Episode Notes
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Sponsors
FAEM Pro Services
www.faemproservices.com
www.sommersfinancial.com
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*Time Stamped Show Notes: *
[1:25] Wise moment of the week
- Failure is ok just learn from the first mistake.
- Even better, learn from others.
[3:40] Sponsor plug www.faemproservices.com
[4:40] Introduction of Adam Sommers
[11:10] First job after college
- Corporate accounting software firm was not a good fit for him
- Moved back to St. Helens to work as an accountant for a company and did pretty much everything
[16:00] The problem with the corporate world
- They move too slowly
- Aren’t as close to the customer
[20:00] Side gigs helped Sommers Financial
[23:30] The start of Sommers Financial
- Planning for people get to the next phase
- The next phase is assets paying you
[25:30] Side gigs
- Limo driver
- Coaching
- Uber driving
[27:00] Finding ways to put money towards assets
[29:00] Finding value in investments
- No dessert….doesn’t have enough value
- A third in your business, A third in the market, and a third in real estate
[31:52] How to set up a professional business space
[34:00] How to make your tax bill lower
- Retirement plan 401k, IRA, Roth IRA
- Tax Strategy
- Real estate
- Call a certified financial planner
[37:40] Giving your customers a complete experience
- Think what else can you provide your customers
- One stop shop
[40:00] Ask your customers what they want
- Surveys
- Asking at the end of calls
- React to what your customers are saying
[42:15] Using your network to better guide your clients
- Chamber of commerce
- Other business groups
- Be careful of joining the wrong groups
[47:00] Mentorship
- First boss was extremely helpful
- Also a real estate investor
- Has another friend from college that helped a lot with real estate
[50:00] What is the key ingredient that you know now that you didn’t know when you started
- Important to have empathy with you customers
- Don’t take things personally
[52:00] Where can you find Adam Sommers on the web?
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-Extro: Another big shout out to Adam Sommers and this episodes sponsor ** FAEM PRO SERVICES***. And with that we Thank you for listening to episode 10 of the Against All Average podcast, we’ll see you next time!
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