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CRM for consultantsMore engagements signed, fewer loose ends.

Discovery calls, proposals, engagements and milestone invoices in one place. Duke follows up proposals that have gone quiet, keeps each engagement's tasks on track and finds answers in your past work.

Duke at your firm

Duke briefs you before every client call.

He pulls a client's notes, emails, proposal and open tasks into one summary, finds what you recommended in past reports, and keeps proposals from going cold. Milestone invoices and follow-ups are drafted for a partner to approve, never sent on his own.

Who decides

  • Waits for your approvalHe prepares it and shows a one-line preview. Nothing changes until you approve.
  • Just answersReading needs no approval, and he sees only what the person asking may see.
  • Ready when you open the appInsights are made from your own numbers when you open the app.
  • Checked every morningGoals are measured every morning, with a forecast.
Meet Duke
A day with DukeA Thursday at a supply chain consultancyWorking
  1. Had the week's read readyYou open Home: 4 proposals waiting on clients, 7 engagement tasks past their date.Ready when you open the app
  2. Briefed you on Meridian FoodsBefore the 9:00 call: the proposal, Sarah Lin's last two emails and 3 open tasks.Just answers
  3. Found an old recommendationYour Northgate Retail review: pool safety stock across two depots, cut it by 18%.Just answers
  4. Drafted two proposal follow-upsHalden Logistics and Crane & Webb, both quiet for six days, ready for the partner.Waits for your approval
  5. Prepared the Phase 2 invoiceRecommendations signed off: $24,000 to Meridian Foods, waiting for your approval.Waits for your approval
An example day. Names and numbers are made up.

Duke does this for you

Just answers

One summary before you walk in.

Ask Duke about a client and he pulls notes, emails, the proposal and open tasks together, using only what you're allowed to see.

Summarise everything we know about Meridian Foods.
DukeSupply chain review in 3 phases, Phase 1 paid. Sarah Lin wants depot numbers before the steering meeting on the 14th. 2 tasks are overdue.
Just answers

Past reports, answered by question.

Upload reports, frameworks and workshop notes. Duke answers from the files the person asking may open and says which document the answer came from.

What did we recommend to retailers on safety stock?
DukeIn the Northgate Retail review: pool safety stock across two depots and cut it by 18%, phased over two quarters.
From Northgate Retail review.pdf
Waits for your approval

Proposals drafted from your service lines.

Describe the engagement and Duke drafts a quote with your phases and fees as lines. You check every figure before it's created.

Draft a proposal for Halden Logistics: diagnostic plus recommendations.
Waiting for your approvalCreate quote Q-0041 for $38,000 to Halden Logistics · 2 phasesApproveNot now
Checked every morning

A target for signed engagements.

Set “4 engagements signed by 31 December”. Duke drafts the steps, you approve the ones you want, and each morning shows the count and the forecast.

Goal · 4 engagements by 31 Dec

Signed so far2
Forecast4On pace
Next stepFollow up September's proposals
A small team planning with sticky notes on a whiteboard
Draft a follow-up for the Meridian Foods proposal. It's been eight days.
DukeHere's a short note to Sarah Lin: it recaps the supply chain review, the three phases and the start date she mentioned, and offers a call on Thursday.
Waiting for your approvalSend email to Sarah Lin · “Following up on the supply chain review”ApproveEditNot now
Harbour Digital in SmartDuke: the Home pageLive demoClosest live demo: Harbour DigitalMarketing agency in Dublin. The same apps, set up for a marketing agency. Open it ↗

The apps consulting firms use

From first call to final invoice.

Prospects move through your pipeline, proposals become signed engagements, delivery runs on project boards and invoices follow the milestones.

Proposals

Every proposal and where it stands.

Write proposals from your service lines with the fee and tax included. Each one is sent, accepted or declined, and an accepted proposal becomes the signed engagement.

  • Valid-until dates on every proposal
  • Notes kept with the proposal
Proposals list Q-0026 to Q-0037 with Sent, Accepted and Declined

Shown: Harbour Digital's proposals, our agency demo

Engagements

Each engagement on its own board.

Discovery, analysis, recommendations, handover: name the columns to match how you deliver. Every task has an owner and a due date.

  • Linked to the client's record
  • Active, on hold or completed
A project board with columns, tasks, assignees and due dates

Shown: a Harbour Digital project board, our agency demo

Milestone billing

Fees split by phase.

Split an engagement fee into named parts that match your phases. Each part is its own invoice, so a late milestone payment is obvious.

  • Part payments and numbered receipts
  • An overdue follow-up by email, ready-made

Payment plan · Meridian Foods, supply chain review

Phase 1: Diagnostic$18,000Paid
Phase 2: Recommendations$24,000Due 15 Nov
Phase 3: Implementation support$12,000Not issued

Pages Duke can build for you

Pages built for a consulting firm.

We build your pages during guided setup, or you ask Duke for them. For example:

Engagement briefsStakeholdersSteering meetingsRisksRetainers
Talk to us: we set it up for you.

We set it up with your services, fees, pipeline stages, consultants and client list. Harbour Digital, our agency demo, shows proposals, project boards and invoices working together.

Run your engagements in one place.

Tell us how you win and deliver work, and we'll set SmartDuke up for your firm. Or open the agency demo first.

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