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The Client Onboarding Blueprint
A client's first week decides whether they stay, refer, and pay on time. Here's a day-by-day onboarding that feels white-glove to the client — while running almost entirely on autopilot. AUTO = automatable today. HUMAN = keep a person on it.
01 The timeline
Contract signed AUTO
E-sign completes → welcome email fires instantly with what happens next. Speed here sets the tone for everything.
Workspace created AUTO
Project folders, shared drive, client record, and internal channels — created from a template, named consistently, access granted.
Intake form sent AUTO
One structured form collects everything (brand assets, logins, contacts, goals) — instead of 15 back-and-forth emails. Answers file themselves into the workspace.
Kickoff scheduled AUTO
Booking link in the welcome email; the calendar hold, agenda, and reminders handle themselves.
Kickoff call HUMAN
The one moment that must be human. You arrive with their intake answers already reviewed — which the client reads as "these people are on it."
Plan delivered HUMAN
Scope, timeline, and first milestones — from a template, personalized in 20 minutes, sent automatically once approved.
First check-in AUTO
"How's the first week feeling?" email fires automatically. Any reply routes straight to the account owner.
Health check AUTO
Satisfaction pulse + internal review task created. Catch wobbles at day 30, not at renewal.
02 Readiness checklist
Check what you already have — the gaps are your onboarding project list.
- A written welcome email template (not composed fresh each time)
- E-signature tool connected to whatever creates the client record
- One intake form replacing the "can you also send…" email chain
- Folder/workspace template that clones per client
- Self-serve kickoff booking link
- Automated day-7 and day-30 check-in messages
- Someone who sees every reply (automation delivers, humans respond)
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