48 hours. This is based on the amount of time it takes to provision a new number. Once the number is provisioned, LINQ BLUE will set up a 45 min onboarding session to ensure everything is good to go. This includes integrations, workshopping your messaging, helping with workflows and automations and answering any questions you may have. 

From Follow up Boss: Yes on contact Replies not on automations. From Leadngage you can add automations to send voice memos etc.

Our clients seeing the best results use Linq Blue Channel to supercharge their warm lead flow. It takes existing intent and drives higher response rates, better show-up rates, and stronger conversion.

No one wants to get an automated message that ends with “stop to opt out,” especially when they're expecting to hear from a real person.

Response Rate – Best Practices

Open with a short, natural question

Avoid links or long intros in the first message

Personalize using name or  relevant context to the lead

Velocity – Best Practices

Max 50 new messages/day per number

Spread sends throughout the day

Prioritize high-intent leads

Reputation – Best Practices

Avoid spammy words or formatting.

Treat blue texting as if you picked up your phone and texted them on a whim — Make sure it doesn’t read as an email

If flagged, stop and rewrite your first message copy before restarting workflow

We will fall back and fulfill the message with SMS from the same phone number as normal

We are not a mass texting replacement, but instead, augment this process with a two pronged approach. Many clients prefer to use iMessaging once they have an engaged prospect. This allows you to maintain your automations and workflows, yet capitalize on iMessaging's human-like touch to yield a higher overall experience and improved conversion. 

We allow our users to send unlimited texts to their contacts. However, we do have limits on contacts messaged per day per phone line to prevent spam. Additional phone lines can be purchased to raise the limit. The recommended new conversation limit is 50 per day. Each outgoing message to a contact even if they haven't responded, it still counts as a conversation.

Absolutely! Utilize Conversation AI bot to respond to your leads in real time!

Show rates

We have seen clients increase demo show rates with switching from SMS to iMessaging. For example, we have a client in sales enablement, that went from 48% to 62% using Blue messaging to nurture leads into booked meetings. 

Response rates

Internal data of all Linq Blue users see an average increase of response rates from 81% - 116%. It’s safe to say that iMessaging 2x’s response rate vs traditional SMS. 

Conversion

 A home lighting partner increased their IB lead conversion from 20% to 40%.

Linq Blue uses iMessage technology, which is governed by Apple’s built-in compliance controls. To support this, we’ve built internal guardrails that help you follow best practices and protect your reputation score. While there’s no exact science to it, our product experts will walk you through how these guardrails apply to your specific use case to ensure there’s a strong fit before moving forward.

Response Rate – Traditional SMS response rate is usually around 20%. We aim to double this and have many clients with a 40%+ response rate. If your rate drops below 15%, our system will begin to protect your reputation and ensure long-term deliverability. It will do this by slowing down your messages from being sent. This is a sign that we need to look at changing your message or slow down until you get more replies.

Velocity – You're allowed to initiate up to 50 new conversations per day. Replies to existing threads don’t count toward this limit. Once they reply, you are able to send as many messages to them as you’d like. For example, if 10 clients respond from a message the previous day, these do not impact net new messages. 

Reputation – The first message matters most. If users mark your message as “junk,” it significantly harms your score and can lead to your number being flagged. During onboarding, our peer-to-peer messaging experts will help you fine-tune these factors based on your industry and use case.