Industry Expert Newsletters,
Blogs,
Tweets,
Columns, etc.
(Focusing
on Practice Management Issues)
There are many "Experts" in the industry. The ones listed below are SOME of the ones quoted in
publications, speaking at conferences, and who are active in sharing their knowledge via their
website and social media. Because they are active in these areas, I consider them to be Industry Experts,
or Thought Leaders.
This is simply my list
created to help you follow what is going on in the industry. If you only follow this short list, you can stay
on top of the best practices and latest trends in the industry. The Consultants listed under the Solutions
categories provide a more complete list of experts serving the industry. Both lists are updated as candidates
(additions) are identified by me or suggested by readers.
Practice Management, Business Operations,
and Strategy
ActiFi Blog
Spenser Segal Blog: http://www.actifi.com/blog/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/actifi
Spenser and his staff write a blog on practice management topics in the business. His firm, ActiFi
provides practice management consulting and tools to create more efficient and profitable financial
advisory firms.
Back Office Advisor Blog
Ginny Hudgens
Blog: http://backofficeadvisor.wordpress.com/
Ginny's web site also has some great resources, including white papers and worksheets to help you manage your
business.
Byrnes Consulting
Mike Byrnes http://byrnesconsulting.com/
Mike Byrnes founded Byrnes Consulting to provide consulting services to help advisors become even more
successful. His expertise is in business planning, marketing strategy, business development, client service
and management effectiveness, along with several other areas.
The Efficient Practice Newsletter
David Lawrence
David has a monthly subscription-based newsletter that focuses on running an efficient business- link to his newsletter subscription page here. David also writes
the column, 'The Efficient Practice' in Financial Advisor magazine and runs a consulting firm.
Inside Information
Bob Veres
www.bobveres.com
Bob has a subscription-based newsletter is devoted to sharing information and learning from the leading
practitioners in the financial planning profession. As a member, you have access to the best ideas and thinking and
can contribute your own thoughts and experiences.
Quantuvis Consulting- Research
Stephanie Bogan www.quantuvis.com
The Quantuvis web site has a number of articles, webinars, reports, and white papers on various practice
management topics; look under the Media Center tab.
Marketing & Social Media
John
Comer Comer Consulting, LLC
www.jcomerconsulting.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/carriagetrade
From CC wesite: At Comer Consulting, we help financial advisors create a Carriage Trade Experience.
The term "carriage trade" dates back to the days of horse and buggy. Shop owners began serving their best customers
by going out to the carriages rather than requiring the customers to come into the stores. Like those shop owners
who found ways to provide an extra level of service, today's advisors need to provide extra value for their best
clients. Today's advisors need to find a way to meet their best clients at the curb. We define that level of
service as the Carriage Trade Experience.
John writes for national publications including FPA Practice Management Solutions
magazine.
Kristen Luke
Wealth Management Marketing
Blog: http://www.kristenluke.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/kristenluke
Kristin's firm, Wealth Management
Marketing, provides a full spectrum of marketing services for financial advisors. On her
web site, you can
subscribe to a free monthly newsletter that provides timely marketing tips.
Marie Swift
Impact Communications, Inc.
Blog: http://marie-swift.blogspot.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/marieswift
Marie runs a marketing firm, Impact
Communications, that is focused on providing financial advisory firms with marketing
services and solutions uniquely tailored to expand their businesses.
Pat Allen
AdvisorTweets.com & Rock the Boat Marketing Blog: http://www.advisortweets.com/blog/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RockTheBoatMKTG
Twitter: http://twitter.com/AdvisorTweets
From AT: The AdvisorTweets blog supports AdvisorTweets.com, the curated Web site that aggregates the tweets produced by U.S.-based
financial advisors using Twitter to advance their business. We want to keep AdvisorTweets focused on the content
so we use this blog to comment on site features, updates and peripheral matters.
The AdvisorTweets blog is brought to you by the same people who produce AdvisorTweets.com–the hard-working
network of professionals headed by Pat Allen (@RockTheBoatMKTG),
financial services digital marketing strategist and principal and founder of Chicago-based Rock
The Boat Marketing.
Stephanie Sammons
Wired Advisor http://blog.wiredadvisor.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/wiredadvisor
From WA website: WIRED ADVISOR™ is helping financial advisors and financial services firms design, develop, and
deliver powerful and compliant social media strategies. Creativity, authenticity, personalization, and consistency
are keys to building an effective and efficient social media strategy in a wired world. WIRED ADVISOR™ can help you
or your firm define and build a social media strategy within your specific parameters.
Technology & Web
Andrew Gluck
Advisor Products, Inc. http//.gluck.advisorblogcentral.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/agluck
The Andrew Gluck blog explains the ideas behind the most innovative marketing strategies used by financial
advisors, as well as the technology, practice management, and other issues affecting the investment advisory
industry.
Advisor Websites www.advisorwebsites.com/blog
1-866-500-4113
This blog is dedicated to providing timely and useful ideas and suggestions related to utilizing the internet in
your practice. The blog includes a number of case studies, ideas, and success stories.
advisorsforadvisors www.advisorsforadvisors.com
Andrew Gluck recently launched this subscription based blog with Mary Rowland and Bob Casey that will feature
articles about the industry.
t3: Technology Tools for Today (formerly Virtual Office News)
David Drucker & Joel Bruckenstein www.virtualofficenews.com
t3 (Technology Tools for Today) is a subscription based monthly newsletter providing information on the latest
technology available to the financial advisor community. Subscribers to t3 have access to a list of resources
available to financial advisory firms.
FP PAD Bill Winterberg
fppad.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/BillWinterburg
Bill's blog is dedicated to providing technology reviews and insight for financial advisors. You
can subscribe to the blog as an RSS feed or in an email format. Bill also does technology consulting and writes for
MorningstarAdvisor.com.
The Pragmatic Technologist
http://blogs.redblacksoftware.com/pgiza/
From RedBlack website: The Pragmatic Technologist column is written by RedBlack's VP of Business
Development, Peter Giza. This blog is part opinion, part philosophy and part sound technology
practice as it relates to your business. Pete will attempt to stay off his soapbox as much as possible and provide
an unbiased view. Please provide us with your feedback, we want to hear your viewpoint on the issues that affect
your business.
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