/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 1 comment
Prospecting is the one crucial marketing activity you need to undertake in order to identify and attract new clients.
New clients will not fall into your lap by accident. If people don’t know who you are, they will never understand what you can do for them. If you don’t make prospecting a habit you will neither achieve success in terms of your own goals, nor will you be able to help others achieve theirs. So rather than dreading the ‘prospect’ of prospecting, see it for what it is: the backbone of your business.
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New Advisors: Learning to Cope with These Five Things Will Help You Persevere
/ by Don Connelly / Best Practices / 0 comments
Outstanding advisors possess sustainability; they have the ability to overcome mental and emotional obstacles in a way that average advisors can’t. Simply passing the relevant exams won’t help you develop these coping skills – they don’t get taught in training. So, if you too want to reach the top of your profession, you’ll need to develop a tough mindset and overcome difficulties that others cannot.
Here are five things you’ll frequently encounter in your practice that you need to cope with to stay the course.
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Why Financial Advisors Must Embrace Prospecting
/ by Don Connelly / Prospecting / 1 comment
Prospecting is the one crucial marketing activity you need to undertake in order to identify and attract new clients.
New clients will not fall into your lap by accident. If people don’t know who you are, they will never understand what you can do for them. If you don’t make prospecting a habit you will neither achieve success in terms of your own goals, nor will you be able to help others achieve theirs. So rather than dreading the ‘prospect’ of prospecting, see it for what it is: the backbone of your business.
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