Ads & outcomesField guide4 min read # From ad click to recorded outcome: keep the measures separate Separate enquiries, conversations, won work and payments. Then use the numbers to choose what your team should change next. By Kibi editorial team · 16 October 2026 In this article Keep your next enquiry in mind as you read. One campaign brings plenty of enquiries that nobody reaches. Another brings fewer people who fit your service. The lead count alone cannot explain what happened. Follow the request through the team’s response and recorded outcome. Agree what you are counting, then look for one thing the ads or enquiry team can improve. THE QUICK TAKE ## Key takeaways - Count enquiries, conversations, won work and payments separately. - Keep source details and shared outcome definitions with the records. - Check ad feedback separately from lead capture and spend import. ## Agree what each number means An enquiry records interest. Contact records what your team did. Won work records a sales outcome. An invoice records a commercial step; payment records money received. Those events can happen on different days, and some enquiries stop before a sale. Keep them separate when comparing campaigns. Does “contacted” mean a call attempted or a conversation held? When is work Won? Agree the answers so differences between teammates do not look like differences between ads. - Enquiry: the request, source and arrival date. - Contact: the action taken and whether you reached the person. - Sales outcome: the agreed result and a useful reason when work is lost. - Payment: money received, separate from the quote or invoice. Fictional campaign batch From 12 enquiries: 8 people reached, 3 jobs won, 1 job paid. Count each step separately. The two other won jobs have not been paid yet. ## Keep the source details you have Save available source and campaign details when the enquiry arrives. They can help your team respond: a weekend-offer request needs different context from a general service question. Leave unknown sources marked unknown. Check the form, forwarded email or other capture route to see what future records need; do not assign a campaign by guesswork. [Review the lead-capture routes](https://kibihq.com/features/lead-capture/) ## Check what happened after the enquiry Before judging a lead, check its owner, response and preferred contact time. An unanswered request tells you little about whether the ad reached a suitable customer. Read a few enquiries beside the totals. Look for repeated questions, requests outside your service area or work waiting for one busy teammate. Choose a specific change from that sample, then allow time to collect a comparable set of results. Illustrative campaign review A weekend-service campaign attracts people who cannot answer during office hours. The team calls each morning. Assign evening follow-ups using their preferred times, then compare conversations separately from enquiry volume. ## Compare matching periods and costs Check which spend and outcomes your review includes. A payment this week may relate to an older enquiry, while this week’s enquiries may become won work later. Kibi supports ad return with typed-in spend on Growth. Meta ad spend import (Beta; connection review required). Google ad spend import (Coming). Check the availability of the spend route you plan to use. Keep imported and manually entered spend from counting the same cost twice. If a source or period is incomplete, say so beside the result. [See current ad-signal and spend availability](https://kibihq.com/features/ad-signals/) ## Check what goes back to the ad platform Google conversion feedback. Meta conversion feedback. Supported feedback sends recorded outcomes to the ad platform. Lead-form capture and spend import are separate connections, with their own availability. Choose an event your team records consistently. Follow the connection’s setup, permission and customer-data requirements before enabling feedback. A sent outcome does not promise how the platform will attribute it or change your campaign results. Check provider processing separately from the outcome in your CRM. ## Leave the review with one decision Bring the person managing ads together with someone answering enquiries. Review the source, follow-up and outcomes, then choose the question you want to answer next. For example, clarify the service area in the ad, assign evening callbacks to an available teammate or agree when quotes get followed up. Write down one change, its owner and a review date. Keep the other definitions steady so the next discussion has a useful comparison. - Check that the source and review period are clear. - Read a few enquiries, including ones that did not progress. - Choose one change, one owner and a time to review what happened. [See how quotes and invoices fit the enquiry](https://kibihq.com/features/quotes-invoices/)[Try tracking enquiry outcomes in Kibi CRM](https://kibihq.com/start/) Try one thing on the next enquiry.Pick a change your team can use tomorrow. THE USEFUL SHELF ## Try it in your setup Follow the steps, then check the result on your site or in your workspace. Step-by-step Kibi guides [Feature walkthroughUnderstand ad signals and outcomesSee the supported connections and their current availability.](https://kibihq.com/features/ad-signals/)[Feature walkthroughFollow a quote through to an invoiceKeep the commercial next step connected to the enquiry.](https://kibihq.com/features/quotes-invoices/)[Feature walkthroughSee how Today keeps follow-up visibleA closer look at the place to find the next action.](https://kibihq.com/features/today/) KEEP THE THREAD GOING ## Read this next. 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