The reason we take on work in Dunedin is that the businesses here tend to be sharper about what they want than the brief lets on. AI outbound sales for a Dunedin team almost always ends up looking different to AI outbound sales for a downtown Auckland one.
AI outbound sales that lives in your stack, not on a vendor's roadmap. Shipped from Otago.
Our goal is to give Dunedin businesses a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What AI outbound sales actually does
An AI sales agent that runs your outbound - researches prospects, personalises the pitch, sends the first 3 touches, and only hands a warm reply to a human. Hits the activity numbers no SDR can keep up with, without the spammy blast feel.
- 01 Lookalike prospect lists built from your best existing customers
- 02 Personalised first-touch emails and LinkedIn messages - not templated
- 03 Auto-followups across email + SMS until they reply or opt out
- 04 Warm replies routed straight to your CRM with full context
Built on: Claude + GPT-4 for messaging Apollo / Clay for enrichment HubSpot or your existing CRM Twilio for SMS, Gmail / Outlook for email
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of AI outbound sales runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for Dunedin businesses first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How AI outbound sales compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
What Dunedin teams tell us when they get on a call.
- Dunedin pairs a strong university research culture with practical southern businesses. AI here means proven tools, not hype.
- Education, health, tech, and a tourism shoulder season that hits hard. AI helps Dunedin teams smooth the peaks and protect the people.
We work with teams across Dunedin: CBD · North Dunedin · South Dunedin · Mosgiel · Port Chalmers · Green Island.
Talk to us about this →How we build AI outbound sales for a Dunedin team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Dunedin business, so value lands before the build is finished. Outbound that doesn't sleep.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing Dunedin businesses the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for Dunedin teams
One NZ SaaS team replaced two outbound SDRs with an AI agent + one closer - 3× the meetings booked, same pipeline cost. For Dunedin teams, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
What's the realistic timeline for AI outbound sales with a Dunedin?
Most Dunedin businesses have their first usable slice in week 5 or 6. We'd rather ship narrow and real than broad and aspirational - your team gets to use the thing well before the engagement is "done".
Is AI outbound sales worth it for a smaller Dunedin?
Often, yes - and counterintuitively the ROI is sometimes faster than for the big end of town because there's less integration overhead. We'll tell you honestly on the scoping call if it isn't.
What's the realistic outcome for Dunedin businesses?
One NZ SaaS team replaced two outbound SDRs with an AI agent + one closer - 3× the meetings booked, same pipeline cost. We don't promise tenfold lifts because we don't see them outside of marketing decks.
What happens if we want to swap a vendor out later?
AI outbound sales is built behind a small adapter layer specifically so swapping a model provider or a data source is a one-day job, not a re-architecture. Claude + GPT-4 for messaging, Apollo / Clay for enrichment, HubSpot or your existing CRM, Twilio for SMS, Gmail / Outlook for email are our defaults, but the build is intentionally portable.
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