How do wealth management firms attract high-net-worth clients?

Mostly through referrals from CPAs, attorneys, and existing clients, backed by a presence that holds up to due diligence. Content focused on the life events you specialize in, such as the sale of a business or an inheritance, brings in the prospects who search on their own.

Can we use client testimonials or performance?

The SEC Marketing Rule allows testimonials and endorsements with required disclosures and oversight, and sets conditions on performance advertising. Your CCO decides what your firm uses. We never invent testimonials and never promise returns.

Does SEO matter for a referral-based firm?

Yes, in a quieter way. Nearly every referral searches your firm and principals by name before the first meeting, and life-event searches bring in prospects your partners haven't met yet.

How much does wealth management marketing cost?

Websites start from $999, SEO plans from $349 a month, and social media management from $499 a month. We'll recommend a mix for your firm on a free call.

Marketing for RIAs & Wealth Managers

Wealth Management Marketing

High-net-worth clients rarely find a wealth manager by searching cold. They're introduced by a CPA, an attorney, or another client, then quietly check you out. We make sure what they find is as considered as the service you provide.

Why It's Different

What Makes Wealth Management Marketing Different

Fewer, larger relationships built on discretion. Here's what we plan around.

Hover or tap a card to see how we handle it.

01
Clients arrive through referrals
CPAs, estate attorneys, and existing clients send most new relationships, but few firms give those partners anything to share.
How we handle it
A referral partner program: introductions made easy, co-authored educational pieces, and a page partners can point clients to.
02
The website is the due diligence
A prospect with a complex situation reviews your site, your ADV, and your team before agreeing to a first meeting. A dated site costs you the room.
How we handle it
A premium, fast site that explains your philosophy, who you serve, your team, and how you're paid, in plain language.
03
Clients come at life events
The sale of a business, an inheritance, a liquidity event, or retirement is when people look for help, and generic content misses those moments.
How we handle it
Content and pages for each life event you specialize in, written to the questions people have in the months before and after.
04
Discretion and the Marketing Rule
Wealthy clients value privacy, and the SEC Marketing Rule sets conditions on testimonials, endorsements, and performance.
How we handle it
Quiet, educational marketing with no performance promises, disclosures where needed, and your CCO approving everything before it's published.

Life-Event Map

Be There at the Moments That Matter

High-net-worth clients look for a wealth manager at turning points, not at random. Pick a moment to see how we'd meet it.

Ages are rough placements to show the arc of a client's life, not data.

Sale of a business

Usually planned years ahead, peaking in the 50s and 60sWhat they search

planning before selling a business
what to do after selling my business
wealth manager for business owners

Who they ask first

A business broker, M&A attorney, or the owner's CPA

What we build

Pre-sale and post-sale planning pages, a partner page for brokers and attorneys, and an introduction process they can use mid-deal.

Recommended Services

The Marketing Mix That Works for Wealth Managers

Our usual order of priorities, adjusted to your firm and client base on a call.

Reporting

Every Lead Traced to Its Source

A monthly report built for wealth management owners: what came in, from where, and what it cost.

The Plan

Your First 90 Days

What happens after the strategy call.

Week 1
Positioning and compliance
Your ideal relationships and life events defined, current presence reviewed, and a review workflow agreed with your CCO.
Weeks 2-4
Premium site and team pages
Philosophy, services, team bios, fee structure, and life-event pages, all submitted for compliance approval.
Weeks 3-6
Referral partner program
A partner page, an introduction process, and a first co-authored guide with a CPA or estate attorney you already work with.
Weeks 6-12
Life-event content
Approved guides and articles for your key life events, local and name search cleaned up, and nurture for prospects not ready yet.

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