The gap most businesses ignore
A lead lands in your inbox. You're mid-call. You mark it "follow up later." Later becomes three days. The lead's already gone to someone faster. This happens to most UK small businesses every week — and nobody measures it because nobody counts the enquiries they never replied to.
Sales data from HubSpot and others consistently shows that leads contacted within 5 minutes convert at 8x the rate of leads contacted after an hour. If you're replying same-day, that's already too slow. The only way to compete is automation.
How AI lead generation works
- Capture. Every website enquiry — form, chatbot, contact page — goes into one pipeline. No more missed emails, no more spreadsheets, no more "I'll get to it."
- Qualify. The AI asks 3–5 tailored questions (budget, timeline, service needed, urgency). Scores the lead hot/warm/cold.
- Follow up. Hot leads trigger an instant notification to you. Warm leads get a personalised email sequence. Cold leads stay in a nurture flow for later.
- CRM sync. Every interaction logged in your CRM. Full audit trail, no manual data entry.
- Notify you. You get a Slack/email ping only when a lead is hot enough to call. You're not drowning in "low-priority" notifications.
What we build
- Lead capture forms — replaces your current contact form with something smarter (and GDPR-compliant)
- Qualification flow — branching questions tailored to your business logic
- AI-written email sequences — 3–7 personalised emails based on what the lead said, sent over days/weeks
- CRM integration — HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce, Zoho, GoHighLevel, or via Zapier
- Hot lead notifications — Slack, email, SMS (on request)
- Monthly reporting — conversion rate, where leads drop off, email performance
- A/B testing — we test email subject lines and qualifying questions to lift conversion over time
Real-world conversion numbers
We benchmark every lead gen build against industry data. For a typical UK SME, moving from "manual email replies" to a proper automated system generally produces:
- 2–3x increase in qualified leads (because fewer fall through the cracks)
- 40–60% of leads respond to the AI-written first follow-up (vs ~15% for a generic reply)
- Sub-5 minute response time vs industry average of 4+ hours
- 15–25% reduction in CAC (cost per acquired customer) over 3 months
We can't promise these numbers for every business — results depend on your lead volume, industry, and current baseline. But we'll give you honest expectations on the discovery call.
What's different about ours
- We write the email sequences in your brand voice, trained on your existing customer communication. Not templated drip sequences that scream "this is automated."
- We build around your CRM, not the other way around. We meet you where you are — even if that's currently a spreadsheet.
- We qualify for quality, not just volume. You'd rather get 10 hot leads a week than 50 tyre-kickers.
- We report monthly on what's working. If open rates are dropping on email #3, we fix it. If a qualifying question is killing conversion, we rewrite it.
Common integrations
We build with tools most UK small businesses already use:
- CRMs: HubSpot (free tier works), Pipedrive, Zoho, Salesforce, GoHighLevel
- Email: Gmail, Outlook 365, SendGrid, Mailgun
- Forms: Replace Typeform, JotForm, Google Forms, or built-in WordPress forms
- Notifications: Slack, Microsoft Teams, SMS via Twilio
- Analytics: Your existing Google Analytics, plus our monthly report