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Seven automations to build before hiring another coordinator
Concrete workflows for the repetitive coordination work that tends to pile up around a growing service business.
A new hire can help a working process move faster. A broken process simply gives that person a daily list of exceptions to manage. Map and simplify the work before adding another set of hands.
1) New lead intake to CRM with source, offer, and owner assigned automatically.
2) Instant text and email in under 60 seconds with a booking link.
3) A no-show recovery sequence that rebooks missed calls without a human typing.
4) Proposal sent and proposal viewed alerts, so someone follows up while the buyer is still looking at it.
5) Stalled-deal nudges after three and seven days of silence.
6) Invoice and payment confirmations that update the pipeline stage on their own.
7) A weekly digest with pipeline value, wins, leaks, and unanswered leads.
Build one workflow at a time. Add an owner, a failure alert, and a short document explaining how to turn it off. Automation becomes useful when the team trusts it enough to stop checking every run.