Islamic finance things on white: a calculator, a house key on a wooden ring, a set of prayer beads, a folded savings booklet and a small brass coin dish
Use case

Marketing automation for Islamic finance providers

Your customers want to understand how a product works before they trust it with their savings or their home. Maggie, your AI CMO, writes clear explainers for your website, LinkedIn and Google Business, checks them against financial rules, and you approve every one.

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Sound familiar?

Why Islamic finance providers struggle to keep their marketing going

Every post has to be accurate in two ways at once: true to Sharia principles and fair under financial rules. So most ideas never leave the drafts folder.

The products need explaining

Murabaha, ijara, diminishing musharaka. Your customers want to know how a home purchase plan differs from a mortgage, and a two-line product page doesn't tell them.

Every word goes through review

Your compliance team and your Sharia advisers both read before anything goes live. A blog post that takes an afternoon to write can take weeks to sign off, so the calendar stays empty.

Ramadan comes round fast

Zakat questions, Ramadan giving and Hajj savings are the moments people look for you. If the posts aren't planned weeks ahead, the season passes before anything is published.

Customers search, then ask an AI

People type “is a home purchase plan halal?” into Google or ask an AI assistant. If your website doesn't answer clearly, the answer they get quotes someone else.

A tidy finance office desk: a phone showing post cards waiting for approval beside a calculator, a printed product leaflet, a pen and a cup of mint tea
Your week with Maggie

Ramadan starts in five weeks, and your Zakat guide is already in review.

It's a Monday in late winter. Ramadan is five weeks away, your website still has last year's Zakat page, and your one marketing person is busy with a branch opening.

You paste your website into cmo.so. Maggie reads it and writes your brand profile: your home purchase plans and savings accounts, the families and small businesses you serve, how your Sharia supervisory board works, and the calm, respectful voice you use. You turn on Content Policy Guard for financial rules and add a house rule of your own: never describe profit rates as interest.

By Wednesday the drafts are waiting, each with a picture in your brand's look: a blog post explaining how Zakat on savings is usually worked out, a LinkedIn post on how a home purchase plan is structured, and a Google Business update for your branch's Ramadan opening hours. Content Policy Guard has held one line that read like a promise of returns, with a suggested rewrite. Your compliance lead and Sharia adviser read the drafts and approve two.

The approved posts go out at the times you set for each channel, and each comes back with its link. Maggie is already planning posts for Hajj savings and the end of the tax year, and Search Console in cmo.so shows which explainers people are reading.

What you get with Maggie

A marketing assistant who explains your products carefully

Each of those problems has an answer, and your compliance and Sharia reviewers still decide what goes out.

Explainers people can trust

Posts on how home purchase plans, Islamic savings and business finance work, and what the Arabic terms mean, written in plain English for Google and for AI answers. Published to your WordPress, Shopify, Wix or Webflow site, or any site through the cmo.so API.

Blog on autopilot

Checked before you review

Turn on Content Policy Guard and posts are checked against financial rules and your own, such as never calling profit “interest”. A risky post is held as a draft with a suggested rewrite. These are AI suggestions, not legal or compliance advice.

Content Policy Guard

Planned around the Islamic calendar

Ramadan, Zakat, Eid, Hajj and Umrah savings, the start of the school year. Posts are written weeks ahead so your reviewers have time, and they go out when your customers are looking.

Seasonal schedule

Your voice and your principles

Enter your website and Maggie builds your brand profile: products, customers, what sets you apart, competitors and voice. Every post and picture starts from it, and she learns from every edit your team makes.

Brand profile

LinkedIn and local search

LinkedIn posts for business customers, accountants and community partners, and Google Business updates so families searching nearby find your branch. Facebook and Instagram are in beta.

Every channel

Approved by the right people

By default nothing goes out until it's approved. Add your compliance lead and Sharia adviser in Me → Team, keep approvals on for every channel, and read drafts in the web app or the iPhone app.

Approvals
Inside the app

Your marketing team, in your pocket

Real screens from the cmo.so app on iPhone.

The cmo.so app home screen: monthly posts, website health scores and an AI visibility chartAsk Maggie: a chat where Maggie reviews 30 days of SEO and AI visibilityConnect your social accounts: LinkedIn, Google Business, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTokMaggie prepared your plan: look, voice, writing style and posting frequencyWrite a post once for LinkedIn, Google Business, Facebook and Instagram
How it works

From your website to reviewed explainers in four steps

  1. Enter your website

    Maggie reads it and drafts your brand profile in minutes.

  2. Set your rules

    Turn on Content Policy Guard for financial rules and add your own, such as the words you never use.

  3. Review every draft

    Posts for your blog, LinkedIn and Google Business arrive with pictures. Approve, edit or skip each one.

  4. Publish what you approved

    Approved posts go out on your schedule and each one comes back with its link.

Your other options

Why not just…

The usual ways Islamic finance providers try to reach new customers, and where each one runs out.

…rely on mosque events and word of mouth?

Community talks and recommendations build trust, but they reach the people already in the room. Clear pages on your own website reach the family searching at midnight for a halal way to buy a home.

…hire a financial services agency?

SEO and content agencies often cost around £1,000 a month, and few understand both Sharia principles and financial promotion rules. Maggie drafts every week from £15 a month, and your reviewers check every word.

…wait for comparison sites to send people?

Comparison sites list you next to every other provider and own the customer's first click. Your own explainers let people understand your products before they compare.

…write it with ChatGPT?

You still brief it, check it, make the picture and post it yourself, and it doesn't know your products or your house rules. Maggie remembers your brand and holds a risky line for review.

Pricing

Cut the £5,900/mo marketing bill to £15/mo

Everything a marketing team does, done by Maggie.

What needs doingWithout cmo.soWith cmo.so
Full-time marketing hire£3,000/moIncluded
SEO and AI search (GEO) agency£1,000/moIncluded
Content writer, AI-assisted£500/moIncluded
Social media manager, freelance£800/moIncluded
Designed pictures for every post£300/moIncluded
SEO and GEO softwareRank tracking, site audits, AI visibility£250/moIncluded
AI writing and image tools£50/moIncluded
Working hoursOffice hours24/7
Total per month£5,900+From £15/mo

Typical UK costs for a small business in 2026, with AI already cutting freelance rates. Estimates only; your own quotes will vary.

Founding member pricingLock in these prices for good.For the first 500 members, until 1 January 2027.
72days left
FreeTry it out
£0forever
No card needed
  • 5 social posts, 30 once verified
  • 15 Maggie messages a day
  • Upgrade any time
Start free
AirGetting started
£15/mo
Lowest paid plan
  • 2 posts a day
  • 60 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Air
MaxSeveral channels
£45/mo
£75Save 40%
  • 24 posts a day
  • 300 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Max
UltraBusy teams
£65/mo
£115Save 43%
  • 48 posts a day
  • 600 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Ultra
EliteAgencies, many brands
£105/mo
£195Save 46%
  • 96 posts a day
  • 1,000 Maggie messages a day
  • All channels
Choose Elite

Per website, billed monthly. Blog and social posts share one allowance; your best plan sets how much you can talk to Maggie across all your websites.

Questions Islamic finance providers ask

Marketing automation for Islamic finance providers: your questions

Still unsure?

What is marketing automation for Islamic finance providers?

It's software that does the repeating work of marketing Sharia-compliant financial products: planning topics, writing blog and social posts, making pictures and publishing them on schedule.

With cmo.so, Maggie does all of it from your website, and nothing goes out until a person at your firm approves it.

How do Islamic finance providers get more customers online?

Islamic finance providers get more customers online by answering the questions people search for: how a home purchase plan works, whether a product is halal, how to work out Zakat, and what it costs compared with conventional options.

Maggie writes those explainers every week for your website, LinkedIn and Google Business, and Search Console shows which ones bring people to your site.

How much does marketing automation cost for an Islamic finance provider?

There's a free plan with no card needed. Paid plans are per website and billed monthly: Air at £15 a month covers two posts a day, and Pro at £45 a month suits a growing provider posting on several channels.

Founding members get lower prices for good on every plan until 1 January 2027. You can cancel any time.

Which channels should Islamic finance providers start with?

Most start with their own blog for explainers, plus LinkedIn for business customers and partners and Google Business if they have a branch people visit.

Facebook and Instagram are in beta and suit community news and seasonal posts. Each channel has its own posting times, queue and approvals.

Is it safe to use AI for financial marketing?

It is safe when qualified people review every post before it is published. cmo.so keeps approvals on by default, and Content Policy Guard can hold a post that may break financial rules or your own house rules as a draft with a suggested rewrite.

Content Policy Guard gives AI suggestions, not legal or compliance advice. A qualified person should still review each post, and your firm stays responsible for what it publishes.

Does cmo.so decide whether a product is Sharia-compliant?

No, it doesn't; that stays with your Sharia supervisory board. Maggie writes from your website and brand profile, and she explains your products the way your own pages describe them.

Your Sharia adviser can be added as a reviewer in Me → Team, so every post is read before it goes out.

Can it explain terms like murabaha and ijara simply?

It can, and that's one of the most useful things it does. You can ask for posts that explain each structure in plain English, with the Arabic term given once and then explained.

You can set how you like terms written in your brand profile, and Maggie learns from your edits, so the explanations match your own wording over time.

Can posts be planned around Ramadan and Zakat?

Yes, posts can be planned and queued weeks ahead of Ramadan, Zakat season, Eid and Hajj, so your reviewers have time to read them before the busy weeks.

Once approved, they go out on schedule, and you can pause a channel at any time.

Can it stop posts from sounding like a promise of returns?

Content Policy Guard checks for lines that may read like promises of returns or unfair comparisons, and holds the post as a draft with a suggested rewrite.

You can add your own rules too, such as never using the word interest. These are AI suggestions, and your reviewers still make the final call.

Does cmo.so need access to customer accounts?

No, it never connects to customer records or banking systems. Maggie works only from your public website and the brand profile you check.

cmo.so never sells or rents your data, and Search Console data is never used for advertising or to train AI models.

Can my compliance team approve posts?

Yes. In Me → Team you can add people and choose what each can see or change, using presets such as editor or manager.

Approvals are set per channel, so you can keep every channel on approval while your reviewers read each draft.

Can cmo.so write for business finance and personal products?

Yes. If each has its own website, add both to one account and each gets its own brand profile, channels, schedule and approvals.

If they share one website, Maggie can write for business owners on LinkedIn and for families on your blog and Google Business from the same brand profile.

Ready when you are

Have your Ramadan explainers ready before the questions start

Enter your website. Your brand profile and first drafts are ready in minutes, and nothing goes out until you approve it.

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  • You approve every post
  • Cancel any time

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