Enquiry workflow connecting a form submission to a customer check, follow-up email and CRM task

CRM and lead management

Bespoke CRM and lead management that keep the next action clear

A new enquiry should have somewhere useful to go after the form is sent. Giraffe Digital develops bespoke CRM and lead management tools around the way your team qualifies enquiries, records conversations and follows up potential work.

Pragma Interiors website redesigned alongside its bespoke CMS, CRM and lead management

How Giraffe Digital helps

Connect the website enquiry to the work behind it

We map what happens between first contact and an agreed next step. That includes the information you need, who takes responsibility and how the team recognises whether an enquiry is waiting, progressing or complete. The system is planned around those decisions, with integrations reviewed before they enter the scope.

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CRM and lead management in practice

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The Pragma Interiors project combines a redesigned website with a bespoke CMS and CRM, lead management, SEO and email marketing. The website explains the studio’s work, while the CRM and lead management support the handling of business enquiries.

Pragma Interiors redesigned project page presenting its Covent Garden workplace interior

Pragma Interiors

A website redesign for an independent London workplace studio, combining its project portfolio with a bespoke CMS and CRM, lead management, SEO and email marketing.

What this includes

A lead process your team can follow and review

The CRM scope identifies the information arriving with an enquiry, the stages it moves through and the person responsible for the next action. Imports, connections and reporting are defined around that process.

An agreed route from website enquiry to a responsible member of the team.

Lead stages, contact records and follow-up tasks defined around your process.

Existing records and proposed integrations reviewed before a move.

Reports and handovers connected to the decisions your team needs to make.

Bespoke CRM and Lead Management process

Follow an enquiry before designing its pipeline

We review real working arrangements, agree useful records and stages, and develop the approved workflow. Representative enquiries and staff handovers provide the test cases for the finished system.

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Map the enquiry journey

Follow current enquiries from arrival through qualification and follow-up.

02

Define records and stages

Agree record fields, stages, access and responsibility for the next action.

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Build the workflow

Develop the CRM and connect the approved enquiry sources.

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Test handovers and reports

Test representative records, handovers and reports before launch.

Define the stages that mean something to your team

A useful pipeline reflects how your business handles work. We establish what makes an enquiry relevant, when a quotation is appropriate and what information is needed before a decision can be made. Stage names and required fields should help the team recognise the next action. They should also make it possible to distinguish an active conversation from a record that needs attention.

Review the information entering the CRM

Website forms, existing spreadsheets and other systems may describe the same customer differently. We review the sources, required fields and matching rules before connecting or importing them. The migration scope identifies records to retain, duplicates to resolve and checks needed after import. Access, retention and the handling of customer information are agreed alongside the workflow rather than left until launch.

Measure the journey beyond a form submission

A contact click and a qualified opportunity are different events. We discuss which stages and outcomes can be recorded reliably, then shape reporting around the questions you need to answer. For example, your team may need to see enquiries awaiting a response or opportunities linked to a particular service. Marketing attribution depends on the available data and permissions; it should not require sending enquiry contents into analytics tools.

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Your questions

Bespoke CRM and Lead Management: useful things to know.

Do we need a bespoke CRM rather than an existing product?

That depends on your workflow, team, integrations and maintenance budget. We review what an existing product could provide alongside the case for a bespoke system. The decision should account for everyday use, data access, total costs and the changes you expect to make.

Can our website send enquiries into the CRM?

An enquiry connection can be included after reviewing the form, required information and destination system. We agree validation, duplicate handling and what should happen if a connection fails. The route is tested with representative submissions before it is used for real enquiries.

Can you import existing contacts and leads?

We can assess an import as part of the scope. First we review the available exports, field meanings, duplicate records, permissions and retention requirements. The plan should include a backup, a checked trial import and clear responsibility for approving the migrated information.

Can the CRM send automatic follow-up emails?

Follow-up workflows can be considered where they have a clear purpose. We agree the trigger, recipient, message, sending service and exception handling, together with the permissions required for the communication. Transactional responses and marketing campaigns need distinct arrangements.

What affects the cost of a bespoke CRM?

Record types, team access, pipeline stages, migration, reporting and external integrations affect the work. We define those requirements and the ongoing support arrangement before quoting. Additional workflows or connections are agreed as changes rather than assumed to be included.

Will a CRM increase our sales?

A CRM can make enquiry information and follow-up responsibilities easier to manage, but it cannot guarantee sales. Results also depend on the offer, enquiry quality, response process and customer decisions. We agree useful measures so the system can be assessed against its intended role.

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Project enquiry

Talk to Giraffe Digital about bespoke CRM and lead management.

Explain how enquiries reach your business, where they are recorded and what happens before a quotation or follow-up. Your current tools, required reports and any existing records will help define the CRM scope.

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