Why GoHighLevel first
The service firms we work with are already running ads and need every enquiry answered and followed up. GoHighLevel puts the pipeline, the workflows, the inbox and the calendar in one account, so the follow-up can live where your team already works. That is why it is the CRM we build in most often.
The part most accounts get wrong
A workflow that sends one SMS and stops is not follow-up. The builds that work wait for a reply, branch on it and keep going until the lead books or says no. That logic is written in the playbook before it is built in the account. Reactivation is the same workflow pointed at the leads that went quiet. It is the part Emma singles out above.