Playbook · Trades · Services · B2B
Quote & Estimate Follow-Up
Quotes that go quiet are the cheapest revenue in the business. A structured follow-up sequence recovers a meaningful share.
The problem
What this
actually fixes.
Quotes are sent and then forgotten. The work of chasing is dull, easy to postpone, and disproportionately valuable — the prospect already has a price and a need, which is further than any new lead has come.
The pattern
How the
automation runs.
01
Acknowledge immediately
The quote lands with a confirmation setting out what happens next and when they will hear from you. Silence after a quote reads as indifference.
02
Timed sequence
Follow-ups at day 2, day 5 and day 12, each adding something — a reference, a clarification, availability — rather than repeating "just checking in".
03
Handle the real objection
A short structured reply capturing why they have not proceeded. Price, timing and scope get different responses and different routing.
04
Hand back cleanly
Any live reply exits the sequence immediately and goes to a human with full context. Nothing is worse than a bot replying over a real conversation.
What we measure
The metrics that
prove it worked.
Quote acceptance rate
Time to decision
Recovered revenue
Sequence exit rate
Typical timeline
2–3 weeks
Typical investment
£2.5K – £6K
Sectors
Trades · Services · B2B
FAQ
Questions about
this pattern.
Three structured touches over about two weeks — day 2, day 5 and day 12 — each adding something new rather than repeating a check-in. Beyond that, response rates fall sharply and persistence starts costing goodwill.
Not if it exits cleanly. The sequence stops the moment someone replies and hands to a human with full context. What actually reads as impersonal is silence after a quote, which is the alternative most businesses are running today.
It is usually the highest-return automation in a service business, because the prospect already has a price and a stated need. Recovering even a modest share of quotes that would otherwise go quiet pays back a small build within weeks.
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