Alex Idachaba

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Database Reactivation Automation

Finds contacts who've gone quiet, sends them personalized outreach on a schedule, and sorts the replies, so leads you already paid for don't go to waste.

The problem

Every contact database has a pile of dormant leads and past customers, with no process to bring them back.

What it does

  • Finds dormant contacts automatically on a schedule
  • Groups them into segments
  • Drafts personalized outreach for each segment
  • Sorts replies into four categories: interested, soft no, unsubscribe, or needs a person
  • Routes each reply to the right next step

How it's built

  • Stage 1: Dormant Contact Detection & Segmentation (scheduled)
  • Stage 2: Personalized Outreach Drafting & Sending
  • Stage 3: Reply Classification & Routing

Built to fail safely

Campaigns are matched by stable IDs, not timestamps, after testing showed timestamps lose precision in transit. Ambiguous replies go to a person instead of being auto-handled.

The outcome

Dormant contacts get systematic follow-up instead of being forgotten, and interested replies land back with your team without anyone watching the inbox.