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    Practice Management

    Why Systematic Value Delivery is Crucial for Financial Advisors

    As a financial advisor, delivering value to clients goes beyond providing financial guidance—it's about building trust and confidence in the face of complex decision-making situations. While you already wear multiple hats, including educator, behavioral coach, and financial expert, the key lies in creating a systematic approach that ensures consistent value delivery.
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    Practice Management

    A Robust Software Suite to Round Out Your Practice

    Most advisors come to us looking for a solution for a specific challenge. Either they are frustrated with the way they are currently operating, or they heard from another advisor about how our software can make their life easier.
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    Marketing

    5 Inbound Marketing Tactics for Advisors to Generate New Leads for Your Financial Planning Practice

    Few financial advisory firms can survive without a steady stream of new clients to sustain and grow their practice. Although most advisors receive sales training as part of their education, their marketing training is often outdated—especially when it comes to inbound marketing to an online audience. Inbound marketing can be one of the most valuable ways for financial advisors to generate leads and convert new clients. This value only increases over time as your investments into building an online presence increase your visibility and grow the number of leads reaching out for more information. That said, effective inbound marketing starts by identifying a goal. It’s not enough to say you want to market your business; you first need to know what goals you’re trying to achieve. Once you’ve identified those goals, you can create an inbound marketing strategy to achieve those goals. With that in mind, let’s assume your goal is to attract new leads that will become clients for your financial planningf firm. What’s the best way to pursue this goal through inbound marketing? Here are five proven strategies you’ll want to try.
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    Fintech

    8 Valuable Financial Advising Tools

    Financial services is an increasingly tech-driven industry, and it is taking place on multiple levels. Advisors recognize the importance of engaging their client base through email, social media, online account management, and other digital channels. But their clients are also expecting advisors to leverage innovative wealth management tools that improve their ability to analyze risk, plan for various retirement scenarios, and optimize tax impact to minimize their burden over time.
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    Practice Management

    15 Shareable Facts for Financial Advisors to Stress Patience to Clients

    When market volatility strikes, it is normal for investors to grow anxious about their holdings. But market swings and economic downturns are a normal part of investing. Trouble only starts to develop when investors make impulse decisions and overreact to these market swings. Although it can seem counterintuitive to some investors, the best response to a stock market plunge is to sit tight, avoid drastic decisions, and patiently wait for the market to rebound. By sticking to a set investing strategy, they can wait out this market volatility and protect their holdings until markets stabilize and the economy recovers. If you’re looking for some extra support to encourage clients to stick to their strategy, here are 15 charts and facts that will help keep their eyes on the long run.
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    Video

    Advisor Anecdotes: Scheduling Virtual Client Meetings

    Covisum Founder and President, Joe Elsasser, CFP®, is also practicing financial advisor. In our new vlog series, Advisor Anecdotes, Joe will offer his unique perspective on current events, practice management best practices, financial technology, and everything in-between. Episode One: Scheduling Virtual Client Meetings
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    Marketing

    NEW “Taxes in Retirement” Marketing Kit

    You’ve got retirees to help—we’ve got you! We know that times are really tough for a lot of people, especially our older population. That’s why we are giving our Tax Clarity® subscribers some new resources for free. We've created an extensive marketing kit with downloads, templates and videos to help you communicate with clients and prospects.
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    Marketing

    10 Seminar Best Practices

    You know that seminars are a great way to attract prospective clients. We've created a list of 10 best practices to help you make your next seminar a success. Use these tips to attract the right prospects and polish your presentation.
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    Marketing

    How to Effectively Market Your Seminars with Direct Mail

    While many industries have shifted their marketing efforts to become exclusively digital, direct mail remains an effective marketing tool for many financial advisors, and many of our advisors have found success building their brand over time with direct mailers.
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