Originally posted by Lilith
> Geraint,
> I understand what you are trying to accomplish here: soliciting leads
> for your financial advice business. However, as a long-time observer
> who has benefited from people's kind input on this forum, I find your
> style quite abrasive, and unnecessarily condescending.
> Your potential clients are most likely well-to-do retirees who didn't
> get there by being stupid, so don't assume that they don't know the
> basics. They didn't get there by parting with their time or money too
> casually, so if you have something useful to offer, make your point
> and move on.
> If you would just stick around long enough and provide precise and
> concise input to those who seek advice, like the good ole folks Allen
> and Jeremy did, you may one day end up with a pool of enthusiastic
> clients.
Hopefully what we post comes across as assistance and seen as stating
the facts - because we are regulated one can be guilty if one doesn't
supply caveats and guilty of advertising if one does. If I have helped
in anyway steer people away from getting it wrong then it has been
delivered in a manner that satisfies both -a fine line to walk.