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Tested in the Trenches: A 9-Step Plan for Success as a New-Era Advisor - December 2012
From RIA Match
Ron Carson’s new book, Tested in the Trenches: a 9 Step Plan for Success as a new Era Advisor, updates the 2005 version and provides well defined action steps for advisors to thrive in our era of change and uncertainty. Carson thrives in our industry and in his life and shares his methods and systems in Tested in the Trenches.

At Schwab: Being Fair to Advisers, Sensitive to Clients - November 16, 2012
From The Wall Street Journal  

Make Your Client Fall in Love with You - September 30, 2012
From InvestmentNews 
Read this book excerpt from the second edition of Tested in the Trenches: A 9-Step Plan For Success As A New-Era Advisor. 

Financial Planning Assocation and Peak Advisor Alliance Collaborate to Offer Coaching and Content - September 20, 2012
From Yahoo! News 
The Financial Planning Association® (FPA®) and Peak Advisor Alliance today announced a strategic partnership, bringing Peak Advisor Alliance’s educational resources and marketing tools via the FPA Practitioner Resource Guide, a robust directory of practical solutions and benefits available to FPA members to help them take their businesses forward.

Peak Advisor Alliance Reaches 1,000 Member Milestone - July 11, 2012
From Yahoo! Finance
Peak Advisor Alliance, the country’s largest financial advisor coaching and resources program led by $12 million, 21-time, #1 producer Ron Carson, today announced that the firm is celebrating crossing the 1,000 member mark. Collectively, the firm’s membership base advises over $100 billion in assets.

News from the Excell Spring

Revamp, Reinvest and Reinvent Your Way to a Thriving Practice
Financial-Planning.com 
Holistic wealth management is the future of financial planning, but advisors have to provide it in a seamless and proactive way with clients to effectively grow their practice, according to Ron Carson of Carson Wealth Management.

Need expert — but cheap — advice on social networking? Talk to ...
InvestmentNews
Renee Boulger, director of client services at Keystone Financial Services, told advisers at the Peak Advisor Alliance conference in Phoenix, ...

Clients tell it like it is, and that's a good thing
InvestmentNews
Advisory councils that give clients a regular chance to criticize their financial adviser may sound like a daunting prospect, but it pays off, said Ron Carson, chief executive of Carson Wealth Management Group LLC and founder of the Peak Advisor ...

Four Tech Tools to Expand Your Practice
Financial-Planning.com
Technology innovations are critical for advisors to remain on the cutting edge and retain the next generation of clients.

The Prosperous Advisor, featured in Financial Planning

Creating an Office Environment to Wow Clients - May 15, 2013
What impression do your clients get when they enter your office before even saying word? Are they comfortable and receptive or turned off? Ron Carson says little things can go a long way when it comes to attracting and retaining clients.

Balancing Details and Big-Picture Thinking - April 18, 2013
As advisors – and entrepreneurs – it’s hard to come across a marketing idea we don’t love. Because of this, we all have a tendency to lose the balance between strategic thinking and the little things that need to be done to ensure the big picture vision is properly executed. Ron Carson asks, how can advisors keep the scale balanced in their dynamic role?

Spring Forward: 4 Ways to Build Your Practice - March 25, 2013
Spring is a time of new growth. The buds on trees start to appear, dormant flowers launch their annual makeover, and the grass begins its transition to a beautiful shade of deep green. If only growth in your business was as easy as waiting for warmer weather. Ron Carson asks, as, a financial advisor, are you prepared to grow this year?

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