{"faqs":[{"answer":"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. They follow your calendar and your rules, and when a patient needs a human touch, the call can be handed to a real person with full context so nothing gets lost.","question":"How does an AI SDR handle patient inquiries for a cash-pay functional medicine practice without sounding robotic?"},{"answer":"Yes. Pipeline Recovery — our database reactivation service — turns the contacts already in your CRM back into booked calls. It works with your existing CRM, so there's no platform switch, and you only pay for the conversations that come back.","question":"Can Worqd recover the old leads sitting in our CRM from past ad campaigns?"},{"answer":"We take a conservative approach: our analytics policy keeps sensitive form fields out of public analytics, our booking funnel requires explicit consent before contact, and details are only used to prepare for the call. Our B2B outreach is personalized and permission-aware — the opposite of a template blast — and we never make health claims your practice wouldn't stand behind.","question":"How do you handle HIPAA and compliance concerns with patient follow-up?"},{"answer":"Paid campaigns and outreach can start producing inquiries within days of launch, while SEO and local SEO compound over months. We start by finding your bottleneck, build the plan, launch quickly, then learn and improve — scaling what works and dropping what doesn't.","question":"How quickly will we see new patient inquiries once we launch?"},{"answer":"Integrated beats fragmented. Instead of separate vendors for ads, creative, and follow-up, one partner runs the whole path from first click to booked call with one plan and one report. Our AI SDRs deliver a claimed 4–7x conversion lift over unmanaged follow-up at 70–lower cost per qualified conversation versus a traditional SDR team — and pricing is scoped against the results that matter to you, not the hours we log.","question":"Why choose Worqd over hiring a marketing agency plus an SDR team?"}],"steps":[{"step":"1","title":"Find the Bottleneck","gradient":"from-orange-500 to-red-500","description":"We look at your buyer, offer, channels, response process, and data to find where growth is stuck — before touching anything."},{"step":"2","title":"Build the Plan and Launch Fast","gradient":"from-yellow-500 to-orange-500","description":"We set priority channels and the lead-handling path, then put campaigns, creative, outreach, and instant AI response into motion — paid campaigns can start producing inquiries within days."},{"step":"3","title":"Learn, Improve, and Scale","gradient":"from-green-500 to-emerald-500","description":"We watch lead quality and outcomes, test what matters, drop what doesn't, widen winning channels, and recover missed demand — all under one plan and one report."}],"ctaText":"Book a Growth Call — see how fast follow-up and better creative fill your calendar.","eyebrow":"AI-Powered Patient Growth","benefits":[{"icon":"Zap","title":"Every Inquiry Answered in Under 60 Seconds","gradient":"from-emerald-500 to-teal-500","description":"Your AI SDR answers, qualifies, and books the moment a prospective patient's interest arrives — under 60 seconds, nights, weekends, and holidays included. 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