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Advisors Shouldn't Count On Their Children As Continuity Plans

Added on May 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Having a family member in the business is not a guarantee of a robust succession plan. And it is definitely not a guarantee to preserving business value. 

Advisors: The Choice Is to Evolve With the Rest of the World or Become Irrelevant

Added on May 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: There is a resistance to new technology and new ways of doing things, most noticeably when it comes to using new marketing methods, such as social media.

Kitces: The next stage of adviser evolution

Added on May 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: As the world of financial advice evolves, so do the services that advisers provide to clients, the business models by which we operate and the labels that we use to describe ourselves. In the past 50 years, our titles have changed from insurance agents and stockbrokers, to financial advisers and financial consultants, to financial planners, and now wealth managers.

Satisfied Advisors Provide Testimonials For Their Favorite Vendors

Added on May 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Once an advisor becomes a vendor’s raving fan, a testimonial may follow. And that could mean more business for you. On their websites, outsourcing firms often list blurbs from advisors who share their positive experience and offer effusive praise.

Hiring Tips for Success

Added on May 2016 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: As an advisory firm the relationships you have with your clients is what I like to call “the secret sauce” of what makes your business successful.  The people that work in your firm largely drive the value that is delivered to your clients.  So the most important decision you make in the running of your firm is the selection of who joins your firm as a new hire.  

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