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Creating Equitable Referral Alliances

April 14, 2026

For referral alliances to be sustainable both parties must feel that the alliance is equitable. If one party keeps getting more out of it than the other, is that alliance likely to last long term?…

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How much TIME do super-successful advisers spend on marketing?

March 13, 2026

How much an adviser should spend on marketing is a perennial question with an expectation that there is a definitive $ or % answer. There isn’t. So the better question is how much time should…

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Are You PLANNING To Build Influencers?

November 11, 2025

For an industry focused on planning, advisers have a tendency to forget planning how they will build their influencers. I know that sounds like a heck of a generalisation, however it is one founded upon…

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Give COI’s the experience of what you do

April 30, 2024

One of the most effective things you can do to create confidence and support from prospective COI’s is take them through your client experience. Actually do the job that you do, for the Centre Of…

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Buildong a COI referral system for financial advisors

How to build a COI referral system

July 13, 2022

If you want to get a regular, repeatable, stream of well qualified prospects for your business then nothing beats having a Centre of Influence (COI) driving the right types of ideal clients to you. A…

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Begin Within: The FIRST Place To Market Your Practice

March 4, 2022

The first place you should market your practice and your own expertise is inside your own practice. Begin Within. It is where you will have the most receptive environment for refining and crafting your value…

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How to work with multiple COI’s in the same sector

August 2, 2021

Is it possible to work successfully with multiple COI’s (centre’s of influence) from the same sector? Many professionals would say “no”…or they do to me anyway. The feeling is that if the COI’s are competitors…

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