Tally form → lead log → Telegram alert. The free version of the lead alert
A free Tally form with a hidden source field posts straight to Make; the lead is logged in Google Sheets and Telegram pings sales in seconds. No website form plugin, no CRM, no paid tool anywhere in the chain.
The problem
The lead alert needs a form that can send a webhook, and many small sites have a contact form that cannot. Replacing the whole site form is a project; a free Tally form embedded on the same page is ten minutes.
What happens when it runs
- A Tally form (name, phone, email, and a hidden "source" field) sends every submission to the Make webhook
- Make writes a timestamped row into the leads log in Google Sheets
- A Telegram message to sales with the name, phone and source
The tools inside
- Tally — the form that fires the webhook (free; any form tool works) · Create a free form →affiliate link
- Make — the automation engine · Sign up (one month of Core free) →affiliate link
- Google Sheets — log and lists
- Telegram — alerts
Before you start
Three things to have ready before importing, or Make will ask and you will have to leave halfway:
- The webhook address (created on import; paste it in Tally → Integrations → Webhooks)
- The order of the fields in your Tally form (the blueprint maps by position: name, phone, email, source)
- Spreadsheet id
- Chat ID
Sheet templates
The file maps columns by position. Start from exactly these headers, in this order — a column in the wrong place writes a phone number into the email column.
- Leads log ·
timestamp | name | phone | email | sourceDownload ↓
How to import (2 minutes)
- In Make: Scenarios → Create a new scenario
- At the bottom, the three dots (⋯) → Import Blueprint → choose the file you downloaded
- Click every module with an exclamation mark: choose your connection (Google, Telegram) — Make creates one in a click if you have none
- Replace every value in double curly braces ({{…}}) with your own from the list above
- Run once with a test row in the sheet. Only when it passes — Schedule and ON
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What does not work in it
- Tally sends fields as a list in the order they appear in the form. Reorder a field in Tally and the phone lands in the email column — check the mapping after any form change.
- The hidden "source" field is filled from the page URL (?source=facebook). A link without it logs "website". Decide the list of sources before the ads go live.
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