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What Slow Follow-Up Is Costing Your Business

Plug in your real numbers. See exactly how much revenue you're losing every month — and what catching every lead would put back in your pocket.

Why this matters

Speed Kills Leads. Slow Kills Businesses.

The data on lead response time is brutal. And it explains why the leads you're already paying for keep slipping away.

21×

More likely to qualify

When you respond in 5 minutes vs. 30 minutes.

More likely to qualify

When you respond in 1 hour vs. waiting longer.

7%

Of companies respond in 5 minutes

Half take more than 5 business days. That's your opening.

Sources: Harvard Business Review (Oldroyd & McAdams), Lead Response Management Study (Velocify), Drift State of Conversational Marketing.

The difference

What "Following Up" Actually Looks Like

Most service businesses have no real system. A person tries their best. Then leads die.

Human follow-up (what you have now)

  • 30 min to 2 hours before first callback. Sometimes never.
  • Generic SMS template: "Hey, got your inquiry. Call us back."
  • 1–3 attempts. If they don't answer, the lead's dead.
  • Nothing nights, weekends, holidays.
  • No memory. Lead forgets who you are by tomorrow.

Stakd Systems (what you get)

  • Under 60 seconds from lead submit to first contact. Every time.
  • Custom AI trained on YOUR business — your services, pricing, hours, tone.
  • Multi-channel: call, text, email. Keeps working until booked or opted out.
  • 24/7. Always. 2 AM Sunday on a holiday weekend = same response.
  • Books the appointment in their calendar 30 seconds after they reach out.
Your numbers

Run Your Own Math

Type in what you actually do every month. See what slow follow-up is costing — and what catching every lead would recover.

Tell us about your business

$5,000
30
6
+3
$4,500

Your results

Right now

What you close today on your own.

Jobs closed/mo6
Revenue/mo$27,000

With Stakd Systems

Every lead engaged in 60 seconds, 24/7.

Jobs closed/mo9
Revenue/mo$40,500

Extra revenue you're leaving on the table

$13,500

in new revenue — every single month.

$162,000

Extra Revenue / Year

+3

Extra Deals/Month

You're getting 30 leads/month in your service business and closing 6 of them yourself. The other 24 go cold, book with whoever answered first, or never get a second call. If Stakd instantly engaged those leads and closed just 3 more per month, that's $10,800 in new revenue every month — $162,000/year — without spending another dollar on ads.

Pricing

Every quote is custom. Here's why.

A solo plumber with 50 calls/month needs a different setup than a 12-truck HVAC with 500. We don't pretend otherwise.

Call volume

More calls = bigger build.

Channels

Voice, chat, SMS, Instagram — pick what fits.

Integrations

Your CRM, calendar, dispatch — we wire it in.

Build complexity

Industry-specific scripts, multi-location, etc.

Most clients pay back the investment in 30–60 days. No contracts. 30-day money-back.
FAQ

Common questions

How accurate is this ROI calculator?

It gives you a directional estimate, not a guarantee. The math runs off the numbers you enter — missed calls, average job value, and how often you close — so the output is only as good as those inputs. Your real results depend on your industry, call volume, local market, and how fast leads get followed up. Treat it as a starting point for a conversation, not a projection.

What does the calculator assume about recovered calls?

It assumes an AI agent answers calls you would otherwise miss, and that only a portion of those callers turn into booked jobs. Not every recovered call is revenue — some are wrong numbers, vendors, or price shoppers who were never going to book. The estimate is deliberately conservative on that point. On a demo call we can audit your actual call data and replace the assumption with your real numbers.

What if I don't know how many calls I'm missing?

Most service businesses underestimate their missed calls. Industry data shows that the average service business misses 35-50% of inbound calls during peak periods. A good starting estimate is 5-10 missed calls per day. During your free demo, we can help you audit your actual call data to get a precise number for your business.

These are your numbers

Want to actually do this?

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll review your real lead flow, show you a live AI demo, and quote what it costs to install for your business.

30-day money-back guarantee. No contracts. Custom-quoted.