Glossary

Universal lead capture

Universal lead capture is lead capture that works the same way at every event a company attends, from any badge, business card, or conversation, using the company’s own app at every show.

Each show sells its own lead retrieval app or scanner, so a team that runs many events learns a new tool every month and gets its leads back in a different file each time. Universal lead capture gives your reps one way to capture, and gives you one format for every lead.

What does it cover?

  • Any badge, whether it carries a barcode, a QR code, or only printed text.
  • Business cards, for the dinner or the hallway where nobody wears a badge.
  • The conversation itself: what the buyer needs, in their words.
  • Your own qualification questions, the same at every show.

Why does it matter for your follow-up?

When every lead arrives in the same shape, your follow-up owner can work them the same way, whatever event they came from. Your reports compare shows on equal terms, and your CRM gets one clean record per person.

It also changes what the show’s own lead retrieval is for. Buy it when a show’s badge data adds something, and your reps still capture everything in one place.

Where do you find it in FieldXM?

FieldXM’s universal lead capture runs in the FieldXM mobile app. Your reps scan any badge or business card, and the app writes the notes from the conversation and fills in your qualification questions. Bought lead retrieval from the organizer? Add the show’s key, and each scan brings in the organizer’s record too.

Related terms

  • Event lead captureEvent lead capture is the work of recording each person a team meets at an event as a lead, with who they are, what they said, and the agreed next step, so the lead reaches the CRM ready for follow-up.
  • Lead capture appA lead capture app is mobile software that event staff use to record leads at a booth or meeting, by scanning badges or business cards, typing details, or taking notes, and to send those leads to the company's CRM.
  • Lead retrievalLead retrieval is the badge-scanning service organizers sell to exhibitors, which returns the registration details behind each scanned badge and covers only the people who stopped at the booth.
  • Badge scanA badge scan reads an attendee's contact details from the printed badge or its barcode at an event and gives the rep a record of who stopped by in a few seconds.
  • Conversation captureConversation capture is the practice of preserving what a prospect said in an in-person sales conversation as structured lead context, such as pain points, product interest, and next steps.

See it in FieldXM

  • Universal lead captureYour reps keep talking while the FieldXM mobile app writes the notes and fills in your own qualification questions. They scan any badge at any show.

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