Life Event Journey - Owning a Business

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4 min
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February 2, 2024

As a financial advisor, guiding clients through significant life events, especially embarking on the journey of business ownership, is paramount. This involves helping them understand the financial implications of these life events, guiding them on how to manage their finances during these transitions and helping them develop a long-term financial plan that aligns with their goals and priorities.

Given the many challenges and opportunities that come with starting or expanding a business, we've curated a 6-week life event journey from the HeyAdvisor content library tailored for this milestone. This suggested journey can be used as a guide for you to create a meaningful email marketing campaign for entrepreneurial clients using the software of your choice.

With HeyAdvisor's ready-to-use email templates and seamless integration with Mailchimp, setting up and reusing these life event journeys with clients and potential clients becomes a breeze.

Week 1

Introduce the topic and provide your clients with a “why”. 

Starting with a simple introduction email provides clarification and increases the engagement you will have during the email marketing journey.  

Sample email: 

Dear Client,
Starting or expanding a business is a significant achievement and brings with it many financial considerations. As you embark on this exciting entrepreneurial journey, we're here to help you feel confident about your financial strategy.
Over the next six weeks, we'll be sharing insightful content on wealth planning opportunities relevant to business owners. We will work closely with you to identify your goals and develop a customized plan to achieve them.
We believe that by taking a proactive approach to your business finances, you can achieve your objectives and build the successful future you envision for your business. If you have any questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We look forward to supporting you on this journey.
Best regards,
[Your Name]

Week 2

Send this

Infographic

from our content library

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Salary or Dividends? Deciding How to Pay Yourself From Your Corporation

This infographic offers business owners a clear comparison between salaries and dividends, highlighting the benefits of each. This format offers a straightforward checklist-style visual guide, making it simple to share. 

Week 3

Send this

Infographic

from our content library

:

Offering Group Benefits to Your Employees

This infographic emphasizes the significance of taking care of your employees as a business owner, particularly in retaining talent. The infographic details some of the pros of employee benefits and presents different types available in an accessible and easy-to-understand format.

Week 4

Send this

Infographic

from our content library

:

Insurance for Business Owners

This is a valuable guide for business owners to help them obtain proper insurance coverage.

Week 5

Send this

Video

from our content library

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Key Person Insurance

This video outlines the basics of key person insurance coverage so that your clients can get an idea of how it can help in their business.

Week 6

Send this

Video

from our content library

:

Exploring the Benefits of an Estate Freeze

This video shares the benefits of an estate freeze for business owners looking for a tax-efficient way to transfer ownership of the business to the next generation.

Once the journey is complete, set up a meeting to allow for any questions and start implementing relevant wealth planning opportunities. 

Once the journey is complete, set up a meeting to allow for any questions and start implementing relevant wealth planning opportunities. 

Did you find this to be helpful? Check out our Life Event Journey: Getting Married and Life Event Journey: Having a Baby + stay tuned for more. 

Best Practices Tip

Best practices tip:

  • Creating this email campaign as a journey in Mailchimp, or a series of emails in an email marketing software of your choice, will help you leverage technology and create a successful content marketing plan. 
  • Create it once and use it over and over again by enrolling clients that the journey relates to.  
  • Leverage HeyAdvisor’s videos, infographics, email templates and Mailchimp templates in the process.

HeyAdvisor is a digital content library that financial advisors leverage to connect with their clients. The highly engaging educational library of videos and infographics is white-labelled with advisor branding and can be integrated into email marketing campaigns, websites, client portals and social media. The intuitive library is grouped by life events making it easy to add value to the client relationship at times in their lives that matter most. Review our plans here.

Emily Reed
CEO and Co-Founder of HeyAdvisor
Emily is a former associate financial advisor with over 13 years experience in the financial industry. For over 8 years, she has also been working closely with advisors to help them create a more systematized business with a focus on attracting and retaining their ideal clients.
Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
contact@heyadvisor.ca