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title: "Follow up on every quote"
description: "A four-step routine to track every quote or proposal you send, follow up on time with a message that adds value, and close each one out with a recorded reason."
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# Follow up on every quote

A four-step routine to track every quote or proposal you send, follow up on time with a message that adds value, and close each one out with a recorded reason.

For: Owners, sales leads and office managers in service businesses where quotes go out and then go quiet.

Many quotes are lost not to a competitor but to silence: nobody followed up, or the follow-up came too late. A simple routine fixes most of it. These four steps put every open quote in one list, set a follow-up rhythm, draft the messages for a person to send, and make sure each quote ends with a decision.

## Step 1 — Put every quote in one list

**Goal:** Know exactly which quotes are open.

1. Choose one place for open quotes: the CRM, the job system or a shared sheet.
2. Record the customer, value, date sent and owner for each quote.
3. Add quotes from email and paper that never reached the system.
4. Agree that a quote is not “sent” until it is on the list.

**You finish with:** A single list of open quotes with owners.

## Step 2 — Set the follow-up rhythm

**Goal:** Decide when and how each quote is followed up.

1. Agree the follow-up points, for example a few days after sending and again before the quote expires.
2. Write short templates that add something useful: an answer to a common question, a scheduling option or a clarification.
3. Decide which quotes get a call instead of a message, such as larger jobs.
4. Set a point at which an unanswered quote is closed as lost.

**You finish with:** A written follow-up schedule and message templates.

## Step 3 — Draft, review and send

**Goal:** Make following up quick without losing the personal touch.

1. Have each due follow-up drafted automatically from the template and the quote details.
2. The owner edits and sends; nothing goes out unreviewed.
3. Send a weekly list of quotes that need a call.
4. Never change prices or offer discounts automatically.

**You finish with:** Follow-ups sent on time by the quote owner.

## Step 4 — Close out and learn

**Goal:** End every quote with a decision and a reason.

1. Mark each quote won, lost or still open, with a short reason.
2. Review the reasons each month: price, timing, scope or no response.
3. Adjust templates and timing based on what you learn.
4. Remove closed quotes from the open list.

**You finish with:** A closed-out list with reasons and a monthly review.

## Common pitfalls

- Quotes that never reach the list.
- Follow-ups that only say “just checking in”.
- Automatic discounts to chase a reply.
- Leaving quotes open forever instead of closing them out.

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## See it as a workflow

- [Quote and proposal follow-up](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/quote-follow-up/): Sales Track every quote or proposal that has gone out, draft a timely follow-up for each one, and give the owner a short weekly list of open deals that need a call.

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