If you run a service business — conservatories, solar, roofing, dental, financial services, home improvement — your CRM is almost certainly full of leads that never converted. Maybe they enquired six months ago. Maybe they got a quote but went quiet. Maybe you simply ran out of time to follow up.
Those leads cost you money to acquire. And most businesses just let them sit there, gathering digital dust.
We built LeadRevive to solve this problem. It's an SMS reactivation tool that takes your dead leads and runs automated campaigns to bring them back to life. The results have been eye-opening.
Why SMS, Not Email?
Everyone's inbox is overflowing. Marketing emails get ignored, filtered, or deleted. But SMS is different:
- 98% open rate — almost every text message gets read
- 90% are read within 3 minutes — it's immediate
- 15–30% response rates for reactivation campaigns — compared to 1–3% for email
The key is that these aren't cold contacts. They already enquired once. They already showed intent. You're not interrupting a stranger — you're picking up a conversation that went quiet.
How It Works
The process is straightforward:
- Upload your dead leads — export a CSV from your CRM with names, phone numbers, and optionally what they enquired about
- Choose a campaign template — we've built industry-specific sequences for conservatories, solar, dental, financial services, roofing, and home improvement
- The system runs a multi-touch drip — a series of SMS messages spaced over days, designed to feel personal, not spammy
- AI classifies every response — interested, not interested, or needs follow-up. No manual sorting
- Hot leads land in your pipeline — ready for your team to call and book
What Makes This Different
There are plenty of tools that send bulk SMS. LeadRevive is purpose-built for reactivation, and the details matter:
- Smart send windows — messages only go out during business hours. No texts at midnight
- Rate limiting — 500 messages per day with 1-per-second throttling. This protects your Twilio account and keeps you compliant
- AI response classification — using GPT-4o-mini with keyword fallback. When someone replies "Yeah I'm still interested in getting that quote", the system knows what to do with it
- Visual pipeline — drag-and-drop kanban board so you can see exactly where every lead sits, with full conversation history
- Campaign analytics — response rates, classification breakdowns, campaign comparisons. You know what's working
The Economics
This is the part that gets business owners' attention.
You've already paid to acquire these leads. Google Ads, Facebook campaigns, referral fees, trade shows — whatever your acquisition channel, that money is spent. The leads are in your CRM, and they cost you nothing extra to contact.
We work on a commission-only basis. There's no upfront fee, no retainer, and no monthly charge. We run the campaign, and you only pay when a reactivated lead actually converts into a paying customer. If nobody buys, you pay nothing.
That means zero risk for your business. The leads were dead anyway — you've got nothing to lose and revenue to gain.
Even a modest 15% response rate from 500 dead leads means 75 people re-engage. If you close 10% of those, that's 7–8 new jobs from leads you'd written off. And you only pay a commission on the ones that actually close.
What the Campaigns Look Like
The templates are designed to feel human, not automated. Here's an example sequence for a home improvement company:
Hi {name}, it's {company}. You enquired about {service} a while back. Are you still thinking about getting that done? We've got some availability coming up.
If no response after two days:
Just following up, {name}. No pressure at all — just wanted to make sure you didn't miss my last message. Happy to give you a quick quote if you're still interested.
Simple. Direct. Personal. And because the system handles classification automatically, your team only spends time on the people who respond positively.
Who This Is For
LeadRevive works best for service businesses that:
- Have a CRM with 200+ leads that never converted
- Rely on booked appointments or quotes to generate revenue
- Don't have time for manual follow-up on old leads
- Want a low-cost way to generate revenue from existing data
If that sounds like your business, those leads aren't dead — they're dormant. And a well-timed text message might be all it takes to wake them up.
Want to Revive Your Dead Leads?
Book a free 15-minute call and we'll look at your CRM data together. No obligation, no hard sell — just an honest assessment of whether SMS reactivation would work for your business.
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