Checklists, guides & templates

Practical help to improve your marketing

Our checklists, guides and templates are here to help you improve your marketing and connect with more potential clients. There are no pesky forms requesting your email address, name or inside leg measurement to access them! Just useful, relevant and easy to use resources.

 

The definitive guide to help financial advisers and planners collect more online reviews

The definitive guide to why you should send newsletters monthly not quarterly

The definitive guide to overcoming the 9 marketing challenges in firms with multiple advisers/planners

The definitive guide to help financial advisers and planners run great webinars

Checklist #1: 27 things your website should have on its homepage

Checklist #2: Promoting your Chartered Status

Checklist #3: Adviser directories

Checklist #4: Choosing a name for your business

Checklist #5: 12-point marketing MOT

Checklist #6: Building your team pages

Checklist #7: Building an effective fees page

Checklist #8: Building effective client surveys

Checklist #9: How to prepare an effective award entry

Checklist #10: Eight ways to capitalise on your award success

Checklist #11: Promoting the Pension Transfer Gold Standard

Checklist #12: 15 ways to publicise that you are a VouchedForā€™s ā€˜Top Ratedā€™ adviser

Checklist #13: Coronavirus communications checklist

Checklist #14: How to update your Google My Business listing during the Coronavirus crisis

Checklist #15: 14 ways to get the most out of your Money Alive subscription

Checklist #16: A step by step guide to creating the perfect LinkedIn profile

Template #1: Client testimonial request

Template #2: Online review request template

Template #3: Example fee increase letter

Template #4: Google and VouchedFor review request

Template #5: VouchedFor Top Rated review request

Template #6: Sample enquiry recording spreadsheet

The definitive guide to client newsletters

35 tips to improve your website

Coronavirus: Your essential guide to successful client communication

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