Too many financial advisors simply close shop when they decide to
exitthe businesssquandering untold goodwill and legacy business.
Why waste a great opportunity
By applying the advice of Al Depman, a.k.a. The Practice Doctor, you can transform your
financial services practice into a legacy-focused business that will add substantial
wealth to your retirement nest egg.
How to Build Your Financial Advisory Business and Sell It at a Profit walks you through
the steps of developing, managing, and growing a profitable practice you can sell for
enhanced value or bequeath to family members.
Depman guides you through the process of forming a sound plan for your financial
services business, including how to:
- Create a team of advocates in marketing and administration
- Build a sophisticated referral process
- Develop sales and casedevelopment systems
- Write a best-practices operations manual
- Maximize new technology to streamline operations
- Put a succession plan in place
Building a long-term business model is not just good for your future. It will also make
you happier and more profitable today. Youll be able to spend more time with clients.
Youllput more energy into finding new ones. Youll focus more on referral sources. And
someone else will do the grunt work.
Use How to Build Your Financial Advisory Business and Sell It at a Profit to build your
business into more than a simple means to a paycheckand reap the rewards of your hard work
long after you choose to leave the firm.
Al Depman , CLU, ChFC, CMFC, BH, is the owner of Practice Management Consulting. He
is best known for his Practice Management Assessment Tool and his articles that appear on
Practicetools.net and MitchAnthony.com, where he is the resident business-practice
consultant. Depman serves as the national Practice Management Consultant for Securian
(Minnesota Life) and has also worked with advisors from Waddell & Reed, AIG, LPL,
State Farm, Prudential, NY Life, Metropolitan, and many independents, as well as from big
brokerages, including Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I: Why Practice Management Matters
Chapter 1: Bottling and Selling Your Genius: How to Increase the Value of Your
Practice
Chapter 2: Enhancing Your Practice's Book Value
Part II: The Practice Lifecycle
Chapter 3: The Practice Lifecycle: An Overview
Chapter 4: The Formative Year
Chapter 5: The Developing Years
Chapter 6: The Emerging Years
Chapter 7: The Mature Practice
Chapter 8: The Prime Practice
Part III: The Eight Essential Business Systems
Chapter 9: Ensuring Your Practice is Transferable
Chapter 10: Client Acquisitions
Chapter 11: Client Management
Chapter 12: Sales
Chapter 13: Case Development
Chapter 14: Time Management
Chapter 15: Communication
Chapter 16: Education
Chapter 17: Financial Management
Part IV: The 4 Cornerstones of Change
Chapter 18: Overview
Chapter 19: Personal and Professional Vision
Chapter 20: The 3 Levels of Accountability
Chapter 21: The Business Environment
Chapter 22: Balance and Blending
352 pages, Hardcover