https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScoYpb2AOo Over $100 trillion is set to change hands in the coming years. That’s not just numbers on a balance sheet—it’s family stories, dreams, and decades of hard work being passed down. Inheritance isn’t just a financial event. It’s emotional, it’s complicated. And it’s already on your clients’ minds. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QafyZ8ohMlE When you hear 'data,' you probably picture spreadsheets, algorithms, and cold, clinical numbers. But in the world of financial advising and sales, data isn’t sterile—it’s deeply human. Used the right way, it becomes a powerful tool to personalize every conversation, every email, every touchpoint with your prospects and clients. [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvXfiTlNNcQ A massive transfer of wealth is already underway—whether your prospects and clients are planning to leave a legacy or preparing to receive one. More and more Americans are thinking beyond their own retirement and asking bigger questions: What will happen to my wealth when I'm gone? Or, what should [...]
https://youtu.be/nO5IRLK6AO0 Marcus Roth and John Capuano explore how survey respondents perceive the role of a full-service advisory firm, and the results may surprise you. Many pre-retirees and retirees still don’t fully recognize the value of having a single, comprehensive financial team guiding their retirement strategy. And among ultra-high-net-worth individuals, belief [...]
https://youtu.be/tsuSZTew9X0 Marcus Roth, and John Capuano share sentiments of pessimism from respondents to the 2025 Retirement Survey about the U.S. economy over the next five years. For advisors, this level of uncertainty among retirees and pre-retirees signals an opportunity to directly acknowledge these concerns. It’s not just about offering a [...]
https://youtu.be/RTCeYIT0kPo In Simplicity Lone Beacon's latest OneCast, Partners Greg Dinetz and John Capuano talk about how much media consumption for the retirement aged demographic has changed in the last 10 years. Whether you like it or not, your audience is on their phones A LOT, and if you don't adapt [...]
https://youtu.be/sbwUohU9l3g In Simplicity Lone Beacon's recent OneCast, Co-Founder John Capuano met with VP of Sales and Marketing, Mike Shaffman to talk about 5 important concepts for advisors to be attuned to in 2025... One of the biggest: How referrals work in the digital age. Listen to this key insight and [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80wcYEatHOk&feature=youtu.be First-party data... as in the data you own on your clients and prospects... is one of your greatest assets as a financial advisor. Purchased data is often irrelevant and untailored to the important questions you want answered about your prospects and their preferences. This is why every financial advisor [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wTE_6Kn6jY We've said it once and we'll continue to say it: Today's consumers want what they want, and they want it when they want it... But there's more to it for financial advisors in 2025. Hyper-personalization is increasingly necessary for financial advisors, meaning people don't just want to [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlzlyRdQRQs The use of artificial intelligence is a white-hot topic, and it’s shaping up to be especially influential in the financial advisor space. And it's something we at Simplicity Lone Beacon have been honing for years, staying a step ahead on behalf of the financial advisors we work with. The [...]
