Proposal · Linguabee × Groupe Mercure · June 2026

Leads in Pipedrive.
Clients in Zendesk.
Nothing leaks across.

Pipedrive set up for sales, handed off seamlessly to Zendesk when the time is right.

Pipedrive Partner of the Year · Canada 2024 & 2025 Confidential Valid 30 days
The starting point

You've run a CRM before.
Now you actually need one.

Linguabee had a CRM years ago and set it aside. Back then, it was the right call, word of mouth did the job, and growing organically felt simpler without a system in the way. It worked. It got you here.

But you've hit the point where instinct stops scaling. A list of 1,000+ cold contacts sitting untouched. Two reps to work it. Five emails to send, by hand, one lead at a time. That is not a growth plan. That is a bottleneck with a deadline.

The fix is not more hands. It is a system that does the repeating for you, and knows exactly where each lead belongs.

The risk you flagged

One inbox, two jobs

1,000+ emails
into one shared inbox × 15 specialists who never asked for them

support@linguabee.com runs your real customers. Point a cold campaign at it and every "not interested" reply lands in front of your service team. The signal drowns in the noise.

A polluted inbox is not a CRM problem. It is a customer-service problem you created by accident, and the whole point of this build is to make sure it never happens.
Who you are working with

We don't sell software.
We make it talk.

Groupe Mercure is an operational intelligence studio, marketing, qualification, technology and AI under one roof. In plain English: we build the layer between your tools, your data and your people, so information moves on its own.

Fact 01

Pipedrive specialists

Named Pipedrive Partner of the Year, Canada, 2024 and 2025. This is the platform we know best, not one we are learning on your dime.

Fact 02

Tech and creative, one roof

Part of a group that also runs a creative studio. Your systems and your brand actually line up.

Fact 03

Your data is yours

The configuration and the data belong to Linguabee. You leave, it leaves with you. No hostages, no ransom.

How we work

Nobody wires two systems together without a map.

Before we touch your Pipedrive, we take your operation apart on paper. Where leads come in. What gets automated. What stays manual. What must never cross into Zendesk.

That map costs a few hours. It is exactly what keeps the build from costing you a fortune in rework. Slower up front, on purpose, and you get that time back, multiplied, over the next twelve months.

Pipedrive+ Email drip+ Zendesk+ Scheduling API One system
For Linguabee

What we heard.
What we'll build.

01

Pipedrive, configured around your pipeline: stages, custom fields, the full 1,000+ contact import, two seats for your reps.

02

A 5-email drip with your rules: first touch, a day-four auto-send if nothing comes back, up to five steps, and the remaining emails cut the second a lead replies. Manual from there, plus internal reminders so nothing slips.

03

The Zendesk handoff: when a sales rep approves a signed deal, an onboarding ticket is created in Zendesk for your 15 specialists. Nothing crosses on its own: a human gives the go. Cold-lead replies stay in Pipedrive, so Zendesk only ever sees real customers.

04

The API bridge to your scheduling tool: scoped and built side by side with your in-house engineer, so calendars and contacts line up across the stack.

In scope

The four moves above

  • Pipedrive setup + onboarding for two reps
  • 5-email drip + qualification + reminders
  • Zendesk handoff with stage-based inbox routing
  • Scheduling API integration with your engineer
Named now, not in ten months

Out of this scope

  • Pandadoc e-signature: recommended add-on, its own short quote
  • Invoicing: stays on your own platform, untouched
  • Rebuilds inside Zendesk itself
  • Anything new gets a quote, signed before we start it
The flow

One lead, one path, and a wall in the middle.

Left of the line lives in Pipedrive. Right of the line lives in Zendesk. A lead only crosses once it signs, and a cold reply never crosses at all.

Pipedrive · sales Zendesk · service 01 New contact From your 1,000+ list 02 Cold lead Created in Pipedrive tag 03 5-email drip Day-4 auto · stops on reply 04 Reply & qualify Drip stops · stays in Pipedrive 05 Signed Deal closed · ready to cross on approval → 06 Zendesk 15 service specialists no reply → nurture later · stays in Pipedrive Cold replies never cross the wall support@linguabee.com One address, routed by stage: sales replies to Pipedrive, customer tickets to Zendesk.
This map is the first thing we hand you, drawn from your real operation, in plain English your whole team can read. It is also the deliverable that turns "it depends" into a fixed price.
The method

Four steps to a price you can plan around.

1
Discovery
We listen to your operation as it actually runs, your engineer in the room.
2
Mapping
We draw the full flow, the wall between Pipedrive and Zendesk included.
3
Proof of concept
We stand up the Pipedrive–Zendesk link and prove cold replies stay put.
Where the engagement starts
4
Firm quote
A fixed price for the build, no surprises, because we mapped it first.
The engagement

No blank cheque. A clear way in.

You don't commit to a build before anyone has seen the wiring. You commit to a short, paid discovery, and you only pay for the hours it actually takes.

Phase 01

Mapping & proof of concept

We map your full flow and stand up a working proof of concept: Pipedrive talking to Zendesk, cold replies staying put. You see it run before you commit to the build. You walk away with a system flowchart and a firm, fixed quote.

$100/ hour CAD · est. 12–20 h
Phase 02

The build

A firm, fixed price, quoted from what we found in Phase 01. We only put a number on it once we know exactly what we're building, so the number holds.

Fixed · quoted after mapping
Phase 03

Support

Optional plans after go-live, only if you want a co-pilot. Named when you need it, never forced into the deal up front.

Optional · on request

Every hour comes off the build

The mapping is not a fee on top, it is a deposit. Greenlight the build and 100% of your Phase 01 hours are credited against the fixed price. Walk away instead, and you still keep the flowchart and the quote. Either way, you are never guessing.

$100/h
Discovery rate · CAD
12–20 h
Estimated mapping window
100%
Credited toward the build
Why this is safe

The worst case is still a win.

Worst case, you spend a handful of hours and walk away with a blueprint of your own operation and a price you can take to the bank. Best case, the build is half-proven before it even starts.

Either way, you stop guessing, and you never again wonder whether a cold "no thanks" is sitting in your customer-service queue.

If we start

Three steps. One week to start.

01

You greenlight the mapping. A short note back is all it takes.

02

We sign a one-page engagement letter within 48 hours, the $100/h rate and the credit, in writing.

03

Discovery starts the following week: your software engineer included from day one.

Greenlight the map, watch the proof of concept run, get a price you can actually plan around.
Sign the engagement

One signature greenlights the mapping.

Signing confirms the Phase 01 engagement, mapping and proof of concept at $100/hour CAD, under Groupe Mercure's General Conditions of Service v3.3. No payment is due today: we invoice the hours as they happen, and they credit straight back against the build.

An authorized representative of Linguabee accepts the Phase 01 engagement. Electronic signatures are valid (GCS s.19.5). Out-of-scope work follows GCS s.4. Either party can stop after the mapping, you keep the flowchart and the quote.

Signature
Type your name to sign
Linguabee

Greenlights Phase 01 · no charge today · hours credited to the build

Engagement signed

We will counter-sign and send your copy within 48 hours, then book discovery for the following week. Thank you for your trust.

Email a copy to Groupe Mercure

Let's get
to work.

Linguabee  ×  Groupe Mercure
Victoria Chu · victoria@groupemercure.ca
Groupe Mercure · Montréal
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