Tag: Business Strategy
The Story Your Data Tells with Erica Pauly (Ep. 20)

The Story Your Data Tells with Erica Pauly (Ep. 20)

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Tracking and learning from data might seem intimidating, but it holds the insights that can propel your growth.  

What if instead of fearing it, you looked at the story your data tells? 

In this episode of Full Advisor Coaching, Kristin Harad sits down with Erica Pauly, founder of Track That Advisor, to explore how understanding and leveraging measurements can help you achieve your goals. With a focus on growth strategies for financial advisors, Erica reveals how to make tracking fun and valuable, digging into the metrics that matter and how they can help you create version 2.0 of your RIA.

Discover how to be the protagonist in your data story and harness the power of numbers to inform your business development efforts, increase efficiency, and enhance your client experience.

Kristin and Erica discuss: 

  • Measurements such as stick rates, close rates, and average case sizes 
  • The importance of follow-up and how timely communication shifts the outcome of the prospect story
  • Defining who a qualified lead is to ensure effective use of marketing resources, especially across teams
  • Strategies for engaging existing clients and generating revenue through client referrals
  • How to use data to make informed decisions about hiring, marketing, and pricing
  • And more!

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About our Guest: 

Erica Pauly graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Rhetoric and Composition. She is an avid runner who enjoys running half marathons and the occasional full marathon. She resides in Gilbert, AZ with her husband (Brent) of 15 years, son (Triston), and daughters (Fiona and Eden).

When she’s not staring at and analyzing data sheets, she can be found outside while homeschooling her three children. She believes that nature and literature are the best teachers of all and that play, wonder, and curiosity are the baseline to growth understanding, problem-solving, and work ethic (after all, that’s how Track That Advisor began in the first place…a healthy dose of wonder and curiosity). The Paulys are active members of their local church and have a huge heart for missions, both overseas and local.

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Become Unstoppable: How To Pair Purpose with Profits (Ep. 19)

Become Unstoppable: How To Pair Purpose with Profits (Ep. 19)

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Imagine building a business that not only thrives but also leaves a lasting impact on your community.

In this inspiring episode of Full Advisor Coaching, host Kristin Harad speaks with Derrick Kinney, a former financial advisor and CEO who successfully built and sold a multimillion-dollar advisory business. Derrick shares his personal journey and discusses actionable strategies to help financial advisors stand out by building trust quickly, connecting deeply with clients, and integrating causes they care about into their business model. Packed with practical tips, this episode is perfect for advisors looking to build lasting client relationships while creating a purpose-driven business.

Key Highlights:

  • Build Trust Through Shared Values: Derrick explains how understanding and connecting with clients over shared values can help financial advisors foster deeper, more enduring relationships
  • Align Your Business with a Cause: Advocating for “radical generosity,” Derrick shows how aligning your business with a meaningful cause can attract like-minded clients and give greater meaning to your work
  • Purpose-Driven Marketing: Derrick stresses the importance of shifting from generic job titles to problem-solving conversations, using storytelling to build client trust and create emotional connections
  • Empowering Your Team: Ensure your entire team is aligned with your key messaging. Derrick shares tips on how to train your team to consistently communicate your firm’s mission, which enhances client engagement and brand cohesion
  • Passion-Driven Success: Derrick demonstrates how integrating personal passions into your business model not only helps differentiate your brand but also strengthens relationships with clients who value authenticity and purpose

For more insights, tune in to the episode and start aligning your business with what matters most.

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About our Guest: 

Derrick Kinney is changing how you feel about money. He believes money is not bad and good people should have more of it. Derrick is the author of the Wall Street Journal and USA TODAY national bestseller, Good Money Revolution. 

After applying these proven principles with thousands of clients, Derrick sold his multimillion-dollar financial advisory business to teach these success principles to all financial advisors. As CEO of Success for Advisors, Derrick and his team teach independent financial advisors a 5-step marketing framework to build 7-figure businesses that impact the world.

Known for making complex financial and business topics easy to understand, Derrick has been interviewed on CNBC, FOX News, CNN, FOX Business, Yahoo Finance!, PBS, Wall Street Journal, among others. As host of the top-rated Good Money podcast, he inspires business owners and entrepreneurs to make more money to do more good. His guests include Matthew McConaughey, Mel Robbins, Ed Mylett, Jon Gordon, Daymond John, and Sharon McMahon.

Recently Derrick set a big goal to positively impact one-million teens by giving them money, business, and life skills that aren’t taught in schools. As a passion project, he founded SimpleTeenSuccess.com, a new online program for teens to become money and business smart, build trust with adults, and stand out for the best opportunities.

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Heart First – How Advisors Can Unlock Their True Potential (Ep. 18)

Heart First – How Advisors Can Unlock Their True Potential (Ep. 18)

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What would happen to your client relationships if you led with your heart rather than your skill set and financial knowledge?  

In this compelling episode of “Full Advisor Coaching,” Kristin Harad is joined by Eric Negron, the visionary CEO of Forefront Wealth Partners, who shares powerful strategies to help financial advisors unlock their true potential. This episode explores the significance of mindset, leadership, and community within the financial advisory profession, offering actionable and inspiring advice for those seeking to grow both professionally and personally.

Key Highlights:

  • A new mindset:  Learn how to overcome the desire to rely on your “smarts” and unlock your potential by leading with a human connection.
  • Shift from “I” to “we”: Experience the impact of a shift from a solo mindset to a collaborative mindset and embrace the access we have to people.  
  • Avoiding the Comparison Trap: Avoid the social media comparison trap and find out why quality relationships and collaboration are your keys to success
  • Community and Collaboration: Eric shares the importance of building a community of like-minded professionals and suggests creating a personal board of directors—a group of mentors and peers who can guide and inspire your journey
  • Elevate your efforts:  “Upgrade your operating system” by reading or listening to books.  Eric reveals how he reads 30 books a year.  
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Learn why EQ is more critical than IQ in financial advising, ensuring clients feel cared for before they care about how much you know.
  • Fulfillment: Eric reveals his life philosophy of leaving every interaction with people better off than he found them, aligning his professional purpose with personal fulfillment
  • And much more!

For more insights and resources, subscribe to the Full Advisor Coaching podcast and share it with your network to spread valuable knowledge within the financial advisory community.

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About our Guest: 

Eric Negron is the CEO of Forefront, leading a talented team of Financial Advisors, Wealth Planners, Tax Attorneys, Divorce Planners, and Insurance Advisors: All on a mission to become their client’s Second ThoughtTM, Serving clients and their families while building a lifetime bond that provides True Wealth and Freedom for generations.

Eric is passionate about elevating the advisor community through the Financial Advisor Group (FAN) and the David Advisor Movement (DAM) which gathers growth-minded individuals on to a platform where they collaborate, share industry insights, provide masterclasses and networking.

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How To Avoid Burnout As You Evolve As A Financial Advisor (Ep. 12)

How To Avoid Burnout As You Evolve As A Financial Advisor (Ep. 12)

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Do the top financial advisors have some sort of secret recipe for balancing their careers with a rich personal life?  How do they stay energized as they evolve in their role?  

Kristin Harad and special guest Arlene Moss discuss the appealing and unexpected aspects of the financial advisor profession. Discover how advisors can evolve and stay fulfilled by aligning personal values with professional goals. Gain valuable insights from Arlene, an executive business coach at XYPN, as she shares her “seasons strategy” for growth that helps you find harmony between your career goals and your personal life.   

Key Highlights:

  • Personal and Professional Evolution: Learn how financial advisors can evolve by balancing their professional ambitions with personal milestones
  • Transitioning Roles: Discover strategies for shifting from hands-on planning roles to strategic leadership, learning how to adapt to the new responsibilities 
  • Building a Supportive Community: Understand the importance of a strong support system and mentoring the next generation of advisors to create cohesive and effective teams
  • Stay Energized: Explore methods to avoid burnout by aligning work with personal passions, ensuring sustained energy and excitement in your career
  • Growth Mindset: Learn ways to reframe and maintain a positive mindset, combating insecurities, and achieving long-term success through continuous personal and professional development
  • And much more: Including real-life examples and actionable advice for thriving in the financial advice industry.  

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About Arlene Moss: 

XYPN Executive Business Coach, Arlene Moss, helps fee-for-service financial planners get out of their own way in order to grow their practices. With over two decades of industry expertise, a knack for making meaningful connections, and a deftness for breaking emotional and mental barriers, attendees leave her sessions enlightened, inspired, and excited to put their pages of notes into action. 

Arlene has spoken around the country at NAPFA, Schwab IMPACT, Jolt!, and XYPN LIVE, among others.  She’s appeared on Kitces Office Hours, FiComm New Skool, and Carson Group Framework podcasts, and contributed to NAPFA Magazine.  When she isn’t mentoring others, she enjoys traveling and riding bikes—either solo or tandem with her husband or on the e-bike she fondly calls Viola.

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Claim Your New Stake: A Peek Into the V2 Leaders Experience (Ep. 11)

Claim Your New Stake: A Peek Into the V2 Leaders Experience (Ep. 11)

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Are you struggling to find clarity as you develop Version 2.0 of your RIA? 

Understanding where to direct your energy and resources to achieve your business goals while also living a fulfilling life outside of work can feel nearly impossible. 

Join Kristin Harad in her latest podcast episode as she shares input from “Full Advisors” who are actively engaged in the flagship Full Advisor V2 Leaders program.  Designed for growth-minded RIA Leaders who are building their RIA Version 2.0, this coaching offering will kick off its next cohort in July, 2024. To help demystify the experience, Kristin lets you peek behind the curtain of the program. You’ll hear what current participants have to say about their progress and decide for yourself if you’re ready to jump in!  

Key Highlights:

  • Strategic Leadership Development: V2 Leader participants share feedback on what it takes to be successful in this program, along with the benefits of having other RIA leaders on the journey with them.  
  • Finding Clarity: Kristin outlines the process she takes RIA Leaders through to help them zero in on what efforts to pursue.  
  • Growth and Accountability: Learn about the program’s comprehensive support through group calls, individual sessions, and accountability meetings for leaders and their team. 
  • Balancing Professional and Personal Life: Kristin shares the”non-negotiables” that program participants put in place to foster work-life balance.
  • Positive Feedback and Continuous Improvement: Listen to how participant feedback drives the program’s commitment to proactive engagement and ongoing improvement,
  • And much more!

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