Wealth management firms · Customer retention

The client who stops taking the review meeting has already half left.

Retention for an advisory firm is the review conversation actually happening, the family staying when money passes to the next generation, and the redemption call that gets a conversation rather than a form. GullySales sets up the review calendar and the record that make those conversations possible.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What customer retention means

Customer retention is keeping an existing customer buying again rather than losing them to a competitor after the first purchase, usually cheaper than winning a new customer. GullySales sets a routine of check-ins and renewal reminders aimed at customers before they show signs of leaving.

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Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

“The review meeting is the whole retention programme”
Clients leave advisers they never hear from, not advisers who had a bad year in a bad market. Agree the next conversation at the end of every meeting, and record the date where the firm can see it.
“The next generation is a client you have never met”
When money passes on, the children move it to their own adviser. Firms that have met the children and know their names keep it. Most have never asked to be introduced.
“A redemption request is a conversation, not a form”
Somebody withdrawing is buying a car, paying a fee or frightened by a market. The adviser who asks which, and says plainly when a withdrawal makes sense, keeps the relationship even as the money leaves.

What we do

What we deliver for wealth management firms.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

A review calendar the firm can see
Every client with the date of their last conversation and the next one agreed, visible to the partners rather than held in an adviser's diary.
Result: Nobody is missed because their adviser was busy.
An agenda for the review conversation
What has changed in the family, what has changed in the plan, and what needs a decision, prepared before the client sits down.
Result: Clients stop feeling the meeting was a formality.
The family recorded, not only the holder
Spouse, children and their contact details, with an introduction made while the client is well and able to make it.
Result: The next generation is not a stranger when it matters.
A routine for the client who stops answering
How many attempts, from whom, and what is written to a client who has gone quiet, before the relationship is treated as lapsed.
Result: Quiet clients are noticed while they can still be kept.
A redemption conversation, written down
The questions to ask, what may and may not be said about staying invested, and who in the firm speaks to a large withdrawal.
Result: Money leaving does not take the relationship with it.
A retention measure in the reporting
Reviews completed, clients nobody has spoken to, and assets that left with the reason recorded, against the baseline taken before the work starts.
Result: The firm sees attrition before it becomes a pattern.

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How the result is measured

Retention rate
Repeat purchase rate
Customers won back

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full customer retention strategy page

Work it out from your records

The client-contact figures an advisory firm can read from its own review diary and client records.

Clients reviewed in the last year: From the diary, list every client family and the date of the last review meeting. Those with no meeting entry are the ones to schedule first. A review is a conversation about goals, not a sales call.
Families, not only account holders: For each client, note the spouse, children and parents on file and whether you have met them. Households where the next generation is unknown are exposed when money passes on.
Clients who stopped responding: Mark clients who have not replied to the last few messages. Note the last topic discussed. A short, personal call from the adviser works better than another circular, and the file shows what was left unfinished.
Redemption and transfer requests: List requests to redeem a large part of a portfolio or move to another adviser. Note whether an adviser spoke to the client before processing. A conversation can reveal a need, a fee concern or a plan.
Clients by who introduced them: Record the source of each client: another client, an accountant, a lawyer or an employer scheme. Referrers who keep sending clients deserve a thank-you in a manner your regulator permits.

Who it is for

This is written for these wealth management firms.

Independent practices registered as investment advisers
Registered investment advisory firms
Portfolio management services
Family offices
Mutual fund distributors
Insurance and wealth practices
NRI-focused wealth advisers
Retirement and pension planning practices

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

Your firm does not record review meetings, so there is no sign of which client has stopped coming.
You want retention work to keep a client who has already given notice, which is a separate conversation.

How it works

How the customer retention work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

1
Read the records
Your sales and billing records are read for repeat purchase, the normal gap between orders and the customers who have gone quiet. The record-keeping gaps found here are listed.
2
Ask why they stopped
A small set of lapsed and current customers is called with your team's consent, and asked plainly what changed. The reasons are sorted into price, service, competitor and circumstance.
3
Build the strategy
The written plan sets priority groups, touchpoints, offers, owners, consent rules and a target.
4
Align existing tactics
Each retention activity you already run is mapped against the plan, then kept, changed or dropped.
5
Start with one group
The plan goes live for the most valuable at-risk group first, with a held-back comparison group, before it widens.
6
Review against the baseline
Retention is compared with the baseline recorded before work began. How often you are reported to is agreed in writing.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales process design, at stage 7, after the sale. The audit comes before it, and sales management keeps it running.

Step 1
Sales audit
Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.
Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.
Step 2 · you are here
Sales process design
One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.
Start here if every salesperson sells differently.
Step 3
Sales management
A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.
Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Tell us what you need

How often should a client hear from us?

Agree it with each client and write it into the record, because what suits a retired investor is not what suits a business owner. What matters is that the agreed date is kept and that the firm, not one adviser, can see it. Do not promise a frequency you cannot hold.

A client wants to move to a distributor with no visible fee. What do we say?

Set out what the client pays either way, because a commission is a cost even when no invoice arrives. Put the comparison in writing and let the client decide. Arguing about it damages the relationship more than the departure does.

A client's son has started investing with another adviser. What should we do?

Ask the client whether the family would like the son to meet you. Do not approach the son uninvited. Offer a family review so the son can see how you work, and respect the client's wish if the son prefers to stay apart.

Can we send market updates to clients, and who should approve them?

Send general updates that your compliance officer has reviewed, and keep them factual. Avoid anything that reads as a promise or a tip for one client. Rules for your category differ, so check your regulator's current requirements.

How long is the contract?

The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.

How soon will we see results?

It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.

Who will actually do the work?

The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

What do you need from us?

Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

What if we are not happy with the work?

Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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