Money Matters 325- Shut the F up and Listen ! W/ Matt Halloran
MONEY MATTERS with Christopher Hensley
Release Date: 02/13/2025
MONEY MATTERS with Christopher Hensley
What if financial advisors didnāt just use AI toolsābut had AI workers supporting their business? In this episode of Money Matters, host Chris Hensley is joined by Jonathan Michael, Director of Growth at TIFIN AXIS, to unpack what AI agents really are, how they differ from chatbots, and why theyāre quickly becoming a practical way for advisory firms to scale. Jonathan brings a founderās perspective from both EdTech and WealthTech and focuses on one core idea: AI should take on the operational, repetitive work that slows firms downāso advisors can spend more time where they add the...
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In this powerful conversation, host Christopher Hensley, RICPĀ®, CESĀ® sits down once again with George Kinderāinternationally recognized as the father of life planning and the visionary behind the global Fiduciary in All Things (FIAT) movement. Together, they explore what it would mean for our institutions, our democracy, and our financial systems to finally act in the best interest of the people they serve. Kinder explains how a fiduciary societyārooted in truth, people, democracy, and the planetācould dissolve many of the challenges we face today while preserving the entrepreneurial...
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They Didnāt Start with AI. They Started with People. That might sound simpleābut in todayās rush to automate, scale, and ātransform,ā itās anything but. took a different path. No pink slips. No blown-up workflows. No hollow promises about innovation. Just a clear goal: reduce the time it takes to open an account from 20 minutes to secondsāwithout losing the quality, trust, or people that made the process work in the first place. In this episode of Money Matters, I sit down with: š” , Chief Experience Officer š” , Chief Technology Officer What I love about this story...
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Is DEI really dead ā or just misunderstood? In this episode of Money Matters, workplace culture experts Cornelia Gamlem and Barbara Mitchell, co-authors of Essentials of Employee Engagement, challenge the headlines and reframe the DEI conversation with clarity and strategy. š„ Cold Open Preview: āPeople started calling DEI bad, evil, even discriminatory⦠and itās none of those things if you truly understand it.ā ā Cornelia Gamlem š§ In this episode, you'll learn: Why DEI got distorted ā and what it really means in todayās workplace How inclusion, not perks, drives...
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šØ Can AI actually make financial advisors feel more humanānot less? Thatās the bold idea , CEO of , shares in this weekās episode of Money Matters. We break down what āhuman connection at scaleā really looks like in todayās digital-first worldāand why it might be the future of financial advising. Hereās what we cover: ā Real AI implementation vs. ChatGPT tinkering ā Using data to personalize at scale (without losing your voice) ā How one firm doubled AUM from $20B ā $40B with smarter marketing ā Why compliance + data strategy must come first ā How segmentation...
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šļø Episode #334 ā The Man Behind the 4% Rule: Bill Bengen on Inflation, Flexibility, and a Richer Retirement What if the greatest risk to your retirement portfolio isn't a market crashābut inflation? In this episode of Money Matters, Christopher Hensley, RICPĀ®, sits down with Bill Bengen, the creator of the legendary 4% Rule for safe withdrawal rates. Now, 30 years later, Bengen reflects on what still holds up, whatās changed, and how retirees and advisors can adapt withdrawal strategies in a world of sticky inflation, volatile markets, and longer life expectancies. Whether you're...
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š Why Your Next Best Client May Never Call You First ā And What To Do About It In this episode of Money Matters, I sit down with Brian Thorp, founder and CEO of Wealthtender, to unpack a radical shift in how clients find financial advisors. AI tools like ChatGPT and Googleās AI Overviews are now mediating the first impressionābefore clients ever visit your website or pick up the phone. We discuss: The āVisibility Crisisā facing independent advisors How AI tools prioritize structured data and schema Why testimonials and reviews are your new secret weapon The power of...
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What if the real problem isn't that advisors hate prospectingāit's that the system we gave them to do it is broken? Most tools treat advisors like marketers. Spray-and-pray. Mass messaging. Cold lists. But the best advisors? They donāt want to scale spam. They want to scale presence. Thatās what Eden Ovadia and Victoria Toli built with FINNY: ā An AI engine that understands who you actually connect with ā A matchmaking algorithm (yes, really) that gets better the more you use it ā Outreach thatās compliant, personalizedāand human This conversation blew me away. And if you're...
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500 hours. Thatās how much time some advisors are getting backāevery single year. Not from working harder. From removing the invisible work that's slowly draining them. In this weekās Money Matters Podcast, I sat down with Arnulf Hsu, founder of GReminders, to talk about what happens when AI becomes your invisible partnerānot your replacement. We covered: How voice-aware AI reduces "cognitive clutter" Why compliance is the real barrier (and how GReminders solves for it) And what it really means to scale presence, not spam This isnāt about hype. Itās about freedom. Freedom...
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The audio sounded perfect. Too perfect. Thatās what Whitney Joy Smithāone of Canadaās top private investigatorsātold me when we sat down to talk about AI, trust, and the future of voice. In this special edition of the Money Matters podcast, we go deep into one of the most uncomfortable truths in todayās tech landscape: You can no longer assume a voice recording is real. Whitney shares real-world cases where AI-generated voices nearly destroyed lives, and how investigators are adjustingānot just their tools, but their intuition. And hereās where it connects to financial advising:...
info_outlineWant to make your podcast interviews unforgettable? š In this episode of Money Matters 325, host Chris sits down with Matt Halloran, expert podcast coach and author of Shut the F Up and Listen, to reveal the secrets of powerful conversations, audience engagement, and podcast growth.
š¹ What Youāll Learn in This Episode:
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Why listening, not talking is the key to an engaging podcast šļø
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The biggest interviewing mistake podcasters makeāand how to fix it
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How to use storytelling to captivate your audience š
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The Google SEO hack for growing your podcast audience š
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How to turn podcasting into a business growth tool
š„ Whether you're a podcaster, entrepreneur, or financial advisor, this episode is packed with practical strategies to help you stand out in a crowded space!
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