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New feature: Change the Primary Advisor for clients
From time to time, clients move from one advisor to another, and you want to keep track of this on GrowthWheel Online.
Now, you can change the Primary Advisor for each client with a click.
You can do it from the client's profile, on the Team page under the Business Profile menu.
In the Advisor Team section, search for the advisor you want to add to this client. Now, simply click the three-dot menu and choose ‘Make Primary Advisor’.
This will automatically assign this advisor as the new primary advisor for your client.
We have also added the option to revoke access if you no longer want this advisor to see this client on their advisor list.
If you choose this option, you are revoking the advisor's permissions for these clients, so they will not be able to view or add any information.
If you are part of a network, changing the primary advisor for your clients can transfer the client from center to center, depending on which center the advisor is associated with.
We hope you find this update helpful when changing the primary advisor for your clients.
In this short video, you will see how to use this new feature
We made a User Guide PDF for you to access at any time. Download it below and learn how this new feature works:
New Growth Journeys: Digital Transformation & Profitability
The Seventh Journey: Digital Transformation
In today’s day and age, every business is a digital business with point of sale systems, inventory logs, websites and social media accounts, and online bookkeeping tools.
Rather than gritting their teeth and pushing through tasks “old school,” clients need to use software and technology to streamline their processes and save themselves time.
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about having a digital transformation on their business:
The Eighth Journey: Selling
Profitability is the fuel that drives any business’s growth. Whether clients focus on increasing sales or on reducing costs, they need to think through their pricing, sales pipeline, and inventory management.
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about improving their profitabilities strategies:
In this video, Elizabeth shares more about the Growth Journeys and how to use them:
2023 in Review: The Newest Features on GrowthWheel Online
2023 was yet another year with monthly software updates — as always based on requests from the community of GrowthWheel Certified Business Advisors.
In 2023 we released 10 new features and services in addition to various backend features in the software. Check them out below or see them in action on GrowthWheel Online.
Release overview
New CRM feature: Email with Meeting Minutes Generated Automatically!
We made it easier to send meeting minutes to clients after each meeting - automatically
You might have been asking yourself if there was an easy way to put items from the 30-60-90 Action Plan into an email with a summary of the meeting.
Improved Design for Celebrating Client Outcomes!
We re-designed the Outcome feature so you – and your clients – have an even better experience when recording and celebrating small or big wins – or tracking economic impact.
Easier Client Tags with Suggestions
With this update we improved the Client Tags feature so you now have suggestions and standardized tags.
Create Outcomes directly from Ambitions
Now Ambitions can be converted to Outcomes with a click, making it faster than ever before to keep track of the client’s journey and celebrate achievements.
Introducing GrowthWheel AI 30-60-90 Days Plan
With our new GrowthWheel AI, you can now generate 30-60-90 days Action Plans – automatically. It feels like magic!
Introducing: Business Advisor Certificate (BAC)
We are launching a new GrowthWheel Professional Development Program for Business Advisors focused on interpersonal skills to become a trusted advisor!
NEXUS Implementation on GrowthWheel Online for SBA reporting
For the past 6 months, we've been working closely with SBA's NEXUS team to ensure that GrowthWheel NG is compatible and meets the new requirements.
Customize the Client invite email template to GrowthWheel Online
With our recent software update, you can now customize the email template for client invitations to GrowthWheel Online!
New trainings on GrowthWheel Academy for Certified Users
We improved our GrowthWheel Certified OnDemand Academy. With these updates you can have an even better learning experience.
New Growth Journeys: Help Clients Launch Products and Services!
As business advisors you want to help your clients the most in their growth journey.
There is a lot to take care of in a business but the real problem is not having the proper resources ready to use with clients.
So we created 8 different Growth Journeys where clients can expand their business and you can help them do so one tool at a time!
That's all for 2023!
We will continue in 2024 with more updates from our community to help you be the best business advisors you can be.
Update: New trainings on GrowthWheel Academy for Certified Users
This month we improved our GrowthWheel Certified OnDemand Academy. With these updates you can have an even better learning experience.
Here's a quick overview:
Case Studies: Newly added Case Studies, offering practical insights to enhance your advisory skills.
GrowthWheel Certification Course: Explore the GrowthWheel Certification Course, now organized into modules for easier learning. Stay tuned for regular updates as we continue to enrich the content.
Continued Education Workshops: Access our ongoing workshops for Certified Advisors to stay ahead in the dynamic world of advisory.
Mastering the Tools: New "Mastering the Tools," courses where you can explore our variety of Decision Sheets designed to empower your advisory journey.
Discover these updates and more on our updated Certified OnDemand Academy today!
New feature: Customize the Client invite email template to GrowthWheel Online
With our recent software update, you can now customize the email template for client invitations to GrowthWheel Online!
As business advisors, you always want to share relevant information with your clients—especially when introducing a new tool like GrowthWheel.
When inviting clients to GrowthWheel Online to work on their business, you now have the option to add or edit any information in the invitation email.
This will enable you to ensure that your clients have all the information they need to get started with your services and GrowthWheel.
This feature is now available in the 'My Profile Settings' top menu under 'Email Settings.'
New Update: NEXUS Implementation on GrowthWheel Online for SBA reporting
For the past 6 months, we've been working closely with SBA's NEXUS team to ensure that GrowthWheel NG is compatible and meets the new requirements.
True to our beliefs, we have created a beautiful and user-friendly system to assist business advisors in easily tracking SBA impact information and more.
This software update encompasses a series of updates, including data requirements from the SBA and enhancements to our system's user experience, ensuring advisors can efficiently track all client information.
Some of the NEXUS updates include the following specifications:
New fields and selection options have been added to the client 641 intake form:
Intake demographic fields now include options for individuals to "Prefer to self-describe."
A new field has been introduced for "Business verification" and "Reportable Impact" on counseling records.
Additional certification options are now available under counseling (e.g. DBE, WOSB).
Removed fields from the user interface on all forms:
Type of client on 641 intake form.
Preferred appointment on 641 intake form.
Counseling history field on interactions.
Program format, attendee fee, and gross income fields on the 888 Form
888 training fields removed and some others re-organized:
New demographic categories for Total number trained: LGBTQ, Active Duty, Spouse of Military Member, Total Underserved Trained, North African, and Middle Eastern.
A new type of training field.
NEXUS updates will be available in early January 2024 for all our SBA-funded business advisors.
For any questions related to NEXUS please reach out to nexus@growthwheel.com
New Growth Journeys: Promotion & Selling
The Fifth Journey: Promotion
So often clients approach their advisors looking for assistance with marketing and promotion.
What company doesn’t want to be better known in their marketplace? But clients need to think through their marketing strategy from their target market customer persona,, the marketing messages, the channels of communication, and how it relates to their brand.
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about promoting their products and services:
The Sixth Journey: Selling
Every client would welcome more sales.
Clients need to think through their sales chain, customer pipeline, create a sales activity plan, and think through customer objections.
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about improving their selling strategies:
In this video, Elizabeth shares more about the Growth Journeys and how to use them:
New Growth Journeys: Getting Investors or Business Partners & Expanding Your Team
The Third Journey: Getting Organized
It’s hard to grow when the entrepreneur is the only one who can complete pivotal tasks.
Clients need to create and document processes so others can contribute. From legal documents, to documents for the lender, documenting the value chain and key processes, your clients can use this curated package of Decision Sheets to help them organize their business processes and internal operations:
The Fourth Journey: Team Growth
Expanding the company’s team can be a great way to grow a company, allowing the business to stretch their volume and capabilities.
Clients need to think through those new team members, how they fit into the business, what training they will need and how to make sure those employees are a good investment.
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about expanding their team and hiring new positions:
In this video, Elizabeth shares more about the Growth Journeys and how to use them:
New Growth Journeys: Help Clients Launch Products and Services!
As business advisors you want to help your clients the most in their growth journey.
There is a lot to take care of in a business but the real problem is not having the proper resources ready to use with clients.
So we created 8 different Growth Journeys where clients can expand their business and you can help them do so one tool at a time!
In this video, Elizabeth shares more about the Growth Journeys and how to use them:
The First Journey: Product Launch
Releasing a new product or service into either current markets or new markets can be daunting.
Clients need to think through the value, the pricing, and the right market or customer segment for this new offering.
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about offering a new product or service:
The Second Journey: Market Entry
Entering into a new market or customer segment is as exciting as it is overwhelming.
Clients need to think through this new market - how are they similar and/or different from their current customers, how should products and services be priced, and who is the competition in this new space?
We curated this package of Decision Sheets to help clients that are thinking about entering a new market or expanding to a new city/country:
New feature: Introducing GrowthWheel AI 30-60-90 Days Plan
With our new GrowthWheel AI, you can now generate 30-60-90 days Action Plans – automatically. It feels like magic!
As business advisors, you need to help clients make complete action plans to achieve their ambitions – and keep them accountable.
However, one thing is to think about what decisions and action items are needed. And a complete other, to write them down to create a plan with timelines.
You can certainly come up with action items yourself, but with AI helping you, you can do it much faster.
The real magic happens when you add your expertise by reviewing and refining the text the AI generates.
It works like this:
1. Create an ambition or a goal for a client.
2. Make it smart by making it specific, measurable, and on a timeline.
3. Click "Generate Action Plan" and see the first 7 suggestions.
4. Click again to get as many suggestions as you want
5. Refine by editing and deleting before you share with your client.
New update: Create Outcomes directly from Create Ambitions
Now Ambitions can be converted to Outcomes with a click, making it faster than ever before to keep track of the client’s journey and celebrate achievements.
As a business advisor, you want to track your client’s outcomes to see economic impact and take the opportunity to celebrate their progress.
That’s why you want to keep a list of outcomes whenever an ambition has been achieved.
With this recent update, you can now easily convert Ambitions into Outcomes:
Click the three-dot button located to the right of the achieved ambition(s)
Select the ‘Convert to Outcome’ option
Proceed to provide any additional information in the Outcomes dialog
With this new feature, you can now track the client’s journey much faster, and at the same time help clients make a more convincing GrowthPlan to lenders showing the progress that has been made.
In this short video, Elizabeth Binning will show you how to use this new update:
Update: Easier Client Tags with Suggestions
This month we improved the Client Tags feature so you now have suggestions and standardized tags
As an advisor, you want to keep your clients organized and have an easy way to search or filter them.
However, tags can get messy if written in different ways.
That's why we made standardized tags and suggestions based on what other advisors in your organization have used.
With our recent update to the Client Tags feature, you will now be able to:
See a list of tag suggestions from your organization – start typing and see all similar previously added tags.
Select any tag from the suggestion list to ensure you and your team use the same tag.
Add new tags anytime – now all of your team will see this as a suggested tag.
With standardized tags, you can now easily keep your clients organized, and help your colleagues do the same.
In this short video, Elizabeth Binning will show you how to use this new update:
Update: Improved Design for Celebrating Client Outcomes!
This month we re-designed the Outcome feature so you – and your clients – have an even better experience when recording and celebrating small or big wins – or tracking economic impact.
As business advisors, you need to track all kinds of outcomes from your work with clients – and show them their progress.
However, by not having a good place to keep track of them, this often gets overlooked, and you miss out on recognizing your client’s progress
That's why it’s important to have a place where both the advisor and the client can systematically track outcomes on a quarterly basis.
With our recent update to the outcome feature, you will now be able to:
Track both quantitative results and qualitative achievements
Add economic impact like jobs created, business started, or sustained.
Have a new and improved design of the page which works on your phone.
You can also download the outcome directly from the pop-up dialogue, and as usual, decide to share it with your clients with one click on the share button!
With these updated features you can now easier track both general progress and economic impact from your work with clients and as a bonus the opportunity to remind clients of all the things they have achieved through the year.
In this short video, Elizabeth Binning will show you how to use this new update:
Easily Track Client’s Outcomes
— With a re-designed pop-up, which can even be filled out on your phone!
New CRM feature: Email with Meeting Minutes Generated Automatically!
This month we made it easier to send meeting minutes to clients after each meeting - automatically
You might have been asking yourself if there was an easy way to put items from the 30-60-90 Action Plan into an email with a summary of the meeting.
Well, now there is!
Take a look at any of the meetings you have recorded with a client and you will see a new section with an email template ready to send to the client with one click!
This email template will automatically populate meeting information like the meeting date, location, topic of discussion, purpose, next meeting and — not the least – the decisions and actions added to the action plan.
You will be able to edit the template before sending it to your client, so you can add a personal note.
With this new update it will be much easier to share meeting minutes with clients. And if you are using a back-end CRM-system you can even send the mail bcc so your meeting minutes are automatically recorded in all the places you need.
