How To Really Attract The Next Generation

If you had a nickel for every article written over the past 30 years on how financial advisors need to connect with their clients' kids, you'd be rich!

If just one of these articles had offered a truly practical approach to building those connections, your AUM and profits might have doubled by now. Like me, you may find it hard not to feel a bit skeptical at the latest headlines promising “5 Ways to Attract Gen X Clients” or “Is Your Practice Ready for the Great Wealth Transfer?”—they tend to recycle well-worn ideas, none of which have made any inroads to solving this problem for advisors and their clients.

The ideas are spot on: connect with heirs early, adopt digital tools, and align with younger clients’ values like sustainability and technology. All valuable perspectives, but the truth is that these articles rarely supply realistic, actionable ways that? lead to meaningful conversations and business with younger prospects.

Advisors are still looking for strategies that work. Rather than revisiting familiar points, imagine if articles offered truly transformative steps tailored for today's financial landscape. Advisors already know that building relationships with future inheritors is key. What if they were given practical tools for helping protect the wealth they’ll inherit?

Here’s a thought: Let’s focus on what really matters to the next generation. It’s not just branding or flashy marketing. What if CFPs could offer them a solution that addresses a real risk— the inheritance disputes that affect one out of every two estates? Advisors who understand this challenge have an opportunity to make a lasting impact on these clients’ futures.

No, I’m not talking about another online vault product! Digital trust registration allows people to ensure that their trust documents are secure, private, authenticatable, and protected against the kinds of ugly disputes that rip families apart. Digital trust registration is that kind of innovative solution, bridging generational gaps and offering real value, that financial advisors have been waiting for!

For thought-leading financial advisors, who focus on estate planning, and who are serious about attracting the next generation, this could be the key. Branding may help, but assuring clients that their inheritance will be safeguarded against common pitfalls? That might be the gold we've all been searching for to attract the next wave of clients.

The article was written by Matt Everson , formerly a CFP? and CCO at illuminote. ?

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