The Client Engine

The Client Engine

PreRetireez maps the complete commercial journey from acquisition spend through to SOA presentations, signed clients, recurring revenue and enterprise value.

We identify the highest-value growth levers, install the required infrastructure and use live performance data to improve the system over time.

The Growth Equation

One connected commercial journey.

Every dollar of acquisition spend travels through a defined set of stages before it becomes recurring revenue and enterprise value. The Client Engine treats them as a single system.

  1. 01Advertising
  2. 02Educational pathway entry
  3. 03Retirement Readiness Assessment
  4. 04Personalised Results
  5. 05Live Modelling Session
  6. 06Fact-Find
  7. 07SOA Presentation
  8. 08Signed Client
  9. 09Recurring Revenue
  10. 10Enterprise Value
Every stage has
  • Volume
  • Conversion rate
  • Cost
  • Owner
  • Time delay
  • Capacity requirement
  • Commercial value
  • Optimisation opportunity
The Six-Stage Engine

Diagnose. Model. Build. Measure. Optimise. Scale.

A structured operating model that turns growth investment into a measurable, improvable system rather than isolated marketing activity.

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    Map the firm's current acquisition, sales, advice and revenue process end to end.

  2. 02

    Model

    Build the firm's Growth Equation and model required volume, conversion, investment, capacity and commercial outcomes.

  3. 03

    Build

    Install campaigns, landing pages, assessments, booking, CRM, automation, setter workflows and reporting.

  4. 04

    Measure

    Track the complete journey from advertising through to revenue received.

  5. 05

    Optimise

    Identify and improve the highest-leverage conversion, capacity and economic bottlenecks.

  6. 06

    Scale

    Increase investment only when the data supports further growth.

What The Model Measures

From click to enterprise value.

Acquisition
  • CPC
  • Landing-page visitors
  • Educational pathway entry conversion
  • Cost per lead
  • Cost per first meeting
Conversion
  • Contact rate
  • Booking rate
  • Show rate
  • Fact-find completion
  • SOA conversion
Capacity
  • Adviser availability
  • Paraplanning capacity
  • SOA capacity
  • Onboarding capacity
Economics
  • Client-value tiers
  • Fully loaded CAC
  • LTV
  • Payback
  • Cash-conversion cycle
Firm value
  • Recurring revenue
  • Revenue attrition
  • Maintainable earnings
  • Indicative book value
  • Indicative enterprise value
Current vs Optimised

Where the leverage lives.

Current state
Optimised state
Higher acquisition cost
Improved traffic efficiency
Weak page conversion
Higher page conversion
Inconsistent booking
More booked modelling sessions
Lower show rate
Stronger attendance
Lost fact-finds
More completed fact-finds
Lower SOA conversion
More SOA presentations
Long cash delay
Lower fully loaded CAC
Unused adviser capacity
More recurring revenue
Limited commercial visibility
Improved enterprise value

“Small improvements across multiple stages can compound into a materially different commercial outcome.”

Comparison

Traditional Marketing vs A Growth Operating System.

Traditional marketing
Client Engine
Reports leads
Tracks the full journey
Optimises CPL
Optimises cost per SOA and client
Focuses on campaign activity
Connects acquisition to revenue
Stops before the advice process
Models adviser capacity
Ignores capacity
Models cash-conversion timing
Ignores cash conversion
Measures recurring revenue
Ignores revenue attrition
Includes retention and attrition
Does not connect activity to enterprise value
Connects operational improvement to firm value
What The Engine Improves

Compounding gains across the full system.

Acquisition
  • Better traffic economics
  • Higher lead conversion
  • Better lead quality
Conversion
  • More bookings
  • Higher show rate
  • Better advice progression
Capacity
  • Improved adviser utilisation
  • Clear bottleneck visibility
  • Better allocation
Economics
  • Lower CAC
  • Better payback
  • Stronger client mix
Firm value
  • More net recurring revenue
  • Reduced attrition
  • Higher indicative enterprise value
The Growth Model

Model The Firm Before Scaling The Spend.

The Advice Firm Growth Model is the diagnostic and modelling software behind the Client Engine. It allows the firm to:

  • Map its current process
  • Define client tiers
  • Enter actual conversion rates
  • Compare current vs optimised
  • Model required leads, SOAs and clients
  • Calculate cost per SOA and CAC
  • Model cash conversion
  • Forecast recurring revenue
  • Estimate indicative enterprise-value uplift
Growth Model · Scenario
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Metric
Current
Optimised
Leads required
412
268
Cost per SOA
$3,180
$1,940
Fully loaded CAC
$5,720
$3,410
Payback (months)
18
11
Net recurring revenue
$1.42M
$2.18M
Indicative EV uplift
,
+$3.6M
Illustrative scenario. Real modelling uses the firm's own conversion rates, capacity, client tiers and economics.
Interactive Growth Model

Model your firm, current vs optimised.

Edit the assumptions on either side. Outputs update live so you can see how small improvements at each stage compound through to recurring revenue and indicative enterprise value.

Current state
Optimised state
Output
Current
Optimised
Uplift
Leads / month
200
467
+133%
Bookings / month
70
257
+267%
Sessions attended / month
42
200
+377%
SOA presentations / month
29
170
+479%
Signed clients / month
13
111
+736%
Cost per SOA
$510
$88
-83%
Fully loaded CAC
$1,134
$136
-88%
New annual recurring rev.
$698,544
$6,902,095
+888%
Retained recurring rev.
$614,719
$6,487,969
+955%
Indicative enterprise value
$1,844,156
$22,707,893
+1131%

Illustrative model. Real diagnostics use the firm's own conversion rates, capacity, client tiers, cash-conversion timing and economics.

Strategic Claim

PreRetireez is not built around lead volume. It is built around improving the complete commercial system that turns growth investment into clients, recurring revenue and long-term firm value.

Growth Economics Modelling Session

Model Your Firm's Growth Economics Before You Scale It.

In a private Growth Economics Modelling Session, we'll map your current acquisition process, identify your biggest growth constraints and model the economics required to hit your firm's growth targets. You will leave with a clearer understanding of volume, capacity, adviser load and practical priorities.

The Client Engine is the methodology. The Advice Firm Growth Model is the diagnostic and modelling software. The Growth System is the infrastructure installed inside the firm. The 90-day Founding Firm Program is how the system is implemented.

PreRetireez does not provide personal financial advice, financial product advice or product recommendations. Any financial advice is provided only by the licensed advice firm and its authorised advisers under the firm's AFSL or licensee arrangements.