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Email lead capture with an AI agent
Electrical contractor · owner went from 12–14-hour days to one admin dashboard
- Task
- stop losing leads buried in email and cut the evening admin of invoices, estimates and payroll
- Result
- owner moved from 12-14-hour days to running admin from one dashboard; faster estimates "equates to more work opportunities and more work landed" (no counts)
- Tools
- QuickBooks Online; QuickBooks Customer Agent (AI lead capture from email); QuickBooks Invoicing; QuickBooks Payroll; AI monthly financial insights
- Setup
- connect the business inbox to Customer Agent → agent pulls potential leads from email and organizes them in one place → turn leads into estimates quickly → invoice and request a review at job end → read AI monthly insights comparing month, prior month, quarter and last year
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Example business: electrical services contractor, 8 years in business (co-founder ran field work and all…. Task: stop losing leads buried in email and cut the evening admin of invoices, estimates and payroll.
Reported result: owner moved from 12-14-hour days to running admin from one dashboard; faster estimates "equates to more work opportunities and more work landed" (no counts)
Tools: QuickBooks Online; QuickBooks Customer Agent (AI lead capture from email); QuickBooks Invoicing; QuickBooks Payroll; AI monthly…
Setup outline:
1. connect the business inbox to Customer Agent → agent pulls potential leads from email and organizes them in…
Starter prompt from the guide (use it as a base):
Write a short reply to a new lead asking for an electrical quote: thanks, three questions about the job (address area, scope, timing), and when I can visit. No prices.
First, ask me up to 5 questions about my business and tools. Then give me a beginner step-by-step setup plan, plus copy-paste prompts/templates I can use. Plain English, and tell me if any step needs a tech helper.
via autopilotbusiness.ai/use-case/electrical-contractor-quickbooks-ai-customer-agent-pulls-leads-from-em/Step-by-step setup guide
> Cost: Paid. Customer AI needs QuickBooks Online Plus or Advanced; the AI financial summary needs Advanced. Check the current price on Intuit's pricing page.
Honest note: This one really uses AI (lead detection from email and the Finance AI summary). The owner's result is qualitative with no counts. The AI reads your inbox, so check your privacy comfort first. The summary needs Advanced. Hermes scored 6; I score 7 because the click path is verified from Intuit's help.
Prerequisites
- QuickBooks Online Plus or Advanced, and you signed in as the Primary admin.
- A Gmail or Outlook inbox where your customer leads arrive.
Step-by-step setup
Step 1. Import leads from your inbox. In QuickBooks Online open All apps → Customer Hub → Opportunities → Import leads from your inbox, choose Gmail or Outlook, sign in and click Sync now. It reads the last 30 days of email and lists potential leads. Customer AI is on QuickBooks Online Plus and Advanced.
Step 2. Turn leads into estimates. Open a lead under Opportunities and create an estimate from it, then an invoice when the job is done.
Step 3. Ask for feedback after invoices. Go to Settings → Account and settings → Sales → Post invoice survey and switch it on. It needs QuickBooks Payments and appears after a customer pays an invoice. Customers rate 1-5 stars; under 4 stars they are asked how you can improve, and 4-5 stars can leave a testimonial or referral. You can set how often one customer is asked (30 to 365 days).
Step 4. Read the monthly AI summary. Open Reports → Standard reports → Review Summary. This Finance AI summary is for QuickBooks Online Advanced and Intuit Enterprise Suite.
What success looks like
No lead sits unseen in an inbox.
Common issues & fixes
- No leads show: it reads only the last 30 days of the connected inbox.
- No Review Summary: it needs Advanced.
Optional: Maintenance
- Weekly: check new opportunities.
Copy-paste prompt
Use this with any AI chat. It helps you answer a lead quickly.
Write a short reply to a new lead asking for an electrical quote: thanks, three questions about the job (address area, scope, timing), and when I can visit. No prices.Sources
Industries: AI automation for Home Services & Contractors
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