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How We Built an AI Sales Assistant to Automate WhatsApp Lead Follow-Ups for SMBs

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Most businesses do not lose leads because their sales teams are careless. They lose them because there are too many conversations to manage manually. A new enquiry arrives. Someone replies. The customer says, “I’ll get back to you.” A few days pass, more leads enter the inbox, and nobody remembers…

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  1. 2026-09-14 13:08 · DEV Community — AI
    How We Built an AI Sales Assistant to Automate WhatsApp Lead Follow-Ups for SMBs

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