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[Book a strategy call](https://fissionagency.com/?hsLang=en#book) [See all services](https://fissionagency.com/services?hsLang=en) Professional services ## Your pipeline lives in a few people's heads. In most professional services firms, the founder or a handful of partners carry the pipeline. They know who's close to signing and where the last conversation left off. Very little of it is in HubSpot, so follow-up slips when they get busy, and the knowledge leaves with them when they step back. Long sales cycles make it harder. A deal can take months of proposals and revisions before anyone signs. Without a record of where each one stands, leadership can't forecast and nobody else can pick up a relationship partway through. Referrals still matter, but they're one source of new work among several. Signs you need this ## Where it breaks for professional services firms ### A pipeline only the founder knows ### Deals that go quiet for months ### No view of where work comes from How we approach it ## Evaluate, design, then roll out We turn what your partners know into a process the whole firm can run. Evaluate ### Where does the pipeline live today? We sit with the people who carry the relationships and map how new work moves from first conversation to signed engagement, including the parts nobody has written down. Design ### What should the process be? Pipeline stages that fit a long sales cycle, follow-up cadences so deals don't go quiet, consistent intake, and tracking for every source of new work, referrals included. Roll out ### How does the firm use it? Dashboards by practice, partner and source, connections to the systems you bill from, and training so someone else can step into a relationship without starting over. [Book a strategy call](https://fissionagency.com/?hsLang=en#book) What this means for AI ## AI can't follow up on a relationship it can't see. AI can draft follow-ups, summarize where a deal stands and flag opportunities that have gone quiet, but only with what's in HubSpot. If the relationship history only exists in a partner's memory, there's nothing for it to work from. Get that history into the CRM, and AI can help keep long sales cycles moving. [Start your AI Readiness Assessment](https://fissionagency.com/ai-readiness-assessment?hsLang=en) ![Fission operational layers diagram](https://fissionagency.com/hubfs/layers-diagram%20copy-1.svg) Project examples ## What this work looks like for professional services firms Intake, referrals and programs ### Intake and referral tracking for a law firm A law firm had a messy CRM, undefined processes, unclear lead sources and no referral tracking. We rebuilt client intake, organized referrals, built attorney performance dashboards and launched a webinar program end to end. Result Average lead response time reduced from 2 hours to 3 minutes + 3x webinar signups Migration and reporting ### Sales moved out of the ERP and into HubSpot A services firm was managing its sales team inside its ERP, with reports that took hours and no tracking of early lead activity. We migrated sales data into HubSpot, connected the two systems, automated a scoring model and built reporting on conversion, projections and deal age. Result Fully implemented sales operations system with no data loss in less than 10 weeks > Fission has done a fantastic job. You've directly addressed over 10 years of operational issues in 3 months. Director of Business Development and Marketing, Professional services firm How to Work With Us ## Two ways to engage. Same capabilities. Same team. Both models give you access to the full range of services above. The difference is how we scope, schedule, and price the work. ### Managed Services Your ongoing operations partner. A dedicated team, proactive audits, and regular strategy calls. Scope evolves with the business. Best for: Teams that need the role, not just the project. [See plans](https://fissionagency.com/plans?hsLang=en#managed-services) ### Pre-Paid Hours On-demand access to the Fission team. Purchase a block of hours, submit work as needed, and get results with transparent pricing. Best for: Teams with project-based needs or defined scope. [See pricing](https://fissionagency.com/plans?hsLang=en#prepaid-hours) FAQ ## Common questions from professional services firms Do you work with law firms and consulting firms? Yes. Our professional services clients include law firms, consulting firms and other B2B services companies, most of them with partner-led selling and long sales cycles. How do we get the pipeline out of the founder's head? We start by mapping how deals move today with the people who carry them. Then we build stages and follow-up tasks that make logging part of the work instead of an extra step, and keep it light enough that partners will use it. Can HubSpot handle a sales cycle that takes months? Yes. We set up stages that match how your firm sells, from first conversation through proposal and revisions, with follow-up cadences and alerts when a deal has gone quiet. Can HubSpot track referral sources? Yes. We set up referral sources as their own records and connect them to the clients and engagements they bring in, alongside repeat clients and inbound, so you can see which sources drive new work. We bill in another system. Can HubSpot connect to it? Usually, yes. We connect HubSpot to your billing or ERP system with clear rules on which system owns each field, so sales and finance stop working from different numbers. 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