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name: set-up-call-tracking-for-phone-conversions
description: "Track calls from your site without losing the right phone route. Check the call and its record."
category: Digital Plumbing
stage: —
definitive_article: /digital-plumbing
status: needs-work
---

# Set Up Call Tracking for Phone Conversions

Do calls bring your business work, but no one knows where they came from? This guide helps an owner set up a clear call record. Start with the real phone line and the sources you need to measure.

**The path:** Call plan → Number routing → Controlled call → Measured outcome.

**Use this when:** phone calls matter to the business and the agreed measurement plan needs reliable source or outcome tracking.

## Inputs
- The actual business line, receiving team, hours and approved public number policy.
- An existing or authorized call-tracking provider and budget, number availability, supported website integration and account access. A purchase or new subscription is not implied by downloading this guide.
- The attribution design, approved controlled-test window, reporting destination and recording/consent policy. Keep caller details and recordings in the approved private system.

## First-run prompt

> Configure the scoped call-tracking path with the actual provider. Check visible numbers and telephone links, forwarding and received call records. Distinguish clicks, connected calls and qualified outcomes. Do not enable recording or send new customer data to other platforms outside the approved design.

## Steps
1. Define the question to answer: calls by page, campaign, source or actual qualified outcome. Record the limits of that attribution design and whether dynamic number insertion is appropriate. A form-only business may not need this task.
2. Confirm the stable business number and the intended receiving line. Reuse or provision the authorized tracking number or pool in the actual provider, accounting for the agreed cost and ownership. Do not purchase numbers without that scope.
3. Configure forwarding, business-hours routing and fallback behavior in the provider. Keep recording off unless it is part of the authorized, reviewed policy and necessary notices/consent handling are in place. This guide does not supply a legal determination.
4. Install the provider’s supported number-swap integration at the intended source. Dynamic number insertion replaces a displayed number for a visitor or source; test that telephone-link targets change with the visible text. GTM is one possible delivery route, not a mandatory dependency.
5. Preserve the underlying identity and approved profile-number strategy. Do not blindly paste changing session numbers into schema or citations. A stable approved tracking number may be allowed by a platform’s actual rules; document the reason rather than claiming all tracking numbers always break identity.
6. Place a marked controlled test within the agreed window. Check that the intended line rings, routing and fallback work, and a matching call record appears. A telephone tap alone does not prove connection or answer.
7. Connect only the approved reporting integration. Map call states to their actual meanings and inspect received events. A browser Pixel event on a link click does not by itself attribute an offline completed call; missing provider support is a concrete integration gap.
8. Record the number map, tested source rules, call IDs, outcome definitions and privacy settings. Separate test calls from customer reports and keep unsupported attribution unknown. Hand the receiving team the actual follow-up process.

## Definition of done (QA checklist)

- [ ] The tracking design and provider scope answer a defined business question.
- [ ] Visible numbers and telephone targets agree for tested source/device cases.
- [ ] A controlled call reaches the right line and has a matching provider record.
- [ ] Connected, answered and qualified calls use distinct verified meanings in reports.
- [ ] Recording, customer-data handling, costs and any external event integration follow the actual approved design.

## Example(s)

**Fictional teaching example.** Oak Repair uses one tracked website number that forwards to its existing line. A lesson call record shows “answered, 42 seconds”; the website click log only shows that a phone link was tapped. The report counts one answered test call, not a qualified customer. Qualification remains unknown until the responsible team supplies the real outcome. No number is bought or called for this teaching example.

## Handoff and Content Factory context

Give the routing map to the phone owner and the outcome definitions to the reporting owner. Use [add click to call links for mobile](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=add-click-to-call-links-for-mobile#task-add-click-to-call-links-for-mobile) for a broken tap target or [ensure nap consistency across platforms](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=ensure-nap-consistency-across-platforms#task-ensure-nap-consistency-across-platforms) for an identity mismatch.

This setup supports the [Content Factory](https://blitzmetrics.com/content-factory/). Produce gathers real source material; Process makes useful assets; Post places and checks them; Promote distributes suitable work within its own scope. This check does not automatically execute all four stages. Use the actual next step above; catalog neighbors are not prerequisites.

## When this runs

Run at installation and after routing, number, website or attribution changes. Optional recurring call checks need a real test window and receiving owner; no unannounced periodic calls are created.

## First-run setup and continuity

Open the supplied task file and its linked source. Verify the project’s real inputs, account, access and output folder before work. This Markdown file is a guide; it does not install an app, connect an account, supply a subscription or create a schedule. Carry out work already authorized; do not ask for the same approval again. Keep any unsupplied destination or new action outside that scope clearly pending.

Save source IDs, versions, decisions, checked outputs and next owner in the project tracker. Before a retry, check the saved state and other workers’ changes. A model name does not guarantee memory or a running timer. Repeated work needs an actual configured trigger and durable state; one-off work can be started by the prompt above.

Keep agent media muted with volume zero before playback. If mute cannot be verified, use captions, metadata or still frames. State the limit: silent visual checks do not prove spoken-word accuracy or audio quality. Do not start sound through the user’s speakers unless explicitly asked.

## Write up the real run

For every actual attempt, [write its meta article](https://blitzmetrics.com/meta-article-prompt/) with this recipe and revision, trigger, steps performed, output evidence, measured result, gaps and next owner. Failed, blocked and partial attempts also get a written record. A draft can satisfy writing; publishing it follows the existing job scope.

Keep one stable execution ID across retries and edits. A separately scoped child task may have its own ID linked to its parent. Writing the parent’s meta record is part of that run, not an endless new chain. The [recipe and meta-article guide](https://localservicespotlight.com/meta-articles/) explains this distinction. Teaching examples are not real executions and must not enter the run count.


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## Factory chain (do not treat this as isolated)

- **Phase:** Gate
- **Importance:** 5/5 `●●●●●` — frequency 3, revenue 5, gating 4 (ads/revenue path; gates a phase)
- **Suggested previous station:** —
- **Suggested next station:** —
These stations are generated neighbors, not verified prerequisites or handoffs. Follow the task’s actual Inputs and Handoff sections.
- **Handoff:** Record only the property IDs, access and checks required by this task in the client register. Pass the verified result to the task that needs it.

## Model routing (same factory, any engine)

- **This task's lane:** `any` — Any capable chat model (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini). SOP following, drafts, checklists.
- **Single-engine path:** Use the capable AI app you already have. Check its required tools and access before starting. Pass the actual result and proof to the next task.
- **Optional multi-engine:** A tested local model may draft; a stronger model may review facts and voice. Use supported tools for approved actions. Pick models from observed quality and cost; a model name does not prove it can run this task.
- **Never** store the working state in one vendor's memory. Files in the Content Library are the bridge.

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## Definitive article & links

- Canonical article: https://blitzmetrics.com/digital-plumbing
- Exact task: [Set Up Call Tracking for Phone Conversions](https://local-service-spotlight.github.io/task-library/?task=set-up-call-tracking-for-phone-conversions#task-set-up-call-tracking-for-phone-conversions)
- Writing standard: [Article Guidelines](https://localservicespotlight.com/article-guidelines/)
- [Digital Plumbing training](https://blitzmetrics.com/digital-plumbing/)
- [Google business representation rules](https://support.google.com/business/answer/3038177?hl=en)

## Review and evidence still needed

The source contributor status is preserved. It is not certification of this draft or proof of account access, completed work or a live outcome. The worked example teaches the method and is explicitly fictional.
- The provider-specific integration and attribution limits must be checked against the chosen product’s current documentation before configuration. No calls, purchases or legal consent determinations occurred during drafting.