Industry 02  /  Wealth · Risk · Advisory

More qualified leads.
Tighter compliance.
Advisor marketing nonsense.

We've run paid media and SEO for SEC-regulated advisors, RIAs, 1031/DST sponsors, and independent insurance agencies. We know what you can and can't say. We know how the regulators read a Facebook ad. And we know how to grow a firm without putting it at risk.

Built for
Firm size $50M–$1B AUM
Sub-verticals RIA · 1031 · DST · Brokerage
Engagement Monthly retainer
Time to first lift 45–90 days
Ad spend tier $10K–$50K / mo
Why this is hard

Financial marketing fails in specific ways.

Most agencies pitching wealth firms have never read a SEC ad rule. They write copy that would make your CCO have a panic attack. They target audiences your custodian won't even let you onboard. We've sat through enough compliance meetings to know better.

  1. The good words are illegal.

    "Guaranteed returns." "Top-performing." "Best advisor in town." Your competitors' ad copy is full of them — and the SEC is paying attention. The agencies running those ads aren't your peers. They're a liability you don't need. We write copy that converts within the rules.

  2. HNW targeting is harder than ever.

    Meta killed most income-based targeting. LinkedIn is the only place left where you can reach $1M+ household income with any precision — and most agencies don't know how to run it. We do. Plus first-party data, lookalikes, and intent-data integrations that survived iOS 14.5.

  3. Long sales cycles break attribution.

    It can take 18 months from first ad click to a funded account. Most attribution models are useless at that timeframe. We build multi-touch attribution that actually works for considered-purchase finance — measuring micro-conversions that lead to big ones, not just last-click.

  4. Custodian and B-D rules limit channels.

    Your B-D won't approve YouTube ads with talking heads. Your custodian's compliance flag will reject 60% of LinkedIn copy. We've already had these fights at other firms. We pre-flag risky angles, propose compliant alternatives, and ship faster as a result.

Our three-pillar playbook. Translated for finance.

The same Get Found / Get Leads / Get Content engine — tuned for how affluent investors actually search, evaluate, and choose advisors.

01 / Get Found

Authority that regulators allow.

  • Fiduciary-positioning SEO
  • AI engine answer optimization
  • Form ADV / disclosures structure
  • Authoritative content signals (E-E-A-T)
  • Local search for HNW geographies
02 / Get Leads

Pipeline within the guardrails.

  • LinkedIn Sponsored Content + ABM
  • Google Search w/ negative-kw discipline
  • Meta retargeting (no acquisition)
  • Pre-flight compliance review
  • Multi-touch attribution for long cycles
03 / Get Content

Authority you can actually publish.

  • Educational long-form (no perf claims)
  • Whitepaper & lead magnet copy
  • Compliance-checked email sequences
  • FAQ content for AI answer engines
  • LinkedIn thought leadership for advisors
Sub-verticals

Where we've actually moved the number.

Financial services is a stack of very different businesses. We're not pretending to be best at all of them. These are the verticals where we've built repeatable playbooks and have the war stories to prove it.

Independent RIAs

Fee-only advisors, $50M–$1B AUM. LinkedIn-led acquisition, fiduciary positioning, long-cycle nurture.

Wealth Advisors

HNW & UHNW segments. Geo-targeted, multi-touch attribution, content-led trust building.

1031 Exchange / DST

1031 sponsors and DST issuers. Investor education, accredited-investor targeting, compliance-aware creative.

Broker-Dealers

Independent B-Ds and hybrid practices. Recruiting marketing, compliance-pre-flighted creative.

P&C Insurance

Independent agencies. Local SEO, Google LSA, quote-form conversion optimization.

Commercial Insurance

Specialty lines, mid-market commercial. LinkedIn ABM, sector-specific content, vertical campaigns.

Tax / CPA Firms

Year-round acquisition (not just tax season). Owner-led marketing, niche-vertical positioning.

Estate Planning

Adjacent to wealth advisory. Long-cycle, content-led, family-stage targeting.

SEC · FINRA · State aware

Compliance is part of the work. Not a hand-off.

Every campaign goes through compliance pre-flight before it touches your CCO's inbox. We've shipped marketing programs through enough Forms ADV, FINRA reviews, and B-D approval queues to know what passes and what doesn't.

Worth saying clearly: we are not your compliance counsel. Your CCO has final sign-off on every claim. But we won't bring you copy your CCO would reject in the first place — and we'll flag risk before it costs you a 30-day approval cycle.

  • SEC Marketing Rule (206(4)-1) checklist on every campaign
  • Performance claim discipline (no "guaranteed" / "best" / "top")
  • Testimonials & endorsements handled per Marketing Rule
  • Disclosure language reviewed for each platform
  • Form ADV alignment with marketing claims
  • FINRA Rule 2210 awareness for B-D-affiliated firms
  • State-specific advertising rules (CA, NY, TX in particular)

In wealth management, the best ad copy is the one that doesn't get flagged.

Bob Clary  /  Founder, Purple Frog

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