04 Automation in practice

Automations for Financial Advisory Firms

Real automations from real engagements, in plain business terms. Every one is configured around the systems you already run, whether that is Redtail, Salesforce, eMoney, Power Automate, or Zapier. Every solution goes through your firm's compliance review before it goes live. SDT prepares what the reviewer needs.

A01

Client Meeting Prep

Auto-populates a pre-meeting template with client information pulled from the CRM, so advisors walk into every meeting organized and consistent. It eliminates manual prep time and ensures no client details are missed.

A02

Client Review Campaigns

Launches review outreach by email and text, tracks responses, follows up with clients who do not respond, creates the CRM task and tracks each one to the booked meeting. You get real-time visibility into where every client stands in the process.

A03

Lead & Prospect Intake

When a website form or custodian lead arrives, the automation sends the first response, starts a drip sequence, creates CRM records and folder structures, and halts outreach if a lead is disqualified. No prospect falls through the cracks and no one is contacted twice.

A04

CRM Data Hygiene

Ongoing cleanup and validation routines that keep your CRM records accurate, your reporting reliable, and your campaigns trustworthy: address verification, phone and email checks, and duplicate review. Runs on a schedule or triggers when specific fields are updated.

A05

Portfolio Positions Reporting

Generates updated reports of client positions, performance, and allocation from approved data sources such as Albridge or other custodian feeds. Advisors review accurate portfolio data without manually building reports before each meeting.

A06

90-Day New Client Check-In

Automatically sends a check-in message after onboarding, routing the client's feedback to the right team member for follow-up. This strengthens the client relationship and catches service gaps while there's still time to address them.

A07

AI-Assisted Review Replies

Drafts polished, on-brand responses to Google reviews based on rating and sentiment. Each draft is ready for your team to review and approve before posting. Keeps your online presence consistent without adding response work to your staff's queue.

A08

Advisor Operations Dashboard

Management sees outstanding tasks, client activity and workflow bottlenecks without chasing anyone for a status. The dashboard combines CRM and operational data into one report, so what is overdue, stalled or missing is visible on a schedule rather than discovered in a meeting.

A09

Automated Client Campaigns

The right clients hear from the firm at the right moment, and every touch lands on the client record. CRM data selects the audience for each campaign, then the system coordinates personalized email, text and staff follow-up. Birthday, anniversary, beneficiary and review campaigns run this way, through the firm's approved platforms.

A10

Compliance-Reviewed Automation and Website

The work holds up under compliance review. One advisor automation was rebuilt from Zapier into Power Automate to meet one firm's requirement and passed that firm's compliance review. An advisor's compliance team approved a website SDT built for that advisor. Both went through compliance review before going live. The firms are not named.

Every automation is built on whichever platform your firm's compliance has approved. Every solution goes through your firm's compliance review before it goes live. SDT prepares what the reviewer needs.

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