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How do I access my SimplySync client portal?Getting started

Use the portal invitation sent to your email. If the link expired, choose the password reset option on the sign-in screen. Contact support@simplysync.ai if the invitation went to the wrong address or you still cannot sign in.

Related training: Start Here Series
Where should I start?Getting started

Open Client Home, complete the Start Here Series, and then select Client Onboarding. Work through the onboarding conversation before uploading requested files so our team receives the business context and the supporting material together.

Related training: Start Here Series
What should I have ready for onboarding?Getting started

Gather your website and domain access, business phone and email details, calendar, social pages, Google Business Profile, payment tools, customer list, brand assets, offers, current forms, scripts, and the names of the people who need access. Never paste passwords into the conversation.

Related training: Onboarding preparation
Can I stop onboarding and come back later?Getting started

Yes. Return through the secure onboarding link in Client Home. Use the same email and phone verification details so the conversation stays connected to the correct client record. If your link no longer works, request a new one from support.

Related training: Start Here Series
Who should complete the onboarding conversation?Getting started

Choose the person who understands the real customer journey, day-to-day follow-up, offers, calendars, and team responsibilities. Other team members can supply details, but one owner should keep the answers consistent.

Related training: Start Here Series
How should a new team member learn the system?Getting started

Give the person only the permissions their role needs. Have them complete the Start Here Series, then the Core Training tracks for the areas they will actually use. Let them practice with labeled internal records before working with live customers, payments, campaigns, or automations.

Related training: Team training and safe practice
What should I check on the dashboard each day?Dashboard and reporting

Start with unread conversations, overdue tasks, today's appointments, opportunities without a next action, failed payments, and any unusual changes in lead volume. Use the dashboard to decide where to work next, then open the underlying record before taking action.

Related training: Dashboard and Daily Command Center
Why does a dashboard number look different from my contact or pipeline list?Dashboard and reporting

Confirm the dashboard date range, pipeline, owner, status, attribution rule, and time zone. A dashboard summarizes records through its current filters, while a list may show a broader set. Open the source records before treating a difference as an error.

Related training: Reporting and Performance Review
What should I review every week as the owner?Dashboard and reporting

Review lead volume, response speed, appointments, pipeline movement, closed business, collected revenue, failed follow-up, customer issues, and the few exceptions that need a decision. Choose one measurable improvement for the next week instead of changing several systems at once.

Related training: Owner's Weekly Operating System
How do I add a contact?Contacts and data

Open Contacts, search for the person first, and then select Add Contact. Enter a clear name and at least one reliable contact method. Add the correct owner, source, tags, and business-specific fields before saving.

Related training: Contacts: customer source of truth
How do I edit a contact without losing information?Contacts and data

Open the existing contact, confirm you have the correct record, and update only the fields that changed. Review recent messages, notes, tasks, appointments, and opportunities before changing ownership or contact details.

Related training: Contacts: customer source of truth
What is a tag?Contacts and data

A tag is a flexible label used to group people or trigger an approved process. It can describe a lead source, customer status, service interest, or action. Use the established tags in your account instead of creating similar spellings of the same idea.

Related training: Contacts, tags, and clean data
What is a custom field?Contacts and data

A custom field stores a specific value, such as service type, location, renewal date, or estimated value. A tag labels a record; a custom field holds information that can be displayed, filtered, reported on, or used by an approved automation.

Related training: Contacts, fields, and records
How do I avoid duplicate contacts?Contacts and data

Search by name, email, and phone before creating a record. Keep one primary record with the best information. If duplicates already exist, pause before merging so conversation history, opportunities, appointments, and automation activity are not lost.

Related training: Contacts and duplicate prevention
Can I import a spreadsheet of contacts?Contacts and data

Yes, but clean and map the file first. Use one row per person, consistent phone and email formats, clear column headings, and only data you are permitted to store and contact. Test a small sample before importing the full list.

Related training: Contact importing and data quality
Where do customer messages appear?Conversations

Open Conversations to view supported email, text, chat, and social messages in one shared inbox. Confirm the assigned user and read the recent history before replying so the customer receives one coordinated response.

Related training: Work from one shared inbox
Why did a text or email fail?Conversations

Check the destination, consent status, sender connection, and error shown in the conversation. A message can fail because the address is invalid, the number cannot receive texts, the person opted out, or a sending service needs attention. Do not repeatedly resend before finding the cause.

Related training: Conversations and message delivery
What happens when someone replies STOP?Conversations

Treat the opt-out as final for that channel. Do not remove the restriction or send another marketing text. If the customer contacts you through another channel, answer only within the permissions and policies that apply to that conversation.

Related training: Email and text fundamentals
How do I assign a conversation to a teammate?Conversations

Open the conversation, choose the correct owner or assignee, and leave a useful note or task when context is needed. Assignment should make responsibility clear, not simply move an unread message out of view.

Related training: Shared inbox ownership
How do calendars and appointments work?Calendars

Calendars control availability, booking rules, reminders, rescheduling, and cancellation. Test every public booking link as a customer, confirm the time zone, and make sure the appointment lands on the correct team member's calendar.

Related training: Manage appointments with confidence
Why are the wrong times showing on my booking calendar?Calendars

Check the calendar time zone, connected personal calendar, weekly availability, date overrides, meeting duration, buffers, and minimum notice. Test in a private browser window after changes so you see the same availability a customer sees.

Related training: Calendar availability and testing
Why did two appointments get booked at the same time?Calendars

Confirm the correct external calendars are connected and that conflict checking is enabled for the calendars that block your availability. Also review whether multiple team members or round-robin settings legitimately allow simultaneous appointments.

Related training: Calendar connections and conflicts
What is an opportunity?Opportunities

An opportunity represents a potential or active piece of business connected to a contact. It tracks where that work stands, who owns it, its estimated value, and the next action needed to move it forward.

Related training: Understand your pipeline
When should I move an opportunity to another stage?Opportunities

Move it only when the real-world milestone described by the next stage has happened. Keep the owner, value, status, and next task current. Pipeline reporting becomes unreliable when stages are used as reminders instead of completed milestones.

Related training: Pipeline stages and next actions
Why is a lead missing from my pipeline?Opportunities

Search for the contact first, then check other pipelines, filters, owners, statuses, and date ranges. A contact record can exist without an opportunity. If the person should be in the pipeline, create or restore the correct opportunity without duplicating the contact.

Related training: Pipeline visibility
How do I send an invoice or payment link?Payments

Open Payments and choose the approved invoice or payment-link process for your account. Before sending, confirm the customer, amount, due date, description, taxes, payment methods, and connected payment account. Test new templates with a safe internal transaction first.

Related training: Billing, documents, and shared files
Where can I see whether a customer paid?Payments

Use Payments and the related invoice or transaction record. Confirm the payment status rather than relying only on a conversation or email notification. Refunds, disputes, failed payments, and subscriptions may have separate status details.

Related training: Billing and payment records
Can I issue a refund from my account?Payments

Only team members with the correct permission should issue refunds. Confirm the transaction, amount, reason, and refund policy first. If you are unsure or the payment is disputed, contact SimplySync support before taking action.

Related training: Payments and account safety
How do I schedule a social post?Marketing and reviews

Open the Social Planner, select the correct connected profile, preview the media and copy, choose the date and time, and verify the post appears in the planner. Use approved brand assets and confirm links work before scheduling a larger batch.

Related training: Marketing and social planner training
How do I publish a blog post?Marketing and reviews

Draft the post, choose the correct author, image, summary, URL, category, and search settings, then preview it on desktop and mobile. For Client Portal updates, use the category designated by SimplySync so eligible posts can appear in Pinned Updates.

Related training: Blogging and content training
How do I request a customer review?Marketing and reviews

Use the approved review request process after a genuine customer milestone. Confirm the person has consented to receive the message, use the correct review link, and do not offer incentives in exchange for a positive review.

Related training: Reviews and reputation training
How should I respond to a negative review?Marketing and reviews

Respond calmly, acknowledge the concern without arguing, avoid sharing private customer details, and invite the person into an appropriate private support channel. Record the operational issue internally so the team can fix the cause rather than treating the public reply as the whole solution.

Related training: Reviews and Reputation
How do I test an email campaign before sending it?Marketing and reviews

Send a test to a small internal group first. Check the sender, subject, personalization, links, images, mobile layout, unsubscribe path, audience filters, schedule, and time zone. Confirm the final recipient count before approving the full send.

Related training: Marketing Operations
Can I change an automation?Automations and AI

Contact SimplySync before editing an active automation. One change can affect triggers, messages, assignments, reporting, and many customer records. We will confirm the intended outcome, protect active leads, and test the change safely.

Related training: Understand what automation is doing
Why did an automation not run?Automations and AI

Check whether the trigger event occurred, the contact met every filter, the workflow was active, the contact was eligible to re-enter, and the next action was not waiting on a scheduled time. Send support the contact name, expected action, and approximate time so we can trace it.

Related training: Automation triggers and testing
How should I test an automation?Automations and AI

Use a clearly labeled internal test contact and one controlled path at a time. Verify the trigger, timing, message content, assignment, pipeline movement, stop conditions, and final record. Never test a new process on your full customer list.

Related training: Automation testing fundamentals
Where do I learn about AI tools and agents?Automations and AI

Open the SimplySync Core Training Library and use the AI Studio and AI Agents sections. Start with the approved purpose and guardrails for each tool before changing prompts, knowledge sources, actions, phone behavior, or customer-facing responses.

Related training: AI Studio and AI Agents training
What information should I avoid putting into Ask AI?Automations and AI

Do not paste passwords, payment card data, private health information, government identifiers, confidential legal material, or customer information you are not authorized to process. Use the minimum context needed and review every result before using it with a customer.

Related training: Ask AI Prompt Library
What is the difference between AI Studio and an AI Agent?Automations and AI

AI Studio is where an approved AI-assisted experience or project can be designed and refined. An AI Agent is a customer-facing or operational assistant with a defined role, knowledge, channels, and allowed actions. Both require a clear purpose, test cases, boundaries, and human review before publishing.

Related training: AI Studio and AI-Built Experiences
How do I safely test an AI agent?Automations and AI

Use an internal test identity and a written set of normal, difficult, off-topic, and escalation scenarios. Verify facts, tone, data collection, booking behavior, stop conditions, human handoff, and what the agent does when it does not know an answer. Do not publish until the failure cases are acceptable.

Related training: AI Agents and Customer Conversations
How do I give a customer access to a course or portal?Memberships and access

Use the approved offer, enrollment, or invitation process for your account. Confirm the correct contact email, product, access level, and welcome message. Then test with a non-admin learner account so you verify the customer experience instead of only the administrator view.

Related training: Memberships, Courses, and Client Access
Why can a customer sign in but not see their course?Memberships and access

Confirm the customer used the invited email, accepted the correct portal invitation, and has an active enrollment or offer for that product. Also check product publication, lesson publication, access dates, and whether the person is looking in the correct client portal.

Related training: Test the Learner Experience
Where does a form submission go?Sites, forms, and media

A form can update a contact, trigger approved follow-up, create an opportunity, notify a team member, or redirect the visitor. Test the full journey with an internal contact and confirm the saved contact fields, opportunity, notifications, messages, and thank-you page.

Related training: Sites, Forms, Funnels, and Surveys
Can I edit a live page or form myself?Sites, forms, and media

Small approved content edits may be appropriate, but first confirm which page, version, form, domain, and automation are live. Preview desktop and mobile, submit one internal test, and keep a rollback copy. Contact SimplySync before changing scripts, domains, payment steps, or active lead routing.

Related training: Review and Update Sites Safely
How should I organize images and brand files?Sites, forms, and media

Use clear names that include the business, asset purpose, and version. Keep approved logos, photos, videos, and campaign assets in predictable folders. Before replacing a file, check where the existing URL is used so a live page, email, course, or automation does not break.

Related training: Media Storage and Brand Assets
What should I check before connecting another app?Connected apps

Confirm the business purpose, account owner, permissions requested, data that will move, source of truth, trigger direction, duplicate behavior, failure alerts, and how to disconnect it. Start with the smallest permissions and one controlled test record.

Related training: Connected Apps and Integration Safety
What should I do when a connected app stops syncing?Connected apps

Record the affected records and approximate failure time, then check whether the connection expired, permissions changed, a field was renamed, a usage limit was reached, or the destination rejected the data. Avoid reconnecting repeatedly until you know whether doing so will replay or duplicate activity.

Related training: Test and Maintain Integrations
Where do I upload files?Portal and support

Open Upload Setup Files from Client Home. Verify the contact details on your SimplySync account, choose up to five requested documents or assets, and tell us what they are for. The Upload Center connects the files to your record and creates a trackable notification for our team.

Related training: Documents, billing, and shared files
Will SimplySync know when I upload a file?Portal and support

Yes, when you use the SimplySync Upload Center. A successful upload stores the files against your contact record and creates a Customer Service item for the onboarding team. Native Shared Files may not generate the same alert, so use Upload Setup Files from Client Home for onboarding material.

Related training: Shared files and support
Where can I find invoices, estimates, and contracts?Portal and support

Use the Finances section in the client portal. Invoices, estimates, and contracts each have their own area. Contact support if a document you expect is missing or belongs to a different business.

Related training: Find billing documents
How quickly will support respond?Portal and support

The standard first-response target is within one business day. Mark a request Urgent only when a live customer-facing function is unavailable, money cannot be collected, or a serious access or security issue exists.

Related training: Getting customer support
What information should I include in a support request?Portal and support

Include the affected contact or page, what you expected, what happened instead, when it happened, and any safe screenshot or error message. Do not send passwords or complete payment information. One clear request is easier to track than several messages about the same issue.

Related training: Getting customer support
How does the referral reward work?Portal and support

Refer a business that is new to SimplySync AI. When that business becomes an active paying client, you receive one free month valued at up to $500. Multiple qualifying referrals and promotions are allowed.

Related training: Referral Reward
Where can I learn each part of my account?Portal and support

Open Trainings & Updates, choose Learning, and use the SimplySync Core Training Library. It covers contacts, conversations, opportunities, calendars, automations, billing, files, support, marketing, reviews, AI tools, reporting, sites, forms, and connected apps.

Related training: Open the full training library