product-neutral or product-inclusive?

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by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

accounting firms adopt one of two business models when it comes to offering financial products for fees or commissions. either they do or they do not. a fancier way of saying this is that an accounting firm has adopted a product-neutral or product-inclusive financial product business model.

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a product-neutral financial product business model is built around the delivery of services in exchange for a retainer, project or hourly fee. the typical services offered via a product-neutral model tend to be administrative, wealth planning or lifestyle in nature and might include accounting and tax work, estate and succession planning, and concierge support.
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the family office model

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by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

when it comes to their financial and personal lives, the wealthy are increasingly attracted to the family office model. at the very high end, there is a strong preference to create a single-family office. for the wealthy for whom the costs of a single-family office are unreasonable or do not want the management or oversight responsibilities, there are multi-family offices and virtual family offices.

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with the family office model, you are providing a broad array of expertise holistically. consequently, you can deliver substantial value to the wealthy. many accounting firms provide family office services. while family office is in the name of these practices, a large percentage of them are offering a limited menu of single-family office capabilities. the services tend to comprise business management expertise and other accounting and tax-related capabilities.
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guiding clients through covid

you can lead a virtual workshop to help them focus their perspective.

by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

helping the wealthy think through where they are and what they can do is extremely powerful in establishing and strengthening relationships. it also expeditiously produces more business for accountants and other professionals.

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we converted the everyone wins process into a supportive workshop where the initial interaction can be conducted with a small group. it is also effective in one-on-one settings.
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help your referral sources become thought leaders

businessman smiling and talking on phonethe pandemic has made knowledge more precious than ever.

by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

an approach you can use and one that can strongly differentiate you from your competitors is to add value that helps the professionals reach their goals and become more successful. some of the more viable approaches involve helping them become thought leaders and providing them with turnkey business development solutions.

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adding value with thought leadership: becoming a thought leader is one way just about any professional can become significantly more successful.
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the new way to get the best clients

executive on phone in officefour essential concepts for leveraging the referral network you already have.

by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

most professionals, including accountants, get most of their client referrals from satisfied clients. the complication is that if you want to work with wealthier clients, the likely best way to source them is from other professionals they are currently engaging.

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if you aim to work with the ultrawealthy and even the super-rich, be aware that as you move up the wealth hierarchy, they are less and less inclined to refer you to other people. it is something of a catch-22. in general, the better you are, the more the very wealthy are disinclined to share. that is, they are less likely to refer you to their financial peers. also, if you are maximizing your wealthy client relationships, there is hesitancy by these clients to make referrals because of a strong preference for extreme confidentiality (if not secrecy).
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maximize referrals from wealthy clients

female executive greeting couplehow to foster opportunities.

by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

as part of the discovery process, you are ascertaining who your wealthy clients can refer to you. in empirical study after study, accountants (as well as other professionals) say that they get most of their client referrals from their current clients. they also say that this happens because they do an excellent job for their clients.

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another insight we find in the research is that very few professionals are doing much to foster getting referrals from their highly satisfied clients.
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what the wealthy want

//www.g005e.com/2020/10/14/maximizing-wealthy-client-relationships/remember:  when managing high-net-worth clients, it’s all about them, especially in the time of covid-19.

by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

take a moment to consider:

how hard is it to find and bring on a wealthy client?

what does it take to keep a wealthy client highly satisfied and doing more business with you?

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it commonly takes a lot to win a wealthy individual or family as a client. it takes a lot of effort to keep the wealthy as clients, let alone do more business with you. not only must you deliver top-quality expertise, but you often need to create a sensational experience. you must build a high level of rapport. yet, a great many accountants are not maximizing their relationships with their wealthy clients.
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the four-step process for client-focused business development

everyone wins… here’s how.

by anthony glomski and russ alan prince
your $5-million high-net-worth practice

when it comes to working with the wealthy, all your expertise and all your firm’s capabilities and all the other top-notch experts you can bring to the table are “givens.” put another way … they are table stakes, and you must have table stakes to play. you absolutely need a top-of-the-line high-net-worth practice.

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as for your expertise, if you have a wealthy entrepreneur who wants to sell her business in a couple of years, there are some ways to mitigate capital gains and estate taxes. tax mitigation could come from the use of selected trusts or establishment of an offshore pension plan. the fact that you can do all these things does not inherently differentiate you from another quality accountant and many other high-caliber professionals. it most likely will separate you from many possible competitors, but they are not really the competition.
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