CS 03 Real Estate
Case Study 03
Real Estate / Lead Systems & CRM

12 qualified leads.
First month.

New project, zero brand presence, hard buyer criteria. We built the engine from scratch and filled it.

Sector Real Estate
Services Lead Systems, Performance Mktg, Web
Timeline Launch + 90 days
Result 12 qual. leads/mo · ₹3,200 CPL
The situation

A developer launching a new residential project in a competitive market. No existing brand, no CRM, no digital presence. Sales team was handling inquiry follow-up through WhatsApp with a 42-hour average response lag. The ask: set up a system that captured and qualified leads automatically, so the sales team only touched people ready to view.

01 / The challenge
I

No infrastructure

No CRM, no landing page, no lead capture, no tracking. The pipeline was a WhatsApp group and a shared spreadsheet. Nothing was measurable.

II

42-hour follow-up lag

Leads were going cold before a human touched them. In real estate, a buyer who fills a form on Tuesday and hears back Thursday has usually seen two other properties by then.

III

Unqualified volume

When they did run ads previously, 78% of leads were unqualified — wrong budget or wrong geography. Sales team time was being burned on people who couldn't buy.

02 / What we built
1

CRM setup and integration (Week 1)

Deployed HubSpot. Built pipeline stages: Inquiry → Qualified → Site Visit → Negotiation → Closed. Connected to WhatsApp Business and email. Every lead, every touchpoint, every outcome — tracked from day one.

2

Landing page and funnel (Weeks 1–2)

Built a CRO-optimized landing page with a 3-step qualification form: budget range, timeline, location preference. Anyone outside criteria got a polite redirect. No junk leads in the pipeline. The form converted at 34% — well above the real estate benchmark of 18–22%.

3

Automated follow-up (Week 2)

WhatsApp + email sequences triggered within 4 minutes of form submission. Qualification call booked automatically if lead met criteria. Response lag went from 42 hours to 4 minutes. The sales team's first contact with any lead was now a pre-booked call with a qualified buyer.

4

Paid campaigns (Weeks 2–4)

Meta and Google campaigns targeting postcode + income signals. Creative focused on project specifics — floor plans, pricing band, possession date. Not "dream home" generic. The specificity of the creative pre-qualified intent before the click.

5

Reporting and optimization (Ongoing)

Weekly cost-per-qualified-lead review. Any ad set above ₹8,000 CPL was paused immediately. Budget reallocated to highest-performing postcode + creative combinations. The system got tighter every week.

Results
Qualified leads in month one
12
Budget confirmed, timeline confirmed, geography confirmed. Not leads — qualified buyers. The sales team closed 2 in month two.
Average CPL
3200
Market benchmark for qualified real estate leads in this segment: ₹8,000–₹15,000. We came in at 60–80% below benchmark.
Avg lead response time
4min
Down from 42 hours. The automated sequence meant leads heard from the project within minutes of submitting a form, 7 days a week.
"The sales team stopped complaining about lead quality after week three. That has never happened before."
— Sales Director, Real Estate Developer (name withheld)
Services used in this engagement
Lead Systems & CRM Web & PWA Performance Marketing
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