Film

For referral-based firms

Your next clients already know you.

We turn your past clients and referral partners into reviews, repeat business and referrals. No ads. No cold leads.

Mortgage brokers · Real estate agents · CPAs · Financial advisors

The DG Lending team in a meeting
  • DG Lending: one filming day
  • 5 core videos
  • 150 photos
  • 30 short clips
  • A 12-month past-client plan
  • A review ask
  • Realtor campaigns

The problem

Your best leads are going quiet.

  • You already have a list of past clients, old leads, partners and contacts. Most of it sits untouched.
  • Past clients forget you between deals.
  • Referral partners only hear from you when you need something.
  • Reviews and referrals happen by luck, not by plan.

You bring in most of the business, and nobody has time to stay in touch. Built for owner-led firms doing $500k to $5M a year.

How it works

We plan it, film it and run it for you.

Step 1

Strategy Map

$1,500

A survey, one call and a 12-month plan.

Credited toward Foundations within 30 days.

Step 2

Foundations

$7,500

One filming day: 3 core videos, 6 short clips and 50+ photos, shot to your plan.

Includes the Strategy Map.

Step 4

Monthly Activation

$2,500 a month

We run the plan in our system and film fresh content every 6 months.

Requires Complete. 6-month minimum, then $2,000 a month.

The guarantee

The Pillar & Frame Promise.

We get it right.

If something isn’t right, we keep working on it until it is.

The whole process · Click through it

Map the year before you film.

From the first survey to the plan running every month. Click a step, use the arrows, or swipe.

Step 1 · Strategy MapPlan

Step 2 · FoundationsFilm

Step 3 · CompleteYear

Step 4 · Monthly ActivationActivation

Plan · 1

You tell us about your list.

A short survey and an export of your contacts, before anything else: the people you already know and where you stand with them.

Your survey

  • Your past clients
  • Your open leads
  • Your referral partners
  • Your reviews

Plan · 2

One call to agree the plan.

A 60-minute call. We go through your answers together and decide who to reach first.

On the call

  • Who you serve best, and why they choose you
  • Who is due for a check-in
  • What each message has to do
  • When each one goes out

Plan · 3

Your 12-month plan.

Every clip gets a month, an audience and a job, along with the referral and partner calendar and the filming plan. Delivered 7 to 10 days after the call. $1,500, credited toward Foundations within 30 days.

  1. JanWhat rates mean for you this yearPast clients
  2. FebTax season: the papers to keepPast clients
  3. MarSpring buyers: where to startReferral partners
  4. AprWho do you know buying this spring?Referral ask
  5. MayA client’s story, in their wordsClient story
  6. JunYour loan anniversary check-inPast clients
  7. JulMid-year market update for agentsReferral partners
  8. AugHow was working with us?Reviews
  9. SepWho do you know who’s moving?Referral ask
  10. OctUsing your home equityPast clients
  11. NovThank you to our partnersReferral partners
  12. DecOur year, and thank youReviews

Film · 1

Film the whole year in one day.

A crew and a half-day photographer, shot to the full 12-month plan, so nothing needs a reshoot.

  1. MorningCore videosWhy work with you, and how your process works
  2. Late morningClient storyOne client, in their own words
  3. AfternoonThe year’s clipsAbout 30 topics, in plan order
  4. All dayPhotosTeam, office and details, with a half-day photographer

Film · 2

What comes out of the day.

Foundations ($7,500) delivers 3 core videos, 6 short clips and 50+ photos, about 30 days after filming.

  • 3core videos, 2 to 3 minutes each
  • 6short clips, under 60 seconds
  • 50+edited photos
  • 1shared folder with every file

Complete · 1

How a month works.

Complete ($12,500) gives every month of the plan 2 short clips and the messages that carry them. Here is one month from an example plan.

Apr · Referral askWho do you know buying this spring?
  • 2 short clips
  • 1 email
  • 1 partner touch

Complete · 2

The whole year, written for you.

24 clips in total, and 12 months of copy, written and approved. Delivered within 45 days of filming, with the first 3 months ready in 2 weeks.

Written for the year

  • 12 past-client emails, each built around a clip
  • Check-ins on key dates, like anniversaries and renewals
  • 2 to 3 referral asks, timed to the right moments
  • Referral partner touches, every month
  • Review requests and reminders

Activation · 1

We set it all up for you.

Monthly Activation installs and runs the plan in our system. It starts the week of filming, so setup runs while your videos are edited.

Past clients

Open leads

Referral partners

In your first months

  • Your own account in our system
  • Contacts imported, cleaned and sorted, with key dates
  • Sending domain and text registration set up
  • Two training sessions for your team

Activation · 2

Reviews, from month one.

Review requests go live in the first month. We watch for new reviews and draft a response to every one.

  1. 1A job is finished
  2. 2A review request goes out
  3. 3A new review comes in
  4. 4We draft your reply

Activation · 3

One page to send referrals to.

A page with your core videos, your reviews and a booking link. Clients and partners send people there.

Activation · 4

The plan goes out on schedule.

Every month, the planned emails, check-ins, referral asks and partner touches are sent for you.

Sent this month

  • Past-client email, with this month’s clip
  • Key-date check-ins
  • Referral partner touch
  • A referral ask, in the months the plan sets

Activation · 5

Know who to call.

Each month you get a warm list: who replied, who clicked and who is due, with a suggested next step for your team.

Warm list · example

WhoWhat happenedNext step
Past clientRepliedCall back
Open leadClickedSend the client story
Past clientDueAnniversary check-in

Activation · 6

A report and a call, every month.

A one-page report and a 30-minute strategy call to decide what comes next.

Your one-page report

  • Emails sent
  • Replies
  • Reviews gained
  • Referral asks made

Plus a 30-minute strategy call

Activation · 7

Fresh footage every 6 months.

A refresh filming day with crew and photographer, edited into a new client story, 6 new short clips and fresh photos, then slotted into the plan to start year two. $2,500 a month for the first 6 months, then $2,000 a month. Requires Complete.

Book my free Proof Plan Session
  • 1refresh filming day
  • 1new client story
  • 6new short clips
  • Year 2planned with the new footage

The plan and the example month are from a plan for a mortgage broker.

See it

One day with DG Lending.

Their main videos from a single filming day.

DG Lending

Overview

Mortgage broker or bank: why the difference matters

DG Lending

Client story

Self-employed, two homes, closed 75% faster

DG Lending

About us

A team that has worked together for 20 years

DG Lending

For investors

A property a year, financed the right way

What you end up with

Six things every referral business needs.

  • 01A clean client list
  • 02A review after every completed job
  • 03A steady touch with past clients
  • 04A planned referral ask
  • 05A system for your referral partners
  • 06Proof before the first call

Next step

Start with a Strategy Map.

Book a free 30-minute Proof Plan Session. We’ll look at your client list, your reviews and your referral partners, and tell you where to start.

Book my free Proof Plan Session

Let’s talk about your referral business.

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