Dont Shoot The Messenger
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Hi, I'm Chris Ball, and welcome to my podcast, "Don't Shoot the Messenger." My no-nonsense approach to building wealth and scaling businesses comes from real experience, not theory. I’ve built an international financial planning company with $3.3bn assets under management. I have coached top performers and seen what works (and what doesn’t) up close. This podcast is for the ones who are done with fluff:The high earners who still feel brokeThe entrepreneurs are burning out trying to chase growthThe ambitious professionals who are starting to question the game they’re playingAnd anyone who’s beginning to realise that more isn’t always betterI’m not here to coddle. I’m here to be honest. You might not like everything I have to say, but I’m not here to be liked. I’m here to help you get clear, get focused, and get real results. All I ask is: Don’t Shoot the Messenger.This is a Financial Planner Life Production 🎬
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The podcast covers themes of wealth building, mindset, business scaling, and the true costs of ambition, with episodes exploring hustle culture, the emotional toll of chasing financial success, and strategies for achieving long-term wealth without sacrificing personal well-being.
Hi, I’m Chris Ball, and welcome to my podcast, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger.”
My no-nonsense approach to building wealth and scaling businesses comes from real experience, not theory. I’ve built an international financial planning company with $3.3bn assets under management. I have coached top performers and seen what works (and what doesn’t) up close.
This podcast is for the ones who are done with fluff:
- The high earners who still feel broke
- The entrepreneurs are burning out trying to chase growth
- The ambitious professionals who are starting to question the game they’re playing
- And anyone who’s beginning to realise that more isn’t always better
I’m not here to coddle. I’m here to be honest.
You might not like everything I have to say, but I’m not here to be liked.
I’m here to help you get clear, get focused, and get real results.
All I ask is: Don’t Shoot the Messenger.
This is a Financial Planner Life Production 🎬
What actually separates the most successful financial advisors from everyone else?
In this episode, Chris Ball sits down with Mark Tenenbaum, Director of Advisor Research at Kitces.com, to look at what the data really says about building and growing a successful financial advice business.
Mark spends his days analysing advisor productivity, technology, marketing and practice management. In this conversation, he shares some of the biggest findings from that research, including why some financial advisors continue to grow while others eventually plateau.
They discuss:
• The four biggest drivers of financial advisor success
• The ideal team structure for a growing advice practice
• Why more clients doesn't always mean a better business
• The marketing strategies that actually generate growth
• Why advisors can become too reliant on referrals
• When to hire your first team member
• Why social media and content creation may not be as cost-efficient as you think
• The truth about fee compression and advisor pricing
• AUM fees vs flat-fee financial advice
• How to calculate your revenue acquisition cost
• The key numbers every financial advisor should be tracking
• What the fastest-growing financial advice firms do differently
If you're a financial advisor, practice owner or leader looking to grow a financial advice business, this episode is packed with data-backed insights you can apply to your own practice.
Mark also explains why the strategies that get an advisor to their first stage of growth aren't necessarily the strategies that will take them to the next one.
Watch the full episode to find out what the research says actually works.
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