Accounting & CA Firms · Lead Generation

Accounting firm enquiry follow-up

Follow-up is where most accounting enquiries die. Someone calls in June about a change of auditor, is told to check back after the audit, and by September both sides have forgotten. A follow-up routine fixes that with three things: a status that means something, a date attached to it, and a named person who looks at the list once a week. None of it needs new software.

What we find

  • 'Check back after the audit' is recorded nowhere, so nobody checks back.
  • Every enquiry is treated as urgent, which means the genuinely urgent ones are not distinguishable.
  • A client who chose another firm last year is never contacted again, even when the reason was timing.

What we build

  • Status values that mean something: new, qualified, waiting on client, proposal sent, closed with reason.
  • A follow-up date on every open enquiry, reviewed weekly by one named person.
  • A short re-contact list for enquiries that closed on timing rather than fit.
  • A quarterly look at why enquiries were lost, grouped by service line.

Questions

Isn't following up seen as pushy?
A single scheduled follow-up on a date the client agreed to is expected. Repeated unsolicited contact is not, and the routine does not do that.
Who should own the list?
Usually the practice manager or the most senior non-partner. It needs someone who can see partner calendars.
Does this need a CRM?
No. A shared sheet with four columns works for most practices under ten people. A CRM makes sense once there are multiple offices.

Next step

Start with a call.

Name, phone, timeline. That is the whole form.

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