Case Studies 5 min Mar 26, 2026

How FreshHomes doubled sales efficiency by spotting real buyers

FreshHomes, a home renovation company, ran large-scale ad campaigns that generated hundreds of daily inquiries. On paper, it looked like success — but sales reps were drowning. Most inquiries were “just curious”, and reps wasted hours chasing people who had no budget or no real intent to buy.

The bottleneck

Reps couldn’t tell the hot prospects from the cold browsers without lengthy intro calls. Team burnout grew, conversion rates fell, and marketing complained that sales wasn’t “working the leads”.

The Callo move

Instead of letting sales reps spend hours figuring out which leads were serious, FreshHomes set up Callo to run the first qualification step.
When a new lead picked up the phone, the voice agent greeted them and used a short IVR menu to qualify interest:
— Hi, this is FreshHomes. You recently asked about renovations. Just a quick check: press 1 if you’re planning to start within 3 months, press 2 if later, or press 3 if you’re just exploring options.
With one simple response, Callo could instantly spot the hot buyers. Leads pressing 1 were routed to the sales team, while others were tagged for nurturing or future follow-up.

 

Our close rate doubled in one month. Callo didn’t just qualify leads — it fixed the trust gap between marketing and sales

Emma Davis, CEO of FreshHomes

The payoff

  • Out of 5687 leads contacted, 2240 were filtered out as “not ready”
  • Sales reps focused only on the top 1841 hot leads
  • Close rate jumped from 12% to 24% in one month
  • Reps reported 60% less wasted time and a boost in morale

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