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Follow-up on trade show or event leads

Purpose

1.1. Automatically follow up with leads collected from trade shows or events to increase conversion rates, nurture prospects, and streamline sales team workload.
1.2. Ensure every lead receives personalized emails, SMS, or calls post-event, with no manual data entry or outreach lag.
1.3. Sync lead responses and engagement scores to CRM for real-time pipeline visibility.
1.4. Qualify and segment warmed leads for sales assignments or drip campaigns, with activity tracking and analytics.
1.5. Facilitate cross-team visibility and share insights for marketing optimization.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New lead captured via web form, event QR scan, or imported CSV.
2.2. Lead added to a specific CRM list or tagged as ‘Event Lead’.
2.3. Manual trigger via sales team after event completion.
2.4. Lead engagement on event-specific landing page or post-event survey submission.

Platform Variants


3.1. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Use ‘New Lead’ trigger from the event campaign, configure Process Builder to auto-add leads to outreach journey.

3.2. HubSpot
• Feature/Setting: Workflow automation on list enrollment, send follow-up email and create task for sales.

3.3. Zoho CRM
• Feature/Setting: Blueprint automation for lead stage ‘Event’ to ‘Contacted’, invoke custom function for outreach.

3.4. Pipedrive
• Feature/Setting: ‘Deal created’ with label ‘Tradeshow Lead’, setup workflow to trigger automated follow-up email sequence.

3.5. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Power Automate flows on new lead with event source tag; assign activity and automate emails.

3.6. Outreach.io
• Feature/Setting: Trigger sequence on new list import; auto-send follow-up template.

3.7. Marketo
• Feature/Setting: Smart Campaign triggers on list membership, use ‘Send Email’ action and add to nurture stream.

3.8. Mailchimp
• Feature/Setting: Import leads to audience segment, trigger automated email series from event-specific template.

3.9. ActiveCampaign
• Feature/Setting: Automation triggers on tag applied ‘Event Lead’, sends multi-step follow-up and tracks engagement.

3.10. Twilio
• Feature/Setting: Programmable SMS—send message on new lead webhook, integrate SMS reply tracking API.

3.11. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Automated transactional email via API, setup event response webhooks for engagement tracking.

3.12. Gmail (Google Workspace)
• Feature/Setting: Send personalized email via Gmail API with event-based Google Sheets add-on as mail merge source.

3.13. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Push new event leads to sales channel via webhook, notify rep for rapid outreach.

3.14. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automations trigger on new item in ‘Event Leads’ board, assign follow-up tasks or send emails via integration.

3.15. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Rule to auto-create task for follow-up when leads are added to a project or form submitted.

3.16. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automation triggers when new record added with field ‘Event Lead’, send follow-up via email or integration.

3.17. Intercom
• Feature/Setting: Segment event-attendee users, trigger auto-message or targeted outbound email.

3.18. Freshsales
• Feature/Setting: Workflow triggers on ‘Event Lead’ status, send emails and update lead score based on replies.

3.19. Pipefy
• Feature/Setting: Automations create event follow-up cards, trigger email template to each captured lead.

3.20. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: On new row (lead) added, Apps Script sends templated Gmail and logs outreach status in sheet.

3.21. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature/Setting: Automated message send action for new API record; track status and delivery info via webhooks.

3.22. Calendly
• Feature/Setting: Send follow-up email invite when meeting booked via event QR, link to sales consultation form.

Benefits

4.1. Ensures no event lead is overlooked, maximizing ROI from trade show investment.
4.2. 24/7 immediate follow-up accelerates engagement and nurtures leads at optimal time.
4.3. Standardized communications maintain brand consistency across all follow-ups.
4.4. Sales and marketing teams save manual effort—focus on qualified, high-intent leads.
4.5. Improved analytics on lead responses guide future event and marketing strategies.

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