Marketing automation sends the right email or text to the right person at the right time, without someone on your team having to remember to do it. Done well, it feels personal to the customer and saves hours every week for the business.
Infinite Marketing builds marketing automation for local and mid-sized businesses across the Atlanta metro: welcome sequences, lead nurture, appointment and service reminders, review requests, and campaigns that bring past customers back. We keep it simple enough for your team to understand and change, and we build consent and opt-out into every message.
Signs you are ready for marketing automation
- You have a list of past customers but only email them when you remember, if at all.
- New leads get one reply and then nothing, even when they were not ready to buy yet.
- Asking for reviews depends on whether the technician or front desk remembers.
- Every customer gets the same message, whether they bought last week or three years ago.
- Seasonal services, such as AC tune-ups or tire changes, are promoted with last-minute blasts.
- You are not sure which of your contacts actually agreed to receive texts.
What’s included in marketing automation
Email and SMS sequences
Automated series triggered by an action, such as a form submission, a completed job, or a missed appointment, with timing and wording written for your customers.
Segmentation
Contacts grouped by service, location, purchase history, or stage, so a new lead, a long-time customer, and a commercial account each get relevant messages.
Lead nurture
Helpful follow-up for people who asked about a service but have not booked: answers to common questions, what to expect, and a clear next step.
Review requests
A short, friendly request sent to every customer after a completed job or visit, with a direct link to leave a review, in line with Google’s own advice on getting more reviews. Every customer is asked the same way, never filtered by expected rating.
Reactivation campaigns
Messages to customers who have not been back in a while, timed to their service history, such as maintenance reminders, seasonal checkups, or renewal dates.
Reporting
Plain reports on sends, opens, clicks, replies, bookings, and unsubscribes, so you can see what is working and what is being ignored.
Consent, opt-in, and unsubscribe basics
Automation makes it easy to send a lot of messages, which is why consent matters. Email and text marketing in the United States are covered by federal rules, including the CAN-SPAM Act for commercial email and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) for calls and texts, along with carrier requirements for business texting.
In practical terms, we build automations around a few principles:
- Collect clear permission at sign-up, especially for marketing texts, and record when and how it was given.
- Identify your business in every message and include accurate sender information.
- Make unsubscribing easy, with an unsubscribe link in marketing emails and a reply-to-stop option for texts, and honor requests promptly.
- Keep transactional messages, such as appointment confirmations, separate from promotional ones.
- Send texts at reasonable hours in the customer’s time zone.
This is general information, not legal advice. Rules vary by message type and change over time, so please confirm your obligations with a qualified attorney, particularly before texting existing contact lists.
How it works
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Audit your contacts and tools
We review where your contacts live, how they were collected, what permission you have, and which email, SMS, or CRM tools you already use.
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Plan the journeys
We map the moments that matter, such as a new inquiry, a completed job, or a lapsed customer, and decide what message, if any, should follow each one, from lead nurture to review requests and reactivation.
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Write and build
We write the messages in your voice, set up segments and triggers, and connect forms, booking tools, email and SMS tools, and your CRM so contacts enter the right sequence automatically.
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Test and launch
We test every path, including unsubscribes and replies, before turning sequences on for real contacts.
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Review and improve
We review performance on a regular schedule, retire messages that are not helping, and adjust timing and wording based on how customers respond.
Why work with Infinite Marketing
Good marketing automation starts with the customer journey, not the software. Many businesses already pay for an email or CRM tool with automation features they never set up. Where your current tools can do the job, we build on them. Where they cannot, we recommend options, including Infinite Marketing CRM when it fits.
We write fewer, better messages. A sequence that sends a useful reminder at the right time does more than a weekly newsletter nobody opens. And because we also handle websites, local SEO, and reputation work, your automation connects to the forms, landing pages, and review profiles it depends on.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between marketing automation and CRM automation?
CRM automation focuses on managing leads and your sales pipeline: assigning leads, creating tasks, and tracking deals. Marketing automation focuses on the messages customers receive. They work best together, and we often set up both.
Can I text my existing customer list?
It depends on how you collected the numbers and what permission customers gave. Marketing texts generally need clear prior consent. We will help you review your list, and we recommend checking with an attorney before sending.
How many emails should we send?
Only as many as are useful. We usually start with a small number of high-value automations, such as a new-lead follow-up, a post-job review request, and a reactivation reminder, then add more based on results.
Can review requests only go to happy customers?
No. Filtering who gets asked based on expected sentiment, sometimes called review gating, conflicts with Google’s policies. We send the same request to every customer.
Will automated messages sound robotic?
Not if they are written well. We write in your voice, use the customer’s name and service details where appropriate, and keep messages short and specific.
Pricing
Lead capture, CRM pipelines and automated follow-up. One-time fees and monthly services are always shown separately.
Every lead lands in one CRM and gets a fast, consistent follow-up.
$499
setup
+ from $99/mo after launch
- Setup: up to 3 lead sources (forms, chatbot, phone agent) connected to one CRM
- Pipeline stages set up for your sales process
- Up to 3 automated follow-up sequences
- Instant new-lead alerts to your team
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