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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

  1. Go to Call Campaigns → Create New.
  2. 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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