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Set up an outbound calling campaign
Let your AI agent call leads, prospects or customers: create a campaign, upload leads, run it and review the results.
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Outbound campaigns let your AI agent proactively reach out to leads, prospects or customers. This guide walks you through creating, running and reviewing a campaign from start to finish.
Step 1: Start a new campaign
- Go to Call Campaigns → Create New.
- Fill out the following:
- Campaign Name: a descriptive name for tracking.
- Select Agent: pick the AI agent that will run this campaign.
- Start/End Date: for example, Mon–Sat next week.
- Call Time Range: for example, 5:00–8:00 PM.
- Retry Attempts: for example, 3 tries if unanswered or voicemail detected.
- Weekend Calling: Yes/No toggle.
Step 2: Upload leads
- Maximum 200 phone numbers per campaign.
- Format: E.164 international phone format, for example
+14155552671.- âś… Green = valid
- ❌ Red = invalid
- Optional: add custom columns (for example, Name) to personalize prompts by clicking Add custom data.
Step 3: Run and monitor
Click Start Campaign when ready.
Step 4: After the campaign
Use the Analytics tab to review:
- Total calls made
- Answer rate
- Percentage showing interest
- Segment breakdown (for example, who requested info)
Campaign not starting? See My outbound campaign won't start.
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