AdvicePay Enterprise User Blog

How to Justify the Fee-For-Service Model to Clients

July 24, 2020 By: Honor Randall

As fee-for-service financial planning continues to be a growing trend in the financial industry, it’s hard not to compare it to Assets Under Management (AUM), especially when working with pre-retirees and retirees. While AUM is based on growing and...

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Topics: Retainer Model, Practice Management

3 Things Your Clients Should Know About AdvicePay

June 19, 2020 By: Honor Randall

Whether you’re migrating from check collection or another electronic payment platform, some clients may wonder why you’ve chosen to use AdvicePay. While they likely don’t need to know all the inner workings, there are a few talking points that can help...

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Topics: Practice Management, User Experience

Using Tiered Service Offerings for Fee-For-Service Financial Planning

May 28, 2020 By: Honor Randall

It’s no secret that there are a few ways to price your fee-for-service offerings. One potential solution for your practice is to offer different service tiers that align with clients’ goals, needs, and budgets.

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Topics: Practice Management

How Often Should I Bill My Clients?

May 13, 2020 By: Honor Randall

AdvicePay may make it easy for your clients to make automatic recurring payments, but you’ll still need to decide what frequency -- monthly, quarterly, or semi-annual -- works best for you and your clients. While it’s certainly important to take your...

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Topics: Retainer Model, Practice Management

Presenting a Financial Plan Virtually

April 03, 2020 By: Honor Randall

As working from home becomes the new norm and social distancing recommendations are being extended further out, it’s a great time to prepare yourself to present financial plans virtually. Meeting via web-conferencing software, especially if it’s not your...

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Topics: Practice Management

How to Position Fee-For-Service with Existing Clients

March 24, 2020 By: Honor Randall

AdvicePay co-founders, Alan Moore and Michael Kitces, opened up on all things AdvicePay earlier this year in their “Ask Me Anything” session. One popular question they answered was “How would you position the fee-for-service option with existing clients,...

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Topics: Practice Management

Communicating With Clients During Rocky Times

March 16, 2020 By: Honor Randall

During rocky times, advisors may feel the worry of their whole client base. The silver lining in a stressful situation is that your value as a financial planner can be showcased. You have an opportunity to listen, communicate, and guide clients through...

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Topics: Practice Management

How You Provide Value

March 05, 2020 By: Honor Randall

The fee-for-service model lets the advice become front and center to your relationship with your clients, but it can sometimes feel like a hurdle when it comes to showing the value you provide in exchange for an ongoing fee. So how can you effectively...

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Topics: Practice Management