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Apr 9, 2009 4:07 pm

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Apr 9, 2009 4:18 pm

I wouldn’t consider myself a vet but I have had a similar situation. The best thing you can do is service the crap out of his best friend and make him an advocate for you. Larger accounts like that are hard to move especially if he has a long relationship with his advisor which it sounds like he does if he followed the guy 5 times. Keep in touch but don’t push too hard, there is a fine line between building relationship with a prospect and coming across as a pushy sales guy. It worked in my situation. Good luck.

Apr 9, 2009 4:32 pm

Also, as long as this guy is referring you Clients.  Sounds like eventually he will move as well.  Keep servicing his friends as you have, and every so often when he calls with a referral, ask him why he doesn't take his own advice?  Sounds like it's inevitable that he will move!

Apr 9, 2009 4:33 pm

[quote=Hey Kool-Aid]

Also, as long as this guy is referring you Clients no need to push too hard.  Sounds like eventually he will move as well.  Keep servicing his friends as you have, and every so often when he calls with a referral, ask him why he doesn't take his own advice?  Sounds like it's inevitable that he will move!

[/quote] just making correction...sorry
Apr 9, 2009 4:44 pm

Wind,

  1.  Keep talking to the prospect.  Two months for a large portfolio isn't very much time at all.  Keep building the relationship.  2.  Visit with your client, the best friend of the prospect, if the investments/portfolio truly is that bad and you have a very good relationship with the client then have a no b.s. talk with him.  Find the tie that is binding the prospect to the advisor, let him know that you know Mr. Prospect has the same advisor and possibly the same type of portfolio.  If you are doing a good job and what is right for your client he will probably mention it to his friend.  You could even ask him if he would be willing to mention it to Mr. Prospect.  Maybe he will, maybe he won't.  3.  When talking to the prospect tell him you've moved/seen other accounts from that advisor and that there are things you would have done differently and you'd like to show him some of those ideas.      I wouldn't totally trash the other advisor, nobody likes to hear it.  You can point out what you don't like and what you would for him, but I wouldn't belittle the other advisor.   In the end the prospect may not move it to you or even talk to you about it.  That's all part of the business.  Just keep in front of the prospect every now and then.
Apr 9, 2009 4:52 pm

I would ask him why he feels comfortable referring friends of his to you but doesn’t feel the need to move his own account to you. 

  Have you found your prospect's pain yet?  If not, he's a guy with $2mm who likes your company.  Find the pain, show him how you can cure that pain, and you will have driven a wedge between the client and his other advisor.
Apr 9, 2009 5:50 pm

Wind - Is the advisor a friend of the prospect?



I have friends who wouldn’t leave me if I lost all of their money.



And if the guy has a 2mil portfolio and is comfortable over with that advisor (and who would be if the reviews you have done showed such a crappy job the other guy was doing), I’m not sure he’s going to leave.



Best bet, stay in touch and keep dripping.



But I wouldn’t focus too much energy on it.



Apr 9, 2009 6:56 pm

I know you can’t do this at Jones, but I’ve picked up accounts in this kind of situation by explaining a covered call strategy to the client/prospect, and watching their eyes light up once they get it.  I’ll never understand why you guys can’t do covered calls.

  Short of that, find a stock or fund he owns or likes, and then start shooting him analyst comments, upgrades/downgrades, etc. and tell him, "Here's what I'm communicating to my clients about ____, and I thought you'd be interested in this, too...."   Good luck, and Happy Easter!  I'm outta here for today!   Edit...Also, I'd scan like crazy for some tax free muni with a regional/local tie-in to where you are, and call him religiously with ideas like that.  "Hey, Mr. Yourcurrentbrokerisaloser, this is what I'm talking with my higher net worth clients about, and thought you'd like some details on this, too..."
Apr 9, 2009 6:56 pm

I'd stay close with this guy, but probably wouldn't bring up becoming a client for a good while.  Enjoy the referrals that are coming in, and like Bank o'Merrill said, have them become advocates.  Chances are the advisor is a good friend of the client, which almost makes him untouchable (until YOU become a good friend as well).  Chances are also, which I've seen firsthand, that if you ever did get the account, actually changing strategies and funds/products would take about as long and require as much explanation/disclosure as it took to get the account in the 1st place. 

Another strategy, if you know what he has in the account, would be to actually give him a prediction as to what may do well out of what he has.  This is kinda hack, but may work.  For example, "Ahh, I see you have only about 10% of your account in Muni's.  I've actually been loading many of my clients up in those, to the 25-30% range for some of them.  I'd keep an eye on those if I were you."  Then in 2, 3 months or however long it would take for muni's or whatever to make a good run, go to him with some stats and say "Remember when I was telling you about munis?  Look at their last month.  A 4% rise, bet you wish you'd had some more of that action, huh?"  If your bet is wrong, just don't bring it up and hope he forgets.  Like I said, its kinda hackish but if you're right it'll definitely make him wonder.

Apr 9, 2009 8:00 pm

Ask the guy next time you talk to him what his dream portfolio would look like. Then ask if that’s what he has now.

  The more he talks to you the more he will think he knows you. The more he feels he knows you the easier it will be for him to trust you. Get the guy talking and shut up!
Apr 9, 2009 8:20 pm

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Apr 9, 2009 8:26 pm

You need to find out why he “just doesn’t wanna touch it”.  Also, Mr. Prospect, you mentioned high fees, do you know what the impact of those fees to your portfolio are over time?  That’s something I’d definitely ask him and then show him. 

Apr 9, 2009 8:29 pm

Ask him how long he’s been w/the guy, and how their relationship came to fruition.  This will be a not-too-intrusive way of finding out if the advisor is a friend or not.

Apr 9, 2009 8:47 pm

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Apr 9, 2009 9:21 pm

[quote=Gaddock]Ask the guy next time you talk to him what his dream portfolio would look like. Then ask if that’s what he has now.

  The more he talks to you the more he will think he knows you. The more he feels he knows you the easier it will be for him to trust you. Get the guy talking and shut up![/quote]   This is perfect.
Apr 10, 2009 3:21 am

Wind - you’re golden.  It’s only a matter of time then.  Just keep doing what you’re doing.  Don’t bash the guy.  Take him to dinner with the friend, just for “fun”.  Don’t talk business unless they bring it up.

Apr 10, 2009 12:05 pm

Why should he move? Aren’t you using the same stock market that his current guy is using? Sell him an index annuity. 

Apr 10, 2009 2:41 pm
HAAIC:

Why should he move? Aren’t you using the same stock market that his current guy is using? Sell him an index annuity. 

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