College Resources for Your Clients
Simple Steps. Real Results.
New” 5-Step College Plan
Give your Gen X and Millennial clients a powerful edge!
College is one of a family’s highest-stakes financial decisions, yet most are unprepared to make it. Give them the financial literacy they need before they commit. There’s nothing like this collection anywhere.
The College Video Library delivers a unique 5-Step College Plan that helps students and parents cut through today’s complex landscape, explore fast-track alternatives, reduce future debt, and avoid costly mistakes that follow families for years.
Equip your clients with the clarity and confidence they need … and position yourself as the advisor who helps families win on both education and long-term wealth.
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Students: 5-Step College Plan
Simple Steps. Real Results.
Your client’s life-long Financial Literacy journey begins now … with your fully customized College Video Platform. This unique series delivers a clear roadmap to success. In quick, practical videos, both parents and students will learn the smartest questions to ask, costly mistakes to avoid, uncover the latest resources, explore fast-track alternatives, and steps to ensure their students are truly prepared for tomorrow’s job market.
Step 1
Before You Begin
Prior to beginning the college selection process, here’s some critical information to help students prepare for one of the most important decisions they’ll ever make.
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Step 2
What’s Your Goal?
Why are students planning to attend to college? Have they thought about what they want to do after graduation? These short videos can spark fresh ideas, to help them start building a clearer path forward.
Money Minutes: College Students - 10 Questions for Career Success - Part 1
Money Minutes: College Students - 10 Questions for Career Success - Part 2
Money Minutes: 5 College Mistakes that Could Cost You a Great Job Offer
Explore Fast-Track Career Training Alternatives to College
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Step 3
Prepare for Your Dream Job
The future job market is wide open for those who have the skills employers want and need. Now is the time to ensure they are the candidate employers will be eager to hire.
Money Minutes: College Majors with a Low Return on Investment (ROI) - Part 1
Money Minutes: College Majors with a Positive Return on Investment (ROI) - Part 2
Money Minutes: STEM Majors - Avoid this Trap
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Step 4
Select the Right School
Now, students are ready to choose the educational path that’s right for them at this moment in time, whether it’s college, or one of the fast-track alternatives. The option they choose will determine the skills they acquire, the job offers they’ll receive, and their long-term career success.
Money Minutes: 10 Questions Most Students Ignore When Selecting the Best School - Part 1
Money Minutes: 10 Essential Questions to Determine the Best School - Part 2
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Money Minutes: 7 Ways Colleges Set Students Up to Fail - Part 1
Money Minutes: 7 Ways Colleges Set Student Up to Fail - Part 2
Step 5
Plan for the Cost
And finally, it’s time to look at the money: How much the students will have, how much they’ll need, and how to make up the difference.
Money Minutes: Protect Your Wealth: College Cost-Cutting Strategies - Part 1
Money Minutes: College Cost-Cutting Strategies - Part 2
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Money Minutes: Scholarships - 4 Smart Steps to Free Money for College
Money Minutes:Unique College Scholarships to Put More Money in Your Pocket
Your Next Step
It’s time to give your clients this powerful tool. Most students never map their options this clearly … and you’ve just given them a path to do it.
They now have a practical framework to cut costs, evaluate career paths, avoid common debt traps, and decide whether (and how) to pursue higher education. This isn’t just information. It’s a tool your clients can use right now to protect their future finances and uncover better options.
For you as the advisor, this creates natural opportunities to deepen the relationship. Clients arrive more informed, more engaged, and ready for meaningful conversations about integrating college into a long-term plan … and exploring financial strategies for financial security. You save time on basic education while positioning yourself as the trusted guide through one of the highest-stakes financial decisions families face.
The next move is yours. Talk with your clients, make these tools available, and become the advisor who guides them through one of the largest financial decisions they’ll ever make to achieve lasting security.