{"id":27081,"date":"2014-08-12T12:16:06","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T02:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=27081"},"modified":"2014-08-27T07:10:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T21:10:27","slug":"advice-innovators-band-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2014\/08\/12\/advice-innovators-band-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice Innovators Band Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shared passion for increasing the availability of financial advice is behind a new program initiated by the creators of the AstuteWheel.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27084\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2014\/08\/Michael-Topper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27084\" alt=\"AstuteWheel Founder, Michael Topper\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2014\/08\/Michael-Topper.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AstuteWheel Founder, Michael Topper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Called <a href=\"http:\/\/adviceinnovation.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">AdviceInnovation<\/a>, the program aims to provide access to innovative solutions for Australian financial advice businesses. Part online hub, part networking \u2018club\u2019, AdviceInnovation brings together some of the most unique business solutions, many of which were designed by advisers for advisers.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses must apply to become an AdviceInnovation partner, and will only be accepted if they have achieved proven results for advice clients, and share a desire to improve the efficiency of advisers\u2019 practices. The businesses will then be showcased via a website, as well as through direct marketing, PR and regular \u2018innovation think tanks\u2019 with other members and their clients.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, the website will profile solutions across a range of \u2018categories\u2019, representing the types of challenges regularly encountered by advice practices. Only one provider per \u2018category\u2019 will be invited to join AdviceInnovation, so advisers can trust they\u2019re getting access to the \u2018best of the best\u2019 solutions. Similarly, many of the businesses have built their solutions in collaboration with other AdviceInnovation partners, so that they interact seamlessly, delivering greater efficiencies and better client outcomes.<\/p>\n<h6>&#8230;these services are aimed at helping the adviser to differentiate themselves<\/h6>\n<p><strong>Michael Topper<\/strong>, Co-Founder of The Astute Wheel, devised the idea for the program while trying to find an audience for his own business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdvisers were contacting us as a result of word-of-mouth referrals but wished they knew about us sooner,\u201d he said. \u201cThat got me thinking &#8211; why don\u2019t I find other great innovators for advisers and build an innovators hub on the net?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe website is like an oasis for advisers who are struggling with a particular practice issue, and who are looking for an innovative solution,\u201d added AdviceInnovation founding partner and creator of Now Sorted!, <strong>Eddie Lees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of these services are aimed at helping the adviser to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market,\u201d Mr Lees said.<\/p>\n<p>Now Sorted! is one of six businesses already signed-up as an AdviceInnovation partner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The AstuteWheel, an online customer engagement and modelling tool<\/li>\n<li>Complete Client Connection, a client review service designed to help advisers identify growth opportunities within their existing client base<\/li>\n<li>The Social Adviser, a consultancy delivering social advice strategies for practices<\/li>\n<li>Now Sorted!, an electronic filing solution to collate and maintain all a client\u2019s vital documents<\/li>\n<li>64 Media, a PR firm that aims to help advisers raise their profile and manage their reputation<\/li>\n<li>PressDev, which delivers practical website solutions for advisers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adviceinnovation.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to visit the AdviceInnovation website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shared passion for increasing the availability of financial advice is behind a new program initiated by the creators of the AstuteWheel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-services","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}