How do I go about getting my first Ideal Client? I do not have a client base to work from for referrals. I know many people superficially who I believe meet my Ideal Client Profile, but I do not know MISC information about them, and I do not know anyone who knows MISC information about them. Help?

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Last updated: 20 Nov, 2019

Make a list of your friends, family, acquaintances, etc. Sort the list and prioritize who you think are the best candidates to be Ideal Clients and know people who might meet your Ideal Client Profile. Follow the Values Based Financial Planning™ referral process with you referring yourself to these people. If you did know the MISC information about them you would write the note on the cover of the book with those reasons that you think Values Based Financial Planning™ will be of value to them.

However, you indicated in your question that you don’t know what’s MISC to them. In this case, call them before you send the book and tell them that you want to send them a book that you think might be of value to them, but you don’t want to waste their time if it’s not. In order to determine if it might be of value you want to ask them a few questions. Ask them some of the MISC questions that you learned in the Academy 2. If there seems to be a fit, tell them so, send them a book, and schedule the 20 minute phone appointment. If there doesn’t seem to be a good reason to send the book, don’t. Follow the process: do the phone appointment and, if appropriate, invite them in for a complete Financial Road Map®.


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b I have just started implementing the referral process which has been the hardest thing to implement. I am still trying to get it right. One of the first conversations I had indicated the benefits of the process were sense of security, takes the doubt away and provides more certainty. When asking who you would like to give that gift to, the clients indicated they did not talk financially among their friends. Although I know this person being a retired doctor, has plenty of people I could speak to, suggested they were down the pecking order and I think were afraid to refer these people. Although one runs an investment business, which I would not think is an Ideal Client for me. I had to explain the process a little more and eventually suggested that I would follow up on the phone, which is this Friday. What would you suggest is the best way of handling this situation to extract referrals?
b While looking for and asking for Group Self-Referral opportunities, do you think it matters if I email vs. call the contacts I have?
b I have been given the opportunity to give a 10 minute presentation to a group of people. I need 20minutes if I were to go through the recommended ideal life group presentation. Do you have any thoughts on what I should focus my time on in the presentation?
b I completed a self-referral with my client, Laura, gave her the book, and scheduled a Phone Consultation with her on March 25th. Here is the note I put on the book with the M.I.S.C I gathered from her. “I appreciated you sharing with me some of your interests in travelling like your upcoming trip in August to Camino Spain. As well as, maintaining a balanced life and enjoying the outdoors going downhill skiing, snowshoeing and mountain biking. I am looking forward to speaking with you on March 25th at 11:30 AM about how some of the concepts in the book can be of value to you in enhancing your quality of life.” She called back to reschedule the Phone Consultation and sent the following email below suggesting to now do the phone consultation with her husband instead as he handles the investments and financial planning. She is thinking she should not be involved as she does not handle the investments and financial planning. What would you say to get her back on track as to the PURPOSE of the phone consultation and her involvement in it as well? Email - Hi there, Thank you for your email. I took a quick look at the book and passed it over to my husband Rodger as he handles our investments and financial planning. He wants to read it. He’s away on business this week and won’t be able to get to it. I’ll let him know the time slots and see if you can set something up with him when he gets back. Kind regards, Laura
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