A leadership coach signs more clients when five automations take over after the discovery call: a proposal sent the same day, gentle scheduled follow-ups, online signature and payment, a reminder on the date given by anyone who says not now, and regular updates for everyone else.
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The call went well. A manager who wants more confidence, or an executive preparing for a new role, said she would think about it. You meant to write the next day. The week slipped away. When you get back in touch, she has moved on to something else. Leadership coaching clients often pay for themselves, so the decision takes time and courage. What tips it is the feeling of being followed seriously, at the right pace.
A follow-up automation is an action scheduled in advance, triggered by the stage a person has reached in your follow-up list, that goes out even when your week overflows. You write the message once and it goes out at the right moment for each person.
Automations 1 and 2: same-day proposal and gentle follow-ups
1. Same-day proposal. After the call, move the person to the proposal stage. A message goes out that you complete in two minutes: what she wants to change, the programme you suggest, how it runs, the price and a link to say yes. AI can shape your call notes into the recap; you reread and add a personal line.
2. Gentle follow-ups. If she does not reply, a first follow-up goes out a few days later and a second the next week: an open question, a useful resource, an invitation to ask anything. As soon as she replies, the follow-ups stop.
Automations 3 and 4: online signature and not now
3. Signature and payment. The proposal link leads to a page where she reads the terms, accepts and pays in full or in instalments. Once paid, the welcome message, starting questionnaire and booking link go out at once.
4. Not now. Some people say no for the moment: a role change underway, a budget to plan. Ask when it would be good to reconnect and note the date. The message goes out that day on its own.
Automation 5: updates that keep the link alive
Everyone you had a call with receives a useful message once or twice a month: a thought on women's leadership, an anonymised session situation, a question to reflect on. Not an advert, a presence. The day they are ready, they think of you.
- Every discovery call enters the follow-up.
- Every person ends with a reply, a yes, a date or a live link.
- You win back the hours spent rewriting messages and tracking who to answer.
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