Enjoy the current installment of “weekend reading for financial planners” – this week’s edition kicks off with a slew of big news, including that the Department of Labor has received OMB approval to issue a formal proposal to delay the full enforcement date of the fiduciary rule by another 18 months until mid-2019 (but will still have to collect and consider public comments before making it final), the IRS is loosening rules on hardship distributions and employer retirement plan loans for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey, a Federal judge has struck down the Obama administration’s overtime pay rules (which could have impacted a wide range of financial advisor trainees and paraplanners), HUD has announced new rules that will increase costs and reduce borrowing limits for HECM reverse mortgages, and this weekend Wall Street will be finalizing the switchover to shift most trade settlements from T+3 to T+2 instead.
From there, we have a number of articles on marketing for financial advisors, including: new research on how the financial services industry is using social media (and that even though LinkedIn is the most adopted platform, Twitter is actually the one with the most advisor activity!); the rise of text messaging as a way of communicating with clients; a guide on Facebook marketing and advertising for financial advisors; guidance on the key information that must be on your advisor website to communicate both your costs and your value; and a look at how and why most financial prospects slip through the cracks (and what advisors should do about it).
We wrap up with three interesting articles: the first explores the concept of “nonlinear” thinking, why it’s so much better to improve a car’s fuel efficiency from 10 Miles Per Gallon to 20MPG (instead of improving from 20MPG to 50MPG), and how such nonlinear concepts translate to other parts of the business world; the second explores the critical thinking concept of “inversion”, where instead of focusing on your goals and what it takes to succeed, you focus on what could ruin the outcome (and identify that as something concrete to avoid!); and the last takes a fascinating look at the true difference between an “amateur” and a true “professional”, which is all about the mindset of how you approach problems and try to create solutions.
Enjoy the “light” reading!
source https://www.kitces.com/blog/weekend-reading-for-financial-planners-sep-2-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekend-reading-for-financial-planners-sep-2-3
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