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Sales, support, and admin handled by one AI system, 24/7
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TL;DR
A national safety training provider was missing calls and losing inquiries across phone, live chat, and SMS. Instead of hiring a receptionist, a customer service rep, and someone for after-hours coverage, they deployed one AI system that handles all three roles across all three channels.
Over 12 months, the AI handled 2,978 conversations with 98.5% resolved without any human involvement. It captured 1,221 leads, handled 511 support queries, and processed calls from early morning through late evening, 7 days a week. The AI failure rate was 0.4%.
AI receptionist performance · 12 months of live operation
2,978
Conversations
handled
98.5%
Resolved without
a human
1,221
Leads
captured
Real performance data from 12 months of live operation across voice, live chat, and SMS.
The problem
This provider runs safety training courses across every major Australian city. Inquiries come through the phone, through live chat on the website, and through SMS. People asking about course availability, pricing, scheduling. Existing students calling about cancellations, running late, or needing to reschedule.
The problem was simple: calls and inquiries were being missed. The phone rings constantly, but there's only so much the team can handle while running the actual business. Calls that weren't picked up went unanswered. Website visitors asking questions on live chat at 8pm got nothing back. Weekend SMS inquiries sat there until Monday.
Hiring a receptionist, plus a customer service person, plus someone for after-hours coverage wasn't realistic. That's three salaries for a problem that doesn't need three people. It needs one system that doesn't stop.
What the AI actually does
Earlibird deployed a single AI system that operates across phone, live chat, and SMS, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The AI doesn't just answer calls. It handles the full scope of what a receptionist, a customer service rep, and a sales assistant would do:
Handles sales inquiries
Course availability, pricing, location options, group bookings. The AI answers questions, captures contact details, and qualifies interest. It handles the full sales conversation from first inquiry to enrollment support.
Handles customer support
Cancellations, late arrivals, rescheduling, login issues, course questions. Existing students get support immediately without waiting on hold or leaving a voicemail.
Handles admin and routing
Callbacks arranged for complex queries, information gathered for the team, and escalations routed to the right person. The AI triages everything so the team only deals with what actually needs a human.
Works across all channels, all hours
Phone calls at 9pm, live chat messages on a Sunday, SMS follow-ups at 6am. The AI handles all of it the same way, with the same quality, regardless of the channel or the time.
One system, not three
This isn't three separate tools bolted together. It's one AI that understands the full context of the business. When someone calls asking about course availability, the AI handles it as a sales conversation. When the next caller says they're running late, the AI switches to support mode. Same system, different role, instant context switch.
The results
The headline: 98.5% of all conversations were resolved without any human involvement. Out of 2,978 conversations, only 45 were escalated to a human. The AI handled sales, support, and admin across every channel, day and night.
1,221 leads captured automatically
Contact details gathered, callbacks arranged, inquiries qualified. Every lead captured by the AI is one that would have otherwise waited for a human to get back to them, or simply gone somewhere else.
511 support queries the team didn't have to answer
Course cancellations, schedule changes, late arrival notifications, general questions. All handled by the AI without a single staff member being pulled away from their actual job. That's time, focus, and energy returned to the business.
673
Calls at 7am alone
The single busiest hour. People calling first thing in the morning before the team is even at their desks. The AI picks up every one.
0.4%
AI failure rate
11 failures out of 2,978 conversations. The system isn't a novelty. It's reliable enough to be the front door of the business.
0.82
Voice satisfaction score
Callers consistently rated the AI experience highly. People don't mind talking to AI when it actually answers their question and gets the job done.
0.90
Live chat satisfaction score
Website visitors gave the live chat experience a 0.90 satisfaction rating, with 76% expressing genuine interest in courses after interacting with the AI.
Why it works
You don't need to hire three people for three jobs. Sales, support, and admin are different roles, but they don't need different humans when the volume and complexity are right for AI. One system handles all of it, across every channel, without switching off at 5pm.
The busiest moments are when humans are least available. 673 calls at 7am, before most teams have even sat down. Another surge after 5pm when people finish work and start making calls. Weekends. The AI handles every one of these peak periods without any additional staff.
Your team should be doing the work, not answering the phone. 511 support queries were handled without a single staff member being interrupted. The team focuses on delivering training instead of answering repetitive questions.
“We're really happy with it and it's giving great responses.”
Director, National Safety Training Provider
12 months in production. 2,978 conversations handled. 98.5% without a human. The AI doesn't call in sick, doesn't take lunch, and doesn't leave at 5pm. It's the front desk of the business, around the clock.
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