Most teams don’t have a lead problem. They have a lead management problem.

Leads arrive from website forms, ads, social campaigns, partners, events, and QR codes. But between that first touch and a booked meeting, a lot can go wrong:
• Slow responses
• Messy routing
• Unqualified meetings
• No systematic follow-up

Hermetic AI built Mia-an AI agent that manages leads end to end: engaging instantly by text, qualifying, routing, scheduling, and nurturing so your team can spend their time on real conversations instead of chasing people down.

Where Lead Management Breaks Down

  1. Response times are too slow: Leads don’t care how busy your team is. They care who responds first. Mia responds within seconds of a form submission — usually via text — while competitors are still “getting to it on Monday.”
  2. Routing is manual and error-prone: Deciding who owns a lead, which location it’s for, and whether it goes to sales or events is often a manual process. That leads to leads sitting in the wrong inbox, hot opportunities going cold, and reps complaining about “bad fits.”
  3. Reps waste time on the wrong leads: Without a consistent qualification layer, calendars fill with no-shows, tire-kickers, and “just curious” meetings. High-value opportunities don’t get the attention they deserve.
  4. Follow-up depends on who remembered: If follow-up lives in sticky notes and memory, your funnel is fragile. Over weeks and months, those gaps add up to a lot of lost revenue.

What an AI Agent Does for Lead Management

Mia acts as a dedicated lead manager who never sleeps, never forgets, and always works your process.

  1. Instant lead engagement by text: The moment a lead fills out a form, Mia sends a personalized text within seconds, acknowledges why they reached out, and asks targeted questions to understand intent and fit.
  2. Automated qualification based on your rules: Mia uses your criteria — budget, location, event type, timeline, role — to score and prioritize leads, filter out junk, and flag VIP or time-sensitive opportunities for immediate attention.
  3. Smart lead routing to the right owner: Once qualified, Mia routes leads automatically based on region, venue, line of business, or custom rules, so the right coordinator or rep sees the right leads without spreadsheets.
  4. Automatic appointment setting: When a lead is ready to talk, Mia shares real-time availability from your calendars, lets leads choose a time, and sends confirmations and reminders via text. Show rates go up; no-shows go down.
  5. Long-term lead nurture: Not every lead is ready now. Mia keeps dormant leads warm, re-engages past opportunities when timing improves, and recovers deals that went dark after a promising start.

How Teams Use AI Agents for Lead Management

Hospitality & event sales:
• Private event and group leads are engaged instantly via text
• Qualified
• Routed to the right location
• Moved toward tours and calls

Multi-location operators:
• Leads from many sites and forms route into a single AI layer
• Mia distributes them by location, region, or offering
• Leadership gets visibility into which channels and venues convert best

Other verticals:
• Anywhere leads come in and humans are too busy to respond instantly
• Mia sits on top and manages the flow

The Hermetic AI Approach: Mia As Your Lead Manager

With Mia as your AI agent for lead management, you get:
• Instant responses to every inbound lead
• Real-time qualification tuned to your criteria
• AI-powered routing that mirrors your org structure
• Automated scheduling into calendars you already use
• Long-term nurture via SMS that recovers lost opportunities

AI Doesn’t Replace Your Sales Team-It Keeps Them In Front of the Right People

Your best people create value in live conversations: understanding context, solving problems, building trust.

They don’t create value by copy-pasting the same first response, manually routing leads, chasing no-shows, or remembering who to follow up with weeks later.

Mia takes over that layer, so your teams spend their time where it counts-talking to qualified, interested people at the right moment.

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