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Summary: Newly minted financial planning assistant Airionne Givens didn't have a lot of money when she was growing up in St. Louis. And she saw plenty of other African-American families who struggled with college costs, retirement saving and other financial challenges. Until Givens went to college, she had never heard of, or knew about, financial planning. But once she did, she was hooked. "I wanted to help people who were in the same predicament as the people I knew, and I saw that this was a way I could do that," Givens says.
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Summary: CPAs are connected with so many clients for tax preparation and as such, they can be a terrific source of new business. If you’d like to get introduced to new accounting relationships and discuss how you share their vision of helping clients save money on taxes, social media is a tool you should consider. There are many ways for you to meet CPAs and accountants via social media. this article break them down by platform.
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Summary: If your prospect or COI has a LinkedIn account, you should connect with them. Period. Not only does it enable you to learn heaps of information about your prospect, it creates additional touch points. These creative points of contact help raise overall awareness and progress your relationship. Here are ten situations that give you an easy reason to touch-base with prospects and COIs on LinkedIn. We’ve also included a few ways you might respond.
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Summary: Many advisors say they are close with their clients, but just how close? It may seem like a radical idea to some advisors, but Stacy Francis of New York City believes in inviting clients into her home.
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Summary: For many RIAs, life is good right now. The market is at a record high and investors have more disposable income, a stronger sense of security and are coming off the sidelines and jumping back into the markets. (Whether that is a smart decision is another story.) For many firms, the challenge has shifted from how to market and increase revenue to how to recruit and attract talent to service all of this new business.
