Steadyhand · How it works
Your missed lead response system. Pre-configured for the vertical you run.
Freelancers lose briefs to a nine-hour inbox gap. Real-estate agents lose Zillow SMS leads to a 10pm reply. Independent dealerships drop trade-in texts before the BDC opens. Steadyhand ships the missed lead response system for all three — one 5-field audit at the top scores where each lead slips, then the matching vertical workflow drafts the first reply, qualifies the buyer, and books the meeting before the second responder does.
The system
One missed lead response system. Three contractor-tuned workflows.
Steadyhand is the missed lead response system pre-configured for the trade you run. Every vertical starts at the same 5-field audit intake — vertical, monthly lead volume, the follow-up stack you actually run today, your name, your email — and the score that returns in-page tells you exactly where the lead slips. Then the matching workflow fills that gap: freelancers get a drafted proposal and an invoice escalator. Agents get an SMS first reply in their brokerage voice and a calendar handoff the minute the buyer qualifies. Independent dealerships get a live trade-in range and a BDC test-drive booking. Same missed-lead system, contractor-tuned to your week.
Freelancers · pipeline ready
The Sunday-night brief, replied tonight — and the invoice chase out.
You missed the brief. You saw the email land on Sunday night, told yourself you would reply first thing Monday, and by Monday morning the second freelancer on the brief had already sent a quote. A missed first reply on a freelance brief is rarely about the work — it is about the nine hours the inbox sat unopened. Steadyhand is the missed lead response system for freelancers: the same five-field audit scores where the brief slips, then the freelancer workflow stitches behind it — drafted replies in your writing voice, written proposals off your one-line brief, and a polite escalating nudge cadence so the late invoice never makes it onto your calendar.
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Audit intake — five fields, score returned in-page
Pick freelancer, drop your monthly lead volume, name the follow-up stack you actually run today, your name and email. Steadyhand scores it inline — your payload comes back the moment you submit, and the full plain-English report emails within 24 hours.
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Brief-to-proposal draft
Drop a one-line brief and Steadyhand structures the scope, the milestones, and the number — in your trade's voice. You stop re-pitching yourself at 11pm on a Tuesday; the proposal is already shaped around what won the brief.
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Invoice escalator — polite, 24/72/7-day, never blasted
A polite escalating nudge cadence takes over after the deliverable. Clients get a clear reminder, then a warmer follow-up — 24 hours, 72 hours, 7 days — in a calmer tone than you have time to write the night before payroll.
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One log for every brief, proposal, and reminder
Your reputation lives deeper than your inbox. Every draft, every call, every nudge and every missed follow-up is logged on the freelancer pipeline so you can prove what shipped, what slipped, and what to bill next.
Real-Estate Agents · pipeline ready
A Sunday-night Zillow lead, replied tonight and booked tonight.
The Zillow lead came in at 9:47pm on a Sunday. The buyer had a Realtor.com form open on the other tab and was about to send the same inquiry to the next brokerage on the list. You saw it at 8:14am Monday. A missed lead response on an internet inquiry does not cost you one lead — it costs you the buyer the lead was cross-shopping, and the proof you were slower than the agent who replied first. Steadyhand is the missed lead response system for real-estate agents: the same five-field audit scores the gap in your team's overnight reply, then the agent workflow drafts the first SMS in your brokerage's voice within the hour, qualifies on the two questions that decide whether the lead is real (pre-approval range, target close), and books the showing on your calendar the minute the qualification lands.
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Audit intake — five fields, the slow-reply math exposed
Pick agent, your monthly Zillow / Realtor.com / marketplace volume, the follow-up scripts and cadence you run today, your name and email. The score tells you exactly what your slow first reply is costing your team — your baseline, not a generic benchmark.
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SMS first reply in your brokerage voice
Sunday-night Zillow inquiry, Realtor.com form, Facebook marketplace DM — every inbound gets a Steadyhand-drafted SMS within the hour, in your brokerage's voice, asking pre-approval range and target close. The two questions that separate a real lead from a tire-kicker.
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Calendar handoff the minute the qualification lands
When the lead qualifies, Steadyhand books the showing on your calendar that minute — not in a Monday-morning review queue. The full transcript drops into the same thread so you walk into the door already knowing the buyer's story.
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Team timeline — every thread readable
Every inquiry, qualification, and booked showing is logged on the agent timeline so the rest of your team can pick up where you left off, comment on a stalled lead, and prove which sources are actually closing this quarter.
Dealerships · pipeline ready
The 11pm Cars.com lead, replied before the BDC opens.
The Cars.com trade-in text hit the BDC at 11:12pm. The shopper wanted to know what their 2019 F-150 was worth before committing to a test-drive. They sent the same question to the AutoTrader listing of the next dealer down the road. The BDC opened the next morning at 8:00am — by then, that shopper had already booked a Saturday appointment across town. A missed lead response on an overnight trade-in inquiry does not just lose the showroom visit; it loses the lot rotation that visit would have unlocked. Steadyhand is the missed lead response system for independent dealerships: the same five-field audit scores the overnight source split (Cars.com vs AutoTrader vs CarGurus vs Facebook Marketplace), then the dealer workflow drafts a first SMS in your dealership's voice, returns a live trade-in range against auction comps, and books the test-drive onto the BDC calendar the minute a shopper qualifies.
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Audit intake — five fields, watch the source split
Pick dealer, your monthly Cars.com / AutoTrader / CarGurus / Facebook Marketplace volume, the follow-up scripts your BDC runs after-hours, your name and email. The score returns the moment you submit — and tells you which overnight source is leaking the most UP.
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Trade-in range, returned against live auction comps
When a shopper asks what their car is worth, Steadyhand returns a trade-in range against live auction comps in seconds — not a static guidebook figure from 2019. The range arrives in the SMS thread the shopper is already watching.
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Test-drive booked against the right associate
When the lead's intent lines up, Steadyhand books the test-drive onto the BDC calendar that minute — and matches the time slot to the associate whose inventory the shopper asked about. No Monday-morning review queue.
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BDC timeline — overnight replies logged where the desk reads them
Every Cars.com form, AutoTrader lead, CarGurus chat, Facebook Marketplace DM, qualification, and booked test-drive is logged on the BDC timeline — so the desk manager picks up exactly where the night shift left off at the open of business.