Referrer development for solo financial planners

Your best clients come from referrals.

But how do you turn something occasional into something predictable?


Improve client quality. Reduce one-off engagements. Build a referrable practice.

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Same-day start

No homework, lengthy onboarding or hour-long calls before we can start.

No lock-ins

You're free to leave at any point, and anything created for you stays with you.

Done-for-you

Strategy and execution handled by me, so you stay focused on keeping clients happy.

Built for solo planners

The knowledge, systems and support to help grow your solo practice.

The drift towards dependence

If you're running a financial planning practice, it's likely that most of your highest-value, lowest-churn clients were initially referred by someone you know.

As for your favourite clients: they all likely originated from only one or two trusted professionals.

If just one of them retires, shifts client focus, switches firms or simply gets distracted for too long, you feel it.

The channel producing your best work is the same one carrying all the risk.

How I unwind it

Most marketing services for financial planners prioritise visibility metrics: impressions, traffic, clicks.

I start with referral infrastructure: the least-resourced yet most relied-upon layer of any planner's marketing.

Tightening positioning, establishing reciprocity and conducting personalised outreach to best-fit referrers.

When treated as a channel in their own right, referrals go from being a happy accident to something you planned for: the result of a system you built and grew.

Map
Phase 1 of 3 · $500 + GST · once-off

Planning phase. Mapping out your highest-value, highest-leverage industry niches.

Industry niche framework

A shortlist of the three industry niches best positioned to send you the work you want.

Golden referrer outline

One named example of a perfect-fit referrer per niche, outreach-ready from day one.

Trigger event overview

A layout of the precise moments in time that trigger your ideal referrals for each niche.

Reach
Phase 2 of 3 · $2500 + GST · once-off

Execution phase. Crafting customised messaging + outreach to your ideal referrers.

Referrer roadmap

12 hand-selected contacts per industry niche — fully researched and outreach-ready.

Outreach campaign

Individual outreach messaging personalised for all 36 of your new prospective referrers.

Reactivation campaign

A separate sequence to re-engage dormant and untapped referrers in your ecosystem.

Grow
Phase 3 of 3 · $1500 + GST · quarterly

Scaling phase. Sourcing new referrers, nurturing existing ones + reviewing progress.

Continuous development

Creating, filling and contacting a fresh industry niche list, aligned with your firm's evolving needs.

Nurture campaign

A personalised round of follow-ups sent to all your referrers, ensuring you stay front of mind.

Strategic review

An audit of who's referred what, how often they referred it + the value of the work they sent.

What we can add on

Optional extras to help address any gaps · POA

Education content

Hand-crafted, brand-aligned guides and one-pagers to send your referrers and their clients.

Paid search

If you're in an area where paid ads are still effective, we can work in Google Ads campaigns.

Strategy refresh

Realigning your brand voice, target market and unique value prop, so they're all working in tandem.

Client experience

Simplifying and removing friction from your enquiry flow, making it easier for clients to get in touch.

"Is this really for me?"

If the next part sounds like you, then yes.

What you've learned so far
  • Whether you're fully solo or part of a larger group, new work isn't guaranteed, so finding it is on you.
  • Client shortage isn't your problem; a shortage of ideal clients is. Cost-to-serve is key.
  • Your past lead gen attempts have mostly produced tire kickers and short-term engagements.
The constraints you're facing now
  1. The ongoing, higher-value clients you're after are difficult to source, other than through referrals.
  1. The referrals you are getting are too concentrated among too few individuals, producing its own risk.
  1. You need to get creative — and proactive — but aren't entirely certain how.
Let's talk

Agencies default to what they can chart: SEO, paid search, socials.

Meanwhile, the channel producing your best work gets left to chance.

Paid channels operate like a rental agreement; referrals are the compounding asset.

I help you build and grow the asset.

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