CHAPTER 31

Retirement Plans

IN TARGETING RETIREMENT PLANS, I recommend the following three steps:

1. Specialize. To be successful with qualified retirement plans, you should focus on retirement plans between $1 million and $50 million in size. This is the most advantageous segment.

2. Gain expertise. Before you begin prospecting, you must be willing to commit to developing a high level of expertise. This is a market in which knowledge is truly essential. Your firm’s retirement group can give you much of the training and information you need, as can a mutual fund’s partner education program (your wholesaler can guide you to these), and you can read books on retirement plans. Your efforts to continually increase your competencies will give you ...

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