“Compound Impact”—An Author Success Story

Amy Salo knows that most Americans want financial advice—but they trust advisors about as much as politicians and loan sharks.

As an advisor and industry leader, she gets why.

That’s why, she wrote Compound Impact: The New Era of Financial Guidance—released TODAY (Jan. 7, 2025) by Ballast Books.

When Amy came to the field as a single mom and former professional musician, she found an industry entrenched in rigid gatekeeping, outdated training protocols, and short-sighted sales trophies.

So, she forged her own approach:

One that prioritizes advisor integrity and long-term impact over short-term sales goals.

One that builds trust through the compounding ripple effects of client-centered, holistic planning.

One that helped grow several firms, including her current Forest Hills Financial Group, into robust leaders setting industry standards for advisor retention and client success.

While written for advisors and industry leaders, Amy's book will shift how anyone thinks about personal financial planning—helping advisors to do a more complete job; leaders to train more responsive, impactful advisors; and the general reader to better understand and evaluate the guidance they receive.

Collaborating with this author to craft and hone her manuscript certainly helped me to ask better questions and envision a better future.

In our months of working together, Amy detailed how the new era of financial guidance can strengthen and enrich both advising firms and their communities—by putting clients in the best possible situations.

As Amy puts it: "If we give those metrics a try, we can move from transactions to transformations."

You can buy your copy here.

You can also find the drive and guidance to start YOUR book project by setting up a free consultation with me today here.

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