CRM & Automation

Every inquiry captured. Every one followed up.

Leads get lost between the website form, the inbox, the phone and someone's memory. I set up the CRM and the automations that catch every inquiry, reply fast and keep it moving until it becomes a job or a clear no.

John Akande — Los Angeles SEO consultant for service businesses, ecommerce, SaaS and B2B

Why Speed Matters

The first hour decides a lot.

A 2011 Harvard Business Review study of 2,241 US companies found that firms that tried to reach a new lead within an hour were nearly 7 times as likely to have a qualifying conversation as firms that waited one more hour. Against firms that waited a day or longer, the gap was more than 60 times.

For how the CRM connects to the traffic your SEO brings in, read where traffic becomes revenue.

2,241

US companies in the Harvard Business Review lead-response study.

~7×

More likely to qualify a lead when contacted within an hour, against an hour later.

60×+

More likely than firms that waited 24 hours or longer.

1 hour

The response window that made the biggest difference in the study.

Source: "The Short Life of Online Sales Leads", Harvard Business Review, March 2011.

What I Build

Four parts of a working CRM.

CRM Setup

One record for every lead

Pipeline stages, contact records, deal tracking and dashboards in the CRM that fits your size, whether that's GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Zoho or a custom stack.

Lead Capture

Every form and call in one place

Website forms, landing pages and calls connected to the CRM through native integrations, APIs and webhooks, each tagged with its source.

Follow-Up

Replies that go out in minutes

Automated email and SMS follow-up from the first inquiry, with reminders so your team calls back while the lead is still warm.

Reporting

See where deals stall

Dashboards showing where each lead stands, which sources bring jobs and where deals drop out.

The Process

How a CRM build runs.

01

Map

Trace how leads arrive today, and where they get lost.

02

Build

Set up the CRM, the pipeline, the lead sources and the follow-up sequences.

03

Test

Run every automation end to end before anything goes live.

04

Launch

Go live, with documentation and a walkthrough for whoever runs the system day to day.

Results

Systems I've built and run.

Behavioral Health AI · Georgia

BHSAI

At BHSAI, the company I co-founded, I built and maintain a Next.js website connected to GoHighLevel through APIs and webhooks. It runs lead capture, newsletters, lead magnets and CRM workflows.

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B2B Energy · Wyoming

Futican Offshore & Energy

An outdated site and client management done by hand, replaced with a redesigned website, improved SEO, and CRM and workflow automation.

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Security Services · Los Angeles

Joint Power Security

A new website and buyer-focused pages turned Google visibility into 3,000+ inbound inquiries and $600K+ in contracts won over 18 months.

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Who this is for.

  • You get leads, but follow-up is slow, manual or inconsistent
  • Your team tracks contacts across spreadsheets, inboxes and phones, with no single record
  • You know leads slip through, but you can't see where
  • You tried a CRM before, it was set up wrong, and nobody used it
It's a poor fit if you don't have steady leads yet. Automation pays off once there's something to capture, so start with lead generation, or the Business Launch Kit if you haven't launched.

Questions about CRM & Automation.

The one that fits your team size, budget and how much automation you need. I work with GoHighLevel, HubSpot, Zoho and custom stacks, and the recommendation comes from fit, never from referral fees.
Yes. If it's underused or set up wrong, I audit and fix it before suggesting anything new.
Done well, it makes you feel faster. Automation handles the first reply and the reminders, so your team spends its time on the conversations that need a person.
Basic lead capture and follow-up goes live in 2 to 3 weeks. A full build with multi-stage pipelines, segmentation and integrations takes 4 to 8 weeks. For a new business, CRM setup is part of the Business Launch Kit.
Website forms, landing pages, calls and booking tools, connected through native integrations, REST APIs and webhooks. Reporting runs through the CRM's own dashboards or Looker Studio.
As little as possible. The point is to take manual work off your team. Whoever runs the system day to day gets documentation and a walkthrough.
It depends on the number of lead sources, pipelines and integrations, so I quote after the free audit. CRM setup is included in the Business Launch Kit and the Enterprise Growth Engine.

Find out where your leads go missing.

Start with a free audit. I'll trace how inquiries reach you today, where they get lost and what a CRM setup would fix.

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