The AI BDR — six-stage lead lifecycle, hands-off until a human is needed
Six stages flow left to right: capture, enrich, qualify, nurture, converse, convert. Below, the converse stage up close: a two-way SMS exchange handled by AI (GPT-4o), sentiment read per message, with a handoff branch — warm leads keep nurturing, hot leads go to a human. A compliance rail spans the bottom of the flow: STOP/opt-out, quiet hours, rate limiting, suppression, audit trail.
CLIENT CASE STUDY · PIPELINE REBEL
The AI BDR — the lead lifecycle, one page
Hands-off from web form to booked meeting. Built for a B2B sales-coaching firm — 60+ workflows working every lead.
THE SIX STAGES — hands-off until a human is needed
1 · Capture
every web-form lead,
picked up in seconds
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2 · Enrich
company, role, contact
data filled in
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3 · Qualify
scored against the ICP,
routed by fit
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4 · Nurture
multi-step SMS
sequences · A/B tested
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5 · Converse
two-way SMS, handled
by AI — see below
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6 · Convert
meeting booked,
handed to the team
STAGE 5, UP CLOSE · THE CONVERSATION — AI on the line, sentiment read per message
Hi — saw you grabbed the training. Want help
putting it to work on your pipeline?
AI · OUTBOUND
Maybe — what does it actually involve?
LEAD · SENTIMENT: CURIOUS
A short call to map it to your deals. Tuesday
or Thursday work better?
AI · CONTEXT-AWARE REPLY
Thursday. Send me the link.
LEAD · SENTIMENT: HOT ⚑
Azure OpenAI GPT-4o · dual-endpoint failover · sentiment read on every message
THE BRANCH · WHO TALKS NEXT
Not ready yet → AI keeps working
stays in nurture — follow-ups, answers,
re-engagement. No lead goes cold by neglect.
Hot → a human takes over
flagged the moment sentiment turns hot —
full conversation history handed with it
Meeting booked · Calendly
THE COMPLIANCE RAIL — under every stage, on every message
STOP / opt-out honored instantly · quiet-hours enforcement · rate limiting · suppression lists · full audit trail
THE POINT
Every lead gets worked. The team only talks to the ones who are ready.
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— built, shipped, and running for a B2B sales-coaching firm.
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The full lead lifecycle, hands-off until a human is needed. Six stages — Capture → Enrich → Qualify → Nurture → Converse → Convert — run by 60+ workflows. The converse stage is a two-way SMS conversation handled by AI (Azure OpenAI GPT-4o), with sentiment read on every message: leads who aren't ready stay in nurture; the moment one turns hot, a human takes over with the full history in hand. A compliance rail — STOP/opt-out, quiet hours, rate limiting, suppression, audit trail — runs beneath the whole flow. The point: every lead gets worked; the team only talks to the ones who are ready.