Deep dive · Sales and marketing

From stranger to paid order, and every fact marketing needs on the way.

The detail behind the two departments that bring in the money: how leads are found and scored, exactly what is sent and when, how negotiation stays inside a fence, and how your marketing team and agency get the right information without asking.

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Lead sources the agents watch
< 5 min
Target first reply, day or night
4
Outreach playbooks: homeowner, installer, wholesaler, commercial
1 Monday
Brief a week for the agency, from live data

Numbers marked "suggested" or "illustrative" are starting points to tune once Phase 0 gives you real baselines. Nothing here is a promise of results.

Sales 1 · Finding leads

Where leads come from, and what the agent does with each

Every source ends up in one place, the Lead Hub, with the source recorded so marketing can later see which ones really pay.

SourceWho it findsWhat the agent doesCost

Clean on the way in

Every record is matched against existing leads, Magento customers and Pipedrive so nobody is contacted twice, and staff or test addresses are tagged and excluded from reports.

Source is never lost

Campaign, page and device travel with the lead into Pipedrive, the quote and the order, so cost per paid order can be worked out later.

Outbound is trade only

Cold outreach goes to companies (installers, wholesalers, commercial). Homeowners are contacted only when they asked or consented.

Sales 2 · Hot prospects

How a lead becomes "hot"

Two scores added together: fit (are they the right kind of customer?) and intent (are they acting like a buyer right now?). Tick the boxes to see how a real lead would score and what the agent would do. Weights are suggested and get tuned against real wins.

0Score out of 100
ColdMonthly newsletter only

Scores fade: intent points halve after 7 days with no activity, so the list stays honest.

Hot · 70+

Act now

  • Owner alerted at once with the reason in plain words.
  • Call task due within 15 minutes in working hours.
  • Agent sends a personal reply immediately, so the lead is never waiting.
Warm · 40 to 69

Nurture

  • Persona sequence, stops on any reply.
  • Moves to hot the moment intent signals appear.
Cold · under 40

Stay in touch

  • Monthly newsletter only, no sales sequence.
  • Reviewed quarterly, dead addresses removed.
Sales 3 · Reaching out and nurturing

What is sent, to whom, and when

Four playbooks. Each is a timeline of touches, a stop rule and a hand-over rule. All messages come from templates a person approved once.

Sales 4 · Quote, negotiate, close

Negotiating inside a fence

When a customer says "can you do better?", the agent walks a fixed ladder. Each rung costs you more than the one before, so the cheapest concessions are offered first. The bands below are placeholders until you set the real margins.

RungOfferWhen it is usedApproval

Objections the agent is ready for

A person always takes over when

  • The order is above the straight-through limit or off the price book.
  • The customer asks for credit terms, a custom design or a site survey result that changes the system.
  • The price match needs a margin below the floor.
  • The customer is upset, mentions a complaint, a solicitor, a trading-standards body or a safety issue.
  • Something looks wrong: a mismatched name and card, a rush for a large order, a new trade account asking for a big first order on credit.

Closing

Deposit or full payment through Stripe. The Stripe webhook is the only thing that marks a quote paid, then the Magento order is created automatically.

Straight after the yes

Welcome message, survey or install booking, delivery slot, and a clear list of what happens next, so the customer is never left wondering.

Back to the loop

The sale is sent to Google and Meta as a conversion, logged against the source, and the review and add-on offers are scheduled.

Sales 5 · Measuring it

Sales scorecard

Phase 0 records today's baseline for each line. Targets are suggested and are reviewed every month against what the agents actually achieved.

MeasureWhy it mattersSuggested targetChecked
Marketing 1 · The funnel

Which agent works which stage

Marketing is judged by paid orders, not clicks. Each stage has an agent, the data it needs, and one number it is held to.

Marketing 2 · Channel playbooks

What runs automatically on each channel

Marketing 3 · Information supply

The data feeds: what, how often, and for whom

This is the answer to "how do we supply the right information to marketing". Each feed has an owner, a schedule, and a clear destination, so your team and agency never chase a spreadsheet.

FeedContainsFromWhenGoes to
Marketing 4 · What the agency receives

A sample Monday brief

This is how the brief reads. All figures below are made up to show the layout. The real one is filled from live data every Monday at 08:00.

Illustrative exampleWeek 46 · PowerXpress marketing brief
Marketing 5 · Who does what

Agents, your agency and your own team

The agents handle the data and the routine. The agency and your team keep the thinking, the taste and the relationships.

TaskAI agentYour agencyIn-house person
Marketing 6 · Spend and safety rules

The rules the ad agents cannot break

Claims register for energy products

Savings, payback, MCS, grant and VAT statements, "world-class" and "best price" claims all come from an approved list that your team signs off. The content and ad agents can only use claims on the list, and each one carries its source, so a statement can be traced if it is ever challenged.

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