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March 14, 2008
Protecting Estate Planning Information & Documents
The following is a description of a potentially valuable service provided by Estate++. This description was supplied through the courtesy ofJames Bell, Vaulting Systems International.
Maintaining secure personal and financial information through natural disaster, theft -- even death and incapacity – is an on-going challenge for many individuals. If estate documents can not be found when needed then it is as if these documents never existed. But a new Internet-based system is now available to legal and financial advisors who realize the importance of planning for the next generation and securing their clients' future.
Estate++ (www.estateplusplus.com) was developed in response to the need for quick and reliable access to information for estate settlement and emergency purposes. It is a subscription service that advisors resell to their clients. Basic functionality includes a comprehensive set of data entry screens to record important information, organization of entered information into a single PDF file, a personal vault that contains important files which are uploaded and downloaded as needed, and sharing of important information with trusted parties.
Estate++ (www.estateplusplus.com) is a comprehensive, cost-effective marketing and client retention tool. By helping your clients take a proactive approach you help them to avoid the unnecessary pain and anguish that comes from not being prepared. This personal touch conveys a powerful message, effectively saying “We care about your future”. This service can also be offered to your client’s heirs, beneficiaries, family members, and friends. The referral aspect is priceless because it encompasses the entire family.
Those of you wanting to build a better practice and become client-focused should be very interested in something like this.
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It's like an infomercial on a blog.
I don't understand the point of the product, though. All it seems to do is allow people upload and store pdf files in a "secure" environment. Couldn't they already do this with Mozy or a million other free products already out there? Besides, it does not preserve the original documents in any way that I see. Maybe there's more to to it, but if there is, I feel they are doing a terrible job of marketing it.
My favorite quote from their site - "A subscription can be purchased for as little as $2.00 per month per client estate. At $24.00, a yearly subscription costs less than a box of candy." That's some expensive chocolate.
Posted by: J | Mar 14, 2008 9:46:38 AM
This is a terrific idea. I have considered developing an extranet for just this purpose. I would want to consider the actual costs and liability of doing this myself before becoming a reseller of this service. But I have to think that having specialists and a ready to go package would likely be worth the cost.
Jerry Bartholomew
Posted by: Jerrold Bartholomew | Mar 15, 2008 12:02:51 AM
I think it is a very cool idea, the candy box line was very funny though. See's candy chocolate is good.
Posted by: Orange County Estate Planning | Mar 15, 2008 7:46:56 PM
This seems like a good idea, albeit one you could probably do without the fancy candy pricetag.
Posted by: Stephanie Miles | Mar 17, 2008 12:48:04 PM
I'm not saying it's a bad product. I'm saying I do not see why anyone should have to pay for it when it can be done for free.
Posted by: J | Mar 19, 2008 5:56:43 PM
Good idea, we were just talking about how we would handle my parents estate documnets when it comes time and I didn't have a good anawer I wasn't even sure if they were still in the safe deposit box or not. I'll do some more investigation on this.
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