AI sales automation, in plain words

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AI sales automation means letting AI do the repeated parts of selling: answering new leads, following up, drafting proposals and keeping the CRM up to date. Your salespeople keep the conversations and the decisions. Westward builds this on your own tools, with a person approving anything that goes to a customer.

The parts of selling that repeat

First replies to new leads. Follow-up after a call or a quote. Proposals that reuse the same sections. Typing call notes into the CRM. Reminding someone that a deal has gone quiet.

What AI does with each

Replies to leads right away and books the next step. Drafts follow-ups based on what the person said. Writes a first proposal draft in your firm’s style; Westward’s proposal studio returned a full draft in about two minutes in testing on a sample firm. Updates the CRM from the email thread itself.

What to keep human

Pricing decisions, negotiation, and anything a customer will rely on. AI drafts; a person sends what matters.

Who can do this for you

Westward builds these and sets them up. Each page shows what it does and what it has done.

Custom AI CRM and email

Knows every client and reads the email

Reads each client’s email and keeps their brief and to-dos current.

See what it does

Custom software

Platforms, internal tools, dashboards

Deal engines, leasing platforms, private portals, dashboards.

See what it does

See everything Westward builds, look at real builds with screenshots, read more answers about AI for business, or get started using AI in your business with the founder.

The rules that apply, in their own words

“intended for voluntary use and to improve the ability to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use, and evaluation of AI products, services, and systems.”

NIST, AI Risk Management Framework. A good build keeps a person in charge of anything that matters and records what the AI did.

“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are hereby declared unlawful.”

FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1). Claims an AI drafts for you are your claims. Keep them true and checkable.

Sources

47 U.S.C. § 227 (TCPA): Consent rules for automated calls, prerecorded voices and texts.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework: The U.S. standards body’s framework for using AI responsibly.
15 U.S.C. § 45 (FTC Act, Section 5): The federal ban on unfair or deceptive business practices, ads included.
15 U.S.C. § 7704 (CAN-SPAM Act): Rules for commercial email: honest headers, opt-out, address.

Questions

Will it spam my leads?

Not if it is built right. Messages are written to the person, on a pace you set, and approved before they go.

Does it work with my CRM?

Often yes. If not, a custom AI CRM can replace the parts that do not fit.

Is the proposal studio in daily use?

It is built and tested on a sample firm; a real firm’s proposals are the next step.