Product · Sales and marketing

Inbound Desk

Software for the leads that come to you. A lead lands from your website, a demo form, a booking or a referral. Within a minute the desk has looked up the company, scored how well it fits, picked an owner, and drafted the first reply with two time slots. You read it and send it from your own inbox. Leads that go quiet get a nudge drafted. Demos get a one-page brief. Monday tells you which sources bring the leads that book. Nothing reaches a lead without a person.

For founders and small sales teams handling inbound leads

6agents, each doing one small job
1coordinator you can chat with: Ines
5rules the pack ships
2screens: the desk and the public "Talk to us" page
Inbound Desk desk
The inbound desk on a Monday morning: five live numbers, replies to send, new leads with their fit score, Ines the coordinator, this week's demos.
Who it is for

Is this desk for you?

The pack is built for whoever answers the leads that arrive. It fits three kinds of team.

A founder answering their own leads

You get five to thirty leads a week and each one waits until you have a minute. The desk drafts the reply in a minute; you send it in one click.

A small sales team of 2 to 10

Leads are scored and given an owner on arrival. Each owner sends from their own inbox. The public "Talk to us" page replaces the contact form.

An inbound or SDR team inside a large company

A regional or product-line team in an MNC handling website and event leads, with a rule that a person sends every reply. The desk gives them that by design; the CRM stays the record.

Which departments use it inside a large company

Sales / InboundScoring, first replies, nudges, demo briefs, the reply queue.
MarketingWhich sources bring the leads that book, with cost per source, every Monday.
Revenue OperationsThe CRM sync: contact, company and deal created and updated as the lead moves.
Customer SuccessLeads that are existing customers are routed to the right person.
Not a fit if you want an automated reply sent the moment a lead arrives, or software that qualifies leads on the phone. This pack drafts; a person sends.

Where it fits in your day

1 · A lead arrivesWebsite, demo form, booking, referral, eventIt lands in the Leads table from the public page, a form, or your CRM.
2 · The software preparesScore, owner and first reply, within a minuteCompany looked up, fit scored against your rules, an owner picked, the reply drafted with two slots.
3 · You sendOne click on the deskRead the reply, fix a word, Approve and send. It goes from your Gmail.
4 · Nothing goes quietDaily and weekly checksLeads with no answer after two days get a nudge drafted; demos get a brief; Monday shows the sources.
The one rule

Everything the software produces is a draft for a person. It never sends a reply on its own, never closes a lead in the CRM, never books a meeting without approval, and never replies to a lead that is not a fit without you seeing it first.

The desk · Screen 1 of 4

Queue: who is waiting on us

The morning screen. Five live numbers. The replies drafted and due, each with Approve and send. The new leads with their fit score and the reason. Ines beside them. This week's demos. A button to log a demo booked elsewhere.

Queue: who is waiting on us
The Queue page. Waiting on us, drafts to send, demos this week, in nurture, replies sent; Reply now with Approve and send / Skip / Edit; new leads with Qualifying / Mine / Nurture / Not a fit / Score again; Ines; demos.
Approve and send

The reply goes exactly as shown, from your own Gmail, and the lead is marked Replied.

Mine

Puts your name on the lead so nobody else replies.

Not a fit

Disqualifies the lead on the desk. Nothing is sent unless you approve a polite no.

The desk · Screen 1 of 4, lower half

Queue: demos and what Ines did

This week's demos with Held / No show, and Ines's recent work.

Queue: demos and what Ines did
Demos this week and What Ines did this week.
The desk · Screen 2 of 4

Pipeline: leads by status

Every lead as a card by status: New, Replied, Qualifying, Booked, Nurture, Won, Lost. Your own leads. The leads in nurture with their next check-in.

Pipeline: leads by status
The Pipeline page. Leads by status, my leads, nurture.
The desk · Screen 3 of 4

Sources: which ones bring the right leads

A heat map of leads by source and fit. Leads by status. Each source with its monthly cost and how many booked. All demos.

Sources: which ones bring the right leads
The Sources page. The source-by-fit heat map, leads by status, sources and cost, demos.
The heat map

After a month it shows the truth: referrals are A-fit, ads are C-fit, the newsletter books.

Sources and cost

Monthly cost next to leads and bookings. What to spend more on is on one screen.

The desk · Screen 4 of 4

Automations: switches, guard rails, approvals, history

Every automation with its switch. The pack's guard rails. Everything waiting for your Approve. The record of leads scored, replies sent and briefs written.

Automations: switches, guard rails, approvals, history
The Automations page. Switches, Guard rails, Waiting on you, leads scored, replies sent, briefs written.
The desk · Screen 4 of 4, lower half

Automations: the record

Every lead scored, every reply sent and every brief written, with duration and what it touched.

Automations: the record
Run history for leads scored, replies sent and briefs written.
The public page

"Talk to us": the page a prospect lands on

A public page with your company card, one sentence, and one short form. No login. A person reads every message and replies within the hour. It replaces the contact form that nobody answers.

"Talk to us": the page a prospect lands on
The public Talk to us page: company card, a promise, and the Send us a note form.
The form

Name, email, company, what they are working on. Saving it creates the lead; the scorer runs within a minute; the reply is drafted for the owner.

What the prospect sees

A thank-you. Then a real reply from a real inbox, usually within the hour.

The forms

Logging a demo booked elsewhere

Most demos are logged when a lead books. When one is booked on a call, one short form adds it and the brief is written.

Log a demo from the Queue page. The brief is written when it is saved.
The coordinator

Ines, Inbound Coordinator

Ines is a software colleague you can chat with. Ines runs the morning list, knows which agent to use for what, and turns a sentence into a plan you approve before it runs. Ines never sends anything.

Ines, Inbound Coordinator

Every morning: the leads waiting on us, the drafts past their due date, the demos in the next two days, the leads in nurture due a check-in. Oldest first, with the owner. Tools: Gmail, Google Calendar, HubSpot, Turtle Notify.

Example. You type "Who is waiting on us right now?" Ines replies: "Two new leads: Kwame at Beacon (A-fit, seed round, reply drafted) and Isabel Torres (not a fit, internship question). Three drafts past due, all yours. Fjord Design demo tomorrow, brief written."

What talking to Ines looks like

You typed a question. Ines turned it into a short task and started reading the tables. Reading is allowed on its own; anything that sends or books stops for your approval.

Ines's page after the question: the task running step by step, tracked in the task list on the right.
The 6 agents · 1 of 2

Scoring, replying, chasing

An agent does one job. It starts when a lead arrives, on a schedule, or when Ines asks it. It reads your tables and your playbook, writes its result into the record, and stops. Only one agent ever sends, and only after a person approves.

Lead Scorer

When a lead arrives it looks up the company, scores the fit from your playbook (A, B, C, not a fit), picks the owner, and drafts the first reply with two time slots.

Example. Kwame Mensah from Beacon Analytics: "Software, 11 to 50 people, just raised a seed. A-fit. Owner: you. Reply drafted: Tuesday 11am or Wednesday 3pm."

Reply Sender

The only agent that sends. When you approve a follow-up, it sends exactly that subject and body from your Gmail, records it, and marks the lead Replied.

Example. You click Approve and send at 9:04. The reply leaves your inbox at 9:04 with exactly the words you read.

Go-quiet Chaser

Every weekday morning it finds leads you replied to two days ago with nothing since, and drafts a short nudge. Never sends.

Example. "Nina, in case Thursday did not suit: any 20 minutes this week works. If the timing is off, say so and I will check back."
The 6 agents · 2 of 2

Briefs, the CRM and Monday

The jobs that get skipped when the week is busy.

Demo Brief Writer

When a demo is booked, it writes one page: what they asked, who they are, what we said, the likely objections, and the pack or plan to show.

Example. "Atlas Staffing: 51 to 200 people, two BDRs starting in October, asked about building lists before day one. Show the Outbound Desk. Objection to expect: we already have a data tool."

CRM Sync

When a lead's status changes, it creates or updates the contact, the company and the deal in your CRM. It never closes a record on its own.

Example. Jonas Weber books a demo. HubSpot gets the contact, Atlas Staffing as a company, and a deal at the demo stage.

Monday Digest

Leads by source and fit, how fast you replied, demos booked and held, what went quiet, and which sources bring the leads that book.

Example. "9 leads, 4 A-fit. Median first reply 41 minutes. 3 demos booked, 2 held. Referrals: 2 leads, 2 booked. Ads: 3 leads, 0 booked."
Your data

4 tables

Tables are where everything is stored. They look like spreadsheets and your team can open and edit them. Your CRM stays the record; the desk holds the working queue.

TableWhat is in itStages
LeadsEvery inbound lead from every source, scored on arrival.New → Replied → Qualifying → Booked → Won · Nurture · Disqualified · Lost
Follow-upsEvery message to a lead, drafted by the desk.Drafted → Approved → Sent · Skipped · Bounced
DemosBooked calls with their brief.Pending · Held · No show · Rescheduled · Won · Lost
SourcesWhere leads come from and what each source costs.One row per source
Your playbook and tools

The software knows nothing about who is a fit except what the tables and your playbook tell it.

Inbound Playbook

One document: who is a fit and who is not, how you reply, the slots you offer, and what you never promise. Every agent reads it. Replace the starter text with your own.

Example. Add "agencies under 5 people are C-fit" and the scorer starts marking them C from the next lead.

Tools connected at setup

Apollo and Hunter (platform keys)GmailGoogle CalendarHubSpotTurtle Notify

  • Apollo and Hunter (platform keys). Company lookup and email verification. Nothing to connect.
  • Gmail. Sending the replies you approve, from your own inbox.
  • Google Calendar. Demo invites, sent after you approve.
  • HubSpot. The CRM sync. Swap for another CRM at install.
  • Turtle Notify. Built in. Sends the Monday digest by email.

The desk uses whichever AI model your company has already connected. You do not choose or manage a model for each agent.

When things run

The weekly timetable

Scoring, sending and briefs run from day one. The chaser and the digest are off until you switch them on.

AutomationAgentWhenShips
Score and draft the first replyLead ScorerThe moment a lead arrivesOn
Send an approved replyReply SenderThe moment you approve a follow-upOn
Write the demo briefDemo Brief WriterThe moment a demo is bookedOn
Keep the CRM in stepCRM SyncThe moment a status changesOn
Chase leads that went quietGo-quiet ChaserWeekdays 09:00Off until you switch it on
Monday digestMonday DigestMonday 08:00Off until you switch it on

Buttons on the desk run agents too. "Score again" runs the scorer for one lead.

How approvals work

A person is always between the software and the outside world

Two things always need a person. The software stops and waits at each one.

1 · The reply queue

Every reply leaves through Approve and send on the Queue page. You read the exact subject and body. It goes from your own Gmail. Skip means it never goes.

2 · Anything outside the queue

If an agent or Ines tries to send from a chat, a schedule or the API, or to create a calendar invite, it stops. The message appears in Approvals. You read it and click Approve or Deny.

3 · Plans

When you give Ines a task, Ines writes a plan and shows it first. Approve and run, change it, or cancel.

Approvals
The Approvals page for the inbound workspace. A reply sent from chat is held. You see the recipient, the subject and the full text before you approve.
Who approves. Owners and admins, by default. A waiting message expires unsent after 24 hours, and the admins are reminded after 4. An approver going on holiday can hand their queue to a colleague, and every decision made that way records both names. Every approval is written to the audit trail with the name, the time and the message as approved.
Rules the software must follow

Five rules the pack ships, and the built-in ones

A rule is checked before every single thing the software tries to do. The pack installs five rules of its own on top of the standard ones every workspace starts with.

Nothing goes to a lead without a personNeeds a personReplies leave only from the queue. Anything sent from chat, a schedule or the API is held.
No lead is closed by an agent in the CRMNeverDisqualifying, unsubscribing or archiving a person in the CRM is the owner's decision, taken on the desk.
Nothing deletesNeverThe software cannot delete a lead, an email or a CRM record.
Meeting invites need a personNeeds a personInes can find slots. Sending the invite waits for approval.
No bulk export of people dataNeverLead data stays in the desk and the CRM.
Built-in rules on topNeeds a personThe standard rules every workspace starts with: sending, deleting, permissions and payments need approval; bulk export is recorded.
The list of rules for the inbound workspace.
The overview: active rules, alarms, anything waiting for review, personal data masking.

Everything is recorded

For every run you can see which agent ran, why it ran, every step it took, and every rule that checked it. Passwords and card numbers are blanked out before anything is stored.

Audit trail
The audit trail for the inbound workspace: approved sends from the queue, a chat send held, a calendar invite approved.

Spending limits

A monthly budget with a warning level and a hard stop.

Personal data

Lead details are masked in what the software reads and writes. Every key is encrypted.

Deliverability

Every reply is sent by a person from their own inbox to a verified address.

Who can see what

The desk is shared with the team. The public page shows nothing but the form. Only owners and admins change the layout.

What it saves

Hours back for a team answering 30 leads a week

These estimates assume 30 inbound leads a week, one owner per lead, and 4 demos a week. "Before" is the time by hand; "after" is the reading, approving and replying that is left. Your numbers will differ. These are estimates, not measurements; after a month the audit trail gives you real figures.

JobAssumptionHours beforeHours afterWhat changes
Looking up and qualifying a lead10 min each, 30 a week5.01.0Company, size, fit and owner set within a minute.
Writing the first reply10 min each, 30 a week5.01.5Drafted with two slots; you read and send.
Chasing leads that went quiet2 h a week2.00.5Nudges drafted every morning.
Demo prep30 min each, 4 a week2.00.5The brief is written when the demo is booked.
CRM updates2 h a week2.00.0Synced on every status change.
Working out which sources work2 h a month0.50.0On the Sources page and in the Monday digest.
Total per week16.53.5About 13 hours a week back, and every lead answered within the hour instead of within the week.

Faster first reply

The lead that gets a reply in 40 minutes books. The one that waits three days does not.

No lead forgotten

Two quiet days and a nudge is drafted. Nurture leads get their check-in.

Spend on the right sources

Cost, leads and bookings per source on one screen.

Estimates, not measurements. After a month the audit trail gives you real figures.

Getting started

Live in an afternoon

Installing takes one click. The real work is the playbook and pointing your forms at the desk.

1Install

Install the pack from the Solution Packs page. Connect Gmail, Google Calendar and your CRM when asked.

2Playbook

Replace the starter text: who is a fit, how you reply, the slots you offer.

3Forms

Put the public "Talk to us" page on your website, or send your existing form's submissions into the Leads table.

4First week

Work from the Queue page each morning. Approve the replies you like, edit the rest. Switch on the chaser.

5Then

Read the Monday digest and spend on the sources that book.

Pricing

Included on every plan

You pay for the platform, not per desk. The plan sets how many agents, employees and workspaces you can run; every desk is included, and runs are billed on your own model key at cost. 6 agents in this desk count against the plan's agent limit.

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