AI SDR & Lead Conversion Built for Welding Shops

{"faqs":[{"answer":"A traditional SDR team costs 70–more per qualified conversation, and one person can't answer every call in under 60 seconds around the clock. With Worqd, one partner runs the whole path — ads, creative, and follow-up — under one plan and one report, with no vanity metrics.","question":"Why not just hire another person to handle follow-up for our welding leads?"}],"steps":[{"step":"1","title":"Find the Bottleneck","gradient":"from-orange-500 to-red-500","description":"On a free growth call, we look at your buyer, offer, channels, response process, and data to find where growth is stuck — before touching anything."},{"step":"2","title":"Launch the Lead Path","gradient":"from-yellow-500 to-orange-500","description":"Campaigns, creative, outreach, and instant AI response go into motion. Paid campaigns and outreach can start producing inquiries within days of launch."},{"step":"3","title":"Scale What Works","gradient":"from-green-500 to-emerald-500","description":"We observe lead quality, test what matters, drop what doesn't, widen winning channels, and recover missed demand — growing without adding busywork to your crew."}],"ctaText":"Book a Growth Call — see how faster follow-up and better creative fill your welding schedule.","eyebrow":"AI SDR for Welding Shops","benefits":[{"icon":"Zap","title":"Instant Response Wins the Rush Jobs","gradient":"from-emerald-500 to-teal-500","description":"Our AI SDR answers welding inquiry calls and form submissions in under 60 seconds, 24/7 — including after-hours and weekends — using your existing calendar and job routing rules to book structural steel, aluminum, and pipe fabrication consultations directly into your schedule without requiring shop floor staff to stop mid-weld or break concentration on precision TIG work.","proof_point":"Inquiries qualified in under 60 seconds, 24/7"},{"icon":"TrendingUp","title":"More Qualified Conversations, Lower Cost","gradient":"from-green-500 to-blue-500","description":"AI SDRs deliver a 4–7x conversion lift over unmanaged follow-up at 70–lower cost per qualified conversation versus a traditional SDR team — critical when material is marked up only 30% to 50% and every wasted dollar matters.","proof_point":"70–lower cost per qualified conversation vs. a traditional SDR team"},{"icon":"Bot","title":"Old Leads Become Booked Calls Again","gradient":"from-cyan-400 to-purple-400","description":"Every past quote, missed inquiry, and dormant contact in your CRM gets a second life through database reactivation — and you only pay for the conversations that come back. 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When structural steel fabrication or CNC plasma cutting inquiries come in during peak shop hours, they often go to voicemail — and with contractors calling multiple shops, the first responder wins the job. This creates a direct revenue leak: one missed stainless steel job at $75–$150/hour labor rate can exceed monthly follow-up costs."},{"icon":"Clock","stat":"$75–$150/hour at stake","color":"from-orange-500 to-yellow-500","title":"Slow Follow-Up Turns Hot Jobs Into Lost Jobs","description":"When a contractor needs stainless steel fabrication quotes or CNC plasma cutting services, they call multiple shops. Whoever responds first usually wins the job. With shop hourly labor rates running $75 to $150 per hour, one missed fabrication job can cost more than a month of follow-up support."},{"icon":"AlertTriangle","stat":"30–50% material markup","color":"from-red-500 to-pink-500","title":"Burnout and Bottlenecks Eat Your Margins","description":"High-welding-volume parts create production bottlenecks that disrupt workflow, and labor shortages drive overtime, recruiting, training, and rework costs. Material marked up only 30% to 50% leaves little room for the wasted hours spent chasing old quotes and re-answering the same questions from leads that never booked."}],"quickWins":["Database reactivation brings old fabrication quotes and missed CNC plasma cutting inquiries back to life — you only pay for the conversations that return, and it works with your existing CRM (like Jobber or ServiceTitan) without requiring a platform switch.","One plan, one report: we handle lead generation, AI-powered follow-up, and creative testing for your welding shop under a single growth partner — so you stop juggling vendors and get clear visibility on what’s actually booking jobs."],"subheadline":"Worqd's AI SDR answers, qualifies, and books every custom metal fabrication and mobile welding repair inquiry the moment it arrives, so no lead goes cold while your hands are busy on a TIG weld.","problemTitle":"The Hidden Costs Killing Welding Shop Growth","testimonials":[{"quote":"Our AI SDR answers quote requests while we're running BeamMaster robotic welds on high-mix, low-volume stainless steel brackets. Rush structural steel calls that used to hit voicemail at 7pm now get qualified and booked straight into my calendar — no more chasing leads between passes.","title":"Owner","author":"Dale Prentiss","business_type":"Welding Shop"},{"quote":"The database reactivation brought old fabrication quotes back to life. We only paid for the conversations that came back, and it worked with the CRM we already had.","title":"Shop Manager","author":"Marcus Oyelaran","business_type":"Welding Shop"},{"quote":"One plan, one report. We stopped juggling an ad guy, a creative guy, and a follow-up process — now every inquiry gets answered in under a minute, day or night.","title":"Owner","author":"Rob Castellani","business_type":"Welding Shop"}],"whyDifferent":["One partner runs the whole path from first click to booked call","Every inquiry qualified in under 60 seconds, 24/7 including weekends","Calls hand off to a real person with full context when it matters","Works with your existing CRM and calendar — no platform switch","One plan, one report — not separate vendors for ads, creative, and follow-up","No vanity metrics — priced against results that matter, not hours logged","Old lead reactivation: you only pay for conversations that come back","After-hours AI voice agents capture rush jobs while your crew is off the clock"],"benefitsTitle":"Why Welding Shops Choose Worqd","solutionTitle":"How Worqd Books More Welding Jobs From Every Click","internal_links":null,"solutionPoints":["Every inquiry qualified in under 60 seconds, 24/7 — including after-hours and weekend calls about quotes, repairs, and rush jobs","Calls can be handed to a real person with full context, booked straight into your calendar using your rules","Pipeline recovery turns the old quotes and contacts already in your CRM back into booked calls — no platform switch required"],"socialProofText":"AI SDRs deliver a 4–7x conversion lift over unmanaged follow-up at 70–lower cost per qualified conversation versus a traditional SDR team.","problemHighlight":"missed leads","solutionSubtitle":"One partner runs the whole path from first click to booked call — ads, creative, and instant follow-up under one plan.","headlineHighlight":"Under 60 Seconds","research_keywords":["welding shop near me","custom metal fabrication services","structural steel welding","robotic welding solutions","welder certification training","metal fabrication pricing","welding labor shortage solutions","CNC plasma cutting services","aluminum welding specialists","stainless steel fabrication","mobile welding repair","welding business startup costs","fabrication shop hourly rates","welding quality control","production bottleneck solutions"],"solutionDescription":"Worqd is an AI-powered growth partner for welding and fabrication shops. Our AI SDR and AI voice agents answer, qualify, and book the moment interest arrives — in under 60 seconds, 24/7, including after-hours and weekends. When a plant manager calls about a structural steel welding job at 7pm, the call gets answered, qualified, and booked on your calendar using your rules. If it needs a human, the call is handed to a real person with full context. One plan, one report — no separate vendors for ads, creative, and follow-up.","research_sources_count":13}