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Dormant lead reactivation

Your next customer may already be in your old enquiries.

Every business has old enquiries sitting in a CRM: people who asked about something once and never bought. Hyper reads what each of those people asked for, then writes them an email that picks up the question they left and gives them a straight answer now.

Run the playbook

01

Rebuild the contact history

Hyper reads back through each old record to find what the person asked about, when the person asked, which of your team answered and how the conversation ended.

  • Recover the original service or product
  • Recover the last meaningful exchange
  • Remove records with no usable history
02

Protect the cohort

Hyper takes out everybody who asked not to be contacted, everybody whose email address no longer works and everybody who already buys from you, and takes them out before a single email is written.

  • Apply suppression
  • Verify the contact route
  • Record the exclusion outcome
03

Segment by original need

Hyper groups people by what each person originally wanted, so somebody who asked about a migration two years ago gets an email about migrations. How long a record has been sitting in the CRM tells you nothing about what to send.

  • Name the original need
  • Name the present-day value
  • Choose the relevant page
04

Return with context

Acknowledge the previous enquiry naturally, give the person something useful and make continuing or declining equally easy.

  • Refer to the known need
  • Avoid pretending the old conversation is active
  • Offer one direct response path
05

Update the record from response

A yes, a no and a 'not until next year' each need a different move from your team. Hyper writes the answer onto the contact in your CRM the day the reply arrives.

  • Route live interest
  • Respect a no
  • Record a later date precisely

Before Hyper approaches anyone

01

Every record has a usable origin

The campaign knows what the person previously wanted and which service the return relates to.

02

Suppression happens before creation

Restricted and invalid contacts leave the cohort before messaging or page generation.

03

Every response updates the database

Interest, later timing and refusal each create a precise record outcome.

Buyer questions

Answers for the decision in front of you.

What is dormant lead reactivation?

Dormant lead reactivation returns to people who previously enquired or engaged, using the known need to create a relevant new conversation.

How old can a dormant lead be?

Age matters less than record quality, contact permission and whether the original need still gives the return a credible purpose.

Should every dormant lead receive the same message?

No. Segment the cohort by original need, timing and current relationship so each return answers the right question.

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