Showing results by publisher "Lioncrest Publishing" in Money & Finance

Greed. Exploitation. And so many fees. All hiding in plain sight. That’s your financial advisor. Whose services and advice have become the outdated VHS player of retirement. In Fire Your Financial Advisor: 40 Years of Greed and Exploitation of the American Retiree, and How You Can Fight Back, Greg Aler tells the story of how the financial industry created a trillion-dollar empire by withholding information while over-charging and under-servicing retirees regarding the real risks of retirement.

In It's About Time!, David Smith chronicles his 30-plus-year journey in senior living. He reveals how to turn deep-seated resistance into successful conversions. His field-tested technique, Prospect-Centered Selling®, is based on a theoretical model adapted from the psychology of change. It’s a strategy supported by data-driven metrics and a purpose-built CRM platform.

The term affiliate marketing has been misunderstood and underestimated since its inception. At its core, affiliate marketing represents something overwhelmingly positive: paying only for marketing that delivers actual, quantifiable results. Robert Glazer, a leader in the affiliate marketing industry for more than a decade, draws upon his experience and insights gathered from influential marketers to examine a rapidly changing field. Performance Partnerships is the first in-depth look at the performance (affiliate) marketing industry. 

Let's be real: most books about money are boring! Our brains crave stories, not seminars. Mind Your Money delivers all the personal finance basics through insightful stories with a splash of sass. Yanely Espinal knows how to make things easy to understand, which has earned her millions of views on YouTube as MissBeHelpful. Whether you're frustrated with your budget, dealing with debt, or struggling to raise that credit score, this book will motivate and inspire you to finally reach your #MoneyGoals.

When you’re acquired by private equity, the first 100 days are critical. You need to grow revenue faster, be more profitable, and integrate additional companies, all while getting buy-in from investors. In this environment, ramping up your sales pipeline is a major component of meeting board expectations. In Post-Acquisition Marketing, Shiv Narayanan reveals how PE-backed companies can leverage marketing to scale faster and deliver on the investment thesis.

We’ve been made to believe that money is the ultimate motivator. We think that businesses who have high-end compensation packages attract the best talent and that well-compensated employees will be high performers and stay content. The stats and scientifically-proven data say otherwise. Top talent and the highest producing employees desire three things other than money, and in The Problem Isn’t Their Paycheck, Grant Botma reveals what those forces are and how to easily implement them so you can hire right and lead better.

Let best-selling author Chad Willardson, one of the top wealth management experts in America, help you recalibrate the way you approach commitments. You’ll discover how a change in focus can align your actions with your priorities, dramatically improving your health, relationships, and happiness. Beyond the Money doesn’t tell you what you want to hear. Instead, it tells you what you need to hear if you truly want to achieve fulfillment while increasing lifestyle freedom to do more of what you love.

Broke and creeping toward burnout after fellowship training, Dr. Latifat Akintade refused to relinquish control of her professional future. She transformed her finances and founded MoneyFitMD School, equipping women physicians with the knowledge they need to eliminate debt and live a joy-filled life. In Done With Broke, Dr. Akintade explains the principles of financial management for physicians, showing how to break free from the cycle of overworking and overspending to stop worrying and live the life you want.

In Freedom Street, financial advisor and CEO Scott Danner shares lessons learned and insights gained from nearly two decades of managing assets, purchasing financial practices, and creating succession plans to ensure a future that is both prosperous and rewarding. He knows what it takes to effectively balance your goals to serve your clients, make an impact in your community, and make your next chapter count. Learn what Scott did to create a rich life now, live his legacy today, and own the future of his dreams.

You’ve founded a successful company, and now it’s time to grow. Is a private equity investment the best route? Assuming it is, what’s the right timing, and how do you find the ideal partner, one whose values and expectations align with yours? Kelley W. Powell works every day to grow the portfolio companies of private equity firms. Now she wants to give you the confidence and clarity to move forward by sharing an honest account of what to expect when you pursue private equity.

In Not a Good Neighbor, injury lawyer Brian LaBovick shows you how to navigate the paperwork and pitfalls of an automobile accident case. Brian shares stories from nearly three decades in practice to help you maximize benefits in this often complicated process. Learn the ins and outs of auto accident insurance and ways to increase your settlement with the strategies you need to attain the money you deserve. In today’s world, insurance alone cannot protect you. Learn how to protect yourself and fight for fairness so you’re never a victim again.

In Get Rich, but Not Quick, real estate expert Edward Beck debunks the get-rich-quick allure of real estate investment. Using real-life examples, he guides readers through everything they must know to tackle their own fixer-upper, including choosing the right home or contractor, arranging financing, deciding whether to rent or sell, and more. Edward also demonstrates how to use compassion and Christian values to avoid being a “shark.”

With Ultimate Vacation, Randy Carver shares the personal vision planning process that he and his team have developed and refined to help thousands of clients maintain and advance their standard of living. You'll learn how to define what's important today and create a vision for what the future looks like.

As a millennial and financial planner, Rachel Podnos O’Leary understands the unique obstacles and opportunities that face her generation. In 21st Century Wealth, her no-nonsense personal finance guide, she shows you how to achieve financial independence, no matter your starting point. With tips on how you can build wealth through cash-flow planning, debt reduction, investing, and strategic tax planning, you’ll learn how to leverage time and money as your most precious resources.

Executives will often greenlight a strategic initiative based on a business case and financial analyses alone, with no idea whether their company has the ability to execute it successfully. But there’s a better way to make corporate decisions. Alex Castro has developed the ReM Score™, a data-driven measurement for determining a company’s execution capability (or readiness) for each strategic initiative it is considering.

As you approach retirement, questions begin to stack up that you may not have the answers for: Do I have enough, or will I run out of money later in life? What will happen to my spouse if I die? How do I avoid costly mistakes and maximize my resources going forward? More than anything, you want to know: Am I going to be OK? These questions exist because preparing for retirement is not easy. You're not sure which advisors to trust, you worry about being sold a product for the wrong reasons, and above all, it's daunting to lay bare your financial secrets to another person.

Illness, disease, and aging aren't the only things attacking your wellness. The US healthcare system has failed to evolve like other industries, remaining fragmented and inefficient, unable to keep up with the changing needs of citizens, particularly those of Medicare age and veterans. But there is hope. Eventually, you or a loved one will be drafted onto the healthcare battlefield - and the best time to prepare is now. 

Sure, you’ve hired the right advisors and learned how to stockpile money. You’ve thought about taxes, healthcare, Medicare, and Social Security. But how will you make your paycheck last forever? What’s your plan to turn savings into income? How will you spend your days without work commitments or obligatory schedules?

Consumers are being manipulated into spending more than they can afford. We have the best intentions but feel as if something's overriding them. Worse, we don't know where our money's going because we're spending without making conscious decisions to do so. In short, our brains have been hacked. In Brainhacked, renowned financial educator and mortgage originator Jennifer Beeston shows you how to see behind the distortions of online media, change what you're doing with your money, and learn how to fight back.

A bookkeeper with a two-year college degree retires with more than five million dollars in his investment accounts. A renowned surgeon is shocked to discover that he doesn’t have enough to retire. Based on real people, the two stories in One Decade to Make Millions prove that anyone can retire wealthy and anyone can go broke.The only question is how much attention you decide to pay to your finances—and when you decide to start.