The product

SYNQ doesn't store your business.
It moves it.

What follows is the whole operating lifecycle, in the order it actually happens — from the first enquiry to the invoice and the next engagement. At every stage there are two readings: what your team gets, and what the person paying you sees.

A sale becoming work

example
  1. 1

    Lead

    Enquiry · owner assigned

  2. 2

    Closed won

    Service selected

  3. 3

    Client created

    History carried over

  4. 4

    Work assigned

    6 tasks · 3 owners · dated

In most stacks this is where the data gets re-typed into a second tool. In SYNQ it is one record continuing.

The operating model

Ten stages. Two readings of each one.

Software is usually sold as a list of things it can hold. This is a list of things that have to happen for a job to get done — and what each one looks like from the other side of the desk.

01

Attract

Capture and manage leads.

Business

Every enquiry lands as a record with a source, an owner and a next action, instead of sitting in someone's inbox.

Customer

Nothing yet — this stage happens before they are a client. SYNQ shows the customer nothing until there is work to show.

02

Close

Manage opportunities, sales activity and conversion.

Business

Stages, owners and activity on one pipeline. Reps see their own deals; admins see all of them. Commission is attributed as revenue lands.

Customer

Nothing yet — this stage happens before they are a client. SYNQ shows the customer nothing until there is work to show.

03

Start the work

Turn a closed sale into an actual client and service.

Business

A won lead converts into a client record with its notes and contacts intact. What they bought defines what has to be delivered.

Customer

Onboarding begins immediately — no re-explaining what was agreed during the sale.

04

Assign

Assign people, teams, vendors and responsibility.

Business

Work is phased and dated. Every task carries a named owner. Outside vendors are booked inside the same job with their own step and payout tracking.

Customer

Sees which team is on their work, not just a company name.

05

Run

Tasks, deadlines, deliverables, files and communication.

Business

Milestones, task libraries tuned to your industry, a shared file library per client, and message threads attached to the work they concern.

Customer

Uploads documents, answers requests and messages the assigned team in one place.

The team's view

Draft treatment plan

Dana R.

Done

Client consent form

Client

Waiting

Supplier confirmation

Vendor

Waiting

Schedule procedure

Marcus L.

To do

One task done out of four. That is where the 40% above comes from — nothing is typed in by hand.

06

SYNQ

Keep everyone aligned on one source of truth.

Business

The dashboard, the portal, the alert and the report all read the same records. Nobody publishes a status; the status is the work.

Customer

What they see is the same record the team is working in — never a summary written for them.

07

Show

Give the customer controlled visibility.

Business

Decide what is client-visible. Internal notes, margins and team chatter stay internal.

Customer

A branded portal with their work, progress, deliverables, invoices and requests.

08

Move

Progress, Whose Move, Now and Next.

Business

Progress is counted from completed tasks, so nobody can inflate it. You can see instantly whose move it is when something stalls.

Customer

Real percentage, who holds it right now, what is happening today, what follows — and an action only when it is genuinely their move.

The client's view

example

Spring Treatment Plan

40%

GCPR

Treatment plan being prepared

Next Client review of the plan

Whose Move, Now and Next are read from the task list. The label wording on this page is generated by the same product code the portal uses.

09

Measure

Revenue, workload, performance and outcomes.

Business

Industry-specific KPIs, active and churned revenue, receivables, outreach performance and team workload — all off real records.

Customer

Outcome reporting instead of a vague progress email.

Measured off real records

Active revenue
$184,200
Outstanding receivables
$21,400
Work at risk
3 jobs
Waiting on client
7 jobs

Illustrative figures. In your workspace these read from your own invoices, tasks and jobs — and the KPI set changes with your industry.

10

Complete

Close the work, bill it, report it, keep the relationship.

Business

Invoicing draws on delivered work. Payment settles to your own account — SYNQ never sits between you and your client's money.

Customer

A clear completion, an invoice they can pay, and a full history when they come back.

Capabilities

The same ten stages, filed by capability.

One entry per capability — nothing listed twice. Each links to the detail, including what is included and the questions people ask.

Relationships

CRM

Detail

Business

One record per client: contacts, notes, files, invoices, assigned people and live status.

Customer

Never repeats themselves. The team already has the history.

Projects & tasks

Campaigns & Projects

Detail

Business

Phases, milestones, industry task libraries, owners and dates. Progress rolls up automatically.

Customer

Sees what has been completed and what happens next.

Outreach

Media Database

Detail

Business

Journalists and outlets by beat, with pitch history so nobody double-pitches.

Customer

Coverage and placements logged against their campaign.

Communication

Email Distribution

Detail

Business

Send from your own verified domain, with delivery, open, click and reply tracking.

Customer

Hears from your firm, not from a tool.

Analytics

Analytics & Reporting

Detail

Business

Revenue, receivables, workload, conversion and industry-specific KPIs.

Customer

Meaningful outcome reporting instead of “we’re working on it”.

Client experience

Client Portal

Detail

Business

Controlled visibility, branded as your firm, without exposing internal operations.

Customer

Their work, updates, deliverables, requests and next actions in one place.

Billing & payments

Invoices & Payments

Detail

Business

Invoice from the record you delivered on. Payments settle to your own account.

Customer

Every invoice, receipt and payment in their portal.

Sales

Sales Pipeline

Detail

Business

Leads, stages, owners, conversion and commission — then one-click conversion into a live client.

Customer

What was promised in the sale is what appears in the work.

Operations

Calendar & Scheduling

Detail

Business

Meetings, deadlines, jobs and milestones on one firm timeline.

Customer

Books time and sees the dates that concern them.

Automation

Automation & SYNQ IQ

Detail

Business

Daily digest, SLA and overdue reminders, automatic client updates, AI-assisted drafting.

Customer

An informative alert when something actually moves.

Same model, different words

The lifecycle doesn't change. The vocabulary does.

A med spa assigns a treatment plan; a PR firm assigns a campaign; a home services company assigns a job. All three are the same stage — assign, run, show, move. What changes per industry is the nouns, the pipeline stages, the task library, the service menu and the numbers on the dashboard.

See it in your industry
  • Med spa / aesthetics

    Treatment plan · consent · procedure

  • PR & agency

    Campaign · pitch · placement

  • Home services

    Job · site visit · change order

  • Legal

    Matter · filing · deadline

  • Events

    Production · vendor · run sheet

  • Healthcare & wellness

    Programme · visit · follow-up

26 industry configurations ship with SYNQ today.

Run it on one of your live jobs.

Private beta is open by application and reviewed personally. Bring a real engagement and we will set the lifecycle up around it.