The Advisor Academy

Everything the CeMAP
Didn't Teach You

The free training programme that turns newly qualified mortgage advisors into professionals clients actually trust—and who actually close.

Six modules. Video training. Reference materials. Homework. Quizzes.
Built on the psychology of trust and the discipline of structured closing. Completely free.

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Built for UK mortgage advisors

CeMAP Qualified You.
But Nobody Prepared You.

The CeMAP is a rigorous qualification. It tests your knowledge of regulation, products, and process. But it doesn't teach you how to find your first client, how to open a conversation with a stranger, how to conduct a discovery that reveals what a client actually needs, or how to have the protection conversation without feeling like you're selling.

Most newly qualified advisors are handed a phone and pointed at a pipeline. Some figure it out. Many don't. None of them should have to guess.

The Advisor Academy exists to close the gap between the qualification you have and the career you want.

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I've qualified but I don't know where to start.

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Nobody taught me how to actually talk to clients.

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I'm terrified of the protection conversation.

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I don't know how to find my first clients.

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I want to do right by clients—but I still need to close.

Six Modules That Change Everything

Each module contains video lessons, reference materials, practical homework, and knowledge checks. Work at your own pace.

Module 01

The Foundation

"You're Not 'Just' a Salesperson"

Why trust and closing aren't opposites—and why the best advisors are both. Built on the behavioural science of how clients actually make decisions.

The most trusted advisor in the room is also the most effective closer in the room.

Module 02

Building Momentum

"The First 30 Framework"

Your first clients aren't strangers—they're already in your phone. Learn how to activate your warm market, build a self-sustaining pipeline, and create daily discipline that compounds.

Activity beats talent every single time. This module gives you the structure to prove it.

Module 03

Starting Conversations

"The Context-Role-Permission Framework"

The first seven seconds of any professional conversation determine almost everything that follows. The CRP framework opens any conversation—by phone, face-to-face, or online—with trust and purpose.

Tonality is the hidden language that makes or breaks every conversation. Most advisors never learn it.

Module 04

Discovery

"The Five Questions That Change Everything"

The difference between a fact-find and a discovery is the difference between data and meaning. Five questions that build a complete picture of what your client actually needs—and why.

Five questions. Twenty minutes. More insight than most advisors gather in three meetings.

Module 05

Owning the Process

"Every Touchpoint Is a Trust Moment"

How to turn the mortgage process—updates, delays, difficult moments—into a trust-building machine that earns reviews, repeat business, and referrals.

Most advisors survive the process. The best ones use it to win the next three clients.

Module 06

Protection

"Closing With Conscience"

The conversation most advisors avoid is the conversation that matters most. A five-step framework for having the protection conversation with genuine conviction—not pressure.

Helping someone who needs protection to actually take it out isn't selling. It's your professional duty.

This Is For You If…

The Academy is selective not by application, but by effort. Here's who gets the most from it.

✓  This IS for you if…

You've just passed CeMAP (or you're about to) and you don't know where to start
You want to build a real career, not just land a job
You believe clients deserve better than a script and a hard close
You're willing to do the homework, not just watch the videos
You want to be in the top tier of earners in this industry—and you're prepared to work for it
You're in your first 1–2 years and want structure your firm hasn't given you

✗  This is NOT for you if…

You're looking for shortcuts or quick wins without the groundwork
You think effective selling is about pressure and persistence
You're not willing to practise what the modules teach
You want a passive career where clients come to you automatically

Closers With Conscience

The industry presents a false choice. You're either a trusted advisor who builds relationships but struggles to close—or you're a closer who gets results but burns through clients. The Advisor Academy rejects that entirely.

Trust without direction is a nice chat. Direction without trust is pressure. The hybrid advisor does both simultaneously: they build trust so rapidly and completely that closing becomes the natural, inevitable conclusion of a well-run conversation.

The most ethical thing you can do for a client who genuinely needs protection is to help them take it out. Not with pressure. With conviction. That's professional service at its highest level.

Trust
Your most powerful commercial tool. Built through competence, honesty, and genuine client focus.
Skill
Frameworks, language patterns, and conversational tools that work in the real world, not just in theory.
Conviction
The belief that what you're recommending is genuinely right for the client. The close that comes from that place is unstoppable.
“Trust without direction is a nice chat.
Direction without trust is pressure.

Trust with direction is professional service at its highest level.”

What You Get — For Free

This is a complete training programme, not a taster course. Everything is included from day one.

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6 Video Modules
Approx. 30 minutes each. Professional production. Watch at your own pace.
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Reference Documents
Comprehensive written materials for every module. Keep them forever.
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Homework Assignments
Practical tasks that embed the learning into real-world behaviour.
Quizzes & Checks
Knowledge checks at each stage to make sure the material lands.
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Affirmation Checkpoints
Mindset and confidence tools built into the programme structure.
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CRM Access
GoHighLevel sub-account for pipeline management. Included free.
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Community Access
Peer community for Academy students. Launching soon.
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Progressive Pathway
Foundation is just the beginning. Intermediate and Advanced programmes follow for those who earn them.

All of this is completely free. No catch, no subscription, no hidden cost. The Academy works when you work. Your commitment is the only investment required.

Why We Built This

A word from the Academy's founder before you enrol.

Founder's Note

"The UK mortgage and protection industry has a talent problem. Not a shortage of talent—a shortage of training. Brilliant people qualify, step into their first role, and then get left to figure it out. Some do. Many don't. All of them deserved better. The Advisor Academy is what I wish had existed when those advisors started. If you do the work, this programme will change your career."

Simon Hetherington
Founder, The Advisor Academy
Advisor testimonials will appear here as the programme grows — check back soon.

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