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Case study 03 · CRM · Funnel · Conditional Logic

A GoHighLevel CRM and Funnel Build with Conditional Nurture for a 7-Tier Product Suite

Eight automations, seventeen emails, and tag-based logic that never pitches a customer something they have already bought.

The challenge

The client was a B2B consulting firm with a complete digital product ladder, from a free lead magnet at the top of the funnel all the way up to a near $7,000 enterprise-tier suite. Seven products in total, each with its own delivery requirements, its own customer profile, and its own price point.

The product strategy was strong. What was missing was the operational system to run it.

They needed to capture leads from the free download, move them through a value-led nurture, pitch the right next product based on what they had already bought, segment people by industry so non-target sectors landed on a waitlist rather than the main pitch sequence, run a long-tail nurture for the people who did not buy, and keep every email legally compliant.

In simple terms: a CRM that knew exactly where each contact was in the journey, a funnel that adapted based on what they had bought, and nurture sequences that never crossed wires.

What I built

The full build was designed and documented in GoHighLevel, end to end. Every email, every tag, every automation, every exit and skip rule. Built in draft mode with a full activation checklist so the system would only go live once every placeholder, link, and compliance element was confirmed.

CRM and tag architecture

Designed a complete tag library covering every purchase, every waitlist opt-in, and every industry segment.

Main nurture automation

Five emails over twenty four days from free download to final purchase push. Built with a check-and-exit step after every send, so the moment someone bought the first paid offer they would drop out of this nurture and pick up the buyer journey instead.

Six buyer branch automations

One automation per purchase tier from Offer 2 up to Offer 7. Each one delivers the product the customer just bought and pitches the next tier up.

Cross-automation exit logic

The hard part. A buyer at any tier could buy a higher tier from a different touchpoint at any time. Built exit conditions across every buyer branch so a contact is never sitting in two parallel pitch sequences at once.

Six-month non-converter nurture

For contacts who did not buy after the initial twenty four day push, a soft long-tail nurture: one perspective piece a month for six months, with a single soft call to action back to the lead magnet.

Industry-specific waitlist routing

Six industries flagged for separate waitlists at the opt-in stage. Tag-driven, so industry-specific content can be sent to the right audience later.

Compliance and activation safeguards

CAN-SPAM unsubscribe element required on every email. Built in draft mode with a full open-items list so no automation could activate before every placeholder, fulfilment link, and legal element was confirmed by the client.

How it runs, step by step

  1. 1

    Lead capture

    • The free guide download tags the lead and starts the main nurture
    • An optional industry waitlist opt-in applies one of six sector tags
  2. 2

    Main nurture

    • Guide delivery (immediate), accountability (day 4), guardrails (day 8), introduce Offer 2 (day 14), final Offer 2 push (day 24), with an exit check after every send
  3. 3

    Buyer ascension

    • One automation per tier (Offer 2 to Offer 7), each delivering the product bought and pitching the next tier, with skip rules if a higher tier is already owned
  4. 4

    Non-converters

    • Tagged on day 25 and moved to a monthly nurture of 6 emails over 6 months with a soft call to action back to the lead magnet

The full process map

Lead capture at the top, seven-tier ascension in the middle, long-tail nurture for non-converters at the side. Every decision and exit condition mapped.

crm_funnel CRM, Funnel, and Conditional Nurture Build Lead capture, seven-tier ascension, skip and exit logic, industry routing cluster_lead Lead capture cluster_main Automation A: main nurture (5 emails over 24 days) cluster_ascend Buyer ascension (Automations B to G) cluster_nc Automation H: non-converter long-tail L1 Lead downloads free guide (Offer 1) L2 Tag: Offer1-Downloaded Automation A starts L1->L2 L3 Industry waitlist opt-in 6 sector tags applied L1->L3 optional A1 Email 1 - Guide delivery (immediate) L2->A1 A2 Email 2 - Accountability (Day 4) A1->A2 A3 Email 3 - Guardrails (Day 8) A2->A3 A4 Email 4 - Introduce Offer 2 (Day 14) A3->A4 A5 Email 5 - Final Offer 2 push (Day 24) A4->A5 D1 Offer 2 purchased within 24 days? A5->D1 EX Exit check after every send If Offer 2 purchased → exit Automation A immediately B Automation B - Offer 2 buyer Deliver O2. Pitch O3 at Day 7. Pitch O4 at Day 21. Skip rules and exit checks throughout. D1->B  Yes H1 Tag: Offer1-NoConversion (applied Day 25 of Automation A) D1->H1  No C Automation C - Offer 3 buyer Deliver O3. Pitch O4 at Day 7. If O4 already bought, skip. B->C  Offer 3 purchased D Automation D - Offer 4 buyer Deliver O4. Pitch O5 at Day 14. C->D  Offer 4 purchased E Automation E - Offer 5 buyer Deliver O5. Pitch O6 at Day 21. D->E  Offer 5 purchased F Automation F - Offer 6 buyer Deliver O6. Pitch O7 at Day 21. E->F  Offer 6 purchased G Automation G - Offer 7 buyer Deliver O7. No further upsell. F->G  Offer 7 purchased END End of buyer journey G->END H2 Automation H - monthly nurture 6 emails over 6 months Soft CTA back to lead magnet, no hard sells H1->H2 NCEND End of long-tail nurture H2->NCEND

What this build delivered

17

Emails mapped end to end across the customer lifecycle

8

GoHighLevel automations, each with its own trigger and exit logic

7

Product tiers from free lead magnet to enterprise suite

6

Industries routed to separate waitlist segments by tag

Before

A strong product ladder with no CRM behind it. No way to track who had bought what. Real risk of pitching customers products they had already paid for. No industry segmentation. Compliance gaps in the email footer.

After

Every product purchase and every tag triggered the correct next sequence. No customer ever lived in two parallel pitch sequences. No customer was ever pitched a product they already owned. Industry routing handled at the form level. CAN-SPAM compliance baked into every send.

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