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The Financial Advisor Success podcast brings you real success stories and insights from the most successful financial advisors, and leading industry consultants, about how to take your advisory business to the next level. Get a glimpse of what it's like behind the scenes building a successful advisory business, and how entrepreneurial advisors navigate the inevitable highs, and lows, of growing a firm. Whether you're a new financial advisor trying to get started on the right foot, or an experienced advisor who's hit a wall, we're here to give you the insights and inspiration you need to break through and reach the level of success you want to achieve.
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- 4 days ago1h 30m
Ep 513: The Path From (Unpaid) Intern To CEO Of A $3.4 Billion Advisory Firm with Neela Hummel
While some advisors work at multiple firms throughout their careers, others work their way up within a single firm. Today's guest shares how she climbed the ladder from serving as an unpaid intern to CEO of the same, now-$3.4 billion, RIA. Neela Hummel is the CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners, and she joins the show to share how she found opportunities to support senior advisors relatively early in her career, building her confidence and expertise to take the lead with clients. Listen in as she takes us through her transition into leadership, how she balanced management and business development responsibilities, and how she structures her schedule around the work that has the greatest impact. Neela also explains how she supports her personal and professional goals, the value of expanding equity ownership in a firm, and how curiosity has been a key contributor to her career success. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/513
- 1 weeks ago1h 30m
Ep 512: Winning Clients And Moving 'Upmarket' By Being Confident In Telling Your Value Story with Chris Smith
A discovery meeting can either feel like a sales conversation or the beginning of a relationship where a prospect feels genuinely understood. Today's guest believes the difference comes down to how advisors lead the conversation, listen to what prospects are actually saying, and guide them towards the next step. Chris Smith is the founder of PSBLTY, a brand strategy, design, and implementation firm working with financial advisors, teams, and firms. In this episode, Chris shares how leadership shapes the discovery process, why advisors should spend most of the initial meeting listening and reflecting a prospect's concerns back to them, and what can create a stronger path to a second meeting. You'll also learn how to structure that second meeting around planning insights and strategy without overwhelming the prospect, the scripts Chris uses to invite prospects to become clients, and how his background in commercial real estate shaped his approach to prospect communication. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/512
- 2 weeks ago1h 29m
Ep 511: Outsourcing And Managing Client Headcount To Stay Lean As A Two-Founder, $150M Firm with Ashlee deSteiger
What if growing your financial planning firm didn't have to mean giving up the lifestyle you worked so hard to create? For today's guest, building a successful advisory firm has meant finding ways to grow while protecting her time, energy, and freedom. Ashlee deSteiger is co-owner of Gunder Wealth Management, an RIA based in Birmingham, Michigan, that oversees approximately $150 million in assets under management for 100 client households. In this episode, Ashlee shares the practical decisions that have helped her create a business that works around her life rather than asking her life to revolve around the business. Listen in to hear how she freed up time for higher-value work, including by working with a virtual assistant, what helps her stay top-of-mind with potential clients, and how she's managed client headcount over time. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/511
- 3 weeks ago1h 30m
Ep 510: Creating Effective Discovery Meetings To Convert 100% Of (High-Value) Prospects Into Clients with Michael Yoder
An effective discovery process not only can help an advisor better understand prospects' unique situations, but also can increase the rate at which they become full-time clients. Today's guest shares how he has developed a discovery process that has converted every prospect who has gone through it into a client over the past decade. Michael Yoder is the founder of Yoder Wealth Management, an RIA based in Walnut Creek, California, that oversees approximately $400 million in assets under management for 64 client households. In this episode, he shares how he uses an introductory call to identify whether a prospect is the right fit, prepares clients for more personal conversations about money, and uses a deep discovery meeting to uncover their values, priorities, and goals. Listen in to hear how narrowing his expertise helped him build relationships with CPAs and generate more referrals, why specialized knowledge in areas such as retirement income and equity compensation can create new opportunities, and why he decided to reduce the total client headcount he serves to better meet his lifestyle goals. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/510
- Sep 29, 20261h 30m
Ep 509: Systematizing Your Differentiated Service As A (True) Retirement Expert While Scaling To $850M Of AUM with Dana Anspach
Standing out as a true retirement expert: today's guest shares how she systemized her service by leaning into decumulation planning and running multiple tests on client plans to give them greater confidence that they will meet their retirement goals. Dana Anspach is the founder of Sensible Money, an RIA based in Scottsdale, Arizona, that oversees $850 million in assets under management for 330 client households. In this episode, you'll hear how Dana uses historical return sequences to stress test portfolios against real-world market conditions. She also talks about how she identifies opportunities to lock in gains and applies an asset-liability matching approach to create enough cash flow to help clients weather market downturns. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/509
- Sep 22, 20261h 35m
Ep 508: Leveraging Video The Right Way To Add $1M Of New Revenue In Less Than 12 Months with Nate Hoskin
While it can seem like video content is everywhere, creating educational videos doesn't automatically result in viewers (or new clients) for financial advisors. Which suggests that taking a structured, evidence-based approach to video content could lead to a greater return on investment and a more satisfying experience. Today's guest joins the show to share what advisors can learn from his experience building an advisory firm through video, going from creating financial education videos on TikTok to building an audience of nearly 80,000 followers. Nate Hoskin is the co-founder of SageContent, a platform that supports financial advisors in creating video marketing content. Listen in as Nate breaks down the lessons from his journey, including why follower numbers aren't enough and why understanding the audience you actually want to serve is critical to turning attention into business growth. You'll learn how to distinguish "performative" marketing from "performance" marketing, why data gives advisors the opportunity to improve their content faster, and how to build a funnel that turns viewers into prospects. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/508
- Sep 15, 20261h 30m
Ep 507: Growing Bigger For Succession And Then Intentionally Downsizing For A Simpler Lifestyle Practice with Carolyn McClanahan
Making the decision to downsize after growing can be shocking, but might also be the best decision for work-life balance. Today's guest shares the lessons she learned from growing her firm to more than 100 clients, before ultimately deciding that downsizing was the right choice. Carolyn McClanahan is the founder of Life Planning Partners, an RIA based in Jacksonville, Florida, that oversees $300 million in assets under management for 65 client households. In this episode, Carolyn opens up about how she used business coaches to create clearer career paths, establish measurable expectations, and improve compensation structures, before ultimately recognizing that the firm's growth strategy was contributing to burnout. Listen in to learn why she believes the financial planning profession could benefit from medical-style residency programs and why building a great advisory firm sometimes means knowing when not to grow. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/507
- Sep 8, 20261h 30m
Ep 506: Building A 'Killer' Scorecard To Track Key Weekly Metrics On The Path To $275M AUM with Jenna Biancavilla
Key metrics can not only show how your advisory firm is performing, but also whether your team is thriving. Today's guest builds a 'killer' scorecard to track the metrics that matter – from client engagement and new business activity to employee time off and retention – as well as why she shares valuable planning insights with prospects before they even become clients and how being more selective about the clients she works with has helped reduce stress and create more time. Jenna Biancavilla is the founder of Pearl Capital Management, an RIA based in Phoenix that oversees approximately $275 million in assets under management for 110 client households. In this episode, she breaks down how she balances weekly and quarterly metrics, sets achievable targets, and uses data to keep her team focused on the firm's biggest priorities. Jenna also explains how adopting the Entrepreneurial Operating System helped her team address issues faster, run more effective meetings, and prioritize quarterly "rocks" that move the business forward. For show notes and more visit: https://www.kitces.com/506
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The Financial Advisor Success podcast brings you real success stories and insights from the most successful financial advisors, and leading industry consultants, about how to take your advisory business to the next level. Get a glimpse of what it's like behind the scenes building a successful advisory business, and how entrepreneurial advisors navigate the inevitable highs, and lows, of growing a firm. Whether you're a new financial advisor trying to get started on the right foot, or an experienced advisor who's hit a wall, we're here to give you the insights and inspiration you need to break through and reach the level of success you want to achieve.
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