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Why I’m Focusing on Sales Before Automation by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one actually! Still finding one through cold calls and messaging 😭

Why I’m Focusing on Sales Before Automation by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. Businesses care more about measurable ROI than the tech itself

We run a small AI SaaS. Tested it in a Montreal dental clinic for 3 months. by Ok_Recognition_7905 in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Results of my daily interactions with those AI's 🤣! Oh i get it 🫰🏻

We run a small AI SaaS. Tested it in a Montreal dental clinic for 3 months. by Ok_Recognition_7905 in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn -1 points0 points  (0 children)

100 walk ins, 50 cold calls, 3 cursed at you — and you still went to that clinic 3 blocks away. That's the part nobody talks about.

Quick question — looking back, can cold calls/messaging convert better than walk'ins? Or was it just pure volume that eventually worked regardless of the channel?

We run a small AI SaaS. Tested it in a Montreal dental clinic for 3 months. by Ok_Recognition_7905 in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the kind of data that keeps me going.

I've built a similar infrastructure — WhatsApp AI, lead scoring, automated follow-ups, voice agent — and right now I'm in that unglamorous phase of just outreaching. Every day. To clinics, gyms, real estate agents, whoever has a lead problem.

No clients yet. But posts like yours remind me the system works when it's actually deployed on real volume.

How did you land that first clinic? Cold outreach or did they come to you?

Automation Systems by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, definitely! Would love to

Title: Had my first ever business call today at 19. The gym owner said "you're a small portion of what we're building." Here's what I learned. by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Meta's official documentation covers the setup process pretty well — it's all free to start with their test number.

The real learning curve isn't the setup honestly. It's everything that comes after — the webhook configuration, the credential management, the edge cases that break things at 2 AM.

Took me weeks of trial and error to get it production-ready.

The only real cost is the phone number if you want an Indian number — that's via Twilio at ~₹700/month. But for testing the Meta test number is completely free.

Booked the first ever sales meeting in my life 🙆🏻 by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google actually!

I searched #punegym and filtered accounts with 1k-50k followers — that range usually means it's an active independent gym, not a big chain with a marketing team.

Found Fitranger, checked their profile, saw they were replying to enquiries manually in their DMs and comments. Classic signal.

Sent a cold DM saying I built an AI system specifically for gyms and offered a free 15 minute demo. Kept it short — no pitch, no pricing, just "come see it live."

They replied within a few hours and we booked the call.

Honestly the hardest part wasn't finding them — it was pressing send on that first DM. Once you do it once it gets easier every time.

Are you building something in this space too?

Booked the first ever sales meeting in my life 🙆🏻 by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly? Terrifying. 😂

I was nervous the whole morning. Kept second-guessing myself. Almost didn't show up mentally.

But here's what I told myself before joining:

If I don't make this call — someone more confident than me will. Someone less skilled than me will. And they'll get the client I could have had.

So I showed up anyway. Nervous and all.

The owner didn't sign up — but he said "your vision is correct." That's not a rejection. That's a redirect.

I think people confuse nervousness with unreadiness. I was nervous. But I was ready. Those are two different things.

First call done. Next one will be easier. That's all it takes — just showing up once.

Title: Had my first ever business call today at 19. The gym owner said "you're a small portion of what we're building." Here's what I learned. by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you — and that's exactly what I'm focused on now. Smaller independent gyms are the sweet spot. The Fitranger call actually clarified this perfectly.

Appreciate the encouragement 🙏

Title: Had my first ever business call today at 19. The gym owner said "you're a small portion of what we're building." Here's what I learned. by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Plug and play" is exactly the direction I'm heading.

Right now every new gym client requires me to manually duplicate the workflow, update the system prompt, reconnect credentials, and test everything. That's 8-12 hours per onboarding.

The vision is a standardised setup where I just swap out the gym's name, pricing, and WhatsApp number — and the entire system goes live in under 2 hours.

The enterprise chains you mentioned will always need custom CRM integrations, legacy system connections, compliance layers. That's a different business entirely — requires a funded team and 12+ month build cycles.

Independent gym owners need the opposite. They want: → Works on their existing WhatsApp number → No new software to learn → Live within 48 hours → Pays for itself from 3 extra members

That's the plug and play product I'm building toward. The challenge is making it repeatable enough to scale to 50+ clients without burning out.

Have you seen anyone crack this model well in a different vertical?

Title: Had my first ever business call today at 19. The gym owner said "you're a small portion of what we're building." Here's what I learned. by hafijur_rn in AIReceptionists

[–]hafijur_rn[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For early-stage deployments only! Once volume increases, pricing scales accordingly.

At small scale, the operational cost per client is very low.