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Innovation in delivering Financial Advice: Does it have to be this way?

by Tony Vidler “Innovation” and “delivering financial advice” do not usually go together for the majority in the industry. The way advice is delivered by tens of thousands of professionals tends to gravitate to the same methodology. There is safety hiding in the herd, right? Then the type of advice delivered by tens […]

Position Advice Properly as Success Coaching

by Tony Vidler The perennial challenge in selling advice is positioning it as valuable, and we should think about it and describe it the right way: great advice is about coaching. It IS coaching. Giving advice is all about analysing the desired outcomes for clients, weighing up the possibilities, deciding on the optimal […]

Demonstrate Value And Prospects Will Choose You

by Tony Vidler Smart advisers today make sure they are demonstrating their value to prospects. Having a prospect who is interested enough to hear what you have to offer has always been a necessary step on the path to getting a client, and it obviously remains so today. However, who the prospect decides […]

Value is not Black and White, it is Shades of Grey

by Tony Vidler At the most basic level “Value” can easily be defined: Value is Benefits less Costs. That simple definition doesn’t highlight the enormous range of definitions for “Benefits” though, which is why trying to understand what value is results in everyone seeing a different shade of grey. The range of possible benefits […]

Be Your Client’s Consigliere

by Tony Vidler Which is the more effective style for a financial adviser to adopt: 1. The Expert OR 2. The Counselor It is a question many struggle with, and the ideal position is actually: “be either depending on what is required” This choice is not really […]

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