Marketing Automation

Every Lead Followed Up With, Every Time, Without You Lifting a Finger

Here’s a hard truth most local service business owners don’t want to hear: a huge percentage of leads never get a timely follow-up. Someone fills out a form at 9 PM, and nobody reaches back out until two days later, if at all. By then, they’ve already called your competitor.

Marketing automation closes that gap. Every lead gets an instant response, every follow-up happens on schedule, and nothing falls through the cracks because someone got busy on a job site.

We build and manage marketing automation systems for local service businesses in Lynchburg and across Central Virginia that make sure every single lead gets followed up with, tracked, and routed to the right person, automatically.

CRM & Marketing Automation Pricing

THE LOCAL MARKET REALITY

Speed to Lead Is Costing You Customers

Studies on lead response time are consistent: businesses that respond within five minutes convert dramatically more often than businesses that take an hour or more. Most local service businesses aren’t anywhere close to that, not because they don’t care, but because there’s no system making it happen automatically.

Without automation, follow-up depends on someone remembering, someone having time, and someone checking the right inbox at the right moment. That’s not a system, that’s hoping nothing gets missed. And things always get missed.

How Marketing Automation Fixes This

We build a system around your business that responds to every lead instantly, routes it to the right person, and keeps following up on a schedule until that lead either books or clearly isn’t a fit. Text and email sequences, automatic review requests after a job is complete, and full visibility into every lead from the moment it comes in.

We’ve implemented this exact kind of system for local service businesses across Lynchburg, and the pattern holds. Remove the dependency on someone remembering to follow up, and your lead-to-customer rate climbs without adding a single new lead source.

Why Local Service Businesses Choose Be Famous Media

Be Famous Media was built by a business owner who understands that a lead you don’t follow up with is money you already spent and never collected on. We don’t just generate leads for you, we make sure the system behind them is airtight, so every dollar spent on marketing has the best possible chance of turning into revenue.

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Results Driven Digital ™

Stop juggling half a dozen disconnected tools and paying bloated monthly software bills. Results Driven Digital consolidates your entire lead generation, communication, and automation pipeline into one powerhouse system. Choose the level of support your business needs today—scale up seamlessly as your revenue grows. No hidden lock-ins. Just clear ROI.

Starter

Perfect for smaller businesses and solo marketers

$97 /month*

Choose Starter

CRM & Pipeline
Up to 3 Users
Unlimited Contacts
Email + SMS Marketing
Missed-call text-back
Unified Conversations
Social Media Management
Forms, Surveys & Quizzes

Growth

Managed Lead System

Let’s us manage and support your CRM & Lead flow

$997 /month*

Choose Managed Lead System

Everything in Growth, plus

Ongoing CRM and automation management
Monthly 30-minute local strategy call
Landing pages, offer funnels, and conversion tracking
Sales follow-up and call-outcome process improvement
Review generation and reputation workflow management
Priority support

What’s Included in Our Marketing Automation Services

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Instant Lead Response Setup

We build automated text and email responses that reach every new lead within minutes of them contacting you, so nobody sits waiting while you’re on a job.

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CRM Integration and Lead Routing

We connect your leads directly into a CRM built for revenue accountability, routing each one to the right person automatically so nothing sits unassigned in an inbox.

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Follow-Up Sequences

We build multi-touch follow-up sequences that keep reaching out to leads who haven’t responded yet, giving you multiple chances to convert a lead that would otherwise go cold.

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Automated Review Requests

We set up automatic SMS and email sequences that request reviews from customers right after a job is completed, when satisfaction is highest and the ask feels natural.

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Missed Call Text-Back

We set up automatic text responses to missed calls, so a customer who calls and can’t get through still hears back from you within seconds instead of giving up and calling the next business.

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Reporting and Visibility

You get clear visibility into every lead, every follow-up, and where each one stands in the process, so nothing is a mystery and nothing slips through unnoticed.

Our Marketing Automation Process

Step 1: Current Process Audit (Week 1) We map out exactly what happens to a lead right now from the moment it comes in, identifying where delays and drop-off are happening.

Step 2: System Build (Weeks 1 to 3) We build your instant response system, follow-up sequences, review automation, and CRM integration based on how your team actually works.

Step 3: Testing and Team Training (Week 3) We test every sequence thoroughly and walk your team through how leads flow through the new system, so everyone knows their role.

Step 4: Launch and Ongoing Optimization (Week 4 and beyond) We launch the full system and continue refining follow-up timing and messaging based on real response data.

Most clients see faster response times and higher lead conversion within the first 30 days of launch.

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Marketing Automation Frequently Asked Questions

Will this feel impersonal to my customers?

No. We build sequences that sound like your business, not a robotic script, and every automated touch is designed to get a real person on the line faster, not replace that conversation.

Do I need a new CRM for this to work?

Not necessarily. We can often build automation on top of what you’re already using, or recommend a switch if your current system is too limited to support what you need.

How fast can this be set up?

Most core systems, like instant lead response and missed call text-back, can be live within the first couple of weeks.

What if my team doesn't follow up on the automated leads?

Part of our process includes training your team on the new workflow, and the system itself is built to make follow-up the path of least resistance rather than something extra to remember.

Does this replace my team, or work alongside them?

It works alongside them. Automation handles the speed and consistency piece, your team still handles the actual conversation and relationship once a lead is engaged.

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