The Client Acquisition System · 14 files

Referrals built your firm. They will not scale it.

A complete acquisition system for advisory finance professionals. Choose a niche, research real prospects, send outreach you have reviewed, and track every follow-up in one disciplined workflow.

The Assistant drafts research and outreach at every stage. You review and send.

Advisory Fieldbook Client Acquisition Dashboard on a desk with the AFB notebook

Not ready? Read Brief One for free — a practical field brief on identifying your ideal clients.

14working files
6pipeline stages
3core guides
4rules built into every file
Inside the system

Working documents, not marketing decoration.

Every file exists to move a real prospect one stage forward. Here are three of them.

Campaign Metrics sheet from The Client Acquisition System workbook, showing targets, actuals, and status for a first campaign.
Campaign workbook

Targets, actuals, and status for every campaign.

The workbook tracks prospects researched, touches sent, replies, calls, and proposals against working targets, so you always know where deals stall and what to do next.

XLSX · CRM + metrics
Reference archive outreach templates
Reference library

Prompts, scripts, and worked examples for every stage.

Initial emails, LinkedIn sequences, and discovery questions written for finance conversations. Fill in your niche and prospect research; nothing generic goes out.

DOCX · 10 modules
Implementation playbook research stage card
Implementation playbook

Each stage ends with a review step.

Objectives, steps, a worked example, and the common mistake to avoid, one card per stage. The Assistant drafts the work; you decide what is sent.

PDF · stage-by-stage
The operating rhythm

Six stages. One pipeline.

Every campaign moves a prospect through the same six stages. The workbook records where each contact sits, so you always know what to do next and where deals stall.

Stage 01Choose your niche

Score your niches, define the client profile, and pick the trigger events you will watch for.

In the workbook: Rank niches by fit and record your target profile in the scoring tab.

Stage 02Research

Build a qualified list and gather the context that makes outreach specific.

In the workbook: Log each prospect with the signal that makes them worth a message.

Stage 03Outreach

Send a first message that earns a reply, reviewed by you before it goes out.

In the workbook: Draft from the script library, review, and mark the touch as sent.

Stage 04Follow-up

Work a disciplined sequence so interested prospects are never dropped.

In the workbook: Set the next follow-up date so no thread goes cold.

Stage 05Discovery call

Prepare, run, and score the call using a consistent qualification format.

In the workbook: Mark the call booked and record the outcome on the prospect row.

Stage 06Proposal & follow-through

Send the proposal, follow up on a schedule, and close or recycle the lead.

In the workbook: Track proposal status until the deal closes or recycles.

The Assistant drafts. You decide.

The system includes the setup that runs the Client Acquisition Assistant inside ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. It prepares the work at each stage. It does not act on it.

The Assistant drafts

Niche scoring, prospect research, outreach options, follow-up notes, next actions.

You review

You read it, edit it, approve it, or trash it. Nothing moves without this step.

You send

From your email or LinkedIn, under your name, on your schedule.

“I use only public or user-provided information and create drafts for your review. I never send messages or make promises about results.”

The Assistant's own instructions, verbatim. Five modes are included: Strategist, Researcher, Copywriter, Sales coach, CRM assistant. Plain-text setup, no new software.

How the system works

Built for operators, not shortcuts.

Most tools in this market sell speed. This one keeps you in control. Four rules sit in every file.

YOUR LISTYou choose the prospectsYou build a list you would actually want as clients. This is a research system, not a rented database.
YOUR SENDYou send every messageDrafts are written for you to review. Nothing goes out until you send it.
YOUR NAMEYour judgment stays in chargeThe Assistant handles drafts and research. You decide what goes out under your name.
HONEST TOOLSBuilt for work, not wishful thinkingProfessional tools, plainly described. Results come from your market and your execution.
Mike Green, founder of Guildyard LLC
Who built this

Built by an operator, not an agency.

Advisory Fieldbook is produced by Guildyard LLC, founded by Mike Green, who has built operating systems and support processes with executive teams since 2001, working alongside major software development studios and billion-dollar franchises.

Client acquisition is a process problem before it is an accounting one. This system applies that discipline to the work of finding and winning advisory clients.

Contents

Fourteen files, bound as one system.

Core guidesStart here, implementation playbook, worksheets and message library3 × PDF
Campaign workbook100-prospect CRM tracker, ICP scoring, metrics, ROI calculatorXLSX
Reference libraryTen modules: setup SOP, prompts, scripts, campaigns, QA10 × DOCX
The AssistantSetup SOP, master instructions, five operating modesincluded
Works withPlain-text prompts, no plugins requiredChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
Total14 files · instant download
One-time purchase

The Client Acquisition System

Fourteen working files: guides, workbook, reference library, worked examples, review guardrails, and the Assistant setup that runs it all inside your preferred AI tool, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Built for disciplined, human-reviewed outreach campaigns.

Digital download · Secure checkout via Shopify · PDF, DOCX, and XLSX formats

$299
Digital download · complete system
  • 3 core guides, campaign workbook, reference library
  • The Assistant, set up in your preferred AI tool
  • Instant delivery, no subscription
  • Human-review guardrails built into every stage
Get the System $299

Start with Brief One.

A free seven-page field brief on identifying your ideal clients — including eight observable trigger events and a one-page ICP worksheet.

Read Brief One for free
AFTER YOU'RE RUNNING

Niche packs, when you want to go deeper.

Once the core system is working, these optional packs add ready-to-adapt campaigns for a single industry. Each one plugs into the workflow you already own, built the same way: research angles, outreach scripts, and worked examples, tuned to one niche.

No need to decide now. These are here when a niche is worth the extra depth.