Growth Doesn’t Happen by Accident. It Happens by Leadership.

Marketing matters, but it is only one piece of a much larger growth strategy.

I help financial advisors align their message, marketing, coaching, and key relationships into a system that drives consistent, relationship-based growth.

Fractional CMO for Independent Advisors and RIAs

Executive growth leadership and oversight: positioning, pipeline strategy, campaign direction, team accountability, and reporting.

What We do

• Positioning and growth strategy you’ll actually execute • Pipeline engine: consistent demand plus conversion systems • CRM discipline and reporting you can trust
Marketing Automation

Marketing Automation for Independent Advisors and RIAs

A done-for-you pipeline system: lead capture, nurture sequences, and follow-up workflows.

What We do

• Targeting, data sourcing, and compliant outreach workflows • Automated invites plus email nurture sequences • Build an owned email list from your existing network and inbound interest
Meet Charlie Van Derven

How it Works

We're Focused on One Thing: Helping Build Your Credibility and Influence for Growth.

Social Advisors will help you fulfill on the 6 C's of social selling; credibility, connections, content, conversations, conversions, and consistency.

Meet Charlie Van Derven

I’ve been helping financial advisors grow for longer than I care to admit, and one thing is clear: marketing has never felt more crowded or disconnected.

Today, many advisors rely on a patchwork of vendors for leads, websites, content, CRM, ads, and automation. It may look like marketing is happening, but without leadership, it often becomes inconsistent, hard to measure, and difficult to scale. I call this the Frankenstein effect.

As a Fractional CMO for financial advisors, I bring clarity, structure, and direction to your marketing. I align the moving parts, sharpen the message, and make sure every effort supports one goal: growth.

At Social Advisors, we do more than build strategy. We bring the team to execute it, giving you experienced leadership and co-ordinated support without the cost of a full-time marketing executive.

Be Found. Be Trusted. Be Chosen.

Built for the Future of Search

AI tools like ChatGPT are changing how prospects find financial advisors. Make your website clearer, more trustworthy, and AI-ready so the right prospects can find you.

AI search is here. Make sure you are the answer.

Your Predictable Growth System

A practical operating system for relationship-based growth.

Growth gets easier when every part of your marketing works from the same plan. This system connects positioning, outreach, content, AI, events, referrals, and reporting so your team can see what is working and keep momentum moving.

Strategic Positioning

Define your niche and sharpen your message so every asset, campaign, and conversation attracts the right audience from the start.

Network Expansion

Grow your top of funnel with focused outreach through LinkedIn, COI relationships, cold email, networking, and targeted advertising.

Content That Converts

Create content that speaks to your niche?s pain points and goals, builds trust, and positions you as the clear expert.

AI-Enabled Efficiency

Streamline admin, follow-up, and workflows with AI so you can spend more time with clients, prospects, and the people you actually like.

Event-Driven Conversion

Use webinars and in-person events to identify engaged prospects, spark deeper conversations, and turn interest into booked appointments.

Referral Acceleration

Activate clients, partners, and key relationships with a referral strategy designed to generate more introductions and better-fit opportunities.

Insightful Reporting

Track what drives real opportunities so you can invest in what works, cut what doesn?t, and grow with more clarity.

The goal is not more activity. It is clearer momentum.

Each piece supports the next: sharper positioning improves outreach, stronger content builds trust, better events convert interest, and reporting shows where to double down.

Mission and Core Values

We exist to help independent financial advisors and RIAs grow smarter, operate leaner, and live better. By leveraging marketing automation and AI to handle simple, repeatable tasks, we create the time, clarity, and momentum needed to serve clients well, scale with intention, and build wealth without sacrificing well-being.

Free Resource: The Referral Activator Worksheet

Referrals remain the most powerful growth channel for financial advisors. This worksheet helps you engage your best clients and professional partners in a natural, professional way that leads to more introductions.

If you want to grow through relationships instead of chasing cold leads, this is a practical place to start.

What our clients say about Finpoint services

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I want to share a big THANK YOU. Since we switched over to you and several other team members for our service, there has been an unbelievable upgrade in the quality of the service from Social Advisors. I am very happy and grateful for the new pathway forwards with Social Advisors. It’s only now that I realize what I was missing and what could be done. So, thank you all very much and I look forward to a bright future together.

Scott Van Den Berg President, Century Management Financial Advisors

“Time for me to buy you another steak dinner. Landed another big client from a great Social Advisors lead! Biggest solo client of my career to date.”

A.S. Financial Advisor Orlando, FL

I have enjoyed the opportunities that I have had over the last couple of years, to get to know Charlie Van Derven and the good work that Charlie and his team are doing at Social Advisors. His unique ability to understand both macro and micro perspectives and connect the dots between the two is both unique and valuable. Additionally Charlie’s blended grasp of people, technology and marketing positions his company to make a considerable difference within the wealth management space.

Blain Wease President, Provincial Development Group, LLC

“I had a conversation earlier today with an Estate Planning Attorney. She said she 'usually didn’t respond to LinkedIn connection requests, but my initial and subsequent outreach “was so warm and inviting, that I wanted to get to know you. It seem like you really wanted to know about ME.' Thank you for helping me craft my messaging!”

BSG Managing Director, Seattle, WA

“It’s been about 3 months since I started working with you guys and I’ve been very pleased with the results so far, so thank you guys for all the hard work. I feel like I’m just scratching the surface of making the most of LinkedIn and already I’ve gotten a ton of phone calls out of it and probably 10+ good prospects in the past 3 months.”

C.B. Financial Advisor

“Both my father and I had time to review all this content and it’s strictly fabulous! We love the style, creativity, imagery/video, truly outstanding work”

Vince M Financial Advisor, Florida

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