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The Elite Advisor Blueprint® is a podcast dedicated to sharing the "blueprint for success" in the independent financial advising world. Based on Brad's decade of experience consulting the top advisors in the US, that could mean doubling your revenue, doubling your vacation, or BOTH! Continuing the successful formula of idea sharing that led Advisors Excel to be the #1 player in its industry, Brad distills the best advice from top thought leaders and applies it to the world of independent financial advising. Interviews with top thought leaders and industry experts, including Michael Hyatt, Ron Carson, Dan Sullivan, Donald Miller, Joey Coleman, Aaron Klein, John Ruhlin, Cameron Herold, Tucker Max and many more! Brad Johnson is VP of Advisor Development at Advisors Excel and mentors a small group of the country’s most elite financial advisors. This group captured close to $1B of new assets last year and relies on Brad and his team to help them maximize their marketing ROI, streamline their client acquisition process, and run their business like a CEO - not a salesperson. It's very difficult to outperform the core group of associations you surround yourself with and the simple formula of focusing on the biggest and brightest financial advisors in the country and facilitating the ease of how ideas are shared among them has led to industry leading results.
In today’s conversation, I’m speaking with Robert Glazer. Bob is the CEO of Acceleration Partners, a global affiliate agency trusted by some of the world’s top brands to manage their partner marketing programs. In addition to serving their clients at the highest level, Acceleration Partners has built a reputation on being known for their incredible company culture, and they’ve been recognized globally with culture awards year after year. In fact, Bob was ranked #2 on Glassdoor’s list of Top CEO of Small & Medium Companies in the US.
Bob is also the author of Elevate: Push Beyond Your Limits and Unlock Success in Yourself and Others, a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller, the host of the “Elevate” podcast, and the author of the “Friday Forward” newsletter - five minutes of inspiration and motivation read by over 100,000 people in 60 countries each week.
If you’re looking to grow as a financial advisor, leader, and author, Bob’s proven framework and ideas, as well as the lessons he learned as his life changed along the way, make today’s conversation a must-listen.
Here are 3 of my big takeaways from this episode…
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In today’s conversation, I’m speaking with Commander Kirk Lippold. Commander Kirk was the commanding officer of the USS Cole, a Navy warship attacked by Al-Qaeda 11 months before the events of September 11, 2001.
As financial advisors living through COVID-19, not only is it important to focus on the technical aspect of meeting with clients virtually, but also the mental side of dealing with the current pandemic. Asking ourselves questions like "What mindset is required to help us all navigate these interesting times?" Much of today's conversation speaks directly to that. How to take action and lead our teams through some of the toughest challenges some of us have ever faced in life and in business.
Today, Commander Lippold joins the podcast to share his perspective on leadership during times of crisis and deconstructs decision making for you and your team.
Here are 3 of my big takeaways from this episode:
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In today’s conversation, I’m talking to Maria Konnikova. Maria holds a PhD in psychology, is a writer for The New Yorker, and is a 2x NY Times Bestseller as the author of Mastermind and The Confidence Game. In her newest book, The Biggest Bluff, she tells the story of her deep dive into the world of professional poker with mentor and Poker Hall of Famer, Erik Seidel. Over the course of her studies, she went from the idea of planning a 1 year project, as an observer and student trying to understand the psychology of professional poker (while mentoring under Erik Seidel), to being fully immersed and drawn in as a participant who walked away with over $300,000 in winnings.
Today, Maria joins the podcast to share insight into the psychology behind high-stakes poker, and how pressure and big money can impact our decisions. We also get into her previous work from her book, The Confidence Game, where she deconstructs ponzi schemes and common themes for identifying them.
So, whether you’re a fan of Texas Hold’em (like me), or simply interested in an eclectic conversation around psychology and money, this was a fun one, and it applies to financial services on many fronts.
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In today’s episode of “The Virtual Advisor Series,” I’m talking to Simon Bowen. Simon is the creator of the Models Method and one of the world’s foremost experts on how to create effective sales diagrams and models. He has worked with leading digital marketers, CEOs, speakers, and consultants to help them gain clarity, truly understand their businesses and spike their conversion rates.
Simon has also led all his sales and client conversations via Zoom for years, making his expertise especially valuable now that almost all of us are quickly learning how to run digital businesses.
Today, Simon joins the podcast to share his proven framework for leading highly effective digital meetings with clients all over the world. If you normally listen to just the podcast, I need to tell you that you need to watch today’s episode on our YouTube channel or in the Virtual Financial Advisor™ Facebook group. Over the course of our discussion, Simon shares a number of visuals from his iPad, creates diagrams, and walks advisors through the framework he uses to create resonant client messaging. In his words, you’re going to miss out on 83% of the context of this episode without the visual aids.
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In today’s conversation, I’m speaking with Ryan Levesque. Ryan is the CEO of The ASK Method® Company, and the #1 national best-selling author of Ask, which was named by Inc. as the #1 Marketing Book of the Year. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Entrepreneur, and over 250,000 entrepreneurs subscribe to his email newsletter offering business advice.
Ryan also worked in financial services selling to ultra high net worth individuals, so he knows a lot about the challenges and circumstances unique to our industry. For those of you looking to improve your prospecting and niche down to build up your practice, this conversation is going to be hugely valuable!
Here are 3 of my big takeaways from this episode…
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In today’s episode of The Virtual Financial Advisor Series™ Pat Quinn returns to the podcast. Pat is a presentation coach and the head speaking trainer for Advance Your Reach. He has worked with some of the greatest speakers in the world including Daymond John, Grant Cardone, Dean Graziosi, Michael Hyatt, John Ruhlin, and has helped over 1000 financial advisors increase the effectiveness of their presentations.
My previous conversation with Pat is one of the most listened to episodes in our archive, and people still tell me often how much his framework for successful presentations has helped them. This is why I knew I needed to bring Pat back to the podcast for the Virtual Advisor Series to discuss how to take what makes an in-person, physical presentation so effective and utilize it in the digital space.
Here are 3 of my big takeaways from this episode…
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In today’s episode of The Virtual Financial Advisor Series™,” I’m speaking with Joshua B. Lee. Joshua is a strategic growth coach, helping individuals to scale themselves with their company so they don’t scale themselves out of their company. Over the last decade, he has managed over $100 million in ad spend and controlled over 30 trillion online impressions.
Joshua is a master at helping people authentically connect and engage with their audience online, and more specifically, he understands the unique formula to building an audience on LinkedIn. He has helped major players improve their LinkedIn presence, including Dan Sullivan, John Maxwell, Joe Polish, and many more!
Today, Joshua is here to talk all about how you can use LinkedIn as a tool to educate, inspire, and draw in your ideal clients, without selling or spamming.
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In today’s episode of The Virtual Financial Advisor Series™ Bryan and Shannon Miles join the podcast. Bryan and Shannon are the founders of BELAY, an organization that specializes in providing virtual assistants, bookkeepers, and web specialists to help companies grow. With over 1,100 team members across the United States and no offices (even before the COVID-19 pandemic), BELAY has won a number of major awards for company culture, including Entrepreneur’s award for Top Company Culture in 2017.
Bryan is also the author of Virtual Culture: The Way We Work Doesn’t Work Anymore, a manifesto championing remote work and respecting employees to retain incredible talent and create a forward-thinking culture that embraces the future of work.
Today, Bryan and Shannon are here to talk about what it means to create and maintain company culture in a virtual workplace. The insights from this conversation couldn’t possibly be more timely - especially if you’re an advisor struggling to make sense of the transition from an on-site, brick-and-mortar operation to an all-virtual, all-remote firm.
Here are just a few highlights of what we get into:
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Hey Blueprint listeners, hopefully, quarantine life is treating you well and you and your loved ones are safe and sound. I’ve been safely working from home for almost a month with the whole Johnson crew and the good news is that the podcast can go on, even if my podcasting studio is currently a spare bedroom 😊
Today I’m excited to announce a brand new series on The Elite Advisor Blueprint podcast. Times like this call for those that can offer a helping hand to step up and I want to serve all of you (even more) that have helped me build this show from the ground up and have been kind enough to listen in over the years.
So, I’m starting The Virtual Financial Advisor Series™ which will be episodes coming to you directly here on the show, just more frequently where I bring on experts that can help us all navigate the jump from bricks and mortar to the 100% virtual world we are all trying to serve our clients in now. I’m also going to begin live streaming interviews as they happen so you all can gain access to them immediately and don’t have to wait for editing or production as time is of the essence during these COVID-19 times we are all living in. If you’d like to join the Virtual Advisor community, you can do that at www.bradleyjohnson.com/virtualadvisor.
So with that... today’s episode is the first of our official Virtual Financial Advisor Series™ and it’s a timely one... In today’s conversation, Phillip Stutts returns to the podcast with a groundbreaking study on consumer behavior post COVID-19! I don’t know that I’ve ever asked more questions in a podcast interview, as this data was fascinating and applies to all of you advisors out there trying to adapt and connect with prospects right now.
For those who may have missed last year’s conversation with Phillip, he’s one of the masterminds behind the curtain of political marketing...
Phillip is the best-selling author of Fire Them Now: The 7 Lies Digital Marketers Sell, has worked with multiple Fortune 200 companies, has over two decades of experience working on campaigns with billions of dollars in political ad spend, and contributed to thousands of election victories, including U.S. President George W. Bush, among others.
Most recently he’s guested on ESPN, James Altucher and Gary Vaynerchuck’s shows, and had a conversation with billionaire Mark Cuban to share this same data.
Today, Phillip is here to share groundbreaking COVID-19 Market Research that sheds light on the psychology behind how consumers are thinking during the pandemic. This data will change how you market as a financial advisor.
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In today’s conversation, I’m speaking with Michael Hyatt. Michael is a New York Times bestselling author, podcaster, blogger, and speaker. His newest book, The Vision Driven Leader, explores how to effectively lead organizations, inspire people to action, and make your big dreams a reality, and today we'll be talking all about it.
For those of you looking to attract incredible talent, retain them, and keep them happy for years to come as you build a great company, this conversation is a must-listen!
Here are 3 of my big takeaways from this episode…
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Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.
