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Just went independent, Welcome

Good for you for going independent. I also went independent (on my own) many years ago and have not looked back. One of my better decisions.

I would be happy to share both good sources and marketing strategies with you once I figure out who you are and where you are going. Would also like to know more about your business.

SCORE can also help and hopefully you know that SCORE is FREE.

Good luck, LUCKIEST

Luckiest, I have not the slightest clue what score is. Never the less, I'm an independent broker. I have my series 7, series 66, Florida Health, Life, and Variable Annuity Licenses. I am registered to solicit business in my home state, Florida. I have some clients that I'm bringing over from my previous firm but I have no prospects or marketing in line to continue to grow my book of business. So far, I'm using the local white pages to solicit potential clients and really have no capital to spend on marketing as of yet. If there's anything else I can answer, please let me know.

For starters I'd suggest building yourself a web presence, lets call it you online calling card. if you're an advisor then what you're really selling out there is yourself. This is why I suggest you Brand Yourself (And I capitalized that for a reason).
Take some time, a few hours perhaps and dedicate them about getting your name and your face out there
Create a web page, if you do not have the knowledge on how to do that then hire someone, or use an exisiting service (take LookupPage http://www.lookuppage.com for instance, professional online profile in minutes)
Build your presence. Join business networking services like LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) and Naymz (www.naymz.com). Better web dominance and another way people could get in touch with you

After that I'd work on my marketing, how you gain and approach new clients.. this would need a further looking into perhaps

Hope i helped
Jmes
http://www.lookuppage.com/users/jamesbrass
brassjmes@gmail.com

What is a qualified investor these days? It has been a while since I knew. Is it $1MM in liquid assets? (or is that certified investor?)

If you want to meet qualified investors, you need to go where the money is - golf, yacht club. Every shark swims those waters though. Where else can you bump into money?