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Newsletter for June, 2011Workshops and Webinars
Family Law Software Webinar Series: Tuesday, July 12, 2011: Real Estate Transactions. Mortgages, sales, refinancing, separate property, short sales, sale and purchase of new residence, using refinancing to achieve property equalization. Cost: $69/module ($59 for Members). $369 ($319) for the entire series, if initially purchased as a package. Modules can be taken in any order. Family Law Software, Inc. will also be offering a new certification in Family Law Software for those who complete the program and pass a certification exam. Cost for certification exam and grading: $129 ($119 for Members). Entire program purchased as a package (includes all 6 modules, recordings and visuals and one certification exam: $485 ($425 for Members). For Registration Information Click Here On-Line Marketing Webinar Series Presenter: Vik Rajan, founder of CoGrow's PracticeMarketingAdvisors.com, author of "365 Marketing Thumb-Rules" and voted a "Top 40 Under 40 Rising Star" by Long Island Business News. "I found Vik's webinar very helpful in understanding this whole new world (to me) of web marketing. Many of the things Vik talked about I had heard of before, but did not understand. After the webinar I feel as though I received a solid crash course on what I need to be aware of in web marketing and some good - actionable - ideas to begin to tackle it." ~ Heidi L. Hanson, CFP® "It is so important to discipline ourselves to stay focused on marketing our business. When I saw the promotional email for Vik Rajan's webinar for best practices in "Seminar Marketing," I immediately signed up. The webinar was great! Vik did an excellent job of facilitating a lively discussion on how to successfully market through seminars and I picked up great tips that I can use in marketing my business." ~ Linda Ursin, Esq. "Vik's webinars have been extremely informative and he "breaks things down" so that listeners don't get overwhelmed. For anyone wanting to move more into the social media sphere, these webinars are an excellent way to get started." ~ Erika Penner How On-Line Marketing Leads to Better Referrals Highlights:
Purchase recording and visuals Now! On-Line Marketing, Part 2: Focus on LinkedIn This webinar is the first of three (3) follow-up presentations to How On-Line Marketing Can Lead to Better Referrals. These webinars allow participants to delve more deeply into various social networking techniques. Cost: $49 ($39 for ADFP members) Highlights: How using LinkedIn status updates, groups, and people search leads to referrals, introductions, testimonials and other word-of-mouth marketing. The webinar will walk you through profile set-up, adding contacts from your database, finding referral sources and joining and starting groups. Purchase recording and visuals Now! On-Line Marketing, Part 3: Focus on Blogging Highlights: How Blogging and new web content support referral marketing and search engine results. See also the "20 Blog Article Topics" in the January 26th PowerPoint. This webinar walks you through the free set-up of a blog, posting articles and encouraging interaction. Purchase recording and visuals Now! On-Line Marketing, Part 4: Focus on e-Newsletters Highlights: How e-Newsletters remind referral sources, prospective and current clients about your expertise. This webinar will walk you through creating a quick newsletter from your blog website and promoting it through LinkedIn and Facebook groups and status updates. Purchase recording and visuals Now! News From The ADFP Board of Directors
ADFP Working Together with NAPFA and FPA As part of our efforts to broaden and deepen benefits for our members, we are building strategic affiliations with the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA). We are pleased to explore meaningful synergies between organizations and will be announcing news as it develops. To date, Jerry Cohen, CA Chapter Director, Cinda Jones, PR & Marketing Committee Chairperson, and Lili A. Vasileff, President, are invited to present a panel discussion at the National Financial Planning Association's Annual Conference in San Diego this September. The FPA is encouraging community building and we will help raise awareness of and recognition for divorce financial planning practitioners. Lili also was invited by the FPA to be a monthly columnist for their website (www.fpanet.org) on consumer education on the subject of divorce. She joins FPA Members Elaine King, CFP®, CDFATM and Philip Herzberg, CFP®, MSF, from Miami for a 12 month series of articles. We will keep you up to date as these relationships grow. For more information, please visit either www.fpanet.org or www.napfa.org. ADFP Help Wanted
Communications Liaison: The ADFP is looking for a Communications Liaison to Communicate with the Board and Committee chairs as well as set up conference calls and webinars using MeetingWizard.com and FreeConference.com. No technical skills required. Contact John S. Patsy at john.patsy@lpl.com for more information. Conference Committee The ADFP conference committee is looking for members to help organize your 2011 conference. The September 2010 conference in New York was a big success and we are looking to make the 2011 conference even better. We are looking for volunteers to help with organizing Topics and Speakers, Exhibitors and Sponsors, Agenda and Logistics, and promoting the conference. Please contact Jerry Cohen at jcohen@cdfplanning.com for more information. New ADFP Webmaster Linda Katz (info@divorceplanningassociates.net) has volunteered to serve as our new Webmaster. Please submit all web page updates, information about what you've been up to, information about upcoming meetings, etc. to her, and she will get these posted ASAP! Thank you Linda! There are lots of other opportunities to help out and help make our organization even better. If you are able to volunteer, please let John Patsy (john.patsy@lpl.com), our Matchmaker, know! We encourage our readers to submit articles, events, suggestions, etc. on relevant topics. Please email our Editor-In-Chief, Andrew Samalin at Andrew.Samalin@SICounsel.com for details. Divorce in the News
ADFP News: ADFP CA Chapter: ADFP LI Chapter: ADFP TN Chapter: 2011 ADFP TN Chapter Meetings are held from 9am-Noon in Brentwood, TN and will be held on 8/13, and 11/12. If you have questions or wish to RSVP, you may reach Rosemary Frank at rosemary@rosemaryfrank.com or by phone, 615-595-6850.The Academy of Financial Divorce Specialists The AFDS is offering the Financial Divorce Specialist Course in self-study and in-class formats. The ADFA is a Canadian Institution registered with Industry Canada and fully dedicated to serving their students and Academy members across Canada. Upon completion of the course, you will receive the Financial Divorce Specialist certificate and designation. You will also receive CE Credits and have your name listed on the AFDS website as well. Due to the complexity and extent of the material, those taking the course must have as a prerequisite a recognized financial planning or accounting designation and be a practicing financial professional. Visit www.afds.ca, email info@afds.ca or call 888-893-7526 for more information. The ADFP Is Now Social! The Association of Divorce Financial Planners is now forming a presence on social media. We have a LinkedIn Account and a Facebook Page. We created these profiles as a part of our commitment to increase awareness of our industry and to increase referrals to our members. In order to make these profiles successful we need to keep them interesting and engaging. Feel free to post interesting articles or blog posts that you have written that will help people going through divorce. Visit each site frequently to help guide people going through divorce (and potential clients!) understand how divorce financial planning can help them. Before you can participate you need to join each community. Below you will find instructions. NOTE: You must already be in Facebook and LinkedIn to join each group. LinkedIn Facebook Both the Facebook and LinkedIn groups are open so feel free to invite other professionals and anyone else you think may benefit from the information we are sharing there. Other Divorce News: What Divorce Means for Your Taxes Long Term Care Insurance Gains Attention In Divorce Settlement Negotiations When Is A Divorce Really Over? A Hidden Cost of Divorce: College Event Calendar
Highlited Events: SAVE THE DATE - ADFP University and 9th Annual Conference 2011 June 2011 Event Calendar:
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