--- title: How To Make the Most of Your Social Security Benefits description: David Holland, CPA, CFP® speaks with Joe Elsasser, CFP® about how to optimize your Social Security planning and make the most of your benefits. --- [Login](https://www.covisum.com/login-experience) | [Call: 402-235-4500](tel:1-402-235-4500) | [Contact Us](https://www.covisum.com/contact) ** [![covisum-logo](https://www.covisum.com/hs-fs/hubfs/covisum-logo.png?width=264&height=41&name=covisum-logo.png "covisum-logo")](https://www.covisum.com/) [![Start Your Free Trial](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2755909/b23743cd-d0df-4907-a66d-293b58ab1164.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2755909/b23743cd-d0df-4907-a66d-293b58ab1164) [![Contact Us](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2755909/6c6d7fe7-e094-4fc0-9c82-d93d4ccbb532.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2755909/6c6d7fe7-e094-4fc0-9c82-d93d4ccbb532) # How To Make the Most of Your Social Security Benefits [IN THE NEWS  |  ](https://www.covisum.com/blog/topic/in-the-news)1/10/18 1:24 PM  |  by [Katie Godbout, Vice President of Sales & Marketing](https://www.covisum.com/blog/author/katie-godbout-vice-president-of-sales-marketing) PlanStrongerTV™ hosted by David Holland, CPA, CFP® featured Joe Elsasser, CFP® and president of Covisum in an episode titled, "How to Make the Most of Your Social Security Benefits." Watch it now.     Your clients may think that taking Social Security as early as possible is the right choice. But an optimized approach to using these benefits will deliver more value and total compensation over the long run. Advisors can use Social Security Timing® to optimize their Social Security planning and increase their total retirement value by up to $100,000. Additionally, when you subscribe to the software, you get an entire support team to help you answer Social Security and software questions. Here’s a closer look at Social Security Timing and how it provides value to your clients approaching retirement. ## Educating Clients on Key Social Security Strategies Social Security benefits provide a financial safety net for workers as they enter retirement, but your clients need to understand that little decisions in how they manage and receive these benefits can affect the total amount they’re eligible to receive. The Social Security Administration offers representatives to help you understand these benefits, but this typically isn’t a source clients should depend on when making important decisions, largely because these representatives are undertrained and [liable to give bad information](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/retirement/08/unusual-social-security-strategies.asp) or recommendations. For this reason alone, it’s crucial that clients work with a financial advisor to understand how to best use these benefits. 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