January 13, 2016
Ep #31: How to Deal with Failure in Your First Year of Business
At one time or another, all financial planners have experienced the feeling that things just aren’t working, especially in their first year of business. Often, this triggers the fear that they should have never made the leap to start their own business.
January 06, 2016
Ep #30: SEO for Financial Advisors with Brent Carnduff
This week, we're talking with Brent Carnduff, an SEO expert and the owner of Advisor Web Marketing. I initially met Brent when he worked with me on the creation of the Serenity Financial Consulting website a few years ago; he completely blew my mind. Time and time again, Brent has sho …
December 30, 2015
Ep #29: Building a Virtual Firm by Marketing Locally with Eric Roberge
Over the last 28 episodes, we have talked about a lot of different topics, some more in depth than others. This week, however, we're covering a subject we have never fully discussed.
December 28, 2015
Ep #28: BONUS EPISODE - Alan and Kitces Unhinged (Mailbag Style!)
This week, Kitces and I return to the podcast to bring you yet another mailbag episode. This time, we answer four of the burning questions we've received from the #XYPNRadio VIP community.
December 23, 2015
Ep #27: Outsource Your Marketing to Grow Your Firm with XYPN's Director of Marketing Kali Hawlk
We get a lot of questions from our community centered around marketing, and to start answering them, we invited our very own marketing guru to the show. I'm excited to bring Kali Hawlk, XYPN's Director of Marketing, to #XYPNRadio today!
December 16, 2015
Ep #26: The Career of Jude Boudreaux and How Failure Can Define Success
This week on #XYPNRadio, I am honored to bring you Jude Boudreaux, the founder of Upperline Financial Planning in New Orleans. Jude was one of our fantastic speakers at our XYPN conference back in September, and based on the incredible reception he received at the event, I knew I had …
Episode No. 25 | December 09, 2015
Ep #25: RIA Compliance: Staying Compliant When You Start Your Firm
Staying Compliant When You Start and Run Your Firm
This week on #XYPNRadio, I am excited to bring you what you need to know about RIA compliance. We're chatting with Jim Cullen, President of Financial Planners Assistance Corp. FPAC is a compliance firm that works with independent RIAs and financial planning firms.
December 02, 2015
Ep #24: The Intersection of AUM and Monthly Retainers with Alan & Kitces
After last week’s episode, Kitces and I received tons of questions about a portion of the monthly retainer model that we hadn’t gotten into yet. If you remember, we discussed how and why financial planners need to provide financial planning to clients for a monthly fee. What we didn’t …
