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How to Automate Monthly Client Business Reviews

Written by Slideform Team | Apr 15, 2025

Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) are crucial for maintaining strong client relationships and ensuring business alignment. However, creating these reports manually can be a time-consuming, error-prone process. By leveraging a report template builder and presentation automation tool like Slideform, you can streamline report creation, ensure data accuracy, and save valuable time.

The Importance of MBRs

A Monthly Business Review provides a structured opportunity to showcase performance and highlight key wins, address challenges and align on future goals, and strengthen client relationships and reinforce value.

Despite their importance, many organizations struggle to keep up with clients on a monthly basis due to manual data collection, inconsistent formatting, and time-consuming revisions.

Why is consistent monthly reporting so hard?

 

What Should Go Into a Monthly Business Review?

An effective monthly review should be structured to provide clarity, insights, and action items. Here are the key sections to include:

  • Title Slide: Clearly define the client name, review period, and meeting agenda.

  • Performance Metrics: Data-driven insights covering KPIs such as revenue, user engagement, customer satisfaction scores, and product usage trends.

  • Client-Specific Insights: Tailored recommendations based on client data, highlighting areas of opportunity.

  • Challenges & Solutions: A breakdown of issues faced in the previous quarter and proposed action plans.

  • Strategic Roadmap: Upcoming goals, initiatives, and next steps to align expectations.

  • Q&A & Discussion Points: A dedicated section for interactive client feedback and collaboration.


 

How Slideform Automates Monthly Reports


Slideform is a powerful Google Slides template builder and PowerPoint deck generator that eliminates manual work and ensures consistency. Here’s how it simplifies the process:

1. Automated Data Integration

Slideform connects directly to your data sources—including HubSpot, Tableau, Looker Studio, Google Sheets, Power BI, and more—to automatically populate your template with real-time metrics. No more exporting, copying, or pasting!

2. Customized Templates

With Slideform, you use a standard Google Slides or PowerPoint deck as your report template. Maintaining one shared template for all clients means that reports are on-brand, professional, and always use the latest template. Simply define placeholders for KPIs, charts, and client-specific insights, and Slideform will populate them dynamically.

3. One-Click Deck Generation

Once your data sources are connected, Slideform allows you to generate a full report in seconds. You decide which slides should be shown to which client based on criteria like client industry or product type. The automation engine compiles key performance data, updates visual elements, and formats slides instantly—no manual input required.

4. Scheduled Report Automation

Set up automated schedules so your client reports are generated before each review meeting. This ensures that your team and clients always have access to the latest, most accurate information.

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The Benefits of Slide Automation with Slideform

Save Hours on Report Creation – Reduce the time spent compiling reports by up to 80%

Ensure Data Accuracy – Minimize human error by automatically syncing real-time data

Maintain Brand Consistency – Standardized templates keep presentations professional and aligned with your company’s style

Improve Client Engagement – Deliver insightful, visually compelling reports that drive meaningful conversations

Scale with Ease – Generate reports for multiple clients in minutes, making it easy to scale your operations.

 

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If you're looking for an automation tool that simplifies reporting and enhances client communication, Slideform is the solution. Try it today and take the hassle out of report building!