Leads
Work a lead from enquiry to client
Open a lead, send the PAR-Q, record the consultation, keep notes, and convert them with a plan.
How to work a personal training lead from first enquiry to paying client: open the lead, send the PAR-Q, record the consultation, keep notes, and convert them with a session plan in one step. The pipeline keeps every follow-up visible so nothing goes cold.
Every enquiry, booking and lead magnet signup lands in My Leads → Pipeline. From there you take a lead through PAR-Q, a consultation and conversion into a paying client. A Demo Lead is added to your pipeline so you can try the drawer before a real enquiry arrives.
The statuses
- New: just arrived from your form, booking page or a lead magnet.
- Contacted: you have reached out. Set it yourself.
- Booked: set automatically when they book through your booking page. Set it yourself if you booked them by hand.
- Closed Lost: written off. If they enquire again later they move back to New on their own.
- Converted: they became a client. Converted leads leave the pipeline and appear under My Clients.
Steps
- Open My Leads. Click a lead's row to open the drawer. Use the search box and the source and status filters to find people.
- Read their answers under Goals, and add a note with Add a note… so you remember the conversation.
- Under PAR-Q, click Send PAR-Q to email them a branded link, or Copy Link to send it yourself. You see "PAR-Q email sent." for a few seconds. When they complete it, the pill changes to PAR-Q Done, or PAR-Q Review if they answered Yes to anything. Click View PAR-Q, read it, and click Mark reviewed.
- Under Consultation, click Start consultation to record goals, body stats, lifestyle, diet and motivation while you talk. This is a form, not a booking. To book a time, use your booking page or add a Consultation on the Calendar.
- Update the status in the drawer as you go. Status changes save immediately.
- When they are ready to train, click Convert to Client at the top of the drawer.
- In Convert lead to client, choose how you will coach them (In person or Online), how you will bill them (Subscription, Pack, Program or Casual), and Payment collection (Stripe or Manual / off-platform). Fill in the price and dates, add any notes, and click Convert to client.
- If you chose Stripe, the success screen shows a payment link. Click Email to send it, or Copy to share it yourself. Click Done.
What you should see
- The lead disappears from the pipeline and appears in My Clients with the status Active.
- Their PAR-Q, consultation and notes carry across to the client.
- For a Stripe plan, the client's billing card shows Awaiting payment link until they pay. Once they pay it becomes Active.
If it is not working
- "Lead has no email on file." You cannot send a PAR-Q without an email. The Demo Lead's address is not real, so nothing will arrive for it.
- I chose Converted in the row dropdown and nothing changed. That option opens the conversion modal. Converting always needs a billing choice, a price above zero unless Casual, and a start date.
- There is no delete button. Leads are never deleted. Set them to Closed Lost instead.
- A converted lead is missing from the pipeline. The All Active filter hides converted leads. Find them under My Clients.
- "Stripe isn't connected yet" on the success screen. The plan was created in manual mode. Record payments by hand on the client's billing card, or connect Stripe and add a new plan. See Connect Stripe.
- The payment link expired. Stripe links last 24 hours. Open the client's billing card and click Copy Link or Email Link to mint a fresh one.
- Booking a consultation on the Calendar did not change the status. Only the booking page sets Booked automatically. Set it in the drawer.
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