Vanessa Stoykov

Advisers need to change their hook

While fees used to be one of the biggest barriers to broader use of financial advice, people are now more willing to pay for certainty in a very uncertain time. But in order to reach them, you need a story and a hook to draw them in – and that hook needs to change with the times.

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Can advisers bill less and earn more?

A new kind of advice product could solve the dillemma many advisers now find themselves in, where demand is higher than it has been in some time but it’s difficult (or impossible) to profitably service that demand.  

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How advisers can tell their story

Showing the value of financial planning using your own experiences is a compelling strategy – here are three steps for building your story that won’t blow out your marketing budget. 

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How advisers can give more

Getting people invested – literally and figuratively – in their financial wellbeing can be a difficult task, but what I’ve learned is that it requires breaking certain taboos about money. Here are three key ways for advisers to get that conversation going and, hopefully, find themselves a loyal future customer-base. 

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2021 is the year of the adviser

Financial advice has arguably been in the spotlight since the Royal Commission, but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the conversation: people are now realising just how important advice is.

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Merry lockdown, Sydney

I can only imagine that 2021 is going to see an even bigger demand for quality financial advice. There will be further challenges, but the industry is heading in the right direction.

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