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Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Bill Bachrach

Nov 6, 2018

Scarcity or abundance mentality

Are your limiting beliefs holding you back? Do you have the right mindset to go along with processes and strategies? Are you serving the middle market because you’re afraid of wealth? Watch two top coaches for financial advisors discuss these issues.
Enhancing onboarding to improve relationships and drive introductions

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE

Nov 3, 2023

Enhancing onboarding to improve relationships and drive introductions

Client leverage is what turns incremental growth in your business into exponential growth. Cates explains what you can do in the first few months of working with a client to strengthen your connection and motivate them to introduce you to others who they think you can help.
Quick steps to gain more clients and referrals

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Tristan Karl Robert Hartey

Sep 1, 2023

Quick steps to gain more clients and referrals

How do you turn business growth from a dream into a reality? In this episode, referral coach Bill Cates and MDRT member Tristan Karl Robert Hartey explain how to push through reluctance and establish a time-tested system for expanding your clientele.
Generating the right referrals while offering incentives

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Tristan Karl Robert Hartey

Mar 1, 2023

Generating the right referrals while offering incentives

What can you offer clients as a way to say thank you? What item or event will get them talking about you? In this episode, referral coach Bill Cates and MDRT member Tristan Karl Robert Hartey explain how to successfully utilize gifts – pending compliance approval – and other initiatives to enhance relationships and drive referrals.
Overcoming challenges related to multi-generational referrals

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Tristan Karl Robert Hartey

Dec 1, 2022

Overcoming challenges related to multi-generational referrals

Can you treat an entire family as if they are an individual client? What decisions might be forgotten in how one generation’s decisions impact another’s? In this episode, referral coach Bill Cates and MDRT member Tristan Karl Robert Hartey explain how they navigate relationships among multiple generations.

Best practices to generate referrals through events

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Tristan Karl Robert Hartey

Oct 15, 2021

Best practices to generate referrals through events

How do you make sure you are conducting yourself appropriately with clients and prospects at events? How do you adjust your approach between in-person and virtual events? In this episode, referral coach Bill Cates and MDRT member Tristan Karl Robert Hartey share how you can utilize a variety of events to expand your practice.

Episode breakdown:

0:32 – Benefiting from virtual events and developing business friendship
2:45 – Establishing comfort levels for an event
5:02 – Nuances involved in managing these relationships
8:20 – Remembering to have patience and build trust
11:32 – The benefit of small events vs. large events
15:48 – Learning from mistakes at past events
18:45 – Applying these lessons to virtual events

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Bill Bachrach

Feb 3, 20205 min

Why what you believe determines what you achieve

We don’t act contrary to our beliefs, even when our beliefs may not be true. This is why beliefs are crucial in determining the kind of life we lead. Two top coaches for financial advisors discuss how your beliefs can either hold you back or take you to the next level in your career.

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Tristan Karl Robert Hartey

Apr 1, 202213 min

Turning referrals into reciprocal introductions

Do you know how to ensure the quality of your referrals? How do you maintain reciprocity with those who refer to you? In this episode, referral coach Bill Cates and MDRT member Tristan Karl Robert Hartey share techniques for establishing a productive and positive pipeline of introductions.

Episode breakdown:

0:28 – Understanding the difference between referrals and introductions
2:25 – Incorporating a scorecard into your referral process
4:45 – Establishing the criteria to judge reciprocal relationships
8:42 – Recognizing that the more you give, the more you get back
9:55 – Creating a culture of introductions

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE; Tristan Karl Robert Hartey

Oct 1, 202115 min

How to be referred to more high-net-worth clients

If you want a particular type of referrals, first you need to make sure your clients know who those people are. Then you need to follow through and take time to establish relationships. In this episode, referral coach Bill Cates and MDRT member Tristan Karl Robert Hartey share how you can meet and work with more clients in the high-net-worth space.

Episode breakdown:

0:27 – Being selective about who you ask for HNW referrals
3:50 – The importance of the phrase “The timing isn’t right”
5:05 – Refining the process of identifying your ideal client
6:32 – Adjusting your language as you gain experience
8:56 – A surprising experience with a referral
10:52 – Making sure valued clients don’t think you don’t want to work with them anymore

Bill Cates, CSP, CPAE

Oct 15, 20212 min

Appropriate procedures when invited to a client event

Here’s how to approach talking to your clients’ friends.