Multi-Location Dental Booking and Lead Scoring
How a multi-location dental group scheduled consultations through Zoho Bookings, with lead and deal scoring tied automatically to call activity and follow-up cadence.
Client details generalized to protect confidentiality.
Multi-location practices where consultation booking runs through a front desk, and follow-up on unconverted inquiries is inconsistent.
The Challenge
Consultation booking depended on a phone call reaching a front desk that was often busy with patients in the office. Inquiries arriving after hours went to voicemail. Once an inquiry was logged, follow-up depended on whichever location received it, so a prospect who did not book on the first call was frequently never contacted again. Nothing distinguished a serious inquiry from a casual one, so effort was spread evenly across both.
The Solution
Multi-Location Consultation Booking
Prospects book a consultation at the location they choose without needing to reach a front desk.
- Bookings configured per location
- Provider and service availability
- Time zone and business hours handling
- Confirmation and reminder messaging
Lead Creation and Routing
A booking creates the CRM record and routes it to the right location team automatically.
- Lead or deal created on booking
- Routing by chosen location
- Source captured from the booking channel
- Duplicate check against existing patients
Scoring From Call Activity
Scores update from actual engagement rather than being set once at creation.
- Score adjusted by call outcome
- Points for connected calls and callbacks
- Decay on inactivity
- Score visible on the record and in views
Follow-Up Cadence
Unconverted inquiries follow a defined cadence instead of depending on the receiving location.
- Cadence tasks created on lead creation
- Escalation on missed follow-up
- Cadence varies by score
- Completion reported by location
Apps in This Solution
Zoho Bookings
Zoho CRM
Under the Hood Technical detail
- Scoring Inputs
- Score moves on call outcomes rather than on demographic attributes, because engagement predicts conversion here and profile data does not. Connected calls, callbacks, and rescheduling all move the score; a form fill alone does not.
- Score Decay
- Scores decay with inactivity rather than holding, so a prospect who engaged three weeks ago does not outrank one engaging today. Without decay, the top of the list ossifies within a month.
- Cadence by Score
- Higher scoring inquiries get a tighter cadence rather than everyone receiving identical follow-up. Uniform cadence was the previous state and it spread limited front desk time evenly across unequal opportunities.
- Location Routing
- Routing follows the location the prospect selected rather than round robin, since the practice competes on convenience and reassignment away from the chosen location loses the inquiry.
- Notable Constraint
- Existing patients book consultations too. Duplicate checking runs against the patient base at booking so an existing patient is not treated as a new lead, which would have polluted both conversion reporting and scoring.
The Results
- Prospects book consultations without needing to reach a front desk.
- Follow-up runs on a defined cadence rather than by location habit.
- Effort concentrates on inquiries showing real engagement.
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