by Jim Stackpool | Mar 30, 2026 | Advice Clients, Advice Conversations, Best Interests, client conversations, Client Meetings, Client Offerings, Cost-To-Serve, difficult conversations, Future of Financial Advice, Ongoing Relationships, Profitability, valuable advice, Valuable Lessons, value, worth
Paul has been running his financial advice firm in South Sydney for twenty years. He enjoys his clients. A former school teacher himself, many of his pre- and post-retirement clients come from teaching and principal roles. They have been with him for years. He knows...
by Jim Stackpool | Mar 16, 2026 | Best Interests, best practice, Business Performance, Business Planning, Capacity-To-Serve, Case Studies, Consequences, dependency, Goals, Greater Good, Growth Stress, Leadership, LIfe Choices, Priorities, Prioritisation, Professionalism, Public Good, Quality Advice, strategy, Success Stories, Valuable Lessons, Wealth Management, worth
Sophie runs a great advice firm practice in Rockingham, WA. Unfortunately, as her firm grew, so too did her anxiety. It was a condition of growing worry caused not only by ‘big’ issues surrounding her clients, compliance and cash flows, but increasingly by simple...
by Jim Stackpool | Mar 9, 2026 | Best Interests, best practice, Brand Development, Business Performance, Business Planning, Capacity-To-Serve, Consultative Approach, dependency, Goals, Greater Good, growth, Growth Stress, Hiring advisers, Hiring Team Members, Leadership, Mindsets, Ongoing Relationships, Planning, Priorities, Professionalism, recruiting, Talent, Wealth Management, worth
Five years ago, Mark, a Canberra-based adviser, transformed his proposition and pricing. He doubled his average client fees from $6,500 to $13,500. He didn’t do this by engaging more of a high-net-worth market. His niche is mums and dads running their own small...
by Jim Stackpool | Feb 16, 2026 | Access Price, adviser fees, capacity to serve, Complexity, Delivering Value, value, Value Proposition, worth
Last week, I told you about a recent client – Carlos, the 50-year-old Melbourne-based writer who agreed to a $12,000 engagement for an advice relationship despite having only $135,000 in super. Advisers Matt and Kath could charge that fee because their fees are...
by Jim Stackpool | Nov 17, 2025 | adviser fees, Best Interests, best practice, cost to serve, Fee For Service, Minimum Fees, Minimum Pricing, Pricing Advice, Pricing Committees, Profitability, Wealth Management, worth
Many years ago, I conducted a series of pricing workshops around the country for principals from advice firms aligned with Deutsche Bank. The bank was ‘franchising’ their wealth advisers, helping them take steps from being representatives to becoming...
by Jim Stackpool | Nov 10, 2025 | cost to serve, Fee For Service, Pricing Advice, uplifts, Wealth Management, worth
Ever had the feeling you are doing too much, for too many, for too little return? There is a better way. Learn to uplift. Consistently. Specifically. Successfully. Sam and Sarah are a father/daughter advisory team building a solid, comprehensive boutique advice firm...
