AI Lead Follow-Up Sprint for Home Service Owners | Fort Wort

You already spent hard-earned marketing dollars and time to generate the lead. Losing a $6,500 job simply because nobody followed up fast enough is an expensive operational leak.

Join fellow Fort Worth trade operators and home service owners at Ensemble Coworking for a focused, 105-minute hands-on implementation sprint.

Most local trade businesses don’t struggle with getting phone calls—they struggle with what happens after the initial inquiry:

An after-hours emergency lead comes in at 8:00 PM; nobody replies until 8:30 AM the next morning, and the homeowner has already booked your competitor.

A detailed estimate goes out; the customer says “Let me think about it,” and the follow-up gets buried under daily job-site emergencies.

Hosted by North Texas Applied Business Lab, this session is not a lecture on coding or tech theory. It is a live working sprint where you customize and test an automated lead follow-up engine for your specific trade.

THE 70/30 IMPLEMENTATION MODEL

Starting from a blank AI prompt screen is frustrating and wastes time. We solve this by handing you the operational architecture:

• We provide the 70%: Ready-built intake workflows, structured qualification prompts, objection-handling templates, and multi-step estimate revival sequences.
  
• You customize the 30%: Your trade specifics, Fort Worth service territory, pricing boundaries, warranty terms, and communication tone.
  

You leave the room with a working system ready to deploy the next morning.

WHAT YOU WILL BUILD DURING THE SPRINT

1. The Instant Intake Loop: Professional, immediate qualification workflows for new customer messages, missed calls, and after-hours emergency inquiries.
   
2. The "Ghosted Estimate" Revival Sequence: A 4-step follow-up protocol designed to re-engage hesitant homeowners without sounding desperate or sending generic “just checking in” messages.
   
3. Your Business AI Operating Context: A standardized company profile containing your service catalog, ideal customer criteria, and company voice that eliminates repetitive typing forever.
   
4. Review & Referral Playbook (Bonus): Ready-to-use communication workflows to consistently drive 5-star Google reviews and reactivate past dormant accounts.
   

STRICT OPERATIONAL BOUNDARIES

1. No Automated Spam: We do not configure reckless auto-dialers or unmonitored bots. All workflows are built for owner or office-staff review before sending.
   
2. No Mechanical/Pricing Diagnostics: AI should never diagnose mechanical failures or replace on-site field craftsmanship. We focus exclusively on administrative and customer communication.
   
3. Zero-Pitch Policy: Commercial selling, software pitches, and multi-level recruitment are strictly barred.
   

SPRINT AGENDA (STRICT 105 MINUTES: 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM)

• 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM | Laptop Check-In & Wi-Fi Setup
  Arrive early, connect your laptop to high-speed Wi-Fi, grab fresh drip coffee, and open your AI browser.
  
• 6:00 PM – 6:15 PM | Framework Briefing: The Anatomy of a Lead Leak
  A 15-minute teardown of how top-tier local service operators cut response times to under 3 minutes.
  
• 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM | Sprint 1: New Lead & After-Hours Intake Setup
  Hands-on customization: Input your trade specifics into the intake framework and test real customer inquiry scenarios.
  
• 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM | Sprint 2: The 4-Stage Estimate Revival Sequence
  Build your structured follow-up protocol (Quote Sent → 48-Hour Check → Objection Resolution → Final Courtesy Close).
  
• 7:15 PM – 7:35 PM | Live Simulation & Quality Stress-Test
  Run actual past customer objections through your customized system to ensure tone, clarity, and next-step friction are dialed in.
  
• 7:35 PM – 7:45 PM | Digital Toolkit Handoff & Prompt Adjournment
  Receive your digital review/reactivation assets and adjourn promptly at 7:45 PM.

WHAT TO BRING (REQUIRED)

• A Laptop & Power Cable: You will be actively typing and configuring systems. (Smartphones or tablets are not sufficient).
  
• Active AI Account: Ensure you are logged into ChatGPT, Claude, or your preferred AI assistant in your browser before arriving.
  
• No Coding Skills Needed: If you can send an email and a text message, you have all the technical skills required.