Understanding the lead lifecycle

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Understanding the lead lifecycle

The lead lifecycle describes how a lead moves through your Hubhus setup—from the moment it enters the system until it is completed, converted, or closed.

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The lead lifecycle describes how a lead moves through your Hubhus setup—from the moment it enters the system until it is completed, converted, or closed. Understanding this flow is essential for building clear processes, tracking performance, and ensuring that your automations behave as expected.


Lead statuses and stages

Every lead belongs to a status, which represents its current step in your process.
Examples of common stages include:

  • New – freshly created

  • In progress – someone is working on it

  • Awaiting action – waiting for customer response or internal follow-up

  • Completed / Won – finished successfully

  • Closed / Lost – no further action needed

Statuses help you:

  • Understand where each lead is in the workflow

  • Trigger automations at the right moment

  • Create dashboard views for your team

  • Prioritize your daily work


Lead assignment and routing

When a lead arrives, Hubhus can automatically determine who should handle it based on:

  • Select-field values (e.g. region, service type)

  • Booking form used

  • UTM source

  • Manual assignment

Assignment ensures:

  • The right team receives the right leads

  • Workload is distributed fairly

  • External partners can only see their own leads if filters are applied


Status transitions

A lead moves from one status to another as it progresses.

Typical transitions include:

  • New → Contacted

  • Contacted → Scheduled

  • Scheduled → Completed

  • Completed → Won / Closed

Transitions can be:

  • Manual (a user changes the status)

  • Automated (an automation updates the status when conditions are met)

  • Driven by activity (e.g. a booking automatically moves a lead to a “Scheduled” state)

Statuses are the key driver for automations, follow-ups, reminders, and reporting.


Tracking lead progress

You can track progress using:

  • The status pipeline inside the campaign

  • Lead history, which shows every action and automation run

  • Select fields that categorize lead type, priority, or result

  • Checklists and events logged on the lead

This allows you to easily review how far each lead has come and what remains to be done.


Lead-to-customer conversion

When a lead reaches the end of its lifecycle, it can be:

  • Completed (work is done)

  • Won (successful conversion or sale)

  • Closed (no further action needed)

Conversion statuses allow:

  • Reporting on success rates

  • Triggering final emails/SMS

  • Moving leads into follow-up or after-service campaigns


Learning outcome

After reading this, you should understand:

  • How leads enter your system

  • How they move through statuses

  • How assignment and routing guide who handles them

  • How transitions and tracking create structure

  • How leads convert at the end of their lifecycle

? Common searches

lead management • lead tracking • customer management

? Also known as

customer • contact • prospect

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