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Are you an effective leader?

These six question will help you determine your effectiveness and your leadership style

Practice Management

Making the shift from solo to team practice

Delegating tasks to team members can make you more efficient and facilitate growth

Are female advisors the future of financial advice?
Practice Management

Are female advisors the future of financial advice?

In this week’s Gaining Altitude, Dan Richards, CEO, Client Insights, reviews the traits historically associated with women and suggests these skills may be critical to…

Client Communications

Couples: Involve both spouses in the discussion

If you fail to engage the woman, you risk losing her business

Client Communications

Tips for working with couples

Relate to both partners as individuals

Five mistakes that kill referrals
Practice Management

Five mistakes that kill referrals

Jim Ruta, president, AdvisorCraft Media and Consulting, outlines five common errors that destroy the referrals process, and explains how to avoid or correct them.

  • By: Jim Ruta
  • February 17, 2016 October 30, 2019
  • 16:45
Practice Management

Five tips for coaching your team

How to get the best performance from your staff

Client Communications

The client engagement process

Review these five tips to boost your experience with prospective and new clients

A painless route to client testimonials
Practice Management

A painless route to client testimonials

In this week’s Gaining Altitude, Dan Richards, CEO, Client Insights, explains how to comfortably ask clients for credible and persuasive testimonials.

Practice Management

Getting the most from conferences

Make sure your time and money has been well spent

Financial Planning

Discussing money issues with client couples

Helping spouses stay on the same financial page

Practice Management

Five elements of an effective team

Creating dynamic teams can build your practice

Why prospects and clients need your title to be clear
Practice Management

Why prospects and clients need your title to be clear

Jim Ruta, president, AdvisorCraft Media and Consulting, discusses why top producers use the title “life insurance agent” to clearly explain their value to clients and…

  • By: Jim Ruta
  • February 9, 2016 October 30, 2019
  • 13:15

What to know when advising Muslim clients

Challenges include product availability, proper portfolio construction

The slow work of converting social media followers to clients

Committing to a platform and showing your personality can help with prospecting

  • By: Mark Burgess
  • September 22, 2023 September 22, 2023
  • 08:35

How financial advisors dealt with the SVB collapse

Amid the turmoil, some advisors seized buying opportunities and proactively comforted clients

Help your client address the volatility of equity compensation

Assessing income sources, diversifying are key

Advisors need to help clients find purpose in retirement

Promoting personal interests can persuade clients to commit to a retirement plan, says CEO of career transition organization

Securing credit in a rising-rate environment

You and your clients may need to get creative in brainstorming strategies for borrowing

Firm hopes to support younger advisors through new practice financing program

Richardson Wealth launched a flexible program earlier this year to fund internal succession plans

How to write a job posting for an assistant

Every job posting must answer three main questions

In tight labour market, finding a good assistant isn’t getting any easier

Firms should focus on retention as well as recruitment

Dynamic launches emerging market equities fund

Inflows to emerging markets have soared in recent months

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 1, 2021 March 1, 2021
  • 11:10

Tech tips: Get more from social media

Maintaining a steady stream of content is essential in showing readers that you are engaged and productive. There are tools and techniques to help you…

Why referrals are declining

Reports from financial advisors and industry data indicate that clients are not referring their friends and family members as frequently as they did in years…

Just say “no” to holiday stress

Yearend tax deadlines, business-related functions and family activities can make the holiday season more anxiety-inducing than festive. Here are some tips to keep you balanced

Casual Friday: Dress codes getting more casual

Although less formal office attire is becoming more acceptable, you still need to be aware of what’s appropriate

  • By: Leah Golob
  • July 28, 2017 October 19, 2019
  • 05:00

Casual Friday: Free apps can help you stay healthy

From yoga to diet to a good night’s sleep, these handy tools promote healthy living