How Do Wealth Managers Use Webinars for Demand Generation?
Turn market education into qualified appointments by running compliant, value-rich webinars—then repurpose recordings to fuel email, social, SEO, and advisor follow-up that converts to AUM.
For RIAs and wealth firms, webinars work when they solve investor problems and flow into booked consultations. Build a series (e.g., retirement income, concentrated stock, tax-loss harvesting) with compliance-reviewed slides and clear disclosures. Capture registration with preferences, route high-intent segments to advisors, and use sequenced follow-ups (Q&A recap, calculator tools, case studies) to convert to meetings and AUM inflow.
Webinar Tactics That Convert for Wealth
The Wealth Webinar Playbook
Run webinars like a product: programmatic topics, flawless execution, and follow-through to booked meetings and AUM.
Plan → Promote → Deliver → Follow Up → Convert → Repurpose → Govern
- Plan: Choose 3–4 themes tied to personas (pre-retirees, founders, executives). Draft learning outcomes, disclosures, and next steps.
- Promote: Email nurtures, advisor social, partners/CPAs; calendar holds and SMS reminders; collect preferences & consent.
- Deliver: 30–40 minutes content + 10–15 minutes Q&A; live demos of planning tools and case studies (de-identified).
- Follow Up: Send slides/recording, answer top questions, include one primary CTA to book a consultation.
- Convert: Route hot attendees to advisors within SLAs; use scheduling links and pre-meeting intake forms.
- Repurpose: Publish on-demand page, short clips, transcript articles; add FAQ and glossary for SEO.
- Govern: Archive materials, track approvals, and monthly review of attendance→meetings→AUM.
Webinar-to-Pipeline Maturity Matrix
| Capability | From (Ad Hoc) | To (Operationalized) | Owner | Primary KPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic Strategy | Random topics | Persona-aligned series with outcomes & disclosures | Marketing/Advisors | Attendance Rate |
| Registration Quality | Email-only | Intent fields (assets, horizon, goals) + consent | Marketing Ops | Qualified Meetings |
| Delivery & Q&A | Slides only | Demos, polls, compliance-ready Q&A log | Advisors/Compliance | Engagement (Poll/Questions) |
| Follow-up & Routing | Generic email | Persona sequences & SLA routing to advisors | Sales/RevOps | Meetings Booked |
| Repurposing | One-and-done | On-demand hub, clips, SEO articles | Content | On-Demand Conversions |
| Attribution to AUM | Registrations | Proposal/Won & AUM inflow by campaign | Analytics/Finance | AUM per Attendee |
Snapshot: From Webinar Attendance to AUM
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