Podium Phones + AI Employee (Avery) + campaigns + payments
Follow up med spa leads, ask for reviews and collect payments with AI
Quick answer
True Medical Spa uses Podium phones and its AI Employee, Avery, to pull insights from every call, respond to new leads in minutes, keep following up, and send bookings and payment requests. The team also uses campaigns and payments to pre-sell treatments.
Business type: Salons & spas. Tool used: Podium Phones + AI Employee (Avery) + campaigns + payments. Result: The source reports 7 appointments booked by the AI in 30 days, 91% payment collection and 144% more Google reviews. Some of these results cover the whole Podium system, not only the AI. Published by the tool maker.
Source: Podium (Company case study) · Added Fri, Oct 30 · Last updated 2026-10-30
Let the AI reply to new leads within minutes and keep following up.
Send booking links and payment requests by text.
Ask for a Google review after visits.
Use text campaigns to pre-sell treatments.
Result
The source reports 7 appointments booked by the AI in 30 days, 91% payment collection and 144% more Google reviews. Some of these results cover the whole Podium system, not only the AI. Published by the tool maker. (as reported by the source)
Questions and answers
What does the AI agent do here?
True Medical Spa uses Podium phones and its AI Employee, Avery, to pull insights from every call, respond to new leads in minutes, keep following up, and send bookings and payment requests. The team also uses campaigns and payments to pre-sell treatments.
Which tool did they use?
Podium Phones + AI Employee (Avery) + campaigns + payments.
What was the result?
The source reports 7 appointments booked by the AI in 30 days, 91% payment collection and 144% more Google reviews. Some of these results cover the whole Podium system, not only the AI. Published by the tool maker. (as reported by the source)
How did they set it up?
Put calls, texts and DMs in one inbox. Let the AI reply to new leads within minutes and keep following up. Send booking links and payment requests by text.
Answers come only from the source. Questions it doesn't answer are left out.
Starter prompt
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Follow up with this lead for [med spa]: [name, treatment asked about]. Send a short, friendly text, answer their question, and offer two consult times. If no reply in 2 days, send one gentle reminder.
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