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title: "Onboarding: New Client Onboarding Sequence Playbook"
description: New Client Onboarding Sequence Playbook provides an automated workflow to onboard new clients through tailored email communication and structured touchpoints, helping you create a consistent and professional first impression.
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# Onboarding: New Client Onboarding Sequence Playbook

## This playbook provides an automated workflow to onboard new clients through tailored email communication and structured touchpoints, helping you create a consistent and professional first impression.

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#### **What This Playbook Does**

Within this playbook, you’re able to add checklists, helpful resources, and key information to guide your clients through the onboarding process.

This can include:

- Important documents
- Next steps
- Introductory information about your services

Really, anything you want to share to properly introduce your firm and set expectations.

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#### **How to Access the Playbook**

To get started:

1. Log into your account
2. Navigate to Playbooks on the left-hand side
3. Select New Client Onboarding Sequence

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#### **Editing the Sequence**

Once inside, you’ll see that we’ve already provided a pre-built onboarding sequence, so you can activate it immediately.

However, you can fully customize it by:

- Editing existing emails
- Adjusting wait times between steps
- Modifying or removing steps

You can also click “Add Step” to expand your workflow.

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#### **Available Actions**

When adding a new step, you can choose from actions such as:

- Wait
- Send an email
- Send a text message
- Create a task
- Share or write a blog post

You can also:

- Create intake forms
- Send engagement letters

Everything you need to fully automate your onboarding process is available here.

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#### **Trigger Settings**

To ensure this runs automatically, head to the Settings section.

By default, the trigger is set to:  
When a new client is added to your Client Hub.

This means the moment a new client is created, the onboarding sequence begins automatically.

You can also:

- Apply this to inactive users
- Or switch to a tag-based trigger if you want more control

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#### **Using Tags (Optional)**

If you prefer using tags:

1. Disable the default trigger
2. Select tag-based trigger
3. Assign a tag to this playbook

Then, in your Client Hub:

- Open any client
- Add or manage tags on the left-hand side

Once the tag is applied, the playbook will trigger.

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#### **Sequence Settings**

You also have control over how the sequence runs:

- Set your time zone
- Define sending time restrictions
- Choose whether messages send on: 
    - Weekdays only
    - Saturdays
    - Or full weekends

You can also enable duplicate prevention, ensuring clients are only enrolled in one playbook at a time.

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#### **Tracking and Analytics**

Within the playbook, you can track performance, including:

- How many clients entered the sequence
- Step open rates
- Overall completion of the onboarding process

This gives you full visibility into how effective your onboarding is.

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#### **Final Step: Activate**

Once everything is set up:

Simply switch the playbook status to Active, and you’re ready to go.

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#### **Closing**

With this playbook in place, your onboarding process becomes fully automated, ensuring every client receives a consistent, organized, and professional experience from day one.

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