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Registered Rep. January 29, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
The Elite Financial Advisor of 2015 Most advisors would love to call themselves "elite," placing them in the small cadre of advisors that do the right activities the right way and are seeing phenomenal results. What exactly does this exclusive group look like?  |
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. March 31, 2015 Matt Oechsli |
Upping the Referral Game How do elite financial advisors develop effective referral alliances?  |
Registered Rep. June 6, 2012 Matt Oechsli |
Debunking the Brochure Myth Promotional material doesn't influence prospects. Advisors are their own brand.  |
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.  |
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.  |
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. 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. 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.  |
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.  |
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. 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.  |
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. 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.  |
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.  |
Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt |
(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.  |
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.  |
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. December 18, 2014 Matt Oechsli |
The Year of Financial Advisor Transformation For advisors to capture more affluent business and demonstrate their value beyond performance, they'll have to transform their business.  |
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. 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. November 25, 2012 Matt Oechsli |
Time for An Annual Checkup? While the annual team review meeting can be painful (and even end in divorce in some instances), it's necessary to stay competitive and grow your business.  |
On Wall Street January 1, 2009 Parisi & Leung |
Friend or Foe? Getting the Most from Your Wholesaler A strong relationship between the advisor and wholesaler can expand business and create the best of client experiences.  |
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. October 19, 2011 Matt Oechsli |
Crafting Your Occupy Wall Street Message Occupy Wall Street is turning into a viral marketing campaign for elite 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. 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.  |
Registered Rep. September 14, 2011 Matt Oechsli |
Financial Advisors: 7 Steps for Replacing Distractions with Goals Here are seven suggestions on how financial advisors can shut out distractions.  |
Registered Rep. November 30, 2011 Matt Oechsli |
It's Time for Inventory: Annual Client Re-Engineering Every businessperson should conduct inventory at least once a year. For advisors, this inventory is the client.  |
Registered Rep. December 9, 2010 Diana Britton |
Clients Aren't Pulling Trigger On Referrals, Survey Says While most clients say they are ready and willing to provide a referral for their financial advisors, many of them are not actually following through on it.  |
On Wall Street April 1, 2010 Matthew Leung |
Mining Wholesalers For Great Ideas In this tough market environment, advisors are not only relying more heavily on their wholesalers, they're also looking for different kinds of support.  |
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  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 John J Bowen Jr |
Time to Say Goodbye Today's most successful advisors recognize a simple but powerful fact of business: It's better to work with a small number of great clients than to serve a huge base of clients who are only mediocre.  |
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?  |
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. 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.  |
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.  |
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. August 10, 2011 Boswell & Nichols |
Shaky Markets, Substantial Opportunities With memories of 2008 looming in the background, the Dow plunging in response to a AAA downgrade and media pundits fueling fear and uncertainty everywhere you turn, it's natural for investors and advisors to become a bit nervy.  |
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.  |
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. April 21, 2011 Matt Oechsli |
Developing Rainmaking Strategic Intent Typically advisors make one of two mistakes at social events: They can't help coming across like salespeople, or, they're so fearful of coming across as pushy that they have no rainmaker game plan for the event.  |
Registered Rep. May 18, 2011 Matt Oechsli |
How to Avoid 5 Common Practice Management Mistakes If you can avoid a handful of common mistakes, you can save an enormous amount of time; this time savings will allow you to spend more time on marketing and growth of your business.  |
Investment Advisor May 1, 2011 Joni Youngwirth |
Marketing 101: Answers to 10 Common Questions The long-term rewards of a good marketing campaign will more than pay for the challenges  |
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. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Dinosaurs Roaming the Earth The days of a mutual fund wholesaler coming in, talking about performance and making light banter are mostly over. In fact, some asset managers are rethinking how the wholesaling process should look, from the ground up.  |
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.  |
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 June 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Don't Keep Me a Secret! In his new book, Don't Keep Me a Secret!, Bill Cates, president of Referral Coach International, has a trademarked process for advisors to assist them in generating referrals.  |
The Motley Fool September 5, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
How to Pick a Financial Advisor If you don't have the time or inclination to manage your finances on your own, it can be extremely beneficial to get help from an outside advisor. By following these basic suggestions, you can find a suitable advisor to keep you on the road to financial stability and independence.  |