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Feb. 9, 2022

Get out of the Stone Age. Automate Your Simple Processes

Whether I am coaching an advisor or implementing their business development system, it is generally for the same reason. They've scaled to their capacity and just do not have time to both service their clients and grow. Automation allows you to stop doing $20 an hour activities so you can…

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Jan. 23, 2022

Grow Your Firm in Any Season with Blain Wease

Charlie is joined by industry veteran Blain Wease. Blain started Provincial Development Group in 2004 to help Wealth Management Firms equip their leaders to lead more effectively, build scale and realize sustainable growth. If growing your wealth management firm was easy, everyone would be wildly successful. All too often, approaches…

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Jan. 5, 2022

Want to Scale your Financial Practice? Do this First and Do this Consistently

You're only as good as the network you influence. So, take 5 minutes a day and follow this simple routine that will expand your network by 6 to 9 people....EVERY SINGLE DAY. New client acquisition is about timing. People may become your client when the timing is right for them.…

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Nov. 23, 2021

Rocket Launch Your Influence with Podcasting: Become a Castronaut

This webinar was recorded on Thursday November 18, 2021 at 2:00 PM ET. In this webinar, Charlie Van Derven will be joined by industry marketing veteran Matt Halloran, Partner and Chief Relationship Officer at Proudmouth. If you've considered podcasting but don't know how to get started, this is the webinar…

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Oct. 31, 2021

Balanced Advisor Live: Automate to Simplify your Processes, Save you Time and Give you More Balance

Automating your four step business development process will simplify your practice and save you time. Time that is better spent with clients, friends & family or doing the things you love in life like recreation or volunteering. Lead a more balanced life by automating and simplifying the processes in your…

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Oct. 14, 2021

Helping Advisors Retire Wellthy. With Stevyn Guinnip.

Your Wellness Plan is as Important as your Financial Plan. For this important webinar, Charlie is joined by renowned Physiologist and Certified Wellness Coach, Stevyn Guinnip, MS, CWC. Stevyn is an exercise physiologist and certified wellness coach, as well as the daughter of a successful financial advisor. She is the…

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Oct. 11, 2021

Night of the Living Dead Leads

Hey Financial Professionals. Quit buying leads and build a system that delivers personalized opportunities for you....for the rest of your career.

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Oct. 7, 2021

Welcome to Social Advisors Automation

We've been helping financial practices grow since 1998. We were launching some pretty simple websites back then. My, how the business development tools available to financial advisors have changed over the years. Today, the most successful independent advisors and RIAs as leveraging automation to scale their practice and give them…

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Sept. 28, 2021

The Mindset of a Champion Advisor

Join world-renowned Psychologist Dr. Jack Singer and Sales and Marketing veteran Charlie Van Derven for this exclusive webinar. Have you ever wondered what it takes to become an olympic gold medal winner? Would you like to learn from the exact same blueprint for success and be able to put it…

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Aug. 27, 2021

Sales Navigator to Source the Right Introductions

SOURCING PERSONAL INTRODUCTIONS with the help of LinkedIn Sales Navigator. In any professional service business where trust is a factor in the client/provider relationship, personal introductions are a must. For financial professionals, slightly less than 65% of affluent investors indicate that they met their current advisor through a personal or…

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June 9, 2021

Branding for Growth with Charlie Van Derven and Michael Morrison

Join industry Marketing and Business Development veterans Michael Morrison and Charlie Van Derven to learn how growth-oriented advisors leverage their brands to stand out and win new clients. Attendees will learn how to… 1 Define and clarify their practice’s value proposition 2 Explore strategies to amplify their unique perspectives 3…

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May 18, 2021

Stop Selling - 4 Steps to Become a Financial Influencer

Sales are different today. If you're not developing your brand and leadership within a growing network of niche opportunities, you are missing an opportunity. Learn 4 essential steps to growing the right audience and creating consistent influence. Your days of direct sales can soon be over. Charlie shows you how…

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March 29, 2021

4 Secrets to Content Marketing for Financial Advisors March 2021

Content marketing for financial advisors is intense work. Charlie Van Derven, of Social Advisors, shares Social Advisors top secrets for creating impact with your content and being in the position to grow your audience. If the whole goal of content marketing is to create genuine opportunities to connect with your…

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March 18, 2021

Mastering 3 Key Habits of Avoiding Burnout - Resilient Financial Advisors w Charlie & Dr Jack Singer

Charlie & Dr. Jack talk about how many financial professionals are struggling with a ton of unexpected stressors. Burnout among financial professionals can easily rear its ugly head under these circumstances. In this career-saving webinar, Dr. Jack will provide you with specific exercises for re-wiring your brain for maximum burnout…

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Jan. 20, 2021

An Introduction to Social Advisors

80% of the B2B sales leads sourced on the Internet come from one source, LinkedIn.com. Fill your sales pipeline with our Complete LinkedIn Sales Solution, a sales strategy tailored specifically for you.

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Dec. 29, 2020

How to start 3 new conversation every day

What could you do with 360 new conversations every single year? If you set aside just 10 minutes every morning for prospecting, you can get in front of hundreds of new opportunities in 2020.

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Dec. 15, 2020

[Webinar] Building Resilience and Thriving During Challenging Times

As we approach the end of a year unlike any of us have experienced, we look forward to 2021 with the cautious hope that our professional lives return to some normalcy. Many financial professionals have stress related to uncertainty and are unsure how to continue to grow in our environment.…

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Dec. 7, 2020

Building Resilience and Thriving During Challenging Times

As we approach the end of a year unlike any of us have experienced, we look forward to 2021 with the cautious hope that our professional lives return to some normalcy. Many financial professionals have stress related to uncertainty and are unsure of how to continue to grow in our…

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Oct. 30, 2020

Happy Halloween from Social Advisors #ghostphotoshootchallenge

For Halloween this year, our team decided to try our hand at the #ghostphotoshootchallenge.

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Aug. 24, 2020

Introduction to the Social Selling Challenge (Introductions)

It's time to stop asking for referrals and start asking for introductions. This video will show you how.

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May 21, 2020

Welcome to Social Advisors

We take the guesswork out of Prospecting.

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April 14, 2020

Prospecting in the Age of Social Distancing

Every day Covid-19 keeps us in quarantine, the more of an impact it has on businesses. Here in Florida, we are under a Stay-At-Home order. The only businesses operating are either essential, digital, or virtual. There are technologies that make switching to a virtual office seamless. One technology I am…

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April 9, 2020

Technologies for Working in a Virtual Office.

When it comes to digital prospecting, I like to use every tool available to make the right impact. A recent technology I have discovered is Cyrstal. Cyrstal is a sales profiling tool that helps you better connect with prospects. Learn the best way to approach someone before sending a welcome…

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Dec. 10, 2019

Take the Guess Work out of Prospecting

Did you know 80% of B2B leads sourced online go through LinkedIn? It's the single most powerful tool you have for prospecting. When you let Social Advisors guide your prospecting, you take the guesswork out of it.

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