Every visitor gets an answer, and every lead gets followed up.
Engagement is the third pillar. It covers what happens after a customer finds you: an answer right away, follow-up until they are ready, and a reason to come back and say so in public. Your team stops chasing every inquiry by hand and spends its time on the people ready to buy.
The short answerEngagement puts an AI team member named Fred on your site to answer questions, book appointments, and score every lead, then keeps following up by email and text. Happy customers are asked for reviews at the right moment, so the next customer sees them.
From a customer's question to a booked job
Getting found brings people in. Your website earns the visit. Engagement turns the visit into work.
Search and AI
- Bing
- Yahoo
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Claude
- Perplexity
Local
- Google reviews
- Google Maps
- Apple Maps
- Yelp
- Nextdoor
- Voice search
- 01 Getting found Cited by AI and ranked on Google and Maps.
- 02 Your website A fast page that answers the question first.
- 03 Engagement Fred answers, follow-up runs, reviews get requested.
Outcomes
- Lead score87HotSent to the owner
- Booked appointment
- Completed sale
- Quote request
- Phone call
- Registration or ticket
- New review
- Returning customer
Capture, nurture, and close
Only a small share of visitors are ready to buy on the first visit. Engagement is built for the rest of them too.
Every visitor gets an answer
Fred answers questions about your services, hours, and service area at 9 p.m. the same way he does at 9 a.m. He answers only from your content. When a question needs a person, he hands it off.
Leads get followed up until they are ready
Every form fill and conversation starts automated follow-up by email and text. The ready ones go to a person fast. The others stay warm until their timing changes.
Customers book and come back
Appointments get booked in the conversation. After the job, a review request goes out at the right moment, and those reviews help the next customer choose you.
Three services inside engagement
Automated follow-up
Email and text sequences triggered by what a customer just did, with ready leads sent to a person right away.
Reputation management
Reviews requested at the right moment, monitored, and answered, so your public rating reflects your real work.
AI assistants
Fred and other AI team members that answer, book, and score leads, tested before launch and every month after.
Every request triggers the right next step
A request, a sign-up, or a conversation should never sit waiting for someone to notice it.
- The customer gets a confirmation right away.
- Your staff gets an alert with the details.
- A time is booked on your calendar where it applies.
- Follow-up starts on its own if the customer goes quiet.
Your team calls the best leads first
Every Fred conversation gets a score. A high score means the person is ready and able to buy, and the lead is routed to your team right away.
Fred weighs five things in plain terms.
- Intent. How clearly the person wants to buy or book.
- Trust. How much confidence they show in your business.
- Capacity. Whether they can afford and take on the work.
- Authority. Whether they are the person who decides.
- Timeline. How soon they need it done.
What engagement has done for clients
Bon Air Service Company, HVAC
Cal is Bon Air's AI team member. He took a customer from first question to a closed sale in a single conversation. Bon Air has been a client for 6 years, including a year away before they came back.
PrairieLights.org, City of Grand Prairie Parks
Dash answers visitors for the city's seasonal light attraction. In 28 days he captured 1,411 contacts.
Grand Prairie Parks has been a client since 2011.
Engagement questions
What is engagement?
Engagement is everything that happens after a customer finds you. It covers Fred answering questions and booking, automated follow-up by email and text, and reputation management that brings in reviews.
Who is Fred?
Fred is an AI team member we deploy on your site. He answers only from your content, hands off to a person when needed, books appointments, and scores every conversation. Read more on the AI assistants page.
What if a visitor isn't ready to buy?
Only a small share of visitors are ready on the first visit. Automated follow-up keeps the rest warm by email and text until their timing changes, and routes anyone who becomes ready to a person fast.
Is follow-up priced separately?
Yes. Automated follow-up is $497 a month. AI assistants start at $297 a month per site. See pricing.
Can Fred work outside my website?
Fred works on your website today. Other channels: [confirm: phone, text, and social messaging].
How long is the commitment?
Every engagement starts with a 180-day commitment. After that, you can cancel with 30 days' notice.
See what AI says about your business.
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