Growth Blueprint · Prepared for Rich Bales, Founder

Turn Avanti's momentum
into a growth system.

So the firm can expand without everything running through you.

212
Five-star reviews earned
80%
Growth readiness, from your assessment
88%
Delight score, your strongest category
0
Rivals who own the risk-first ground
The Vision

Where you're headed.

The highest-touch experience, visible before the call.
You want a prospect to feel the depth of how you work before they ever pick up the phone. Today that experience is real, but it is felt in conversations, not your online presence. The goal is to move your best work to the front of the relationship, where it becomes the reason a high-performing owner chooses you.
A brand that attracts high-net-worth clients in multiple markets.
You want to be the obvious choice for owners and families with real exposure, not the agency that quotes fast and moves on. An expandable brand with a system behind it is the key to get there.
Infrastructure that lets you scale without diluting the brand.
As you scale, you want to add people and locations and have the brand get stronger, not noisier. That means a documented pipeline and a playbook a new teamm member or office can inherit, so they step into a system instead of learning your instincts by osmosis.
A content and referral engine that compounds.
You have content, but it's not connected. The goal is one funnel where the content, the proof, and the referral relationships feed each other instead of running on separate tracks.
The Diagnosis

Where The Avanti Group
stands today.

The current friction
The diagnostic is built, but not accessible.
The Business Risk Diagnostic and the Residential Risk Audit are your trademarked edge. But, neither is surfaced where a buyer can act on it. The only door, on every page, is the same generic "Start Quotes" form, the exact commodity experience your Our Process page says you refuse.
Every buyer hits the same door.
A renter's policy and a business owner with a complex liability stack hit the same starting point, instead of a guided experience that speaks to their unique needs and how you serve them.
Your proof isn't tied to your differentiator.
Your homepage points to your wall of five-star reviews, yet those reviews don't actually hit on the things that set you apart.
The opportunity we see
Lead with your risk assessment.
When you lead with your custom assessment (and intellectual property) you immediately differentiate yourself from your competition, and you provide immediate value that makes you the clear choice. You're doing this through conversations already, now it's time to catch up with your online presence.
Give people a clear path
When a good-fit prospect finds you, whether through referral or online traffic, they should know that you're the right firm for them. When you give them a clear path, you can differentiate with your experience and expertise.
Guide your testimonials
Left to their own devices, people will tell you what they think you want to hear: cheap, easy, high-touch. If you guide them through the process, they'll talk about what you actually want them to, and build your reputation as a result.
Our Approach

The Illuminated Growth Framework
aligns what most growth partners treat separately.

Marketing, sales, and service only go so far on their own. Our framework aligns how you engage, close, and delight ideal clients as one cohesive process.

Marketing
Marketing
That engages ideal customers
We identify how your marketing attracts the right people, then align your messaging, campaigns, and channels to work together and consistently engage ideal customers.
Sales
Sales
That closes consistently
We look at how prospects become customers and build a process that converts the audiences your marketing engages, consistently, not by chance.
Service
Service
That delights and fuels growth
We look at the full customer experience, how you engage, retain, and delight your customers after they buy, and make sure that experience is designed to fuel growth, not just maintain it.
How It Unfolds

Three phases.
One commitment.

01
Month 1
Blueprint

The foundation for everything that follows.

02
Month 2
Traction

Strategy meets execution.

03
Months 3+
Full Execution

Your growth engine is running.

Month 1 · Blueprint
The foundation for everything that follows.

We learn your business, your customers, your goals, and what's actually happening. Then we build the roadmap that drives everything after.

  • Deep-dive interviews with you, your leadership, and your producers
  • Survey your customers to understand what they think makes you valuable
  • A full audit of your marketing, sales, and service
  • A prioritized roadmap to bring your goals to life faster.
Month 2 · Traction
Strategy meets execution.
The end of the Blueprint flows into the first builds.

Your dedicated growth team is in place and executing. Quick wins go live while the longer-term roadmap takes shape.

  • The risk-first, diagnostic-led messaging built and deployed
  • The Business Risk Diagnostic and Residential Risk Audit turned into visible, bookable front doors
  • Quick wins live, with the data and analytics in place to measure them
Months 3+ · Full Execution
Your growth engine is running.
The roadmap guides the path forward.

Continued execution against your roadmap priorities, with clear communication and regular reviews to keep growth on track.

  • Continued implementation of your roadmap priorities
  • Monthly review of results and analysis with your dedicated strategist
  • Clearly communicated priorities, deliverables, and timeline
  • Continued progress towards your growth goals
The Investment

Aligned with
where you're going.

Phase One: Growth Blueprint
$15,000
 

Six weeks. Full clarity.
Full immersion into your brand.

Interviews & data collection — with you, your team, and customers, plus a deep review of your existing tools, channels, and data
Full journey map — across marketing, sales, and client experience, from first impression through raving fan
Gap analysis — where what you intend and what people actually experience don't match
Prioritized roadmap — designed to bring your vision and growth goals to life, sequenced and actionable

The strategy and roadmap that turn what you built into a system, before you scale on top of it. It is the foundation everything after it runs on.

Phase Two: Growth Partnership
$10,000+
per month

The Blueprint gives you the path to success.
The partnership gets it done.

Your dedicated growth team executes the roadmap, so the strategy never sits on a shelf. This includes:

A strategist to ensure we're focused on the right work
A concierge to serve as your primary point of contact
Quarterly prioritization to move the right initiatives forward
Monthly scoping, so you know exactly what we're doing and why
Tracked results, so we know what's working and where to double down

By committing to the partnership up front, we start assembling your growth team during the Blueprint, so you get results faster.

Optional Add-On
Personal Brand Blueprint

Build a personal brand that represents The Avanti Group while working with your unique gifts. Our personal brand expert, Macy Robison, helps you understand your thought leadership archetype, and designs a hybrid brand approach that allows The Avanti Group to be its own brand, while being supported by your personal brand.

$5,000
Optional · Added to the Blueprint
The First 90 Days

What to expect as we get started

If you continue into the partnership, here is what the first quarter looks like.

Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Partnership Phase
How it's designed
Blueprint
Execution begins
Full execution
Growth Engine
Building toward your vision.
Create your roadmap
Deliver quick wins
Execute roadmap priorities
Growth Team
Aligned with your vision.
Assemble
Execute
Deliver impact

What Our Clients Say

"We didn't just get great work. We got a world-class experience. They brought clarity, confidence, and world-class service every step of the way. We didn't just walk away with an amazing website and marketing, we walked away with momentum."

Kevin J.
Business Coach · Personal Brand Strategist · Virtual CMO

"Illuminated took the time to really learn about our business. From start to finish, we could tell they cared and were committed to getting the project done right. We thoroughly enjoyed the process and love our outcome."

Katrina L.
Chief Retail Officer

"Illuminated designed and implemented a system that reflects how our team actually operates, with automation, visibility, and structure tailored to our real-world process. The result is a more efficient process and a team that has everything they need at their fingertips."

Brooke K.
Sales and Service Team Lead
The Plan

Here's how we get started.

01

Pick Your Path

We align on scope, the first market, and whether you start with the Blueprint on its own or the Blueprint and partnership together. Once that's aligned, we schedule your kick-off.

Next step
Next kick-off · scheduled after alignment
02

Start with Strategy

We deep dive into your marketing, sales, and service. While your blueprint takes shape, we start building your growth team in parallel.

Month 1
03

Scale with Confidence

Your growth team is in place, executing the blueprint roadmap alongside you, with both the strategy and execution needed to move toward your vision.

Month 2+
The Next Step

The hard part is built.
Now let's grow the firm
to where you want to take it.

DJ Soults
DJ Soults
Founder & CEO
Michael Bartos
Michael Bartos
Director of Growth
Katelyn Soults
Katelyn Soults
Chief Experience Officer
Certified & Partnered
StoryBrand Agency · HubSpot Solutions Partner · Unreasonable Hospitality Certified