How to turn a photography enquiry into a booking

Answer the enquiry

Open Enquiries. The card at the top says who to reply to first, and Why shows the reasons.
Open the enquiry. Next message has a reply written for you, and you can change the words.
Press Send on WhatsApp or Send by email. It opens on your own phone or email, and you press send there. Nothing goes out on its own.
Under Events, add each event as you learn it. They carry over to the project.
Can I take this date? shows other bookings and which core crew are free. It warns and never refuses.
Who else should we keep informed? lists a parent or a planner. The form says the studio may contact them. They move to the project, and you tap to invite them to the client’s page.

Press Make a quote on the enquiry. Under The client's proposal, write a note and choose the sample work and reviews, or let the app choose.
Add extras the client can turn on. They start off, and join the quote only if the client chooses them.
Only reviews the client agreed to show can appear. Words the studio adds itself are labelled Shared by the studio.
Write your answers to common questions in Marketing, under Explainers. A note reaches a proposal only after you save it.

The client opens the link, turns on any extras and sees the total change, then types their name to accept.
The ways to pay appear on the same page, with the next part of the schedule filled in. They can pay another amount.
If the enquiry has no project yet, accepting makes one, tentative, at the accepted price. The first payment confirms it.
If it already has a project, its price stays until you press Use this as the price.

Book it lists the client, the events, the quote, the payment schedule and the advance. Each has its own button.
Any step can wait. Press It can wait, or Bring it back later.
A step finishes by itself from what you recorded, so there is nothing to tick.

Open Marketing for your Instagram bio link and the code that puts the enquiry form on your own website.
Make a link for each client or vendor who refers people, and see who sends you work.
The report shows enquiries, wins and money by source, and why enquiries were lost. It counts only your own records.
After delivery, the project's Ask for a review step opens the request with the project chosen.