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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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Thoughtful Thank You’s Generate More Referrals

December 16, 2025

Getting more referrals from existing clients and relationships is often a challenge, but you can generate more referrals from past referrers with a little more thought. Being thoughtful about expressing gratitude extends beyond “what is…

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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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Priorities: Which urgent AND important person comes first?

October 17, 2025

The classic urgent AND important dilemma: your best client is on the phone talking to you. An incoming call from your top Centre-of-Influence comes in while talking to your best client. Do you “end and…

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The key to successfully networking with Accountants

September 5, 2025

The key to successful professional networking is as simple as creating a win-win…everyone knows that. Networking with accountants will be successful if you know what the “win” looks like for them. Advisers historically – for…

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The 10 Things To Get Right For COI’s To Start (and Keep) Referring

August 8, 2025

A great Centre-of-Influence keeps referring…they are not really COI’s unless they keep referring. That relatively reliable constant stream of introduction to target market prospects can build an advisory business better than any other form of…

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

July 15, 2025

You have a couple of professionals from different firms in the same sector who you want to have as Centre’s-Of-Influence (COI’s), and most advisers think that is an impossibility. It is absolutely possible though…and I’d…

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