The Efficient Advisor: Tactical Business Advice for Financial Planners

Each week I am going to recap the implementable ideas from this week's full length podcast.  Consider me your accountability fairy!Here are the Action Items to Tuesday's podcast: Loving LinkedIn in Less Time: How to Maximize Features, Trends, and Delegations! -----------------------------------------------Links from Today’s EpisodeInterested in joining me pre-conference at XYPN Live? Get more details Here!Free weekly tips via LinkedInsiderConnect with Libby on LinkedIn HereFind Lindsey on LinkedIn HereFind Lindsey on Instagram HereLearn more about McMillion Consulting HereGrab her article, "3 Things to Know About LinkedIn's Creator Mode" HereCurious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

LinkedIn was NEVER my thing. Only in the last 6 months have I embraced LinkedIn and I’ll tell you what… I’M IN LOVE! I know what you’re going to say… “LIBBY, I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR IT” and to that I reply, “I know friend, I got you!”Today LinkedIn Credibility Consultant, “LinkedIn Lindsey” and I get down and dirty with my new favorite platform. In this episode we discuss:The post types LinkedIn has said they are going to favorTips & tricks on how to get more eyeballs on your content If you should consider “creator mode”5 things you can delegate on LinkedIn so you can get more done in less timeAnd if you need a reason to give LinkedIn a go… remember Episode #018: How He Generated 50 New Clients from LinkedIn in Just 12 Months (and the clients all came to him!) with Guest Moshe Grunhut?!? It’s still one of the most downloaded episodes each week! Every time I hit “record” my commitment is to bring you ideas you can implement IMMEDIATELY. This episode is full of those little nuggets you can use right away on LinkedIn to increase your exposure & maximize the algorithm!Happy Listening!-----------------------------------------------Links from Today’s Episode Free weekly tips via LinkedInsider Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HereFind Lindsey on LinkedIn Here Find Lindsey on Instagram HereLearn more about McMillion Consulting Here Grab her article, "3 Things to Know About LinkedIn's Creator Mode" Here Interested in joining me pre-conference at XYPN Live? Get more details Here! Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

Each week I am going to recap the implementable ideas from this week's full length podcast.  Consider me your accountability fairy!Here are the Action Items to Tuesday's podcast: Tax Returns--What to ACTUALLY Do With Them to Add Value w/ Steven Jarvis. ____________________________________Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

As Advisors, we all know that taxes play an integral role in our client’s financial picture. AND, we know that that clients EXPECT their financial advisor to be able to help with taxes.Why? Because:1) Most clients really don’t understand their return AT ALL, 2) They have never received real advice related to taxes, and3) Everything we do as Advisors impacts them tax-wise either now or in the future. I know for me, this was a HUGE area of planning that really differentiated us from every other planning firm in town. But, I know when I started my business I had NO CLUE how to add REAL value to clients – especially W2 clients. I would get their return and then not really know what to do with it from there. Even as my tax knowledge evolved, I was always worried that I didn’t know what I didn’t know. And then there were pesky compliance concerns!Today we are going to help you fast track that knowledge and show you how to add value to clients RIGHT AWAY. This matters because your clients EXPECT you to help them with their taxes. And today, we’re going to show you EXACTLY how to do that. In today’s episode we’re going to dive into:Why it’s irresponsible to not do tax planning as an advisor – EVEN if your B/D is weird about itHow tax planning separates you from the vast majority of AdvisorsWhat to actually do with their return… especially if they are just W-2Steven’s going to show us how to deliver value on every return using a 37-step checklistAnd my personal favorite…. The Dishwasher Rule.--------------------------------------------Links from Today’s Episode:Connect with Steven on LinkedIn here! Listen to the Retirement Tax Services podcast here! Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.    Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.com Looking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

Each week I am going to recap the implementable ideas from this week's full length podcast.  Consider me your accountability fairy!Here are the Action Items to Tuesday's podcast: How to DIAL IN Your Business to be EXACTLY What Your Clients Want____________________________________Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

If you are listening to this podcast… I know one thing about you already. You care. You care A LOT. You want your business to be successful and you want to have a practice that delivers the highest quality financial planning you are capable of and a business that prospects FLOCK to. And today, I am going to give you a tool that gives you the inside track on how to build, not just a good business, but an excellent one. We’re going to discuss EXACTLY what it takes to dial in your business to be an IDEAL business for your ideal clients. A business that clients are loyal too. And of course, running a business is like baking a cake… there are a lot of ingredients in different amounts to come up with the perfect end product… so today is just one ingredient in the recipe. BUT a big one. Consider today like the baking powder of the recipe… if you don’t do this… your cake – your business – will fall flat and not rise the way you want to… even if you get everything else right!!!In today's episode we get into:What does it mean to co-create your planning process?What is REAL feedback?How do we get it?What do we do with this?What don't we do with it?And how do we use it to go from good,  to great, to excellent!---------------------------------------------Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

Each week I am going to recap the implementable ideas from this week's full length podcast.  Consider me your accountability fairy!Here are the Action Items to Tuesday's podcast: Matt Jarvis on Adding Massive Value in Minimum Time ____________________________________Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

Dream Guest Alert! This week I’ve got ‘advisor famous’ guest Matthew Jarvis of the Perfect RIA on the show to talk about all things working less and making more. Matt is right up my alley. He’s whittled his work days down to 100/yr (surpassing my 114!!!!), mastered surge scheduling and is adding massive value to his clients’ lives on minimum time. In this episode Matt and I talk about:How he reduced his time in the office down to just 100 daysHow surge scheduling allows him to give his family more than just his “leftovers” when it comes to time & energyHow to add ‘massive value’ to clients on minimum timeTime blocking, managing your energy, and SO MUCH MOREI invite you to listen in to our discussion, and I know you will walk away with a renewed sense of excitement and implementable ideas on how you can work more efficiently without decreasing your client experience. AND - Matt and I are going to appear together at XYPN LIVE conference this October in Denver, CO. Come and see us! More info to come on this! -----------------------------------------Watch Tim Ferris's TedTalk on Fear Setting here!Project management tool Asana Find Matt's Book "Delivering Massive Value" here!Find Matt on LinkedIn here!Check out the Perfect RIA Podcast Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLooking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more! Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

Each week I am going to recap the implementable ideas from this week's full length podcast.  Consider me your accountability fairy!Here are the Action Items to Tuesday's podcast: Squash Imposter Syndrome for Good: A 5-Step System to Silence Your Inner Bully-------------------Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.comLearn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.

Do you ever hear a little voice in your head telling you that you’re not ready for this,  you’re not smart enough, and maybe you’re not as good as the others? Does your inner ‘mean girl’ hold you back from taking the next step that would make an amazing impact on your business?  That, my friend, is Imposter Syndrome and EVERY ADVISOR experiences it… and often. And, it tends to creep up RIGHT when we’re about to do something really really big.. Your inner mean girl starts to whisper in your ear at the worst possible moment. When you are right on the edge of your comfort zone about to jump out into that zone of greatness that lies JUST just beyond.Today’s podcast is actually a recording of a live workshop that I did for the Twin Cities chapter of Women in Financial Services. I created an actual system to work to eliminate imposter syndrome when it creeps up. You can download the PDF to accompany this episode, the link is here in the show notes. But yes, you heard that right. I created an actual process that you can use to reduce imposter syndrome. And if you claim you’ve never experienced it… you’re either my hero or a dirty liar! I can’t tell you how many times when I’m coaching advisors I hear them mention that they struggle with feeling imposter syndrome. It’s hard to feel unique, or like you’re adding enough value, or if you’re worth charging what you charge. I invite you to follow along with this workshop to help you create a few go to strategies to eliminate that inner mean girl once and for all. ------------------------------------------------Grab the worksheet that goes with this episode here!Curious about the Efficient Advisor Group Coaching & Mastermind? Get on the waitlist here for more information on the next session coming this August.   Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.Check out more FREE resources and our FREE video library at http://www.theefficientadvisor.com Looking for all the resources from this episode? Check out this episode’s webpage for show notes, transcripts, downloads and more!Learn more about the Group Coaching & Mastermind HERE! Check out The First 100 Days Course: The Advisor's Blueprint for a Remarkable Client Experience HERE!Learn more about Asset-Map financial planning software HERE! Learn more about our sponsor Beemo Automation HERE! Check out the Efficient Advisor YouTube Channel HERE!Connect with Libby on LinkedIn HERE!Successful businesses don’t get built alone. You need community! You need collaboration! Join us in The Efficient Advisor Community on Facebook.