SMS Appointment Setter for UK warm leads

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Summary

I run a small local-SEO agency in the UK. My clients are tradespeople - joiners, carpenters, kitchen fitters. I have around 90 warm leads sitting in my CRM who asked about my service and never got a proper follow-up, because I work a full-time job and cannot chase them during the day. I want one person to work that list by SMS and book qualified prospects into my calendar. These are warm leads, not cold lists. Every one of them filled in my own Facebook lead form and asked to hear from me. Most have had a message or a video from me already. You are picking up a conversation that started, not starting one from nothing. WHAT YOU WOULD DO - Work through my existing CRM list by SMS. I use GoHighLevel and you get a login. - Qualify against three things: they run a real business, they have a website or a Google Business listing, and they will give me 15 minutes. - Book them straight into my calendar. The calendar handles its own confirmations and reminders. - Ring anyone who replies but stalls on picking a time. Voice is the fallback, not the main job. - Log every attempt in the CRM with the outcome and a dated next step. WHAT YOU WOULD NOT DO - No pricing, no pitching, no negotiating. If they ask what it costs, that is my conversation and you hand it to me. - No audits, no reports, no content, no admin. - No editing, merging or deleting CRM contacts. Flag anything odd and leave it alone. - No cold prospecting and no lead sourcing. The list exists. WHAT COUNTS AS SUCCESS One number: a booked meeting that the prospect turns up to. Not messages sent, not replies, not bookings that evaporate. I pay a bonus on held meetings because that is the only outcome worth paying for. HOURS 5 to 8 hours a week, spread across UK weekday daytime, which is when trades answer. That means roughly 09:00 to 18:00 UK time. Say plainly in your application whether that suits your timezone. I would rather know now. PAY Two-week paid trial: around 40 leads, aiming for 5 held meetings. - GBP 75 fixed for the two weeks, paid whatever happens. - GBP 15 for every meeting that is booked and actually held, paid as a bonus. Hit the target and that is GBP 150 for the fortnight. If it works we move to an ongoing arrangement with a monthly retainer and the same per-meeting bonus. If it does not, we part on good terms and I pay the GBP 75 regardless. TO APPLY, DO THIS INSTEAD OF SENDING A COVER LETTER I will ignore proposals that only describe experience. Send me two things. 1. Write the opening SMS. Here is the real scenario: a carpenter in Devon. He already ranks in the local Google map results, but his Google listing has no website link on it, so people who find him have nowhere to go. I sent him a short video pointing this out 12 days ago. He opened it and never replied. Write the text you would send him. Then write your two follow-ups if he says nothing. Keep them the length of a text, not an email. 2. Record 30 seconds of voice. Introduce yourself as if he has just picked up. I need to hear how you sound, because some of these turn into calls. Tell me your rate for the two-week trial and what bonus per held meeting you would want. ONE THING WORTH KNOWING Several of these people were promised a call from me that never came. You are closing a loop I opened, so the tone is warm and slightly apologetic, not salesy. Anyone who sends me a pushy script is not right for this.

  • $175.00

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  • Intermediate
    Experience Level
  • Remote Job
  • Ongoing project
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Scheduling
Telemarketing
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About the client
Member since Sep 5, 2020
  • United Kingdom
    Manchester5:03 PM
  • $1.9K total spent
    6 hires, 2 active
  • 55 hours

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