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Registered Rep. September 20, 2011 Boswell & Nichols	Network Builders for New Advisors Social networks are big business for financial advisors. Your marketing efforts depend on the number and quality of connections you develop.
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. July 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	The Mindset of a Rainmaker A rainmaker in the financial advisory profession has the mindset of a fearless achiever who is determined to win. Here is a quick assessment you can use to determine how close you are to adapting a rainmaker's mindset.
Registered Rep. August 31, 2011 Matt Oechsli	Modeling Elite Advisors in Crisis This crisis is an opportunity for every advisor to strengthen client loyalty and acquire affluent clients - to model elite advisors. This elite methodology revolves around being strategically proactive.
Registered Rep. December 7, 2011 Boswell & Nichols	Scheduling a Rainmaker's December Remember, December can be ideal for social prospecting. Stay busy, approach each interaction with strategic intent, an you'll go into January with a full head of steam.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	Clone Your Clients Hang it up -- the phone that is. The way to get affluent financial advisory clients is through networking, referrals and introductions, not cold calling or direct mail.
Registered Rep. August 27, 2014 Matt Oechsli	Seven Phrases Advisors Should Never Use Nobody likes to be sold to, especially today's affluent. Yet many people still try to sell their products and services to this lucrative consumer niche, including financial advisors.
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	How to Talk to Wealthy Folks The rich are different, as they say. And that applies to how they talk -- and how they want to be talked to. Less jargon is better... More direct and straightforward is better... More rehearsed and practiced is better... etc.
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 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. 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 8, 2012 Boswell & Nichols	The 3-Step Process for Closing New Prospects Many advisors put a great deal of thought into how they'll find affluent prospects, but less on how they'll convert these prospects in to clients.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Matt Oechsli	Your Opportunity Antenna Financial advisors should think in terms of having two automatic antennas in your brain: fear and value. This means one antenna is sabotaging your goals while the other is helping you. The good news is that you can develop habits to activate the right one.
Registered Rep. February 9, 2012 Boswell & Nichols	Fast Track: Less Verbiage -- Better Results Rainmakers win the confidence of affluent prospects by framing everything in direct and simple language.
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.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2012 Matt Oechsli	The Affluent Gender Shift A strong case can be made that it's becoming a woman's world. Today's affluent women are taking a much more active role in virtually every aspect of their family's finances.
Registered Rep. April 23, 2015 Anne Field	How Long Should You Take to Land a Prospect? Most advisors have a process for bringing in potential new accounts -- a certain number of meetings, a series of topics to cover -- but many find the trickiest part of the chain is the final close.
Investment Advisor May 2008	Whither Client Loyalty? Are you certain that your clients will follow you where'er you roam? According to new research by Spectrem Group, clients may not be as steadfast as Mary's little lamb.
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. June 13, 2012 Matt Oechsli	Prospect Facetime: Five Affluent Faux Pas To Avoid Don't be afraid to sell, but mind these pitfalls.
Financial Advisor July 2004 Leo Pusateri	Delivering Your Value How financial advisors can earn the right to the value connection.
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 John J. Bowen, Jr.	Strategies for 2012 and Beyond In these volatile times, you have an excellent opportunity to build relationships with high-net-worth investors who are actively looking for advisor alternatives. With that firmly in mind, here are some key strategies and tactics that will make a big difference over the next year and beyond.
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.
Financial Advisor May 2009 Bill Bachrach	Face Time People skills are the competitive advantage for financial advisors in today's economic climate.
Investment Advisor June 2008 Dan Allison	Just Ask Them Consider using focus groups to sharpen your marketing efforts -- you might also gain some clients in the process.
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Investment Advisor December 2005 Melanie Waddell	The Playing Field: Building a Niche Here's how a husband-and-wife independent financial advisory team are finding success focusing on women clients.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Mindy Diamond	What Size Pond? It is important for advisors to find a firm that is a good fit for their particular goals. In many cases, small firms work well. For advisors looking to expand their books aggressively, larger firms are often -- but not always -- a good option.
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 Advisor October 2005 Grove & Prince	Understanding The Middle-Class Millionaire Middle-class millionaires are the "ideal clients" for most financial advisors. They are wealthy enough to require the services of high-quality financial advisors, yet not so wealthy that most financial advisors end up in over their heads.
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 March 2012 Bernie Clark	The Changing Affluent Investor Advisors must prepare for new affluent clients and the changes, attitudes and expectations they will bring with them.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Matt Oechsli	Image Isn't Everything When it comes to selling to the affluent, the image an advisor projects is critical to success. Projecting the right image relates to physical appearance, and the key is to appear as those around you appear. Here are some important tips.
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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.
Registered Rep. March 15, 2012 Matt Oechsli	The Affluent Relationship Shift (2nd Macro Shift) How important do you think it is for support personnel to be involved in helping manage the business and social components of client relationships?
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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.
Financial Advisor September 2004 Leo J. Pusateri	Delivering Your Value: The Value Mindset Skill Model Five steps for financial advisors to properly begin the client dialogue, demonstrate a leadership position by directing the flow of the converstaion, and initiate a meeting with a mindset of value.
Registered Rep. August 18, 2011 Matt Oechsli	Capitalizing on Crisis Four steps to get a handle on your practice and capitalize on this crisis.
Registered Rep. November 17, 2011 Joshua Brown	The Ten Clients from Hell (And How to Cope) Here are the Ten Clients from Hell and how to cope with them.
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