Bundle Initial Call Checklist

    Greeting + Plan Breakdown Jump to Section

  • Greets the customer using the appropriate opening call script
  • Sets phone call time frame expectation
  • Provide a breakdown of the customer's plan
  • MUST READ: State call recording disclaimer
  • MUST READ: Validate account
  • Business Consultation Jump to Section

  • Starts Zoom share with customer before reviewing the DCT
  • Reviews if customer has an existing website and consults as needed
  • Review questions in the Agent Header worksheet
  • Reviews business details
  • Confirms customer product/service offerings on DCT and asks lead pass questions.
  • Design References Jump to Section

  • Completes Business Personality Quiz unless cloning old site
  • Website Design Jump to Section

  • Reviews Logo
  • Reviews Site Elements
  • Content Jump to Section

  • Asks the customer about the content they want to include on their site
  • Offers copywriting and follows process
  • Discusses stock images library and confirms image keywords
  • Woo Jump to Section

  • Asks what functionality the customer would like on their site
  • Review payment/shipping/tax settings
  • DCT Jump to Section

  • Writes DCT instructions clearly and in a way that reflects information gathered on the call
  • Time Frames Jump to Section

  • Sets build time frame expectation
  • Explains overall time frame
  • Photoshoot Jump to Section

  • Review photoshoot expectations
  • Collect customer availability/schedule
  • Collect photo details for photographer
  • Social Ad Jump to Section

  • Discuss social ad
  • Set expectation for when they will receive ad + how long they have to approve
  • Next Steps + Wrap Up (must be said at end) Jump to Section

  • Reviews Marketing Services
  • Review Website Design Hub
  • Schedule follow-up call
  • Sends follow-up email
  • Platform Connections Jump to Section

  • Connect customer with Platform Specialist
  • Account Notes Jump to Section

  • Takes proper account notes in Jira

Bundle Initial Call QA Rubric

Greeting

In order to get points, the below items must be said at the beginning of the call

Greets the customer using the appropriate opening call script

Point Breakdown 1pt 

  • State your name 
  • Company and department name 
  • Identify the customer by name 

Example 

  • “Hi, this is [your name] from GoDaddy Website Design Services. Is [customer name] available? [PAUSE for response] How are you today?” 
Sets phone call time frame expectation

Point Breakdown 1pt 

  • State the time allotted for this appointment. 

Example 

  • I’m calling you for your website consultation. Our call today should take us about 45 minutes. 
Provide a breakdown of the customer's plan

Point Breakdown 3pt

    • Designing a custom website
    • SEO/Site Maintenance
    • Monthly recommendations
    • Social media posts & ads
    • Review management
    • Email campaigns

Example

  • “Here’s what we’ll be doing for you:
    • Designing a custom website specific to your goals
    • Managing SEO and site maintenance, once you’ve published your new site
    • Sending you monthly recommendations for your site
    • Writing and publishing social posts (FB, IG, and Twitter) and ads (Facebook, Instagram)
    • Managing any new reviews (Yelp, Google)
    • Sending email campaigns on your behalf

Security Compliance

These items are GoDaddy policy. They are not scored for points, but will result in a documented conversation and possible corrective action if not followed.

Read Call Disclosure
  • Before we get into things, I want to let you know that this call will be recorded and retained for quality and training purposes.
Validates into account properly
  • I need to validate into your account.  Do you have your 4 digit PIN?

Business Consultation

In order to get full points, you must both say the items mentioned in the rubric, and also properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Starts Zoom share with customer before reviewing the DCT

Point Breakdown 5pts

  • Zoom share before starting to review the DCT with the customer

Example 

  • “I've sent a Zoom meeting link to [customer's email], go ahead and check your email so you can join the meeting and I will share my screen with you 

Reviews if customer has an existing website and consults as needed

Point Breakdown 1 pt

  • Confirm and document if the customer does or does not have an existing website 

Example 

  • “Do you have a current website for us to reference or take a look at?” 

If yes: 

  • “Are there any elements of this website you want to retain or any details I could share with our design team?” 

If no: 

  • “Not a problem, reference sites are not required, we will be going over a business personality quiz shortly to provide the designers with some design inspiration.”
Review questions in the Agent Header worksheet

Point Breakdown 1pt

  • Review all required questions in the Agent Header worksheet.
    • Pronouns
    • Gender
    • SMS reminder opt in
    • Social Post approval preference
    • Review response approval preference
    • Review response sign-off
    • HIPPA compliance opt in
    • What is the size of your business?
    • Walk me through what it'd be like to visit/shop at your business?
    • What are you hoping we can accomplish for you in this partnership?
    • How do you feel about social media in general? Do you use it yourself?
    • Do you have hashtags for marketing?
    • Anything you do not want focus on in marketing

Example 

  • “Let’s dive into more detail on your business and brand.”

Reviews business details

Point Breakdown 3pts 

  • Gather the following information from the customer. Ensure all notations are thorough and accurate and spelled correctly. 

Example 

  • “Let's go through information about you and your business.” 
  • Use the flow of questions from DCT and fill them out as necessary for your specific customer.  

If already filled out: 

  • “I see you filled out the digital onboarding, thank you for that! Let’s quickly review the information so we can confirm what we’d like to appear on your website” 
Confirms customer product/service offerings on DCT and asks lead pass questions.

Point Breakdown 3pts

  • Asks the customer the lead pass questions

For the most up to date information surrounding lead pass, please see this confluence article

Design References

In order to get full points, you must both say the items mentioned in the rubric, and also properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Completes Business Personality Quiz unless cloning old site

Point Breakdown 3 pts

  • Guide the customer through the choices in the business personality quiz 
  • Complete and upload to DCT  

Example 

  • “In order to help our designers better understand your business personality, we’re going to take this short quiz to choose examples that best fit your brand. “ 

Website Design

In order to get full points, you must both say the items mentioned in the rubric, and also properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Reviews Logo

Point Breakdown 1 pt 

  • Asks the customer if they have an existing logo that they would like to use
  • If the customer has a logo, the correct logo was uploaded and notated in the DCT 

Example 

  • “Do you have a logo that you’d like us to use?”  
  • If yes: “Great, do you have it handy now and can either upload it to your media library or send it to me by replying to one of my emails?” 
  • If no: “Okay, we will use your business name in a font that fits your brand”  
Reviews Site Elements

Point Breakdown 3 pts

  • Discuss site elements and make recommendations as appropriate for options based on the understanding of customer’s needs 
  • Selects the appropriate elements and notates any requests from the customer in the DCT 

Example 

  • “We will include your logo and page navigation in the header, I recommend keeping the header very clean, but we can add your phone number or social media icons should you want these easily visible.” 

Content

In order to get full points, you must both say the items mentioned in the rubric, and also properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Asks the customer about the content they want to include on their site

Point Breakdown 5 pts

  • Discuss and document which pages they’d like on the site, and content to appear on those pages 

Example  

  • “The only remaining piece is gathering your content for your site. Before we discuss the verbiage, let’s narrow down the pages we are going to be building.” 
  • “Ok, great, now let's talk about the content on those pages.” 
    • Click here for more detailed examples of how to discuss content for different situations.
Offers copywriting and follows process

Point Breakdown 3 pts 

  • Determine if customer has content they’d like to use on site 
  • No existing copy? Offer new copywriting 
  • Existing copy? Offer to rewrite existing copy 
  • If customer wants to utilize copywriting: 
  • Correct copywriting category must be selected in DCT 
  • Go through copywriting questions and accurately notate 

Examples: 

  • If customer has no existing copy: 
    “Did you have any content written up for the new site yet? (If no,) No worries! Let’s go through some quick questions that’ll help our writers create copy that’s tailored to your business.”
  • If customer has existing site or copy prepared: 
    “Since you already have some text we can use, I can also have our copywriters go through and rewrite it to freshen it up. I’ll just ask you a couple of questions to make sure we have them going in the right direction.” 
Discusses stock images library and confirms image keywords

Point Breakdown 1 pt

  • Inform customer of our stock photo library and screenshare examples to confirm any specific photos or keyword searches to include in sendup instructions. 
  • Document any specific photos or search terms in sendup instructions. 

Example  

  • “We also have available a wide range of photos in our stock photo library that we can include on the site. Let me pull that up and we can confirm any specific photos or search terms to include in our sendup instructions.” 

Woo

The following must be discussed on all Woo initial consultations

Asks what functionality the customer would like on their site

Point Breakdown 5pts

  • Determine what plugins customer is looking for on their website 

Example

  • "What features will your website need?"
  • "Is there special functionality you’re looking for from your website?"
Review payment/shipping/tax settings
  • Point Breakdown 1pt

    • Asks the customer if they have decided on who will process payments, ship their items if applicable, and if they will need to charge sales tax on the website

DCT

In order to get full points, you must properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Writes DCT instructions clearly and in a way that reflects information gathered on the call

Point Breakdown 3 pts

  • Sendup must be clear of any conflicting or confusing instructions 

Example 

  • "Builder discretion with layout and placement of images"
  • "Please use BPQ to reference style of layout customer likes, builder discretion with use of images"

Time Frames

Sets build time frame expectation

Point Breakdown 3 pts

  • You need to set the build time frame expectation for the draft delivery date. 

Example 

  • “Let's schedule our follow-up call. We are looking at [site delivery date + 1 day] to [site delivery date + 3 days]. Since it takes [site delivery time frame] to get your website ready for review. We will send you an email with the preview link when your draft is ready.” 

Site delivery time frame will vary based on whether the project is in scope or not and whether the customer has MS. Click here for full breakdown of how to determine time frames.

Explains overall time frame

Point Breakdown 1pt

  • You need to set the overall time frame from initial call to publish of 45 days or 6 weeks

Example

  • The total time-frame from this consultation to publishing your site live is about six weeks from start to finish

Photoshoot

In order to get full points, you must both say the items mentioned in the rubric, and also properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Review photo shoot expectations

Point Breakdown 3 pts

  • Set expectation that photoshoot will take about 2 hours
  • Set expectation that everything (products, people, etc.) should be ready to go once the photographer arrives 
  • Explain that the photographer will come with a list of shots to take, but it helps to have some ideas too
  • Set expectation that customer can call us if they have any questions or need to reschedule/cancel

Example

  • “The goal of your photo shoot is to showcase your brand, products and services in a way that will connect you with your customers. Once your photographer arrives, the shoot will take about 2 hours. It’s important to have everything - like the products, staff or areas that will be photographed ready to go before they get there. They’ll also have a list of shots they are going to take, but it helps to brainstorm some ideas beforehand to make sure they capture what you’re looking for. And if you have any questions or need to reschedule - you can always give us a call.”
Collect customer availability/schedule

Point Breakdown 1 pt

  • Gather 3 dates for customer availability 

Example

  • “Okay, now let’s get you scheduled. Try to pick a time when you won't be swamped, giving you and the photographer the most flexibility. We could do [5 days away] or [6 days away]. Could that work for your schedule?”
Collect photo details for photographer

Point Breakdown 2 pts

  • Collect address for photoshoot
  • Gather any additional information that may help the photographer.
    • Examples:
      • Is the photo shoot location an office or residential location?
      • Any access or gate codes we should know about?
      • Who should the photographer ask for when they arrive?
      • Is there a specific area of focus for this photo shoot?
      • Is your business currently operating in a way that might impact the photo shoot?
      • Masks, curbside only, etc.
      • Any other special instructions you’d like us to pass along to your photographer?

Example

  • “Now that we have some dates figured out, let’s confirm where we will be having the photoshoot. Could you provide me with that address?”

Social Ads

In order to get full points, you must both say the items mentioned in the rubric, and also properly notate the Design Consultation Tool (DCT)

Discuss Social Ad

Point Breakdown 3 points

  • Walk customer through how to access Digital Ads page in their W+M dashboard (does not need to be via screenshare)
  • Recommend reach ad type 
  • Recommend applicable ad topic feature (i.e. product or service, long-term promotion, etc.) 
  • Confirm which link should be utilized for ad 
    • If customer has no link, explain social team can set up a social media page to be used as the link

Example

  • “Since we’re working on [building/updating] your site, I recommend starting off with a reach ad. Reach ads help your business get in front of more people, and we can target them to a specific audience. When your site is all done, we can change it over to a traffic ad and drive people to your website.”
  • Now we’ll talk about what to feature in your ad. That could be:
    • A product or service
    • A long-term promotion (like 10% off for your first visit)
    • Anything that would attract someone to your business
    • To get the most out of our testing methods, this ad is not meant to be changed frequently.”
  • Okay, last step! We can’t link to your site just yet, but do you want to include a different link in your ad?”
Set expectation for when they will receive ad + how long they have to approve

Point Breakdown 3 pts

  • Set timeframe for when ad preview will be available
  • Advise customer will have 3 business days to let us know if they need any changes to the ad 
  • Advise where the customer can track ad performance, and that their Account Management team will regularly review results with the customer

Example

  • “You’ll receive an email preview of your ad in a few business days, and you’ll have 3 business days to let us know if you want us to make any changes. You’ll track how your ad is performing in your dashboard, and your Account Management team will regularly review results with you. Any questions?”

Next Steps + Wrap-Up

The following must be said at the end of the call in order to get points

Reviews Marketing Services

Point Breakdown 1pt

  • Speak to Marketing Services
    • If purchased confirm with customer they can use this after the site is built for further changes

Examples

  • I see you have purchased our subscription service called Marketing Services for updating your site and continually improving your site's performance.

 

Review Website Design Hub

Point Breakdown 5 pts

  • Review Website Design Hub with customer to Include:
    • Show the customer the design hub via screenshare
    • Explain to the customer that they can add changes to Atarim, but these will be discussed on the next call
    • Show customer the "Contact Us" bubble and explain we have live chat available during business hours

Example:

  • "Let's take a quick minute to tour your design hub where you will find all the information regarding your website build and where in the process you are."
Schedule follow-up call

Point Breakdown 1 pt

  • Schedules customer's next appointment

  

Sends follow-up email  

Point Breakdown 3 pts 

  • Must send the customer the correct canned response follow up email the same day of the call. 
  • Must include missing items if customer is sending in content 

Example 

  • “I’ll be sending you a follow-up email shortly. This will include a recap of our conversation, including a list of any remaining content we need from you. It will also include a link to the media library where you can easily upload anything you’d like to use on the site”  

Platform Connections

Connect customer with Platform Specialist

Point Breakdown 1 pt

  • If within social team business hours, warm transfer the customer to a Platform Specialist 
  • If outside social team business hours, schedule an appointment
  • If customer does not have time to speak to their Platform Specialist after the consult, schedule an appointment 

Example

  • “The last thing we’ll do on this call is connect your social platforms to GoDaddy’s systems. So, I’m going to send you an email to wrap up everything we talked about today and get you over to one of our Platform Specialists who will take over from here.” 

Link to Schedule Social Team Call

Account Notes

In order to get full points, you must properly notate after each call

Takes proper account notes in Jira & CRM

Point Breakdown 5 pts

  • Leaves an accurate description of the call in both Jira & CRM using the notes template. Notes should include: 
  •  what was discussed on the call 
  • what expectations were set 
  •  any missing items and other important details from the call 
  • Calls may be reviewed at any point after the call has ended. Notes should be added in immediately after a call has concluded. 

Example 

  • Notes should be in the following format: 
  • Caller Name: 
  • Phone Number: 
  • Domain: 
  • Call Type: 
  • Customer Type: 
  • Reason For Call: 
  • Actions Taken: 
  • Missing Items: 
  • Expectations Set: