ASCENT TOOLKIT · TOOL 03 · SKOUT IVR

While you run routes,
the Skout IVR runs your front desk.

Every inbound contact is classified from the first ring. New prospects route to Voice AI and land in your CRM as a documented MQL. Existing customers are isolated so your Google data stays clean. Everyone else is filtered out. No CSR intervention required.

37% to 60%+ MQL capture · 85% Voice AI parse rate · 24/7 automated · 0 manual CRM entries

WHAT THE SKOUT IVR IS

Clean signals in. Better buyers out.

The Skout IVR is a lead-intelligence layer that sits on every inbound call. It classifies each caller in the first few seconds, captures the qualified ones as documented MQLs in your CRM, and fires the right conversion signal to Google and Meta automatically, with no CSR in the loop.

01

Classify every call

New prospect, existing customer, or other. Each caller self-identifies in the first few seconds, so the right thing happens automatically.

02

Capture clean MQLs

Genuine new-customer calls are pressed into your CRM as documented leads. Customer and vendor calls are kept out of your acquisition data.

03

Train Google & Meta

Only real buyer signals fire to the ad platforms, teaching their AI exactly what a paying customer looks like in your market.

Here is why that matters. Google and Meta’s algorithms only get smarter when you feed them clean data. Most businesses fire a conversion on every call, which trains the AI to find people who like to call, not people who buy. By sending only genuine new-customer signals, the Skout IVR teaches the platforms what a real buyer looks like. Clean signals produce better targeting, better targeting produces more of the right leads, and the longer it runs, the lower your cost per qualified lead becomes.

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City Ranked · Skout IVR – Lead Intelligence System
From publisher click to CRM record — The Skout IVR is automated
Every inbound contact captured, qualified, and pressed into your CRM without a CSR touching a keystroke
PUBLISHERS ENTRY CHANNELS SKOUT IVR AI INTELLIGENCE YOUR CRM G GOOGLE Search · LSA · AI Bots f META Facebook · Instagram WEB CHAT AI Bot 24/7 VOICE CALL Skout IVR routed AI BOT Google + Meta feeds G+M SOCIAL DM IG · Facebook SKOUT IVR INTENT CLASSIFICATION 1 NEW SALE MQL track · Voice AI 2 CUSTOMER Brand Conversion Event 3 WORKER BOT Filtered · no MQL event NEW SALE MQL Conversion Event CUSTOMER Brand Conversion Event WORKER BOT Non-Conversion Event AI VOICE INTELLIGENCE LAYER ✦ 85% DATA PARSE RATE Extracts: Name · Phone Address · Pest Issue · Intent Coming Sept 2026: listens to full call audio GOOGLE MQL EVENT New prospect conversion fires META MQL PIXEL MQL conversion signal fires BRAND EVENT FIRES Brand Conversion not MQL AI OR CSR TRANSFER AI Message Service or CSR Handoff MQL CONTACT CARD NAME Jennifer Caldwell PHONE ✓ (602) 847-3391 ADDRESS 4471 W. Greenway, AZ PEST ISSUE Termite swarm · garage INTENT CONFIRMED Agreed · Window Set ✓ DELIVERED TO CRM ↓ RoAS → Google + Meta ← ROAS FEEDBACK LOOP — REVENUE DATA RETURNS TO OPTIMIZE GOOGLE + META BIDDING
GOOGLE Search · LSA · AI Bots META Facebook · Instagram WEB CHAT AI Bot VOICE CALL IVR routed AI BOT G + M SOCIAL DM IG · FB SKOUT IVR INTENT CLASSIFICATION 1 NEW SALE MQL track → Voice AI → CRM 2 CUSTOMER Brand event fires → routed to CSR 3 WORKER BOT Filtered · no MQL event created NEW SALE MQL Conversion Event AI VOICE INTELLIGENCE LAYER ✦ 85% DATA PARSE RATE Extracts: Name · Phone Address · Pest Issue · Intent Coming Sept 2026 — listens to full call audio automatically Fires MQL events to Google + Meta simultaneously GOOGLE MQL EVENT Conversion fires META MQL PIXEL Signal fires MQL CONTACT CARD NAME Jennifer Caldwell PHONE ✓ (602) 847-3391 PEST ISSUE Termite swarm · garage INTENT CONFIRMED Agreed · Window Set ✓ DELIVERED TO CRM ↓ RoAS → Google + Meta ROAS → META ↑ ROAS FEEDBACK LOOP ↑
37%→60%+
IVR MQL capture rate
85%
Voice AI parse rate
24/7
Automated operation
0
Manual CRM entries
New Prospect / MQL path
Current Customer / Brand path
Worker Bot / Non-Conversion
RoAS → Google + Meta

HOW IT WORKS

Three options. One clean data set.

The classification system is simple by design. Every caller self-selects in the first eight seconds. What happens after that is automatic.

1

PRESS 1

New Sale

The caller is a new prospect. A Google MQL Conversion Event fires immediately. The GCLID is locked so Google knows this click produced a qualified lead. Voice AI begins parsing the call, extracting name, address, pest issue, and intent confirmation. By the time your CSR picks up, a documented contact card is already in your CRM.

MQL Conversion Event Voice AI Active CRM Auto-Populated
2

PRESS 2

Existing Customer

The caller is a current customer. A Brand Conversion Event fires instead of an MQL event. Your prospect conversion data stays clean. Google does not confuse a retention call with a new acquisition signal. The call is logged, routed to your service team, and recorded for quality review. Your cost-per-MQL metrics stay accurate.

Brand Conversion Event MQL Data Protected Service Team Route
3

PRESS 3

Vendor, Worker, or Other

The caller is a vendor, job applicant, wrong number, or internal team member. No conversion event fires. No MQL is created. The call is logged, filtered, and flagged so your Ascent Guide can review volume patterns in the monthly audit. This is the category that was poisoning your conversion data before Skout IVR.

No Conversion Event Filtered + Logged Monthly Audit Review

All three tracks run simultaneously. The system handles every call type without a CSR choosing between them.

THE RESULT

A PCT Top 50 operator went from 37% to 60%+ MQL rate.

Before Skout IVR, 37% of inbound calls were being pressed into the CRM as qualified leads. The rest were being lost to bad routing, after-hours gaps, or misclassified as MQLs when they were really vendor calls inflating the count.

After deployment, the MQL rate moved to 60%+. Not because more calls came in. Because the system stopped counting the wrong ones and started capturing all of the right ones.

With Voice AI Phase 2 rolling out in September 2026, the projected rate moves to 80%+. The same call volume. Better signal. Lower cost per qualified lead.

MQL RATE TRAJECTORY
37% Before
60%+ Today
80%+ Sept 2026 (projected)
23 pts
MQL Rate Lift
Measured 90 days post-deployment
85%
AI Parse Accuracy
Contact cards built without CSR input
0
Missed After-Hours Leads
24/7 classification runs continuously
Case data from an unnamed PCT Top 50 home services operator. Client identity withheld per agreement. Results vary by market, call volume, and CRM configuration.

WORKS WITH YOUR CRM

FieldRoutes PestPac ServiceTitan Gorilla Desk Jobber HousecallPro Salesforce
Skout · Live Chat or SMS Qualification Demo

From First Chat to Engaged Prospect.
Marketing Qualified Leads Captured & Documented 24/7.

Watch Skout engage an inbound lead, extract all five qualifying data points, and press a complete MQL contact card directly into your CRM, no customer service representative required. This was a real conversation with one of our AI bots on a live home services website (personally identifiable information changed).

9:41 AM
ABC Pest Control
● Active · Skout AI
● ● ●
iMessage
Contact Record
New Inbound Lead
Lead
▸ Full Name
— awaiting data —
▸ Phone Number
— awaiting data —
▸ Service Address
— awaiting data —
▸ Service Issue
— awaiting data —
▸ Intent Confirmed
— awaiting data —
MQL Qualification 0 / 5
Awaiting Qualification
CRM delivery will fire automatically
4:32
qualification time
94%
MQL accuracy rate
1
Human touches required
Live demo · Loops automatically
WHERE IT STARTS

Find out how many calls you are losing to bad routing.

The Call Intelligence Audit is a 45-minute working session with a senior strategist. We pull your current call data, walk through how your inbound contacts are being classified right now, show you where MQLs are leaking, and hand you a written plan you can keep. No pitch deck. No obligation.

  • Your actual MQL rate, and what it should be at your call volume.
  • The specific routing gaps costing you documented leads right now.
  • A written action plan to close the gap, yours to keep regardless of what happens next.

45 minutes · No slides, no sales pressure · We show you your own data, you decide what to do with it

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