Dear Fellow Financial Advisor,

Hi there. I’m Morgan (the bald one in the photo).

As a fellow financial advisor, I think what you do is incredible. In many cases, the value of financial advice surpasses all quantification. How many other services can say that?

Because I believe so much in what you and I do, I started this newsletter to help service-oriented financial advisors in three ways:

  1. Add value to your current clients

  2. Signal and communicate value to prospective clients

  3. Create a life and practice of value.

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I’ve been in the financial advisory space for nearly fifteen years and hit just about every pothole you can imagine. I’ve distracted myself with non-essentials, failed to prospect, resisted niching for years, and battled imposter syndrome.

Despite all this, I’ve also had tremendous success. Notably, after improving my mindset and honing in on what works, my firm, Trailhead Planners, has nearly tripled its revenue over the last two years.

I’d like to share what I’ve learned with you, and I hope to positively impact your own journey toward success.

What Subscribers Receive

What you’ll receive when you subscribe to The Value of Advice:

  1. A monthly white-labeled newsletter to share with your clients that affirms the value of your advice and focuses them on planning principles that matter to their long-term financial success. This is the same newsletter we send to clients of Trailhead Planners.

  2. Regular postings on practice management, marketing, and growth that help you focus on the mindset and habits that impact long-term success in the financial advisory space.

  3. Dear Morgan: I regularly respond to subscriber questions on scripting, market positioning, practice management, growing in confidence, and The Focus 50.

  4. A Mid-Month Investment Update dissecting current markets and helping planning-focused advisors lead their clients toward investment success.

What Subscribers Won’t Receive

  1. News: I’m not a journalist. I just want to inspire you to do the work you know you’re capable of.

  2. Stock/trading tips: That’s not where your value is, or mine, but you know that already.

  3. Insight into specific financial planning and/or tax planning strategies: Have you heard of Michael Kitces? I suspect he’s got the answer you’re looking for.

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Be part of a growing community of planning-focused Financial Advisors looking to go deeper into the value of their advice, so they can better serve their clients, their families, and their communities.

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Author of "Money With Purpose: Receive The Dividends of an Undivided Financial Life." I help people navigate the intersection of money and purpose.