How to De-Board a Client

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We rarely de-board clients, but here are the steps to take when we have to.

Things that you will need:

Confirmation from an account manager to de-board a client.
Access to the Access Tracker for Non-Team Members.
Admin access to assets, such as Basecamp, Google Drive, etc.

Steps:

Remove the client from Basecamp
Remove the client from Google Drive
Remove the client from Meta Business Manager
Unlink the client on Google Ads
Remove our access to the client's Google Analytics account
Remove our access to the client's Google Tag Manager account
Remove the client from our website
Remove the client from the Academy
Remove the client from the Facebook groups

Important Things To Consider

Remember that every project is unique, so you will have to go through the threads in the client's project to see the assets (that we created) that a client has access to.

Step 1: Remove the client from Basecamp

Remember that clients almost always add their team members to their projects. So when you remove a client from Basecamp, ensure that you remove their team members, too.

Rename the project by adding XXX to the beginning of the project name.

Get the names of the people to remove.

Go to Adminland on Basecamp.

Find the accounts and delete them.

Input the name in the space provided. When you find the account, click the three-dot menu on the right side of the name and select "Edit Info." Lastly, confirm that you want to remove the account as shown in the second screenshot below.

Step 2: Remove the client from Google Drive

Go to our Google Drive. Ensure that you're in the BlitzMetrics Drive. Click on "Manage Members."

Find the account you want to remove and select "Remove access." Doing this effectively removes the person's access from all assets stored in the drive except for files that are open for anyone to access.

Step 3: Remove the client from Meta Business Manager

Go to Meta Business Manager, and click on the cog icon (settings) at the bottom left of the screen.

Go to "Partners," and select the account that you want to remove. Click on "Remove" at the right side of the page and confirm by pressing the "Remove partner" button.

Confirm with the account manager if we should remove our access to the client's Google Ads, Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager before continuing with this section.

Step 4: Unlink the client on Google Ads

Go to Google Ads. Ensure that you're accessing it as access@yourcontentfactory.com. Select "BlitzMetrics Clients."

Go to "Settings" then "Sub-account settings."

Use "Search" to find the account and click on the checkbox to the left of the account.

With the target account selected (ticked checkbox), click on "Edit" above it, and then select "Unlink." Confirm it and you're done.

Step 5: Remove our access to the client's Google Analytics account

Go to Google Analytics. Ensure that you're accessing it as access@yourcontentfactory.com. Navigate to the account you want to remove, and click on the cog (Admin) at the bottom left of the page.

Go to "Account Access Management, and click on "Remove myself" on access@yourcontentfactory.com.

Confirm it.

Step 6: Remove our access to the client's Google Tag Manager account

Go to Google Tag Manager. Ensure that you're accessing it as access@yourcontentfactory.com. Navigate to the account you want to remove, and click on the cog on the right side.

Select "User Management."

Select "Remove yourself" on access@yourcontentfactory.com, and confirm it. Remember to remove us from the account, not the client.

For the succeeding steps, you do not need confirmation from the account manager as long as you received instructions to de-board a client.

Step 7: Remove the client from our website

It could happen that a client was given an author account on our website, so you should check for that as well.

Log into WordPress, and go to "Users." Search for the client using his email or given name. If you find an account for that client, put a tick on the checkbox next to his avatar and click on "Delete."

Step 8: Remove the client from the academy

All clients are automatically given access to the academy. Follow the steps below to delete a user account.

Log into the academy, and go to "Users." Search for the client using his email or given name. If you find an account for that client, put a tick on the checkbox next to his avatar and click on "Delete."

Step 9: Remove the client from the Facebook groups

Check these Facebook groups to see if the client and his team are members:

Go to "Members." Search for the client using his email address or given name. Remove the client from the group if he is a member.

If you want to know how to de-board a team member, visit this page: De-boarding VA Process Checklist.

That's it. You're done. Good job!

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Verification Checklist

You'll know that you de-boarded the client and his team correctly when you can say yes to all the items below.

The client's project was renamed by adding XXX to the project name.
The client and his team are no longer on Basecamp.
The client and his team no longer have access to Google Drive.
You've checked all the files in the client's project to ensure that they no longer have access to other files. It may happen that a team member created a file on his drive and shared it with the client.
The client was removed from Meta Business Manager.
The client was unlinked from our Google Ads account.
We removed our access to the client's Google Analytics account.
We removed our access to the client's Google Tag Manager account.
We removed the client's account from our website.
We removed the client's account from our academy.
We removed the client from our three Facebook groups.
You updated the Client Tracker.