Author Archives: Dan Smaida

Turning Online Meetings Into Opportunity

Unless you were already advising remotely, current events have forced a major shift in the way you run your practice.  In a VERY recent survey of my online workshop attendees, 70% of my participants reported canceling ALL face-to-face meetings.  (Flatten the curve! Wash your hands!) But while some Advisors may rightly lament the loss of […]

The Only Three Steps You Need in Selling

3 steps in selling

When I was a young man, literally at the beginning of my sales career, I had the good fortune to meet a man named Martin Rafferty.  I was dating his niece, and she brought me to his house in Racine, Wisconsin for a weekend, which turned into a summer of weekends, possibly the most educational […]

What Does A Great Prospecting “Touch” Look Like?

If someone were to walk up beside you and touch you without warning, what would your first reaction be? Even before COVID-19, you would probably recoil a little to an unexpected, unsolicited touch. Or you might ignore it and hope it doesn’t happen again. But then it happens again! Prospecting new clients is not so […]