business consulting

What is “Good Content” For Advisers To Use?

December 5, 2023

Nearly every advisory firm says “we need more prospects“. sure, more prospects helps build a business but what builds a business faster is good prospects who are a right fit, and who don’t really consider…

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R.I.P. To Some Accepted Wisdom For Growing A Practice

November 28, 2023

In good times growing a practice is difficult enough and one of the methods has become conventional wisdom – but that doesn’t mean it is right in these days of fundamental and structural change for…

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The Value of GETTING Good Advice

October 13, 2023

If you believe in the value of advice, then it makes sense to believe in the value of getting good advice for yourself – or rather, for your business. Nearly every small business can benefit…

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Compliant Advice: Here are the only 3 things that matter

July 24, 2023

Whenever the topic of compliance, or the “advice process”, comes up most advisers see themselves like this: Everyone is throwing everything at you with the sole intention of destroying you, right? As a consequence, compliance…

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How to do client video testimonials the right way!

May 10, 2023

Testimonials are good for business – but we all know that, right? Video testimonials are even better for business – and not everyone has got THAT yet. Being able to see the body language, and…

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Becoming Elite Comes From Being Just 1% Better

February 28, 2020

Becoming an elite adviser, or building an elite practice doesn’t come about by chance. It takes graft and grit…and help. Building a great business is rarely the result of a single champion taking on the…

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You are a professional? That doesn’t mean I trust you.

February 21, 2020

You’re a professional. Should I trust you? Nope. As a consumer, a user of professional services myself, I’m tired of hearing from professionals that they should be trusted just because they are labelled professionals. Let’s…

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Don’t rush to go “The Extra Mile” in client service just yet…

January 24, 2020

Go the extra mile and clients will love you, right? Maybe not. While I would be the first to say that an area of opportunity for professional services firms to excel in comparison to their…

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