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Stop Losing Leads: The Automated Funnel for Consultants and Creators

You've created a fantastic free guide to attract clients, but your follow-up is a mess. Leads sign up on your site, and then... they wait. You're stuck manually emailing the guide, updating spreadsheets, and trying to remember who needs a follow-up email. This slow, inconsistent process makes you look unprofessional, kills momentum, and costs you valuable clients who simply lose interest.

Implement 'The Creator's Funnel Stack' to build a seamless, automated lead nurturing machine. This playbook shows you how to connect a beautiful, simple Carrd landing page directly to the powerful ConvertKit email platform. When a potential client signs up for your lead magnet, they'll instantly receive it via an automated email. From there, a pre-built sequence of follow-up emails will nurture them, build trust, and guide them towards booking a consultation—all without you lifting a finger. It's the 'set it and forget it' system for turning curious visitors into paying clients.

Expected Outcomes

  • Eliminate all manual work associated with lead capture and follow-up.
  • Instantly deliver your lead magnet to new subscribers, creating a professional first impression.
  • Increase client conversion rates by consistently nurturing every lead through an automated email sequence.
  • Free up hours of your time each week to focus on revenue-generating activities instead of administrative tasks.

Core Tools in This Stack

ConvertKit

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ConvertKit is a creator marketing platform designed for online creators to grow their audience, automate email marketing, and sell digital products and subscriptions.

Key Features
  • Visual Automation Builder
  • Customizable Landing Pages & Forms
  • Email Segmentation & Tagging
  • Digital Product Sales (ConvertKit Commerce)
  • Paid Newsletters & Subscriptions
  • Creator Network for Sponsorships
  • Email Designer & Templates
Ideal For

Company Size: Micro, Small, Medium

Industries: Creative & Media, Business & Professional Services, Education & Non-Profit, Health & Wellness, Technology & Software, Retail & E-commerce

Pricing

Model: Freemium, Subscription

Tier: Medium

Ease of Use

Beginner-Friendly

Carrd

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Carrd is a simple, responsive, and easy-to-use platform for building one-page websites. It's ideal for creating personal profiles, portfolios, landing pages to capture leads, or any other simple online presence.

Key Features
  • Responsive one-page templates
  • Simple drag-and-drop editor
  • Custom domain support (Pro)
  • Email capture forms (Pro)
  • Third-party widget embeds (Stripe, PayPal, Gumroad, etc.)
  • Google Analytics integration (Pro)
  • No 'Made with Carrd' branding (Pro)
  • Generous free plan
Ideal For

Company Size: Micro

Industries: Technology & Software, Business & Professional Services, Creative & Media, Other

Pricing

Model: Freemium, Subscription

Tier: Low-cost

Ease of Use

Very Easy

The Workflow

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Integration Logic

  • Carrd Lead Sync for ConvertKit

    When a visitor submits a form on a Carrd website, Carrd sends the form data (such as name and email address) directly to the ConvertKit API. The integration uses a ConvertKit API key for authentication. Within Carrd, you map the form fields to corresponding ConvertKit fields and select a target ConvertKit Form and/or Tag. Upon successful submission, a new subscriber is created or an existing one is updated in ConvertKit, triggering any associated automations or sequences.

Automate Your Follow-Up Funnel

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