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Financial Planning

Financial planning is driven by a client’s personal and financial priorities. In this way, each plan is unique. Understanding basic and advanced planning techniques can help you deliver personalized plans to all your clients, regardless of where they are in their financial lifecycle, to help them achieve their most important goals in life.

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More Than a Financial Professional: How to Be a Life Coach for Your Clients

“Studies show you can’t be successful in one area of life if you have issues in others,” said Deanna Laufer,… Read More

Using Financial Wellness Technology to Connect with Millennials When and Where They Look for Financial Advice

This is the third blog in a three-part series on serving the underserved millennial generation—our first and second posts discussed… Read More

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How a Crisis Accelerates the Need for Holistic Planning and Education for Clients

A few months ago, I would have given a different answer to the question, “What do you see influencing the… Read More

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Four Generational Trends Financial Planners Should Consider in Engaging Today’s Client

The financial planner clients I work with through my firm, Generational Insights, find it’s getting harder to engage and gain the… Read More

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Earning Millennial Trust by Meeting Expectations for a Seamless Digital Experience

This is the second blog in a three-part series on serving the underserved millennial generation—you can read the first post… Read More

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Personalizing Client Communications Can Build Deeper Planning Relationships

Let’s face it, when it comes to financial advice your clients have plenty of options. Perhaps more than office location,… Read More

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Getting Started with Financial Planning at Your Firm

I believe that financial planning is the future of our industry. Client expectations are evolving, technology is disrupting the traditional… Read More

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Engaging Millennials Requires New, Transparent Pricing Models for Financial Planning

For financial professionals, the millennial generation matters now. A recent study from Fidelity showed that 57 percent of advisors’ clients… Read More

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How to Use Transparency in Financial Planning as a Tool for Client Engagement

Transparency in financial planning is a powerful way to build trust and engagement. It involves clients in the financial planning… Read More

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Bridging the Gap Between Finance and Technology

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it trying economic times for clients and their advisors. Like during the Financial Crisis… Read More

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