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    Posted: Jul/31/2017 at 10:25pm
Hello all,

Have made the decision to pursue a career in financial planning. I intend to join the training program at a broker-dealer and go from there. 

But, I have about a year before I can make the jump. So until then I'm learning everything I can about succeeding in this industry. 

Any and all advice is welcome.

Thanks

- Ben 
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At least you're doing this a year prior to joining, so that's good.

Find the 500 day war thread by TheWolf and read that.
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Thanks for the kind words.

I initially read 500 Day War and some other useful stuff on WealthManagement.com, which led me to look at other forums, which is how I got here. 

I have some experience with cold calling/knocking from several years selling my freelance marketing services to small biz owners. I also have a background in advertising so pretty familiar with how to communicate a value proposition. 

I believe my biggest learning curve will be the investment products and strategies themselves. 

I have an idea to tap my professional network from my time working at ad agencies. Any thoughts on this strategy, dos/don'ts from career changers who have tried?

Thanks

Ben 
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Originally posted by benrose benrose wrote:

I have some experience with cold calling/knocking from several years selling my freelance marketing services to small biz owners. I also have a background in advertising so pretty familiar with how to communicate a value proposition. 


Yup, here it comes boys.

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Originally posted by benrose benrose wrote:

Thanks for the kind words.

I initially read 500 Day War and some other useful stuff on WealthManagement.com, which led me to look at other forums, which is how I got here. 

I have some experience with cold calling/knocking from several years selling my freelance marketing services to small biz owners. I also have a background in advertising so pretty familiar with how to communicate a value proposition. 

I believe my biggest learning curve will be the investment products and strategies themselves. 

I have an idea to tap my professional network from my time working at ad agencies. Any thoughts on this strategy, dos/don'ts from career changers who have tried?

Thanks

Ben 

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"Sales" is where it's at...gotta have clients. You'll figure out the rest. Good luck.
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Here's a specific question for you guys. 

You take a prospect to one on one dinner. Will the firm pick up the tab? Or is that the advisor's responsibility? 




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Originally posted by benrose benrose wrote:

Hello all,

Have made the decision to pursue a career in financial planning. I intend to join the training program at a broker-dealer and go from there. 

But, I have about a year before I can make the jump. So until then I'm learning everything I can about succeeding in this industry. 

Any and all advice is welcome.

Thanks

- Ben 


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Originally posted by benrose benrose wrote:

Here's a specific question for you guys. 

You take a prospect to one on one dinner. Will the firm pick up the tab? Or is that the advisor's responsibility? 




the only firm that picks up the tab is the one you own. If this is your first question then you should stay where you are now. Unless you like the feeling of failure and losing everything you have.
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You're gonna catch hell on here for a question like that, because a 50.00 tab is so totally irrelevant and meaningless. It's a very tough business and you'll need full commitment, so whether you get reimbursed matters zero. I know your just curious but such a question sounds like what a salaried back-office lifer would care about. An entrepreneur doesn't care about such things AT ALL.
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Originally posted by benrose benrose wrote:

Here's a specific question for you guys. 

You take a prospect to one on one dinner. Will the firm pick up the tab? Or is that the advisor's responsibility? 





It depends what you work out with your manager and if they give you marketing money. If they won't pay for it you can usually put money in a pre-tax account and at least save the tax $$ on it.
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That makes sense. I know it's minutia, just thinking ahead to how much cash I should have on hand for these type of expenses. Client dinners at my salaried back office lifer job can be $500+ for 3 people if it's a nice restaurant. 
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Originally posted by benrose benrose wrote:

That makes sense. I know it's minutia, just thinking ahead to how much cash I should have on hand for these type of expenses. Client dinners at my salaried back office lifer job can be $500+ for 3 people if it's a nice restaurant. 

It all depends on the situation. I wouldn't consider that average by any means though. I wouldn't take many (maybe any) of my clients out to a meal like that.

Maybe I'm just cheap but I generally try to take my clients and prospects to lunch because it's cheaper and fits in my schedule better.
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You have to think of this career as an "investment", or a business, not a job.

If you are not willing to put significant resources towards it (including the cost of lost income) the first few years, then it's not for you.
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Originally posted by B24 B24 wrote:

You have to think of this career as an "investment", or a business, not a job.

If you are not willing to put significant resources towards it (including the cost of lost income) the first few years, then it's not for you.


That said, you're not spending 500 on dinner for a client in your first few years if ever
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