a few months ago I got in touch with a contractor who had the opposite problem most businesses complain about. He didn’t need more leads. He already had plenty. Dozens of Meta ad leads every week. On paper you could've thought everything was great. The company was doing close to $1M a year. But during one of our first meets, he showed me his phone and started scrolling through his dms. There were tons of leads he didnt even reply to after the first submission. he had an idea (after scrolling one too many instagram reels), he wanted automations to take care of all that for him. So I built a simple system to capture and respond to his leads instantly. I connected his ads, social media, and SMS into an automation that dms new leads within about 1 min of them reaching out.
once the dms were dialed in and handling follow ups, I added a voice agent that calls new leads instantly. Instead of long back and forth texting, the lead now got a quick call, they would answer a few questions, and the system would book in appointments without any human intervention.
I didn’t touch the ads or anything else. The only thing I changed was what happened after the lead came in. before I knew it, he had more 10-40K projects started closing every month.
What stood out most to me is how common this seems to be with service businesses. A lot of them think they need more leads. But many are just leaking the ones they already paid for because they can’t respond fast enough or neglect to follow up. anyone have a similar story?
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Interesting idea, what do you think works best, starting out as a freelancer or starting a AI automation agency?
This feels more like “how to low-key advertise your business on /r/entrepreneur without getting banned”
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In fact, this is fairly usual.
A frequent problem that I have noticed in businesses is not one of leads; it is actually of their quick action. An ordinary business does not realize the value of being quick to its leads, since it will be overtaken by at least two or three other companies that can fulfill the requirement of the lead. In this case, the issue is not poor leads, but speedy reaction to those leads. The most amazing aspect of this scenario is the fact that a little effort can do wonders.