Blog · Paul Edwards, founder
What we have learned calling leads.
The research behind speed to lead, what an AI appointment setter does on a real call, how live transfer works from the rep's side, and what the law requires before an AI dials. Written by the founder, with sources.
- October 8, 2026What an AI appointment setter does with insurance leadsWhat an AI appointment setter does with EverQuote-type insurance leads: the call within seconds, consent, licensed-agent handoff, and what it must never do.Read
- October 8, 2026AI SDR vs AI voice agent: which one your inbound leads needAn AI SDR emails people who never asked. An AI voice agent calls people who just did. The difference, when each fits, and why RevStrike dropped the label.Read
- October 8, 2026Does AI appointment setting work? An honest answerWhere AI appointment setting works (inbound leads, short qualification), where it fails (cold lists, quoting, no consent), four rates to track, a 30-day test.Read
- October 8, 2026How fast should you call a lead? The research, year by yearEvery lead response time study from 2007 to 2026, what each measured, why minute one beats minute five, and the honest caveat about how old the numbers are.Read
- October 8, 2026Insurance internet leads: what to do in the first 60 secondsPublished response-time data for insurance agencies (6% dial within five minutes, 34% never), shared-lead arithmetic, and a 60-second playbook for the call.Read
- October 8, 2026Is AI calling leads legal? TCPA rules for AI voice, 2026What the TCPA, the FCC's 2024 AI-voice ruling, do-not-call, calling windows, state disclosure laws and recording consent require before an AI calls leads.Read
- October 8, 2026Pest control speed to lead: the first caller gets the jobWhy the first pest control company on the phone wins the job, how callbacks within seconds work in season, and what an add-on call to your book sounds like.Read
- October 8, 2026Speed to lead benchmarks by industry, and who ran themEvery lead response time benchmark we could verify, in one table: overall, insurance, services, B2B SaaS, with sample, year, who paid, and what is missing.Read
- October 8, 2026Voice AI call handling for solar companies after the quoteWhat a voice AI agent does after a solar quote request: a call within seconds, lease-vs-cash qualification, visit or transfer, and what the end of 25D means.Read
- October 8, 2026What happens when the AI transfers a call to your repThe AI live transfer from the rep's side: what the whisper says, what press-1 does, what the lead hears, what happens on no-answer, and how to staff for it.Read
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