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Estimate Recovery

Lead rescue for service businesses: recover cold estimates and dead leads automatically.

Most service businesses send a quote and never follow up. The customer got busy, forgot, compared prices, and hired someone else — not because your price was wrong, but because you disappeared. Lead Rescue follows up automatically so the jobs come back on their own.

44%
of salespeople give up after just one follow-up — most deals close on the 4th–6th contact
20-30%
of cold estimates will convert with a well-timed follow-up sequence
0 min
of your time — the whole sequence runs itself

Most of those "dead" leads aren't dead. You just stopped showing up.

When an estimate goes cold, it's almost never because they chose someone else. It's because life got busy, they meant to reply, and then the moment passed. Most of those jobs are still available — they just need one more touch.

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You send quotes and never hear back

You spent 45 minutes on-site, built the estimate, sent it — and then silence. You move on, they move on. That job is gone.

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Manual follow-up never happens

You tell yourself you'll follow up in a week. Then you're on a job, then another, then you forget. The estimate sits in a folder and dies.

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Cold leads feel awkward to chase

By the time you remember to follow up, it feels weird to reach out. Too much time has passed. The moment is gone.

Set it up once. It chases the jobs you'd otherwise lose.

Three things happen automatically — and you only get pulled in when someone is ready to book.

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Estimate sent

When you send a quote or estimate, Lead Rescue starts a timer. You don't do anything differently — just send the quote like you normally would.

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Automated follow-up sequence fires

Day 3: a friendly check-in text. Day 7: a value-add message. Day 14: a final easy-exit message. Each one reads like you wrote it — not like a robot blast.

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They reply, you close

When they respond, the sequence stops and the conversation comes to you. You pick it up and close the job. No dashboard to manage — just a text thread waiting for you.

A persistent closer that never forgets and never feels awkward.

Built for real service businesses — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, landscaping, roofing, and more.

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3-touch sequence

Day 3, Day 7, Day 14 — the right cadence to stay top of mind without being annoying.

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Sounds like you

Messages are personalized with the customer's name, job type, and your business name. Not a generic blast.

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Stops when they book

The moment they reply or book, the sequence ends automatically. No awkward texts to customers you already have scheduled.

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SMS by default

Texts get read. Emails get ignored. Lead Rescue uses SMS because that's where your customers actually respond.

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Pays for itself with one job

Even a 10% conversion rate on your cold estimates likely covers 6 months of Anchord.

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Full visibility

See which estimates came back, which are still in the sequence, and which went cold permanently.

Everything you want to know.

We connect via webhook or your existing system. When a quote goes out, it triggers the sequence automatically. There's also a manual "start sequence" option if you use paper quotes or a different tool.

You can pause or cancel any sequence at any time. If you're already in conversation with a customer, just mark it active and Lead Rescue leaves it alone. You stay in full control.

No. We write them based on your business type, service, and tone. You review and approve them before we go live. Most customers say the messages sound exactly like them.

The sequence includes an easy out — "No worries if you went another direction, just let me know!" Most people who aren't interested will respond to that and you can close the record cleanly.

Works for any volume. Whether you send 5 estimates a month or 50, the system handles all of them automatically — no manual tracking required on your end.

Win jobs at every stage — not just on cold follow-up.

Lead Rescue catches jobs that slipped. These tools make sure new ones don't fall through the cracks in the first place.

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Missed Call Text-Back
Recover leads the moment they call — before they ever become a cold estimate.
Review Automation
When a lead looks you up before accepting your quote, a wall of 5-star reviews closes the deal.
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SMS & Social DMs
One inbox for every customer message — so no lead goes unanswered no matter where they reach out.

Stop leaving jobs on the table.

Every cold estimate in your inbox right now is a job that still might close. Let Lead Rescue go get them.

Start Recovering →

We'll reach out within one business day to get you set up.