Use cases
Lead qualification
With CONTACT.WORK, every new lead from a web form, an ad, or a messaging app gets a call or message from an AI agent right away, and your company can send high-value leads straight to a sales rep. The agent asks the questions from your script – what the customer needs, their budget, when they plan to buy, and who makes the decision – and saves the answers to your CRM. A ready buyer is transferred to a rep on the spot, the rest get a callback at a time that suits them, and your reps stay focused on deals.
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What goes wrong when leads are sorted by hand
Solution
How sales benefits
Speed
Contact without delay
As soon as an inquiry arrives – from a web form, an ad, a social media lead form, or a messaging app – the platform calls or replies to the customer right away. If the number isn't in your CRM yet, a new contact and deal are created on the spot.
- All sources
- Deal in the CRM
- Instant call
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The answers your reps need, already collected
The voice AI consultant on the phone or the text AI consultant in chat finds out what matters to you: the customer's need, budget, timeline, and who makes the buying decision. Each answer goes into the right field, and the call recording is attached to the deal.
- Your script
- Calls and chats
- Deal fields
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A ready buyer goes straight to a rep
A qualified customer is transferred to whichever available rep sells best to buyers like them. The rep sees the answers before saying hello. If nobody is free, the CRM gets a callback task.
- Live transfer
- The right rep
- CRM task
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A missed call isn't a lost lead
The system calls back anyone who didn't answer, following the retry rules you set. It detects answering machines before connecting and can leave a prerecorded message. Customers who asked for a later call get it on the day and at the hour they named.
- Retry attempts
- Answering machine detection
- Callback on time
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Call the likeliest buyers first
A machine learning model scores leads based on your sales history and moves the most promising ones to the top of the call list. It is tested on past data and piloted on a share of leads first.
- Lead scoring
- Call order
- Tested on history
Lead 1high chancetop of call listLead 2mediumafter the top onesLead 3lowend of queueModeltested on historybeats the old orderExamples
Leads in four situations
How it worked without the AI agent and how it works now.
A lead after business hours
Someone filled out the form on your website late in the evening, after the workday ended. The inquiry used to wait until morning, and by then the customer had already bought elsewhere. Now the agent calls back right away, finds out the need and timeline, and books a call with a rep for the next morning at an hour that works for the customer. When the rep gets in, the answers are already in the CRM, so the conversation starts with an offer, not with questions.
- Instant call
- Data in the CRM
- Time booked with a rep
AI agent callright awaycustomer answeredNeed and timingidentifiedsaved to CRMRep calltomorrow at 10 AMtime chosen by customerMorning12 ready leadswith answersA flood of leads after an ad launch
A new campaign brought in several hundred leads in a day. The sales team used to fall behind, and some people never heard back. Now the agent calls everyone, screens out answering machines, asks the questions, and passes reps the people who are ready to discuss a purchase. Reps spend their time on conversations that lead to sales, and the report shows which platforms bring deals, not just leads.
- A call to everyone
- No answering machines
- Sales by channel
Leads300in a dayReached231others get a retryReady to buy64passed to repsSales by channelvisiblein report“Call me in a month”
The customer liked the offer but won't decide for another month. A contact like that used to get buried and forgotten. Now the agent records the answer and schedules a follow-up for the date the customer named, so a month later they get a call. The rep can see everything discussed last time on the customer record and steps in when the customer is ready. Interest doesn't fade just because someone forgot to call.
- Call on a set date
- Answer history
- Nothing lost
Customer replywill decide in a monthloggedCallset for Dec 1210:30Historyvisible to repall past repliesStatuspendingnot lostA pricing question in a messaging app
A customer asked in a messaging app how much a service costs. The reply used to come an hour later, and it was a generic price list with no explanation. Now the AI consultant in chat replies right away, asks about the customer's need, and recommends the right option. Once the person decides to buy, it creates a lead and hands it to a rep with the full chat history attached, so the rep doesn't have to start over.
- Instant reply
- Help choosing
- Lead with chat history
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Capabilities
More features for working with leads
Lead capture, the conversation, follow-up, handoff to a rep, and oversight.
Lead capture
- Every channelInquiries come in from everywhere: your website, email, messaging apps, SMS, social media lead forms, and Google reviews (Google Business Profile).
- Lead sourceFor every lead you can see which form, chat, or ad campaign it came from.
- Automatic deal creationFor a new number that isn't in your CRM yet, the system opens a deal and creates a contact automatically.
- Calls in local timeThe dialer follows each customer's time zone, so nobody gets a call late at night or early in the morning.
- Calls triggered by pipeline stageThe agent also calls a customer when their deal moves to a pipeline stage you choose.
- Memory of past inquiriesThe agent has access to past chats and form answers, so it doesn't ask for what it already knows.
The conversation
- Voice or chatOn the phone, the customer talks to the voice AI consultant; in messaging apps, the AI consultant in chat replies.
- Answers to customer questionsThe agent can answer the customer's questions and concerns using your knowledge base.
- Meetings on the calendarThe agent offers the customer open slots in the rep's schedule and adds the meeting to the rep's calendar, linked to the deal.
- Correct pronunciationThe agent pronounces your company and product names the right way.
- The customer's languagebuilt for youThe agent detects which language the customer speaks and continues the conversation in it.
- Answering machines aren't a problemIf an answering machine picks up, the agent leaves a prerecorded voice message.
- Suggested replies for repsWhen a rep is on the call, the AI assistant suggests what to say next and shows the next script step on screen.
After the conversation
- Deal fields filled inAfter the conversation, the AI enters the details into the deal record automatically.
- Interest tagBased on the customer's answers, the lead is tagged with high, medium, or low interest.
- Deals move automaticallyDepending on how the call went, the deal moves to the next stage and the actions you set up are triggered.
- Follow-up after the callRight after the conversation, the agent sends the customer a summary by chat or SMS and can include a link to a price list or payment page.
- Nurturing leads who aren't readyCustomers who aren't ready yet get follow-up calls or messages after a set interval.
- “Don't call me again”When a customer opts out of calls, it's recorded and the number is automatically added to your do-not-call list for outbound campaigns.
Handoff and oversight
- A briefing before connectingBefore connecting the call, the agent sums up the conversation for the rep in a few seconds.
- High-value leads go to repsYou decide which leads the agent talks to first and which it passes to an available rep without a conversation.
- Customers stay with their repWhen a customer gets in touch again, the inquiry goes to the rep who handled them before.
- Missed inquiry alertsA rep gets an alert when they miss a customer's inquiry.
- Predictive dialingWhen there are many leads, the system dials ahead so reps don't sit idle waiting for a connection.
- Report for every repCall counts and closed deals appear side by side in one table.
- Objections in conversationsSpeech analytics collects calls where customers say “too expensive” or “I'll think about it,” which helps you refine the script.
- Lead scoring by a modelbuilt for youThe model moves the leads most likely to buy up the queue and learns from the history of your deals.
- End-to-end analyticsbuilt for youFor any ad channel you can see the sales it brought in and the money spent on it.
Modules
Contact center modules
Launch
Implementation: from questions to launch
- 01QuestionsTogether with your team, we agree on which answers show a customer is ready to buy and which mean a no.
- 02SourcesWe connect your website, ad accounts, messaging apps, and lead forms so every lead gets handled without waiting.
- 03CRMWe connect the platform to your CRM through its API: which fields get the answers, who the deal is assigned to, and which tasks to create.
- 04ScriptWe write the texts for the voice agent and chat, set the number of retry calls, and record the answering machine message.
- 05PilotYour team calls the agent to test the script, then we pilot it on a share of incoming leads and adjust the questions.
- 06LaunchWe hand all incoming leads to the agent under the rules you chose and use reports to track how many leads turn into sales.
Preparation
What to decide up front
Q&A
Frequently asked questions
What does the agent ask the customer?
Your script sets the questions. Typically, the agent finds out what the customer needs, how much they plan to spend, when they want to buy, and who makes the decision. We put the list of questions together with you at launch.
How does a rep get a ready customer?
The agent transfers the call to a rep while the customer stays on the line. If all reps are busy, a task with the customer's answers attached is created in the CRM.
Which CRMs can you connect?
Any CRM with API access – for example, Bitrix24 (cloud and on-premises), Kommo (amoCRM), Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and SuiteCRM.
Can we listen to the agent's conversations?
All of the agent's conversations are recorded, and listening access is controlled by role. If your state requires consent from everyone on the call, add a recording announcement up front.
Will it work for a small sales team?
Instant callbacks on new inquiries, retries, and saving answers to the CRM work for a team of any size. The voice AI consultant is built for teams of ten or more agents; for a smaller team, the AI consultant in chat is a better fit.
How much does it cost?
The platform is free to use, with no license fees. We set up the script and connect your lead sources in hours billed under your support plan. AI usage is billed separately. Contact us for a quote.
Glossary
Terms on this page
- CRM – customer relationship management
- Where a company keeps its customers, deals, and full communication history. Learn more →
- Callback
- The customer doesn't wait on hold but asks for a callback – and gets one when an agent is free. Learn more →
- API (application programming interface)
- The way programs exchange data with each other without a person in the loop. Learn more →
- Cloud deployment (cloud)
- The platform runs on the vendor's servers, and agents connect over the internet. Learn more →
- Answering machine detection (AMD)
- Tells whether a person or an answering machine picked up an outbound call. Learn more →
- Hosting
- You rent a server from a provider instead of buying one. Learn more →
- Voicemail
- A recorded message when the person does not pick up. Learn more →
- Call recording
- Calls are saved so they can be replayed and disputes settled. Learn more →
- Customer record
- The screen of customer data an agent sees during a conversation. Learn more →
- Knowledge base
- All answers, policies, and prices in one place – for agents and AI. Learn more →
- Predictive dialer
- The system dials numbers in advance, predicting when an agent will be free. Learn more →
- Speech analytics
- The system analyzes recorded calls automatically: topics, script adherence, customer emotions. Learn more →
- On-premises deployment
- The system runs on the company's own servers, not in the vendor's cloud. Learn more →
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