Which Salesforce cloud should a Tampa Bay wealth management firm implement first?
Usually Financial Services Cloud, since advisors need household views, financial accounts and client onboarding before anything else. Marketing Cloud tends to follow once consent and supervision rules are written down, because campaigns built on unreviewed lists create compliance work later. If your firm also runs a sizable service operation, Service Cloud can share the same org and client records. We set the sequence in discovery, weighing advisor count, custodial data feeds and review requirements.
Which weeks of the project will your people spend with us in Tampa?
Both, deliberately. Discovery workshops, go-live week and role-based training happen in person, since those are the sessions where decisions get made and habits form. Configuration, sandbox testing and weekly status calls run remotely from our U.S.-based team, scheduled inside Eastern business hours even though we work on Central Time. The same consultants stay with you from kickoff through stabilization, so nobody has to re-explain your process halfway through.
We already use a PSA tool. Should our Tampa consulting firm still implement Salesforce?
Often yes, with a clear boundary between the two. Salesforce handles pipeline, account planning and renewals, while the PSA tool keeps scheduling, time entry and billing. The implementation defines which system owns each field and syncs just enough between them, typically project status and budget consumed, so account managers see delivery health without switching screens. Replacing a PSA that already works is rarely worth the disruption in a first phase.