Mar 1, 2021
Every advisor wants to find ways to increase AUM and the best way to do that is by maximizing the clients you’re already working with.
Few businesses do that better than the Duffy Law Office in Davenport, Iowa. Along with estate planning, attorneys Dennis Duffy and Ryan Denman also provide a variety of financial planning services for their clients as part of Abundance Financial. It was a logical expansion of the business and one they continue to fine tune over time.
On this episode of the Profitable Advisor, we’re going to get into a very detailed conversation on their process for bringing clients from the law side to the financial side, how they nurture existing clients, and why they’ve been so successful with this strategy. There’s a lot of great information in this conversation and we appreciate their time.
So as you go through the episode today, keep an ear out for some of these topics that we cover:
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What we discuss on this episode:
1:34 – Background on the Dennis and the business
6:28 – How clients find the financial side of the business
10:56 – Ryan’s process for bringing law clients over to finance
18:38 – How Dennis’ approach is different from Ryan
23:12 – Dealing with the family
27:50 – Tough conversations with married couples
31:15 – Nurture systems
34:50 – Only taking clients who want full package
38:24 – Building a business in a small community
46:10 – Should they change the business model?
51:15 – Two issues to address
55:40 – Becoming more selective