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Small businesses present good opportunities for advisors

From CNBC
Added on October 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Financial advisors often see the small-business owner demographic as a desirable place to position themselves, yet many are unprepared for the various challenges and issues that present themselves when working with families who own successful businesses.  

Financial Planning Profession Needs More Regulation, Group Says

From Financial Advisor Magazine
Added on October 2014 in Other Ideas
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Summary: The coalition, made up of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, says there are insufficient regulations for financial planners and members of the public are the ones being hurt because of it.

Coaches Corner: 5 Steps to Creating Systems for Your Practice

From Think Advisor
Added on October 2014 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: In my previous blog posting in this series (Coaches Corner: Nixing the Top 4 Excuses for Not Building Systems), I addressed the four most common advisor excuses for not establishing standard operating procedures and how to move past those excuses. Systems, standard operating procedures, processes, work flows or whatever you want to call them are primarily designed to be training aids and to ensure continuity in service to clients when staff changes occur. 

5 Steps When Selling Your Firm to a Junior Advisor

From Financial Planning
Added on October 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: If you are like many advisors, you may have decided that mentoring a junior associate to grow into and acquire your practice is the best option. Who better to succeed you and serve as a future internal buyer than one you have handpicked, someone who understands the hard work you put into the practice?

The Rainmaker's Reign is Over

From Investment Advisor
Added on October 2014 in Plan for the Future
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Summary: Almost 10 years ago, I wrote about a serious issue for advisors that I humbly believed was not getting the attention it deserved: the lack of career paths for young advisors. In this article, I present for your consideration another major issue that the industry, and especially owner-advisors, must address or suffer the consequences: the lack of an integrated marketing approach to grow their firms in the 21st century.

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