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Winning More Jobs: lead management for trades with a Virtual Assistant

Sarah Hannaford

CREATED BY SARAH HANNAFORD

Published: 29/10/2025 @ 09:02AM

#leadmanagementfortrades #Tradify #VirtualAssistant #TradesBusiness #JobManagement #SmallBusinessUK

You want more jobs without working longer hours - let's fix that. With lead management for trades powered by a Virtual Assistant and Tradify, every enquiry is tracked and followed up. You'll quote faster, respond sooner, and win more work ...

Lead management for trades, A delicate dance of balance, Nurturing success

Lead management for trades, A delicate dance of balance, Nurturing success

You're ambitious, busy, and tired of losing work to slow responses, so let's tighten lead management for trades and turn your inbox into a predictable pipeline.You can hand your VA the keys to Tradify so every call, email, website form, and Facebook message becomes a logged enquiry with a due date, owner, and next steps.

Far better than forgotten notes on your phone!

You'll see momentum when your VA tags leads by job type, location, and urgency, then uses Tradify's pipeline to move them from enquiry to quote to won, with automated reminders ensuring nothing stalls for days.

You can have your VA build message templates in Tradify for first-response emails, follow-ups, and quote nudges, so every lead gets a fast, professional reply within minutes - even while you're on the tools.

You'll increase response rates when your VA schedules timed follow-ups by email and SMS, adds read receipts, and closes loops with polite persistence on day two, day five, and day ten, all tracked inside Tradify.

You can speed up quoting by giving your VA price books, materials lists, and standard scope templates, so they create draft quotes in Tradify for you to sanity-check and send, shrinking quote turnaround from days to hours.

And you'll make smarter decisions when your VA uses Tradify reports to surface numbers that matter: average first-response time, quote turnaround time, follow-up cadence, and win rate by source - clear signals for improving lead management for trades.

Here are some quick wins your VA can help you with:

  • Connect your website contact form to Tradify so new enquiries auto-create leads with due dates.
  • Add three email templates - first reply, quote sent, and follow-up - so your VA can respond in minutes.
  • Set a 24-hour SLA for first response and a 48-hour SLA for quote delivery; your VA monitors both.
  • Tag sources (Google, Facebook, referral) to compare win rates and adjust spend by £ where it counts.
  • Enable reminders in Tradify for day-two and day-five follow-ups to lift conversions immediately.

You can put this in motion today by giving your VA clear permissions, a simple workflow, and KPIs tied to response time and win rate; that's how you scale yourself and master lead management for trades without adding hours to your week.

Until next time ...

SARAH HANNAFORD

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About Sarah Hannaford ...

Sarah Hannaford 

What if I could give you time back to do the things you love doing? I have been working in Admin based roles for almost 20 years in various different sectors and levels. My passion for doing paperwork and organizing 'office spaces' makes me a really useful tool for you to have in your corner! 

My goal is to provide the best quality service to all my clients, making their lives easier and giving them back freedom to grow their business.

Let me handle your admin needs so you can thrive! ❤️


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