, your best sources of future clients are right in front of you. You just have to unleash them from your book. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2014
Matt Oechsli |
Building a Multigenerational Wealth Management Team The most common exit strategy for a veteran advisor getting ready to retire is to sell his or her book according to the guidelines established either by their firm or industry valuations standards. |
Registered Rep.
March 15, 2012
Matt Oechsli |
The Affluent Relationship Shift (2nd Macro Shift) How important do you think it is for support personnel to be involved in helping manage the business and social components of client relationships? |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Joni Youngwirth |
To Ask or Not to Ask? Develop an Effective Referral Strategy in a World of Contradictory Advice It's not how, who, or when you ask -- it's if |
Registered Rep.
April 25, 2013
Matt Oechsli |
Friend Me The Oechsli Institute's 2013 Affluent Investor Research paints a very clear picture: Today's affluent investor insists on having a business and personal relationship with their financial advisor. |
Registered Rep.
December 25, 2012
Matt Oechsli |
Getting Out of the Veteran Slump Many veteran advisors are stuck in the past. But here are some ways to get out of the slump and start building out a real twenty first century financial practice. |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2011
Matt Oechsli |
The Secrets of Successful Intimate Client Events Many advisors, need to take a step back in order to build client receptiveness toward their events. This isn't a one-and-done effort, but rather an ongoing process. |
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
John J. Bowen Jr. |
Better Than Average Making a New Year's resolution to improve your practice? A new survey lets you benchmark your performance against the broader advisory community. |
Registered Rep.
May 21, 2015
Matt Oechsli |
The Affluent Marketing Challenge Every activity in this 30-day, 100-point challenge could be classified as "relationship marketing," which is precisely how 80 percent of today's affluent discovered their advisor. |
