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RJIM Retail and RJIM-IS Trans Specs
Normal-New/Normal Existing (note type)
DANA FIELDS DEFAULT INSTRUCTIONS
Note Type Normal-New

Normal-New – default

Normal-Existing – for existing visits in SF

CRM Modification – for specific instructions received via rec to update/add notes to SF profiles like interest tags

Email – for emailed notes (see Email sheet tab for further instructions on DANA fields)

Call Log – for phone call meetings with “only 1 contact” (see Call Log sheet tab for further instructions on DANA fields)
Follow-up – for standalone follow-ups.
Insight Report – for Insight report notes

Internal Comments   Peer-to-peer (specialist-to-specialist) instructions/action items especially helpful during CRM entry
Special Instructions   Wholesaler’s instruction/s to Hey DAN if specified
Date Recording date unless specified  
Time

Start Time: default to recording time if not specified

Refer to the Date column (not Received column) in the queue.

End Time: as dictated or shown in SF for existing visit.

*If a general time of day is mentioned (e.g., “Lunch”), refer to the time assumptions below.

Standard Time Assumptions
Breakfast – 8:00 AM
Lunch – 12:00 PM
Dinner – 6:00 PM
Morning – 9:00 AM
Afternoon – 3:00 PM
Evening – 7:00 PM

If a time is provided by the wholesaler, identify the corresponding time zone using the advisor’s location (city and state). Convert this time to Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) by applying the necessary adjustment: add 1 hour for CDT, 2 hours for MDT, and 3 hours for PDT.
Example: “Meeting at 9 AM. FA’s location is St. Louis, MO”
Internal Comment: 9:00AM CDT + 1
Time: 10:00 AM

 

Contacts Capture the as dictated by the WS

✓ If first name, nickname and last name are provided, include it immediately after the name inside quotation marks (sample: Robert “Bobby” Smith)

✓ If only nickname and last name are provided, no need to include the first name (sample: Bobby Smith)

Organization Populate this field as specified by the WS; no need to copy the full firm name as found in FINRA.

✓ If two firm names were provided (and are affiliated with each other), place a “/” in between them. (Format: Firm 1/Firm 2)

✓ If both the team name and the firm name were mentioned, place a “/” in between them. (Format: Firm/Team Name)

Examples:
“John is from LPL.” — Plug in “LPL” in the Organization field, no need to put the full firm name, “LPL Financial LLC”.

“John is with Triad or East Coast Advisory.” — Populate the Organization field as “Triad/East Coast Advisory”.

“He’s part of the The Oltorik Group in Ameriprise.” — Populate the Organization field as “Ameriprise/The Oltorik Group”

Location Populate as specified by the WS. If no location was provided, leave the field blank.

✓ If only State was provided — Capture only the State in full word (“Mary Jones from Michigan.”  No need to abbreviate the State. (Ex. Location: Michigan)

✓ If only City was provided — Capture only the City “He is from Houston.” (Ex. Location: Houston)

Spelled (S) Box   Tick if contact name is spelled out by WS via recording or if notes were received via email
1on1 (O) box   Tick if and only if specifically instructed to process as 1on1 or emailed notes/rec note has the same value for the following fields:
1. Date and Time
2. Type
3. Subject
4. Meeting notes
5. Product/s Discussed
Follow-up (FF) box   Tick whenever meeting has a follow-up. Refer to Follow-up Note sheet tab for DANA field instructions.
Group box   Tick when there is 2 or more contacts in the meeting
Subject

Firm abbreviation – Contact name (sample: RJA – John Doe)

 

* If w/ SF access – copy pre-populated info from SF

* If w/o SF access — use this format: Firm Name – Contact Name (Ex. Morgan Stanley – John Smith; JPMorgan – Jason Smith)

✓ If there are 2 or more attendees, capture only the first contact’s name

Text

Capture meeting/follow-up notes in verbatim or as dictated by the wholesaler.

If WS indicates no follow-up is required, capture the phrase “DO NOT FOLLOW UP” as a separate paragraph w/o period.

* if WS didn’t leave any note/comment: input Product/s discussed (sample: Product/s discussed: Eagle Strategic Income Portfolio)

* if no product/s discussed: capture as Meeting with [contact’s name]…, Phone call with [contact’s name]..

*For follow-ups, re-arrange if needed to capture all follow-ups below the main note.

*If the WS mentioned, no follow-up along the lines, “No follow-up needed,” “No to-dos at this point,” “No need for follow-up,” — Keep in the note text, add “DO NOT FOLLOW UP” (NO PERIOD ALL CAPS)

*Include intro dictations with dictated name/s (omit firm, location, date and time.): “Had a meeting with John Smith…” “Had lunch with Jason….” “Jonathan and I had a virtual meeting….” —

SAMPLE NOTE W/ FF:

Met with John Doe. Discussed product updates.

FOLLOW-UP: Send him market outlook PDF.

 

SAMPLE NOTE W/ SI NO FF:

Met with John Doe. Discussed product updates.

DO NOT FOLLOW UP

Group Follow-up box   Tick if follow-up is for the multiple contacts of the note. Refer to Follow-up Note sheet tab for DANA field instructions.
Type Meeting (In Person)


Meeting (In Person) – default

Meeting (Virtual) – for virtual meeting via

Zoom/Teams/Gmeet

Event – use only if specifically instructed

Call – for conference call/phone call with multiple attendees

Email – exclusive for note type: Email

**If the WS mentioned two possible interaction types, please follow the hierarchy above:

Sample:
“I had Zoom meeting with John…He also called me an hour after our meeting.” — Type: Meeting (Virtual)

“Joshua and I exchanged emails and had a 30 minute call to go over…” — Type: Call

Product/s Discussed Select as instructed

Refer to Product Assumptions sheet tab for product nicknames.

* if no SI = select as mentioned in the meeting notes. Leverage Google for tickers.

RJIM Retail and RJIM-IS Trans Specs
Call Log (note type)
DANA FIELDS DEFAULT INSTRUCTIONS
Note Type Call Log  
Internal Comments   Peer-to-peer (specialist to specialist) instructions/action items especially helpful during CRM entry
Special Instructions   Wholesaler’s instruction/s to Hey DAN if specified
Date Recording date unless specified  
Contacts Capture the full name exactly as stated by the WS

✓ If first name, nickname and last name are provided, include it immediately after the name inside quotation marks (sample: Robert “Bobby” Smith)

✓ If only nickname and last name are provided, no need to include the first name (sample: Bobby Smith)

Organization Populate this field as specified by the WS; no need to copy the full firm name as found in FINRA.

✓ If two firm names were provided (and are affiliated with each other), place a “/” in between them. (Format: Firm 1/Firm 2)

✓ If both the team name and the firm name were mentioned, place a “/” in between them. (Format: Firm/Team name)

Examples:
“John is from LPL.” — Plug in “LPL” in the Organization field, no need to put the full firm name, “LPL Financial LLC”.

“John is with Triad or East Coast Advisory.” — Populate the Organization field as “Triad/East Coast Advisory”.

“He’s part of the The Oltorik Group in Ameriprise.” — Populate the Organization field as “Ameriprise/The Oltorik Group”

Location Populate as specified by the WS. If no location was provided, leave the field blank.

✓ If only State was provided — Capture only the State in full word (“Mary Jones from Michigan.” — . No need to abbreviate the State. (Ex. Location: Michigan)

✓ If only City was provided — Capture only the City “He is from Houston.” (Ex. Location: Houston)

Spelled (S) Box   Tick if contact name is spelled out by WS via recording or if notes were received via email
1on1 (O) box   Tick if and only if specifically instructed to process as 1on1 or emailed notes/rec note has the same value for the following fields:
1. Date and Time
2. Type
3. Subject
4. Meeting notes
5. Product/s Discussed
Follow-up (FF) box   Tick whenever meeting has a follow-up. Refer to Follow-up Note sheet tab for DANA field instructions.
Subject Phone Call  
Text

Capture meeting/follow-up notes in verbatim or as dictated by the wholesaler.

If WS indicates no follow-up is required, capture the phrase “DO NOT FOLLOW UP” as a separate paragraph w/o period.

*For phone calls (1 contact) and Emails, please always put the date (default or dictated) at the beginning of the text field (Example: Date: October 14, 2026), followed by the note in the next paragraph.

SAMPLE NOTE:
Date: October 14, 2026

Had a call with Nick…

* if WS didn’t leave any note/comment: input Product/s discussed (sample: Product/s discussed: Eagle Strategic Income Portfolio)

* if no product/s discussed: capture as Meeting with [contact’s name]…, Phone call with [contact’s name]..

*For follow-ups, re-arrange if needed to capture all follow-ups below the main note.

*If the WS mentioned, no follow-up along the lines, “No follow-up needed,” “No to-dos at this point,” “No need for follow-up,” — Keep in the note text, add “DO NOT FOLLOW UP” (NO PERIOD ALL CAPS)

*Include intro dictations with dictated name/s (omit firm, location, date and time.): “Had a meeting with John Smith…” “Had lunch with Jason….” “Jonathan and I had a virtual meeting….” —

 


SAMPLE NOTE W/ FF:

Met with John Doe. Discussed product updates.

FOLLOW-UP: Send him market outlook PDF.

SAMPLE NOTE W/ SI NO FF:

Met with John Doe. Discussed product updates.

DO NOT FOLLOW UP

Group Follow-up box   Tick if follow-up is for the multiple contacts of the note
Call Type Individual Use default unless otherwise specified.
Call Result Advisor Conversation Use default unless otherwise specified.
Status Completed Use default unless otherwise specified.
Product/s Discussed Select as instructed

Refer to Product Assumptions sheet tab for product nicknames.

* if no SI = select as mentioned in the meeting notes. Leverage Google for tickers.

RJIM Retail and RJIM-IS Trans Specs
Email (note type)
DANA FIELDS DEFAULT INSTRUCTIONS
Note Type Email  
Internal Comments   Peer-to-peer (specialist to specialist) instructions/action items especially helpful during CRM entry
Special Instructions   Wholesaler’s instruction/s to Hey DAN if specified
Date Recording date unless specified  
Contacts Capture the full name exactly as stated by the WS

✓ If first name, nickname and last name are provided, include it immediately after the name inside quotation marks (sample: Robert “Bobby” Smith)

✓ If only nickname and last name are provided, no need to include the first name (sample: Bobby Smith)

Organization Populate this field as specified by the WS; no need to copy the full firm name as found in FINRA.

✓ If two firm names were provided (and are affiliated with each other), place a “/” in between them. (Format: Firm 1/Firm 2)

✓ If both the team name and the firm name were mentioned, place a “/” in between them. (Format: Firm/Team name)

Examples:
“John is from LPL.” — Plug in “LPL” in the Organization field, no need to put the full firm name, “LPL Financial LLC”.

“John is with Triad or East Coast Advisory.” — Populate the Organization field as “Triad/East Coast Advisory”.

“He’s part of the The Oltorik Group in Ameriprise.” — Populate the Organization field as “Ameriprise/The Oltorik Group”

Location Populate as specified by the WS. If no location was provided, leave the field blank.

✓ If only State was provided — Capture only the State in full word (“Mary Jones from Michigan.” — . No need to abbreviate the State. (Ex. Location: Michigan)

✓ If only City was provided — Capture only the City “He is from Houston.” (Ex. Location: Houston)

Spelled (S) Box   Tick if contact name is spelled out by WS via recording or if notes were received via email
1on1 (O) box   Tick if and only if specifically instructed to process as 1on1 or emailed notes/rec note has the same value for the following fields:
1. Date and Time
2. Type
3. Subject
4. Meeting notes
5. Product/s Discussed
Follow-up (FF) box   Tick whenever meeting has a follow-up. Refer to Follow-up Note sheet tab for DANA field instructions.
Subject Email  
Text

Capture meeting/follow-up notes in verbatim or as dictated by the wholesaler.

If WS indicates no follow-up is required, capture the phrase “DO NOT FOLLOW UP” as a separate paragraph w/o period.

*For phone calls (1 contact) and Emails, please always put the date (default or dictated) at the beginning of the text field (Example: Date: October 14, 2026), followed by the note in the next paragraph.

SAMPLE NOTE:
Date: October 14, 2026

Had a call with Nick…

* if WS didn’t leave any note/comment: input Product/s discussed (sample: Product/s discussed: Eagle Strategic Income Portfolio)

* if no product/s discussed: capture as Meeting with [contact’s name]…, Phone call with [contact’s name]..

*For follow-ups, re-arrange if needed to capture all follow-ups below the main note.

*If the WS mentioned, no follow-up along the lines, “No follow-up needed,” “No to-dos at this point,” “No need for follow-up,” — Keep in the note text, add “DO NOT FOLLOW UP” (NO PERIOD ALL CAPS)

*Include intro dictations with dictated name/s (omit firm, location, date and time.): “Had a meeting with John Smith…” “Had lunch with Jason….” “Jonathan and I had a virtual meeting….” —


SAMPLE NOTE W/ FF:

Met with John Doe. Discussed product updates.

FOLLOW-UP: Send him market outlook PDF.

SAMPLE NOTE W/ SI NO FF:

Met with John Doe. Discussed product updates.

DO NOT FOLLOW UP

Group Follow-up box   Tick if follow-up is for the multiple contacts of the note
Type Email  
Status Completed Use default unless otherwise specified.
Product/s Discussed Select as instructed

Refer to Product Assumptions sheet tab for product nicknames.

* if no SI = select as mentioned in the meeting notes. Leverage Google for tickers.

RJIM Retail and RJIM-IS Trans Specs
Follow-up
DANA Fields DEFAULT VALUE INSTRUCTIONS
Type blank  
Assigned To:   Use this field if the person being assigned matches the pre-existing internal partner’s name option here
Due Date

Capture as specified.

If none provided, use date processed.

Do not use next business day. Always processing date.
Subject Follow Up from [meeting date] Example Follow Up from August 20, 2026 Meeting
Text

copy entire meeting note

(Main Note + Follow-up Note)

 
Assigned To: (Other)   Use this only if the assignee is someone else (not found in Assigned To).
General Writing Guidelines
1. Clean verbatim/clean up sentences.
2. OMIT: repeated words, fillers, false start, change of thought, retractions.
3. CAPITALIZE: products, LOBs, and proper nouns (when in doubt, do not capitalize)
4. SYMBOLS: Do not include dollar sign if no dollar mentioned.
5. NUMBERS: For age, in words if single digit. In numbers if not single digit.
For money, in number and words. Capture dollar in sign symbol only if mentioned.
Ex. nine-year-old vs 9-year-old
$15 million versus $15,000,000 or $15 million dollars
6. PUNCTUATION: Hyphen (-) for compound words and compound modifiers and as placeholder in a in a series
Dashes (–) to set off parenthetical elements, to show breaks in thought
Colon (:) before a list or an explanation that is preceded by a clause that can stand by itself
Semi-colon (;) to help sort out a monster list; to separate closely related independent clauses.

7. FLAGGING:

[Unintelligible] – inaudible parts of dictation.
[word] – best guess
– unintended/sudden break/absence of sound in the recording/missing piece of audio
[bad audio] – distorted/static/hiss/flawed audio

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