u/Defiant_Reflection41

Hi all,

I am a university student, currently studying at Monash University. I'm working on an assignment for how AI is impacting local businesses and how it can be used. I wanted to ask, what are some problems that plumbers face where AI could be implemented to make the business operate more efficiently? I've had conversations with a few people that I know and they have said that one of the primary problems they face is losing potential customers due to poor lead nurturing. Essentially, people opt into ads that are being run by the businesses, but due to late follow-ups and insufficient lead nurture, too few leads are converted into paying customers. Furthermore, it eats up a lot of admin time. I wanted to ask if anyone else had similar issues and if you could provide me with any advice for where AI might be able to help plumbers improve their day-to-day operations.

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all,

I had an idea for an AI agent designed for real estate firms. I wanted to ask whether or not this idea could turn into a legitimate business.

The idea is to have an AI agent that monitors the inbox of a real-estate firm or an individual real-estate agent. The agent's sole role would be to identify when a new lead has opted in and send them a message within 5 mins. The goal of the agent is to reduce the risk of missing an opportunity. Responding to a lead within 5 mins makes them 21 times more likely to convert into a qualified lead than waiting 30 mins. The agent's job would be to maximise the number of qualified leads it can deliver to the agent or firm. The agent would not interfere with triage, it would use live intelligence to determine when and when not to respond. It would most likely be a spedd-to-lead system. It would engage with the lead and lead them towards having a conversation with either a salesperson or the relevant member of staff. The system instantly responds to inbound leads from your website, ads, or phone, qualifies them with tailored questions, and automatically books appointments into your calendar. It continues to follow up via SMS, email, or chat until the lead converts or opts out. It integrates with your CRM, logs every interaction on google sheets and lives on a server so it's open 24/7. Of course, this is just the surface level of what the agent does. There would be an entire layer of operational efficiency and compliance sitting underneath it. It would be compliant with the Australian Privacy Principles and be fully auditable.

Would that be something that is valuable? If not, what sort of repetitive, simple and time-consuming task is something that you think AI could help with in your industry? What features would you want it to have and what would you want it do be able to do? How much control would you want to have and what would you be willing to pay for something like this?

I would really appreciate completely honest and blunt feedback about this. I've built these kinds of agents in the past but I want to validate the demand before providing the supply.

Hi all,

I had an idea for an AI agent designed for real estate firms. I wanted to ask whether or not this idea could turn into a legitimate business.

The idea is to have an AI agent that monitors the inbox of a real-estate firm or an individual real-estate agent. The agent's sole role would be to identify when a new lead has opted in and send them a message within 5 mins. The goal of the agent is to reduce the risk of missing an opportunity. Responding to a lead within 5 mins makes them 21 times more likely to convert into a qualified lead than waiting 30 mins. The agent's job would be to maximise the number of qualified leads it can deliver to the agent or firm. The agent would not interfere with triage, it would use live intelligence to determine when and when not to respond. It would most likely be a spedd-to-lead system. It would engage with the lead and lead them towards having a conversation with either a salesperson or the relevant member of staff. The system instantly responds to inbound leads from your website, ads, or phone, qualifies them with tailored questions, and automatically books appointments into your calendar. It continues to follow up via SMS, email, or chat until the lead converts or opts out. It integrates with your CRM, logs every interaction on google sheets and lives on a server so it's open 24/7. Of course, this is just the surface level of what the agent does. There would be an entire layer of operational efficiency and compliance sitting underneath it. It would be compliant with the Australian Privacy Principles and be fully auditable.

Would that be something that is valuable? If not, what sort of repetitive, simple and time-consuming task is something that you think AI could help with in your industry? What features would you want it to have and what would you want it do be able to do? How much control would you want to have and what would you be willing to pay for something like this?

I would really appreciate completely honest and blunt feedback about this. I've built these kinds of agents in the past but I want to validate the demand before providing the supply.

Hi all,

I'm a university student at Monash and I have been messing around with AI recently. More specifically, I've been learning how to build agentic AI services for businesses. My goal is to eventually build my own company but of course I have to start somewhere, and it looks like i've joined the right community.

I wanted to ask if one of my ideas was actually valuable or not:

The idea is to have an AI agent that monitors the inbox of a real-estate firm or an individual real-estate agent. The agent's sole role would be to identify when a new lead has opted in and send them a message within 5 mins. The goal of the agent is to reduce the risk of missing an opportunity. Responding to a lead within 5 mins makes them 21 times more likely to convert into a qualified lead than waiting 30 mins. The agent's job would be to maximise the number of qualified leads it can deliver to the agent or firm. The agent would not interfere with triage, it would use live intelligence to determine when and when not to respond. It would most likely be a spedd-to-lead system. It would engage with the lead and lead them towards having a conversation with either a salesperson or the relevant member of staff. The system instantly responds to inbound leads from your website, ads, or phone, qualifies them with tailored questions, and automatically books appointments into your calendar. It continues to follow up via SMS, email, or chat until the lead converts or opts out. It integrates with your CRM, logs every interaction on google sheets and lives on a server so it's open 24/7. Of course, this is just the surface level of what the agent does. There would be an entire layer of operational efficiency and compliance sitting underneath it. It would be compliant with the Australian Privacy Principles and be fully auditable.

Would that be something that is valuable? If not, what sort of repetitive, simple and time-consuming task is something that you think AI could help with in your industry? What features would you want it to have and what would you want it do be able to do? How much control would you want to have and what would you be willing to pay for something like this?

I would really appreciate completely honest and blunt feedback about this. I've built these kinds of agents in the past but I want to validate the demand before providing the supply.

Hi all,

I've been messing around with AI recently and I wanted to get some opinions on wether or not what I have built is valuable.

I recently built an AI agent that can scan the inbox of the user for new emails. Whenever a new enquiry enters the inbox, the agent will look at it, read it, qualify it as an enquiry and reply to it. The agent is intelligent, it is able to distinguish between what is a new enquiry and what isn't; it would never accidentally reply to something that didn't need to be replied to. For example, if a new prospect sends an email in to the firm asking if they can assist them with their issue, the agent will read, qualify and then first notify the correct staff member. This could be a lower level associate or a solicitor if its a solo-practise. The agent will describe the lead to the staff member and simultaneously it will reply to the prospect. The reply can be one of two types. It will judge (based on training data fed to it) wether or not this prospect's issue falls within the domain of the firm. If it does, it will send them a calendly booking link and allocate them a time to have a chat with a staff member so that they can handle it from there. If the agent judges that it is outside the scope of the firm, it will send the prospect an email saying that this issue is not within the scope of the firm (this can be changed depending on what the firm wants). In addition to that, the agent logs all queries in a google sheet that sits on the firm's google workspace. Every single email can be traced. The agent lives on a server 24/7, it refreshes every 5 mins (meaning that leads are never left unattended for more than 5 mins) and it uses live AI intelligence to judge what to and not to reply to. The API does not store data, confidential information never leaves the firm's workflow, the agent can be reconfigured to fit the needs of the firm and the agent can be switched of any time.

The agent is meant to be a time-saver and risk-reducing. Saving time by attending to first-time enquiries within 5 mins and ensuring that no enquiries go unattended and fewer opportunities are lost. Is this valuable enough to sell to law firms? What would be the best way to market it? Does it need any obvious improvements?

Hi all,

I've been messing around with AI recently and I wanted to get some opinions on wether or not what I have built is valuable.

I recently built an AI agent that can scan the inbox of the user for new emails. Whenever a new enquiry enters the inbox, the agent will look at it, read it, qualify it as an enquiry and reply to it. The agent is intelligent, it is able to distinguish between what is a new enquiry and what isn't; it would never accidentally reply to something that didn't need to be replied to. For example, if a new prospect sends an email in to the firm asking if they can assist them with their issue, the agent will read, qualify and then first notify the correct staff member. This could be a lower level associate or a solicitor if its a solo-practise. The agent will describe the lead to the staff member and simultaneously it will reply to the prospect. The reply can be one of two types. It will judge (based on training data fed to it) wether or not this prospect's issue falls within the domain of the firm. If it does, it will send them a calendly booking link and allocate them a time to have a chat with a staff member so that they can handle it from there. If the agent judges that it is outside the scope of the firm, it will send the prospect an email saying that this issue is not within the scope of the firm (this can be changed depending on what the firm wants). In addition to that, the agent logs all queries in a google sheet that sits on the firm's google workspace. Every single email can be traced. The agent lives on a server 24/7, it refreshes every 5 mins (meaning that leads are never left unattended for more than 5 mins) and it uses live AI intelligence to judge what to and not to reply to. The API does not store data, confidential information never leaves the firm's workflow, the agent can be reconfigured to fit the needs of the firm and the agent can be switched of any time.

The agent is meant to be a time-saver and risk-reducing. Saving time by attending to first-time enquiries within 5 mins and ensuring that no enquiries go unattended and fewer opportunities are lost. Is this valuable enough to sell to law firms? What would be the best way to market it? Does it need any obvious improvements?