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We all know that the advisor who offers the most comprehensive services is the most indespensible to their clients and commands the highest compensation.

My goal with this blog is to share tools and resources to help financial advisors offer even more fully comprehensive financial services to their clients.


All the best in Implementing,
Mark

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Ideal Clients

Jan 23, 2012

A Script for Financial Advisors Who Want to Offer More Comprehensive Services

by Mark Little — last modified Jan 24, 2012 12:05 AM

Want to change how you do business? Script out your conversation before talking with your clients so you clearly present the benefits and your delivery will be smooth, heartfelt, and thorough. read more...

Jan 04, 2012

How to Earn Trust – Tell Your Potential Clients the Whole Truth Up Front

by Mark Little — last modified Jan 05, 2012 12:05 AM

When talking with a potential client, a financial advisor needs to clearly reveal his or her profile of an ideal client, even the amount of financial assets required in order to qualify as one. read more...

Jan 02, 2012

How Financial Advisors Can Focus on Ideal Clients and Filter Out the Rest

by Mark Little — last modified Jan 03, 2012 12:05 AM
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Dec 28, 2011

The Top Ten Questions Clients Ask Financial Advisors and How to Answer Them

by Mark Little — last modified Dec 29, 2011 12:05 AM

Learn simple answers for three of the top ten pivotal questions that potential clients have. read more...

Dec 12, 2011

How Trusted Advisors “Get It” So Their Clients Feel Understood

by Mark Little — last modified Dec 13, 2011 12:05 AM

Walking in your clients’ shoes and defining how you solve their problems will make you trusted as a financial advisor. read more...

Jul 22, 2011

Key Financial Plans Essential to your Best-in-Class Deliverables Team

by Mark Little — last modified Jul 22, 2011 12:00 PM

Imagine how building a Best-In-Class team of experts would positively contribute to a growing client base and thriving business. read more...

Mar 19, 2011

A Day Without Sunshine is Like, Night

by Mark Little — last modified Mar 19, 2011 12:00 AM

Have you considered that what you believe clients value in a Trusted Advisor may be night and day from what they actually value most? read more...

Aug 20, 2010

Do Not Expect the Media to Describe Your Value

by Mark Little — last modified Aug 20, 2010 04:00 PM

Doing an adequate job of describing your value and distinguishing between what makes you a different type of financial advisor and the services you provide is better than leaving it up to the media to drive your ideal client to you. read more...

Aug 10, 2010

Politely Disengaging

by Mark Little — last modified Aug 10, 2010 09:45 PM

How does an advisor disengage from non-ideal clients when transitioning to a select group of ideal clients receiving comprehensive services? read more...

Mar 23, 2010

Complete the “Mental Shift”

by Mark Little — last modified Mar 23, 2010 04:00 PM

How successful financial advisors can make the mind shift and capture what their Ideal Clients want. read more...

Mar 16, 2010

A Lesson in “Missing the Point”

by Mark Little — last modified Mar 16, 2010 04:00 PM

In the financial services industry, it’s easy to miss the simple things which Ideal Clients value the most. To address their greatest values, use a process that orchestrates all the people in your Ideal Client’s financial life. read more...

Mar 08, 2010

Strangely, Most Experts Avoid Recommendations

by Mark Little — last modified Mar 09, 2010 11:30 AM

Do your Subject Matter Experts provide recommendations, or do they give skilled advice and general (non-specific) counsel? read more...

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Mark McKenna Little Speaker, Author & Trusted Advisor. In 1999 I was ready to leave the financial services industry; not because I wasn’t financially successful (I had built a multi-six figure business), but because I was overwhelmed. I had waaay too many clients & worked 84 hours per week. Rather than quit my business, I decided to try one last thing: I became passionate about relentlessly creating and implementing organized documented systems and processes into my practice. I was able to reduce my workweek to 3 days a week while quadrupling my income to well over $1 million per year of predictable recurring revenue.

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