Financial Advisor Marketing Podcast

Let me tell you a secret that might cause you so much frustration that you close out this episode… or that will give you the "ah-ha" moment your subconscious has been desperately searching for.  It has to do with your approach to marketing and it answers the question of why growing a financial advice business is so freaking difficult.  The secret? Your marketing sucks because you believe marketing equals providing information.  This is why prospective clients overflow with objections to your sales presentations… why your calendar is collecting more digital dust than PDFs in your Downloads file… and why, no matter what you say or how many hours you spend working, your business NEVER grows.  In fact, overwhelming prospective clients with information and education makes them far less likely to hire you as their financial advisor compared to the new approach you'll learn in this episode.  Listen now.  Show highlights include: Why your business doing "fine" is the single most dangerous place it can be (1:16)   How a simple shift in your marketing can help you book more high-quality appointments in the next 30 days than you have in the past 6 months combined (1:56)  The "Teacher Trap" that nearly all middling financial advice businesses fall into that stifles their growth, forces prospects to run to the closest competitor, and fills you with endless frustration (2:33)  How to "hijack" prospective clients' nervous systems and ethically give them no other option other than paying your fees (2:54)  Why telling silly stories, even ones that have nothing to do with financial advice at all, will not only make your calendar fill up, but your client roster too (3:21)   Two embarrassingly simple ways (that almost no financial advisor uses) to make prospective clients' "short circuit" and give you their undivided attention and trust (4:53)  A weird "glitch" almost all financial advisors have that intimates prospective clients and makes them freeze instead of pay your fees (7:02)  How being a narrator of your thoughts in your marketing copy works almost too well for making prospects eager to hire you (8:34)  Why lots of financial advisors market in a way where it is neurologically impossible for people to become clients (and how to avoid this fatal mistake) (12:11)   The simple, but powerful trick for framing your high fees as a reason to trust you (14:41)  Want to see the magic that happens when your marketing works with human psychology instead of fighting against it as most advisors do? Then I recommend my Profitable Pricing Blueprint, which you can find below: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Pricing  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Every time I mention productivity secrets for busy financial advisors, a few like to jab back at me that productivity secrets can't help when you have young children.  Not only is this dead wrong, but it's a completely backwards excuse too.  You need productivity secrets when you have children or else one of two things will happen (and sometimes both happen): Either your business will start to sputter and risk collapsing completely… or you'll save your business at the expense of your relationship with your kids.  And, like I said, sometimes both things happen: Your business and your relationship with your kids crumble faster than you know how to fix.   Today's show is your antidote.  Listen now.  Show highlights include: Why productivity principles become more important after kids than they are before kids (especially if you use your kids as an excuse to be disorganized, inconsistent, and passive in your business) (2:04)  Here are a few eye-opening examples of how expensive the opportunity cost becomes when you have children (2:47)  Why reading marketing books and listening to business podcasts is a recipe for anxiety when you don't have this… (4:10)  How being under the foot of your business not only strangles your growth, but can also make your kids despise you (and how to take back control of your business) (5:46)  The uncomfortable "Optimization Theater" reality that explains why most productivity advice does not and cannot grow your wealth (13:27)  Asking yourself this one question can forever make you not only more productive, but also far more effective at growing your business (13:53)  How to become more productive without exerting more effort (and, in many cases, exerting less effort) (14:56)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Most financial advisors believe that their experience is the best trust signal to attract and land new clients.  This might've been the case years ago, but it's not necessarily true.  Not to mention… there are three specific trust signals that consistently crush years of experience (even 30+ years). And when they're combined, then, well, something magical happens in prospective clients' brains.  That's what I'm sharing with you in today's show.   Listen now.  Show highlights include: 3 types of content that consistently outperform all other types for financial advisors (I learned this after studying hundreds of financial advisors' content) (1:31)  The weird way to use your own student loan debt to make your ideal clients sprint to your scheduler for an appointment (3:42)  How having more experience as a financial advisor can actually work against your marketing (4:33)  The "lizard brain" secret behind why some brand-spanking-new advisors earn trust easier from prospective clients than you do (even if you have 30+ years experience) (8:20)  A few ways to leverage pattern recognition to effortlessly earn trust (9:50)  Why having a long and lengthy list of credentials might be scaring clients away faster than they're attracting them (11:51)  A simple formula that ethically forces your prospective client to give you their full trust (16:25) How to merge the 3 trust signals into a powerfully persuasive elevator script that can make your calendar flood with high-quality appointments (18:07)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.   

Most financial advisors think they have a niche, but what they really have is a big demographic. In other words, their niche is too broad… and when your niche is too broad, it sabotages your marketing.   That's the bad news.  The good news? If your niche is too broad, I can help you fix it in 20 minutes.  But only if you listen to this episode.  Show highlights include: 3 reasons why having a broad niche makes your marketing less persuasive and less effective (2:48)  How to hack the reticular activating system of prospective clients and ethically force them to trust you (3:10)  Why financial advisors are at risk for being seen as commodities to your clients (and how to prevent your clients from treating you like a commodity) (4:50)  How to "get away" with charging two to three times more without losing any clients (and perhaps even attracting more clients) (6:17)  Why simply niching down can make your closing rate skyrocket (10:04)  6 questions that will make your niche crystal clear and narrow enough to be effective (15:28)  The "What Hurts" niche creation secret that can improve your entire marketing strategy overnight (17:53)  My single favorite niche-building secret that almost no other financial advisor uses (20:57)   Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

Most financial advisors are so generic, boring, and flat in their marketing that they come across as completely forgettable.  You could be the best advisor in the world with the best track record of wealth creation - but it won't matter if you're so bland nobody remembers your name.  If you actually want to get more clients, then you need to be willing to be a little unusual.  And that's what you'll discover when you listen to this episode. I'm sharing some of my most unusual (and effective) marketing tricks that will land you more appointments and more clients.  Listen now. Show highlights include: The "honey cinnamon butter" secret that, when used correctly, will get you more clients (1:10)  How inserting your hobbies, favorite restaurants, and kids into your marketing can "pre-sell" a prospective client and make them only interested in working with you (3:23)  The strange, but true reason sharing your worst financial mistakes can make someone want to hire you as their financial advisor (4:28)  Try adding this to the PS of your next email to stand out from the sea of generic, boring, and forgettable advisors (4:50)  How to tap into and alleviate the deep-rooted fear most prospective clients have and instantly melt their hesitation (10:02)  10 words that can make the most skeptical prospective buyer whip out their credit card and pay you on the spot (14:24)   Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

The bar to stand out as a financial advisor is incredibly low.  Why? Because most advisors think, for some reason, that their profession is immune from market forces.  This explains the results from a recent study that reported that 1 in 5 clients plan to fire their financial advisor.  And it gets way worse…  The study also found that people value their financial advisors less than they value the services provided by almost any other kind of professional: from personal trainers to pool cleaners to nannies and almost every other service you can think of.  Read that again: Your clients value their pool cleaner more than you.  The good news is that the bar to stand out is incredibly low. And after you listen to this episode, you'll understand why so many clients plan to fire their financial advisor… and how you can be one of the few advisors whose clients would never even think of firing you.  Listen now. Show highlights include: Why wealthy clients value almost every other service they pay for more than they value financial advisors (0:38)  Think you won't be fired because you serve high-net-worth clients? Here's why wealthy clients are more likely to fire you than a low net worth client (1:40)  The "point to" secret for making your clients value your services more than their weekly pool cleaner (this might sound silly, but it silently sabotages so many advisors' bottom line) (3:44)  How to be the advisor that doesn't get fired when your clients go through their expense reports (7:09)  Why thinking and approaching your marketing like Zillow does with real estate can prevent AI from stealing all your clients (10:13)  3 things that every client who hires a financial advisor wants from them (13:11) The "Value Packaging" method that turns all the invisible things you do for clients into real, tangible, perceived value (17:00)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Most financial advisors have been sold a lie from so-called marketing experts that causes you to waste your time for no results, fills you with frustration, and makes the already tough job of growing your business infinitely more difficult… The lie? Educating, teaching, and "giving value" in your marketing. While this might seem like a strategy that works, it collapses immediately when you think about it.  Here's why: When you're teaching and "giving value," you're activating the logical side of the brain, not the emotional side. But the emotional side is the one that buys and invests in anything.  That's the bad news.  The good news? In today's show, you'll discover how you can get better results than the so-called marketing experts and 3 marketing shifts you can implement this week that will improve your marketing across the board.  Listen now. Show highlights include: Why listening to so-called marketing experts is particularly lethal for financial advisors (1:18)  How teaching in your marketing makes prospective clients run away and hand their money to another advisor (1:59) ' The only 2 things that causes the human brain to take action that reveals why teaching is not an effective marketing strategy (4:37)  3 marketing shifts to make in your business (and I'll be floored if following these 3 shifts doesn't radically improve your marketing performance) (6:45)  The "Trans" mistake almost every financial advisor makes that stifles their marketing efforts (16:04)  4 real life ways to frame your "comprehensive financial plan" that your prospective clients actually care about (16:45)  My Profitable Pricing Blueprint gives you an unfair advantage over AI. Get it before AI chops off your business's head at https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Pricing  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

I have a confession:  I was wrong about using AI for marketing. Especially for financial advisors.  I thought that prompting AI better would generate better results. While this is true for a few very specific, data-based AI projects, it categorically fails for financial advisor marketing for one glaring reason:  The source material AI pulls its answers from is based on Reddit, Wikipedia, and Facebook. It's the purest form of average possible.  And since financial advisor marketing is fundamentally different from marketing for other industries, it will only waste your time and your money.  That's the bad news.  The good news? In this episode, I share a new and little-known AI tool that fixes this "source material" problem for financial advisors.  Listen now. Show highlights include: How chasing bright, shiny objections in your business will make you unhappier in your personal life (3:26)  Why becoming a better AI prompter is a waste of time that won't improve your marketing and might even plant the seeds of your financial advice business's destruction (4:06)  AI's big, fat "source material" problem that explains why using it for marketing will always generate lackluster results (especially for financial advisors) (5:16)  The only AI tool that I can confidently recommend to financial advisors who want to improve their marketing (13:03)  My Profitable Pricing Blueprint gives you an unfair advantage over AI. Get it before AI chops off your business's head at https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Pricing  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.   

Through the years, I've earned a reputation as a fixer. Financial advisors bring me problems, and I help them figure it out. But there are some problems I can't fix. Problems an advisor has to overcome on their own before I (or anybody else) can possibly help them.  And in this episod,e I'm sharing 15 of them. I'll explain what they are, why I can't fix them, and why they're destructive to financial advisors. I'll also help you see (if any of them apply to you) how you can work through them so they don't hold you down forever. Listen now! Show highlights include: Why platitudes from "nice" people keep you stuck in mediocrity. (5:26) Heartbreaking reason many financial advisors fail. (8:29) How avoiding risk becomes the biggest risk. (8:47) Flawed "savings" strategy even financial advisors fall for. And how to keep it from costing you a fortune. (11:12) "Green light" to do the work, even when you aren't motivated. (13:06) Surprising way to filter feedback so you can ignore what stinks without missing what you need. (14:48) What really causes your analysis paralysis? (16:26) Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

Success isn't complicated. But achieving success gets complicated if you lean too much on your own smarts and abilities, and not enough on what others can teach you. Thankfully, you can overcome the temptation to be self-absorbed by learning one word: The word I share and explain in this episode. This one thing, taught in the Bible and proven by experience, has enabled all my success. And if you're ready to truly listen, this could be the most valuable podcast you ever hear. Listen now! Show highlights include: What recently received "nastygrams" reveal about toxic ego. (3:57) How an age-defying dog can keep humble and eager to learn. (5:46) Ethical way to learn from anybody, even if they're deeply flawed. (7:19) What the Bible says about seeking advisors and counsel, and the blunt term it uses for people who won't. (7:52) "Terrifying" secret advantage to stay on top of your game. (8:57) How to defer to your superiors without abandoning reason and compromising your values. (11:48) "Gravitational pull" that prevents competent financial advisors from getting more clients. (14:14) What it really means to listen, and how to use your listening skills to leapfrog your peers. (15:34) My proprietary strategy to reach the top 1% in the skill of your choice. (20:06) Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

AI is coming for advisors' jobs. It just passed the CFA exam in mere minutes. It doesn't matter what you personally think about AI or whether or not you think it gives good financial advice: Your market believes it does! That's the bad news.  The good news? You can change the perception of your market… but you must first realize this threat for what it is. Your potential clients believe AI can do a good enough job… and it can do it far faster and cheaper than you.  In today's show, you'll discover how to prevent AI from stealing your clients and why this threat requires your immediate action. Listen now. Show highlights include: Why AI will replace financial advisors (and why AI won't replace financial advisors) (0:55)  4 reasons why the financial advice industry will be hit harder by AI than other industries (3:36)  How to prevent your financial advice business from going the same way as the camera business did after iPhones came out (5:06)  An alarming trend about your potential clients using ChatGPT instead of booking a call with you (8:57)  How to engineer a new perception around your offer and eliminate the threat of AI stealing your market share (10:48)  My 3 predictions for what will separate the advisors who adapt and crush AI and those who will be mollywhopped by AI (12:05)  How to make your services the obvious choice over AI by studying the old Mac vs PC ads (13:42)  Here is a cheat code for absolutely decimating AI in front of prospective clients (17:56)  4 things you must do to eliminate the threat of AI (and even turn it into an ally for growing your financial advice business) (23:07) My Profitable Pricing Blueprint gives you an unfair advantage over AI. Get it before AI chops off your business's head at https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Pricing  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

It shocks me how many financial advisors struggle with their own finances.  If you struggle with your own money, how do you expect any clients to trust you with their money? But that's the unfortunate reality for far too many advisors. That's why I recorded this episode.  I'm going to show you how to force yourself to make more money.  Listen now. Show highlights include: Why being psychologically congruent gives you an unfair leg up over almost every advisor you'll compete against (2:04)  The neglected "circulation" secret for almost magically filling your pipeline with highly qualified prospective clients (3:30)  How your friends and family might be keeping you broke (and what to do about it) (6:33)  A simple formula any financial advisor can follow to double or even triple their income (11:54)  How research and planning only delays your wealth (and may sacrifice it completely) (14:12)  How inexperienced advisors can become more experienced than advisors with decades in the game in only a few short years (19:12)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Every prospective client you'll ever meet will have some objections to working with you. The problem most advisors make is that they take these objections personally. The reality is, most of the time, they're rooted in your prospective client's insecurities, and have absolutely nothing to do with you.  But there's another problem:  Your prospective clients also aren't about to open themselves up like you're their therapist and tell you about all of their biggest fears and insecurities.  That's the bad news.  The good news? There's a way to uncover this intel, incorporate it into your marketing, and dismantle their objections before they even put words to their emotions.  And that's what I show you how to do in this episode.  Listen now. Show highlights include: This is probably the #1 most effective marketing secret I've ever learned (and it's also the most looked over by other advisors) (0:33)  The single most dominant emotion prospective clients have before meeting with you (1:11)  Why financial advisors consistently get disappointed when they implement funnels recommended by Alex Hormozi, Russell Brunson, and Gary Vee (2:23)  The "inner world" mindset shift that instantly relieves you of taking objections personally (3:51)  How to make a prospective client tell you their biggest objections so you dismantle them before they ever come up in conversation (5:33)  Why engineers and physicians object to your financial services (6:05)  How to pre-handle objections in your marketing before ever even meeting a prospective client (7:15)  A real life demonstration of Pollard AI in action (think it could help you become a better marketer? find out at…) (10:55)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Most advisors try a bunch of random LinkedIn marketing strategies, then get discouraged and quit when they get subpar results.  The problem? You're vastly overcomplicating LinkedIn. In fact, I can sum up the single most effective LinkedIn strategy in only 5 words. That's it. If your plan isn't that simple, you're wasting a bunch of your time for nada.  Here's the good news:  By simplifying your strategy with the one I recommend in today's show, you'll not only free up your time, but your results will "hockey stick" too.  Listen now if you want real results from LinkedIn.  Show highlights include: How to make LinkedIn one of your most successful marketing strategies you've ever run (6:30)  Why overcomplicating your LinkedIn marketing strategy is the #1 reason it'll fail (and the 5-word strategy that gets you almost more clients than you can handle) (7:35)  The "newsfeed" trick that's so obvious it's overlooked - and how it guarantees your DMs get seen (8:30)  Why having SalesNavigator send you LinkedIn prospects is a quick way to blow through your dough without landing a single appointment (9:22)  The weird way to "hire" LinkedIn as your personal (and free) marketing intern by getting a fewer number of responses (11:00)  Why treating LinkedIn like a numbers game is the single biggest mistake you can make on the platform (13:42) The "Digital Begging" mistake upwards of 90% of advisors using LinkedIn as a marketing strategy commit (19:06)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

There are an endless stream of marketing resources for advisors. But most advisors get overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information available.  And you know what? Most of the information can actually harm your business.  That ends today.  In today's show, I reveal the 3 best marketing resources ever created for advisors. After listening to this episode, you will have all the ingredients you need to grow your financial advice business. And grow it at breakneck speed.  Listen now. Show highlights include: How to get 24/7 access to me without forking over my hefty consulting fees (2:00)  Why financial advisors who use AI bots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity will fizzle out completely and go extinct soon (3:44)  How to create a step-by-step marketing plan based on your location, expertise, and marketing know-how in two minutes or less (10:42)  Here's an old direct mail headline that can fill your calendar with high-quality prospects by tweaking a few words (13:04)  Why the Bible is the best "law of attraction" book on the planet (15:55)  2 collections of letters to shareholders that will make your business grow faster and easier just by reading through them (17:42)   If you want Jeff to build a custom CRM solution that fits your financial advice business like a glove, visit his website at https://advisortechpartners.com and click the big, orange button.  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.

In the past 10 years, I've seen financial advisors finally start adopting CRMs to help automate and simplify their businesses. This was not the case when I first started.  But as you'll discover from today's guest, Jeff Rusin, co-founder of Advisor Tech Partners and advisor-specific CRM whiz, most advisors still aren't tapping into the full productivity powers of their CRM.  That's why Jeff and I recorded this show: To help your financial advice business become more productive, more profitable, and even more pleasurable.  Listen now. Show highlights include: This high-quality touchpoint trick might help you sell a prospective client before your first intro meeting (5:25)  The "Gloved CRM" approach that will save your entire team so much time that you might have to find a new hobby (6:38) The single most common CRM mistakes advisors make without even realizing it (14:43)  How the rarely discussed "pattern recognition" benefit of CRMs can boost your bottom line by up to 80% (15:49)  Why shiny object syndrome as an advisor will make your team hate your guts (and how to prevent being overwhelmed by its seductive pull) (28:31)  A real life example of how business owners sabotage themselves, their business, and their legacies every day by making this simple error (31:03)  If you want Jeff to build a custom CRM solution that fits your financial advice business like a glove, visit his website at https://advisortechpartners.com and click the big, orange button.  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Most advisors need a marketing reality check:  They might run ads for a few weeks, get no results, then shut them off before they have a chance to return your investment. Or they post on LinkedIn a few times a month, then get discouraged when new clients don't line up in their DMs. Or they send a monthly newsletter for a couple months, then decide it's too hard.  If you're not showing up consistently, day in and day out, then you aren't "marketing." You're making excuses while your competitors are getting ahead.  Today's show gives you your medicine. You may not like what you hear, but you'll thank me later for waking you up.  Listen now. Show highlights include: The one pattern I've noticed amongst unsuccessful financial advisors that holds them back (1:07)  The 2 only ways financial advisors can improve their marketing (2:59)  4 questions that will give you a marketing reality check you won't be able to ignore, but will boost every marketing activity you do (3:52)  This competitive advantage requires no skill or talent, and yet, most financial advisors never even consider it (13:24)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Here's a harsh truth that most financial advisors don't realize until it's far too late: It's an investment in your business to repel the wrong prospects away. It makes you more productive. Improves your emotional resilience. And, most importantly, it frees up room for better clients who will listen and act on your advice without causing headaches. But most advisors never think about "repellant marketing" until they've built a big business that tears them away from their family, spikes their cortisol levels to dangerous heights, and steals all of their precious time away from them.  Today's show will help you realize this trap before it's too late.  You'll discover why the "meat cleaver" strategy is necessary if you want wealth and freedom. And I'll share some of the most effective "meat cleavers" financial advisors can use to free up their time and grow their wealth.  Listen now. Show highlights include: The "meat cleaver" strategy that boosts your productivity, grows your bottom line, and eliminates endless business frustration… all at the same time (2:23)  How eliminating large swaths of potential customers is the fastest way to grow your business (5:47)  Most financial advisors don't have the cajones (or frankly, the cash flow) to try this specific "meat cleaver accelerator"… But nothing is better at upgrading your list of clients' net worth (10:45)  Why you must take back your power in your business today or you'll forever live under someone else's boot (15:45)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

What if you have a simple, proven, and reliable formula for creating content that generates high-quality leads? Do you think you'd be able to make more money, create more freedom (to spend however you see fit), and grow less overwhelmed by the difficulty of growing your business? Well, there's only one way to find out: I get tactical in today's show, and reveal a proven three-step formula for lead-generating content. If you can't create better content that's more effective at driving leads to set appointments with you after listening to today's show, there's a deeper threat to your business.  Listen now. Show highlights include: How financial advisors subconsciously sabotage their business's success without realizing it (and the only way I've discovered to prevent this from happening to your business) (5:35)  The "3S" content creation formula that's as simple as it is effective at filling your calendar with high-quality appointments (5:49)  How creating content around fictional characters can actually fill your calendar with more real leads than real characters and clients can (and it doesn't violate any compliance laws) (6:47)  The persuasion trick to make your prospective clients see themselves in any story you tell - even completely made-up stories (8:19)  How to segue into a pitch for your financial services without coming across salesy or like an amateur marketer (11:39)  3 examples of how financial advisors can follow this proven three-step content creation formula and get high-quality leads by next week (12:21)  Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift:  If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free. 

Most people treat making money as if it's magical fairy dust that falls from the sky. It sounds silly, but it's painfully true. They think degrees, certifications, and other external factors are responsible for their wealth… and this leaves them terribly disconnected from this fact: Making money is a skill, which, like other skills, can be honed and improved over time. It's really no different from setting new PRs in the gym, learning a new tune on the guitar, or leveling up in a video game. The difference? In the latter, people give themselves time, focus, and freedom from their fear to grow their skillsets. But 99% of people throw these necessary ingredients out of the window when it comes to the skill of making money. After listening to today's show, you'll know what 99% of people don't understand about making money, and how you can be in the 1% of people who do. Listen now. Show highlights include: Why being a former athlete gives you an unfair advantage at wealth accumulation (even if you were only an athlete in high school) (1:12) How to understand more about making money than 99% of people just by tuning in at (5:28) The weird way advisors routinely cut their income in half without realizing it (6:06) How striving to be the Michael Jordan of financial advice puts a hard ceiling on your wealth (even if this seems counterintuitive) (14:11) Since you listen to this podcast, I want to give you a gift: If you subscribe to the Inner Circle Newsletter, I'll send you a collection of seven "objection busting" and copyright free emails, personally written by me, that you can use right away to begin getting more clients. Sign up here: https://TheAdvisorCoach.com/Coaching. Then, let me know you subscribed, and I will reply back with a link where you can download them for free.