Always On with Duncan MacPherson

Achieving Professional Scarcity and Professional Contrast with Steve Phillips (Ep. 38)


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Creating professional contrast and scarcity, improving referability, alleviating loyalty fatigue…These are all key pieces of the bigger puzzle: How to grow your practice to the next level?

In this episode, Duncan MacPherson speaks with Steve Phillips, chief practice management officer at USA Financial and a business consultant at Pareto Systems. They share best practices and timeless principles to help advisors build profound client relationships that lead to advocacy.

They discuss:

  • The importance of combining technological aids with the “human touch”
  • Shoot Your Trailer: an effective strategy to articulate your value to prospective clients
  • How to improve the quality of your referrals (in other words, duplicate your best clients)
  • How to deepen your client relationships amidst volatile markets
  • Why small gestures can go a long way in improving your overall client experience
  • And more
  • Resources:

    • Shoot Your Trailer
    • Lavish Cards
    • Connect With Duncan:

      • Pareto Systems 
      • 1.866.593.8020
      • Schedule a Call
      • Duncan on LinkedIn
      • Connect With Steve:

        • USA Financial
        • The Advisor Protocol
        • LinkedIn: Steve Phillips
        • Promotions:

          • The Blue Square Toolkit by Pareto (Start your 14-day free trial today!)
          • ProudMouth – Be Your Own Loud
          • About Our Guest:

            Steve Phillips is the Chief Practice Management Officer at USA Financial. He is a longtime friend and partner of Duncan MacPherson and the entire Pareto Systems team, having first engaged with Pareto as a client in 2010. With over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry as a speaker, team leader and passionate educator, Steve was an early adopter of the processes around practice management, business refinement and client acquisition. It was a natural next step for Steve to become a Pareto Certified Practice Management Consultant, and part of the Pareto Coaches Network.

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