How to Tell Clients You Are Raising Your Fee
You can show a client how to save for a successful retirement, but you cannot make him act on your advice. You can do everything for a client but...
The 7 Essential Traits of Successful Financial Advisors
On our February 24, 2015 webinar, our special guest was Dave Hubbard, President and owner of Exemplar Financial Network. Over the past thirty years, Dave has built a thriving...
What’s New on Don Connelly 24/7 in February 2015
Here’s this month’s blog post from the series, What’s New on Don Connelly 24/7. We recap new podcasts, Weekly Focus issues, the Monthly Newsletter, and webinar replay. Read on! What’s...
Five Actionable Ways You Can Stand Apart from The Crowd
If you want to succeed as a financial advisor, you need to achieve a competitive advantage. There needs to be something about you that highlights you not superior to...
Stick to the Basics – Success Tip for Financial Advisors
Let’s talk a bit about sticking to the basics. I had the good fortune one time of talking with Quinn Buckner. Quinn Buckner, I believe, won a national championship in...
How to Convince Someone to Trust You
Whether you’re a new or well-established advisor you may find it difficult to establish trust. It’s incredibly difficult to develop trust quickly. How can people know whether you’re honest,...
Why Thoughtful Advisors Get Referrals
Referrals are the cornerstone of your business. In order to get them you need to cement the relationship with your clients by being passionate and committed. If you are...
How Much Value Do You Bring as a Financial Advisor?
What determines your value is not up to you to decide. It is left for the client to decide. And that decision is a lot simpler than you might...
Top 10 Most Popular Posts on Don Connelly’s Blog in 2014
We at Don Connelly & Associates had a great year in helping Financial Advisors and Sales Professionals deliver great performance day in and day out. We’d like to thank...
How Fear Can Cripple Your Financial Advisor Career
Top advisors have fears. They don’t like facing rejection any more than average advisors do but they just accept their fears as part of the job. Here are some...