Arketa

Lead management

Track and nurture potential clients from first contact through conversion.

Lead management lets you track potential clients who haven't purchased yet, move them through stages of your sales process, and automate follow-up along the way.

A lead is someone who has expressed interest in your studio — they filled out a form, messaged your chatbot, subscribed to your newsletter — but hasn't made a purchase or booked a class. Lead management gives you visibility into this pre-client stage.

How leads are created

A new lead is added to your lead list when:

  • Someone submits a lead form with an email not already in your client list
  • Someone messages your website chatbot for the first time
  • Someone subscribes to your newsletter

A client profile is also created when a lead is added, so the lead appears in both your Clients list and your Lead Management view.

Lead management view

Go to Lead Management to see your lead list. For each contact you'll see:

ColumnWhat it shows
StageThe current lifecycle stage
NameThe lead's name
SourceWhere the lead came from
WorkflowsActive automations the lead is in
Last contactWhen you last reached out
CreatedWhen they were added

Lead sources

SourceMeaning
Direct trafficVisited your site directly (typed URL or bookmark)
Organic searchFound you through search results
FacebookEngaged through Facebook
ReferralReferred by another client
Walk-inCame in person without an appointment
ManualAdded by your team
Chat botMessaged through the website chatbot
Form responseSubmitted a lead form

What to do with leads

Once a lead is in your system, the goal is to move them toward a purchase:

  1. Automated follow-up — Set up an automation with the "Form submitted" or "New lead added" trigger to send a welcome email or SMS automatically
  2. Manual outreach — Use Tasks in automations to remind your team to call or email personally
  3. Lifecycle stages — Move leads through stages (see lifecycle stages) to track progress
  4. Conversion — When a lead purchases, they move out of the lead stage and become a client