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TRENDING: Inside Sales Adopting an "Outside" mentality

4/22/2015

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Internal Wholesaling will play a valuable role for firms and to financial professionals over the next five years. As many advisors reexamine their practice models (while striving for greater growth!), these  advisors will need a thinking partner to ensure they are doing their best business and doing right by     their best clients. What this will require is a different segmentation model and territory management approach.  Gone will be the days of inch-deep, mile-wide coverage strategies. It is not possible for the Internal professional and it is not valuable to the FA as relationships attempt to be forged with twice- yearly meetings.

As solutions become more complex, and detailed product knowledge and asset allocation support increase, Internal professionals will need to assimilate more sophisticated product knowledge. The    source of this productive talent pool will also change.  A smaller number of Externals “coming  off the   road” will  be replaced by intentionally hired, trained and deployed internal salespeople that can build relationships  in a virtual environment. A growing percentage of Internal professionals will have CIMA and other advanced certifications and compensation plans will change to reflect that.

In terms of connection, Internal Wholesalers will need to employ an intentional blend of interactions: email, phone, chat, text and video conferencing. Technology is already playing a greater role in advisors lives and this will continue as their clients become more savvy with what we call “social communication”. With the growth of FaceTime and Skype we expect to see wholesalers (both internal and external)   regularly communicating with advisors via video once security measures are tested and implemented.

Other best practices will include: 
  • Putting internal wholesalers in charge of evaluating and implementing value added programs for advisors (internal and external sources).
  • Refreshing/revalidating/installing a sales process with clear roles and inflection points for internals and externals (driven by the voice of the financial professional).
  • CRM investments to reduce time spent qualifying advisors.
  • Talent management and assessment to ensure success in a proactive v. reactive role. 
  • Select opportunities for in-person meetings provided for internals.
  • Internals given prominent roles at sales meetings; given special assignments and presentation opportunities.
  • Internals allowed to act as thought leaders.

If this community is provided with consultative selling skills, a validated sale process, and a value proposition that resonates with FAs, firms can expect great results from this dynamic and evolving part of their sales organization. 

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