Case study — CRM & automation
kings norton crm automation.
how an automated customer journey revived 22% of unreachable wedding enquiries and reduced manual admin across the board.
results at a glance
of unreachable enquiries revived
automations built across the journey
enquiry response — no staff required
from brief to live system
the challenge
manual admin was costing real revenue.
Kings Norton was receiving valuable wedding and event enquiries — but everything that happened next relied on the team. Follow-ups, confirmations, information packs, invoices: all manual, all dependent on staff availability.
When the team was busy delivering events, leads could be delayed or missed. There was no consistent journey taking a prospect from initial enquiry through to venue viewing and booking.
Valuable leads being missed during busy periods
Follow-up entirely dependent on staff availability
Excessive team time spent on repetitive admin
No consistent process for unreachable prospects
the automation
four stages. zero manual input.
Select each stage to see what the system does automatically.
enquiry received
instant confirmation.
The moment a prospect submits an enquiry — whether from the website form or an ad — the CRM creates an opportunity and fires an automated confirmation email and internal notification. No manual input required.
the breakthrough
22% of lost enquiries came back.
When someone submitted an enquiry but could not be reached, they previously risked falling out of the pipeline entirely. No callback, no follow-up, no second chance.
Blueprint built a dedicated email and text nurture sequence for unreachable wedding prospects. Rather than repeatedly asking them to book, the sequence sent genuinely useful information about weddings in general and what it was like to host one at Kings Norton.
It kept the venue visible, answered common questions and gave prospects more reasons to re-engage on their own terms. The result: 22% of previously unreachable prospects returned to the conversation.
revival rate
of unreachable wedding enquiries returned to the sales pipeline
what we delivered
the full scope.
Every element designed around one goal — moving more prospects from enquiry to confirmed booking, consistently and without adding manual work for the team.
Customer journey mapping
CRM architecture design
Lead pipeline configuration
Enquiry submission confirmation
Internal notification automations
Wedding enquiry nurture sequence
Automated email follow-ups
Automated SMS follow-ups
Venue viewing booking confirmation
24-hour appointment reminder
Post-viewing information pack delivery
Event booking confirmation
Automated invoice sending
Internal pipeline automations
Workflow trigger configuration
CRM integration with website forms
Ad form integration
Opportunity tracking setup
Team walkthrough and handover
Testing and launch support
the impact
before and after.
| area | before | after |
|---|---|---|
| Enquiry response | Manual, dependent on staff | Automated — instant, 24/7 |
| Unreachable prospects | Left to go cold | 22% revived via nurture sequence |
| Viewing confirmations | Manual email or phone call | Automated confirmation + 24hr reminder |
| Information pack delivery | Sent manually when remembered | Triggered automatically post-viewing |
| Invoice sending | Manual, sometimes delayed | Automated at the right pipeline stage |
| Pipeline visibility | Limited or spreadsheet-based | Full live view for the whole team |
| Out-of-hours enquiries | No immediate response | Instant confirmation regardless of time |
why it worked
six reasons.
01
it mapped the real journey first.
Before touching the CRM, Blueprint documented every stage of Kings Norton's enquiry process — where leads came from, what happened next, where they dropped out. The system was built around that reality, not a generic template.
02
it added value instead of pressure.
The nurture sequence gave prospects useful information about weddings at Kings Norton. By the time someone re-engaged, they were warmer and better informed — making conversion more likely.
03
it removed reliance on staff availability.
Every routine touchpoint — confirmation, reminder, information pack, invoice — became automatic. The team's time was freed for conversations that actually needed a person.
04
it worked around the clock.
Enquiries submitted outside business hours received an immediate response. For a venue competing on first impressions, that speed matters.
05
it recovered revenue that would have been lost.
22% of unreachable prospects came back. Without the nurture sequence, those enquiries would have gone cold and stayed cold. Each revival is revenue the business would otherwise have missed.
06
it gave the team visibility.
The pipeline gave every team member a clear view of where each opportunity sat and what the next action was. No more relying on memory or spreadsheets.
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