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Missed-Call Text-Back Agency
$1 Twilio number plus Make automation. Every missed call triggers an instant text follow-up. Sell to local businesses for $250/month.
Every local business misses calls. Every missed call is a potential lost client. This model sends an automatic SMS to anyone who calls and does not get through, within 60 seconds of them calling. The infrastructure costs $1 per month for a Twilio number and about $20/month for Make.com. You sell the service for $250/month per business. At 10 clients that is $2,500/month with near-zero ongoing overhead.
How to do it
- 1Get a Twilio phone number ($1/month) and configure it to fire a webhook when an incoming call goes unanswered
- 2Build a Make.com scenario: webhook receives the call data, sends a personalised SMS via Twilio within 60 seconds
- 3Write three SMS templates: immediate response, 4-hour follow-up, next-day close
- 4Test with 10 simulated missed calls. Verify timing, personalisation fields, and delivery reliability
- 5Identify 5 to 10 target businesses where missed calls directly mean lost revenue: dental, beauty, legal, physio, auto repair, cleaning
- 6Pitch with a concrete framing: "The average business misses 30% of inbound calls. This replies instantly. $250/month, cancel any time."
Why it works
The value proposition is concrete and measurable: missed calls cost money, instant replies recover them. The automation runs for years without intervention. Clients can see the results in their own inbox. The price is easy to justify against recovering a single booking.
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