/ by Don Connelly / Best Practices / 0 comments
“Where should I be focusing?” is a question for all advisors, but especially young advisors, who are wondering where to focus when starting their practice. I received an email from Brian in Orlando in reply to one of my newsletters where I talked about focusing on getting appointments. He agrees with the notion and he says that’s all he’s trying to do, but he asks what else I suggest he does besides focusing on getting appointments?
Listen to the audio podcast or read the transcript below to learn what else you should focus on, besides getting appointments.
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Telltale Signs That a Prospect Is About to Waste Your Time
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Your time is precious so it’s essential that you spend it productively by prospecting to the right people. Some prospects are not worth spending time on – maybe expressing an interest when they’re not really committed to investing – and despite all your best efforts you won’t be able to do anything to change their minds. The problem is these prospects can be difficult to identify.
Here are a few telltale signs that someone is not about to do business with you.
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Take Back Control of Your Financial Advisor Career
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If you feel your career is at a crossroads, or that things are not going your way you need to adapt your attitude and learn to make better decisions. In the words of the late Earl Shoaff ‘Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills”.
The only thing holding you back in life is you. You alone determine your future, not the outside world. So, if you don’t like where you are – get in the driver’s seat and take control.
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Where Should You Be Focusing
/ by Don Connelly / Best Practices / 0 comments
“Where should I be focusing?” is a question for all advisors, but especially young advisors, who are wondering where to focus when starting their practice. I received an email from Brian in Orlando in reply to one of my newsletters where I talked about focusing on getting appointments. He agrees with the notion and he says that’s all he’s trying to do, but he asks what else I suggest he does besides focusing on getting appointments?
Listen to the audio podcast or read the transcript below to learn what else you should focus on, besides getting appointments.
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An Idea on Getting Referrals and Thanking Clients
/ by Don Connelly / Managing the Relationship, Prospecting / 0 comments
I have a friend who every year has a dinner for those clients who gave him a referral that became a new account during the year.
Watch the video below or read the transcript to learn the details about the referral dinner concept.
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Weekly Focus: Goal Setting
/ by Don Connelly / Best Practices / 1 comment
The beginning of a given year is the time to rewrite our goals, our mission statement and our business plan. For some of us that will involve a major overhaul and for some of us it will involve a tweak. For all of us, it will be a thought-provoking experience. Goal setting comes first. Decide what you want to accomplish and write it down. Set a date by which you will accomplish each goal. If you were charged with running a twelve-minute mile and nobody posted a finish line, you would have no way of knowing if you succeeded. It’s no different with business goals.
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Procrastination Will Ruin Your Chances of Success
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Procrastination can take different forms. You may consciously procrastinate and avoid what you know you should be doing, or you may unconsciously put off your top priority tasks by attending to a series of ‘never ending fires’. Whatever type of procrastination you suffer from it can be ruinous to your business. Here’s what to do instead.
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A Story to Use When Discussing Your Fees & Commissions
/ by Don Connelly / Storytelling, analogies and power phrases / 0 comments
There are times when prospective clients are going to focus on your fees or your commissions. I want to talk about that, because it’s no one’s goal to offer the cheapest possible financial advice. That’s just not the way it goes.
So when someone talks to you about commissions or fees, I want you to tell them the Springfield story.
Watch the video or read the transcript below to hear the full story.
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Put The Client Before Yourself
/ by Don Connelly / Managing the Relationship / 0 comments
As you know I’m always on a lookout for a good story. I read a great story not long ago, in Motivational Manager, told by Dana McCary who is a motivational speaker.
He said that when he was growing up, he’d been a waiter at Opryland in Nashville. He learned a very important business lesson.
Listen to the story or read the transcript below.
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You Have to Take Risks to Reach Your Goals
/ by Don Connelly / Investing Wisdom, Storytelling, analogies and power phrases / 0 comments
Here’s a Mr. and Mrs. Client story to help you explain to prospects and clients why taking risks is necessary.
Mr. and Mrs. Client, I know you know what to do. Let me show you how to do it.
You can watch the video or read the transcript, if you prefer.
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A Blueprint for Aspiring Million Dollar Producers to Follow
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A while ago I received an email from Guy Steele who is a friend and an advisor in Hawaii. He said:
“Give me an idea of how a million dollar producer works. How many calls a day do they make? How many hours a day do they work? Mentally what’s their mindset each day when they go to the office? Do you have a blueprint for aspiring million dollar producers to follow?”
Listen to Don’s answer or read the transcript below.
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