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Practice Perfect

02/03/12

How Pro Bono Can Benefit Your Practice

01/06/12

Mobile Apps: Must-Have for Your Practice?

11/30/11

This Time, A Tax Plan That Worked

11/23/11

Impeccable Timing is One Sign of a Mature Firm

11/01/11

The Secret Life of LinkedIn

09/29/11

Before Laying Succession Plans, Create a Roadmap

08/31/11

Alternatives Coming to a Platform Near You

08/16/11

African-American Advisors Connect to Sharpen Planning Skills

08/02/11

To Recharge Your Practice, Take a Sabbatical

07/21/11

How to Lose a Valuable Client in Seven Easy Steps

07/14/11

The Big Client Sweep

07/05/11

School’s Out, But Not Client Engagement

05/25/11

How Empathy Will Expand Your Firm

05/18/11

Make Your Practice a Client Experience

05/11/11

Measuring The Tweets, Posts and Pings of Your Business

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conVERESations

09/21/11

Beyond the Basics

09/09/11

Who Speaks For the Future?

09/01/11

Who Speaks For The Planner?

08/19/11

Difficult Times Demand More Sophistication

08/09/11

The Mother of All Overreactions

08/03/11

Whose Interests Should Come First?

07/28/11

The Great Leap Forward

07/21/11

Competing Incentives

07/14/11

Measuring Quality With a Ruler

06/30/11

Branching Out

05/19/11

Compliance and Connectivity

05/13/11

Managing the Client

05/05/11

What Can Advisors Do When They Are Facing the Wall of Complacency

04/28/11

More Time, Less Work

04/21/11

What Would an Advisor Do With More Time?

More conVERESations

Ask Ed Slott

02/16/12

Recharacterization Provisions; Spousal Contributions

02/09/12

Tax Implications From Pre- and Post-Tax Contributions

02/07/12

Ask Ed Slott: Sorting Out IRA Pro-Rata Rules

01/26/12

Rolling Annuities Into IRAs; SEP Rules

01/19/12

Tax Implications From Tapping Roth IRAs; RMD Queries

01/12/12

What Beneficiaries Need to Know After Inheriting IRAs

01/05/12

Inherited IRA Issues

12/22/11

How to Handle IRA Conversions, RMDs From Inherited Accounts

12/15/11

Dealing With IRA Issues

12/08/11

Replacing IRA Withdrawals; RMD Issues

05/11/11

Ask Ed Slott: Beneficiary Designations and 401(k) Woes

05/04/11

Ask Ed Slott: Dissecting a Complicated IRA; and Primary Beneficiary Woes

04/27/11

Ask Ed Slott: Explaining the Step Transaction Doctrine

04/19/11

Ask Ed Slott: How Can You Pass an IRA to Your Heirs?

04/11/11

Ask Ed Slott: Examining Roth IRAs, RMDs, and Tax Implications

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Thought Leaders

01/24/12

Meaningful Goals Key to Affluent Relationships

08/29/11

Answering the Call of 9/11

05/26/11

Are We in the Midst of a Generational Retirement Shift?

05/24/11

This Time is Different

05/19/11

Financial Security or Financial Maturity?

05/04/11

Is the Doctor In?

04/27/11

Discovering the Holy Grail of Managed Accounts

04/21/11

The Industry's "Crazy Uncle Charlie"

04/20/11

Building a Better Retirement Income Portfolio

04/13/11

Three Key Questions When Evaluating Mutual Funds, and One Metric You Should NOT Solely Rely On

04/06/11

New "TIPS" For Battling Inflation

03/30/11

Capturing Opportunities in an Uncertain Market Environment

03/29/11

Engage the Affluent by Focusing Beyond Financials

03/23/11

Estate Tax Strategies and the New Tax Code: Embracing Occam’s Razor

03/14/11

Untethering from the Mothership: Yes You Can, But It Won’t Be Easy

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The Marketing Maven

02/13/12

How Advisors Can Use Video, Multimedia to Connect With Clients

01/30/12

Six Reasons Advisors Need to Include Social Media in Their Marketing Plans

01/23/12

Using a Social Media Strategy to Build Relationships Online

01/09/12

Seminars, Events Can Yield Bumper Crop of New Clients, Centers of Influence

01/03/12

Event Marketing Can Deliver Advisors New Business, Positive PR

12/27/11

Strategies That Can Produce New Business for Advisors

12/19/11

The STP Approach to Business Building for Financial Advisors

12/12/11

Publishing, Media Participation Can Boost Advisors’ Credibility

12/05/11

How Advisors Can Develop a Good Positioning Statement

11/28/11

Niche Marketing Strategies for Financial Advisors

11/21/11

Two Must-Have Pieces in the Smart Advisor’s Marketing Toolkit

11/14/11

A Financial Advisor’s Toolkit for Creating the 'Wow' Factor

11/01/11

Marketing Ideas From -- And For -- Smart Financial Advisors

10/17/11

Positioning Essentials for Financial Advisors

10/11/11

Retaining Valued Clients in Tough Times

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The Prosperous Advisor

02/09/12

Stuck in a Rut? Five Ways Advisors Can Get Their Groove Back

01/18/12

Tips For CEOs Who Want to Take Their Advisory Firms to the Next Level

01/05/12

Do You Have the Right 'Why?'

11/10/11

Are You Galloping Toward Greatness or Standing Still?

10/11/11

Simple Power Phrases That Turn Prospects Into Clients

09/22/11

China’s Impact on the World Stage – Part III

09/01/11

China’s Impact on the World Stage -- Part II

08/04/11

China’s Impact on the World Stage -- Part I

05/12/11

Turn Your Knowing Into Doing and Get Results Part 2

05/05/11

Turn Your Knowing Into Doing and Get Results

04/21/11

Is Success as Simple as Copying What Other Successful People Do?

04/07/11

How NOT to Treat Your Staff

03/24/11

How to Talk to Clients About the Japanese “Black Swan” Event

03/09/11

A (Free) Timely Letter to Send Your Clients

02/25/11

Three Characteristics of Top Producers That Generate Million-Dollar Results

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The Web-Savvy Advisor

12/20/11

10 Steps to Twitter Success

10/26/11

7 Key Components for Every Advisor’s Social Media Plan

10/04/11

5 Steps to Create a More Effective Advisor Website

09/20/11

Social Media By the Numbers

09/06/11

What Can Video Do For Financial Advisors?

08/09/11

What Web-Savvy Advisors Are Doing Right Now

07/19/11

Using Social Media for New Business Development - 5 Steps to Take Today

05/20/11

Six Things Financial Advisors Can Do to Launch a New Blog

05/04/11

How WordPress Helps You Be A Better Marketer

04/15/11

How Corporate America is Teaching Your Clients to Use Social Media

03/22/11

Eight Tips to Building a Better LinkedIn Profile

03/04/11

Why Twitter Matters to a Financial Advisor

02/18/11

Why Most Web-Marketing Advice Doesn’t Work for Advisors

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Wealth of Ideas

01/20/12

FSI OneVoice Will Put Technology in the Spotlight

More Wealth of Ideas

Trial and Heirs

02/21/12

Whitney Houston's Funeral Suggests Trouble For Her Estate

02/06/12

Can Florida Millionaire Justify Adopting His Girlfriend?

01/31/12

Broke or Not, Whitney Houston Now Understands Value of Estate Planning

01/24/12

Etta James Saga Illustrates Need for Thoughtful Estate Planning

01/17/12

Estate of Richard Pratt, Paper Products Billionaire, Defeats Mistress In Court

01/06/12

Ignored for Years, Rosa Parks' Last Wishes Are Finally Fulfilled

12/14/11

Another Lawsuit Brewing Because Martin Luther King Jr. Died Without A Will

12/06/11

Bob Marley Case Is A Great Reminder to Clients About Need For Estate Planning

11/29/11

Huguette Clark Case Illustrates Importance of Proper Estate Planning

10/18/11

Al Davis’ Estate Planning Serves as an Important Reminder For Clients

10/11/11

Steve Jobs Understood Estate Planning Complexities, Too

09/20/11

Tony Curtis Case Brings Estate Planning Issues to Forefront

09/14/11

Five Ways Joint Ownership Can Sabotage Your Clients’ Estate Planning Efforts

09/07/11

Why Does Britney Spears Still Have a Conservator?

08/30/11

James Brown Squabble Highlights Importance of Proper Estate Planning

More Trial and Heirs

Retirement 20/20 ®

11/28/11

Tailoring Your Message for Different Generations

10/18/11

Does Occupation Equal Opportunity for SRI?

10/11/11

Applying Behavior Finance to Ourselves

09/27/11

Optimizing Our Clients' Human Capital

09/19/11

Navigating the Emotional Minefield

09/01/11

The Sisters of Notre Dame

08/11/11

Are We Ever Satisfied?

08/02/11

Protect Clients -- and Yourself -- From the Perfect Scam

More Retirement 20/20 ®