Shaz

Business automation consultant

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@PeakDigital01 That math is right, and most owners never run it. The fix that pays back fastest is an automatic text within a minute of a missed call. Have you seen what percent of callers actually reply to it?

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@FIJ_001 Existing customers are the cheapest sale. A simple check-in text a few weeks after purchase brings back more people than most ads. What's the one follow-up you'd set up first for an online store?

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@Cristina_AC_X Agree, even a simple sheet with a next-follow-up date beats memory. The leads that slip are usually the ones with no date next to them. Do you set a reminder for each one?

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@vinodchendhil Agreed, founders who've operated tend to back the ones who handle the unglamorous parts well. Do you see Indian operators funding more B2B services lately or mostly product startups?

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@cleanslaterun Makes sense, speed is a form of trust with stressed sellers. Do you find the first reply time matters more than the offer on these deals?

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@paulg Long-term advising is underrated. Founders usually don't need more ideas later, they need someone who's seen the same problem before. What's the most common one you keep seeing at year 3?

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@AlexHormozi Same with sales. Nobody blames the lead when the reply goes out in 5 minutes. Most 'bad leads' are just slow follow-up. Do you see format shifts hit conversion too, or mostly reach?

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@dohertyjf Follow up with old leads is the one most agencies skip. Do you set a fixed cadence, like a touch every 2 weeks, or just batch it monthly?

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@heyblake Pricing against the cost of the problem works. A lot of owners can't even see that cost, like leads that went cold because nobody replied for a day. Do you quantify it for them in the first call?

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@gregisenberg The boring part that wins with Main Street owners is the unglamorous fix: every enquiry gets a reply in minutes and someone owns the follow-up. Which business type do you think is easiest to start with?

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@MikeAndes4 19 leads and 1 job usually points at speed and follow-up more than the ads. How fast does the first reply go out after a form fill, and does anyone own the leads that don't answer the first time?

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@NoRiskNoParty Two homeowners a day is real money to leave on one call. What works: a text within a minute of the missed call, then a 3-touch follow-up across the week (call, text, call). Which step is hardest for your team to keep consistent?

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@Shrozii Makes sense, a med spa and a SaaS team really do need different rules. Do you ship with a few starter templates so owners don't begin from a blank page?

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Your leads aren't cold. Your follow-up is.

5 things that quietly kill sales:
1. Replying tomorrow
2. One follow-up, then silence
3. Nobody owns the lead
4. "Just checking in" messages
5. Missed calls with no text back

What would you add?

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@heyblake Agreed, a post that costs you something is also what gets replies from real people. Generic stuff scrolls past.

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@dohertyjf True on video. The small businesses I see doing well on Instagram just post short clips of the actual work, then answer every DM within the hour. The second part matters as much as the video.

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@NoRiskNoParty Good catch. One call and done is where a lot of roofing leads die. A text right after a missed call plus two more touches over a week usually brings back leads you already paid for.

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@colleeno711 Replying to parents is what eats my evenings in my head too, Colleen. For you it might be the same questions over and over: one saved reply per question, plus a quick text-back for balloon enquiries that come in while you're teaching, gets you a lot of that time back.

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@lovedsociety Mostly the gap between the first reply and the second one. The first message goes out fast, then nobody owns the follow-up and the lead just quietly goes cold.

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No fancy AI needed for version one. Just make sure no enquiry can sit there unanswered.

Which of the 4 do most businesses skip? My bet is #2.

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Every missed call is a customer deciding whether to try your competitor next.

Here's the 4-part missed-call system I'd set up in any business this week (steal it):

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2. One named owner for every new lead. Not "the team". A person.

3. If nobody has replied in 2 hours, that owner gets a reminder.

4. A simple 3-message follow-up over 5 days. Then stop and move on.