How AI Will Power a New Era of Hyper Growth for Financial Advisors and Wealth Management Firms

How can financial advisors and wealth management firms unlock true organic growth in 2025?

Ian Karnell, CEO of VastAdvisor, joins Mike Langford to unveil a game-changing platform that uses AI to create scalable, compliant digital ad campaigns—without the bloated cost of traditional agencies or lead brokers.

In this high-energy episode, Ian pulls back the curtain on VastAdvisor Enterprise and how it enables RIAs, broker-dealers, and asset managers to:

  • Define ideal client profiles with psychographic precision

  • Deploy niche-targeted ad campaigns across platforms like Meta, LinkedIn, and Google

  • Automatically generate compliant ad copy using SEC- and FINRA-aware AI

  • Measure ROI down to the dollar—with built-in campaign and compliance dashboards

If you’re tired of expensive steak dinners, unreliable lead brokers, and slow growth… this is the moment you’ve been waiting for.

Ian and Mike also explore the rise of agentic AI, why GenAI will reshape the competitive landscape in wealth management, and how firms can empower next-gen advisors with a real tech stack for growth.

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What You’ll Learn in This Episode

  • Why organic growth has stalled for many financial advisors—and how AI can reignite it

  • How lead brokers like SmartAsset and Zoe make their money (and why it’s time to cut them out)

  • The hidden cost of slow, manual compliance workflows—and how AI can solve it

  • How VastAdvisor Enterprise builds predictable, scalable ad campaigns that convert

  • Why democratizing digital ad strategy is a game-changer for mid-sized RIAs and enterprise networks

  • How next-gen advisors can reach full client capacity faster—with an AI-powered lead engine

  • What “agentic AI” is—and why it might be the biggest shift in FinTech since the cloud

  • How niche audience targeting and platform-specific insights (e.g., Meta vs. LinkedIn) improve ROI

  • Why embracing AI isn’t optional—it’s a survival strategy for the next five years

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Mike Langford
Founder & CEO of finservMarketing. Financial services industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in both retail and institutional segments. Early pioneer in the use of social media and digital marketing for financial advisors.
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