The FoxEra Calls blog
Practical notes for owners of restaurants, bars, hotels, cafés, salons and trades: what AI calling costs, what the rules are, and how to get the most from it. No invented statistics.
Latest posts
How to count the calls your restaurant misses
Before paying for any answering service, count your own missed calls: a two-week method using your phone's call log and a simple tally grid, for restaurants, bars and cafés.
Read the postWhat does an AI receptionist cost in the UK?
AI receptionist pricing in the UK explained in pounds: what you pay for, the questions to ask, FoxEra Receptionist at £39 or £79 a month after a free month, and how to work out your own break-even.
Read the postAI cold calling: how to work out your cost per lead
The formula for the cost of an interested contact from AI cold calling in the UK, a worked example at 21p per connected minute, and the costs around the call people forget.
Read the postHow to forward missed calls to an AI receptionist
Keep your own number and forward only the calls you miss: the UK mobile codes for busy, no answer and phone off, how to switch them off, and how to test them. Checked on a real UK mobile.
Read the postHow we review every AI call
Every answered FoxEra outbound call is reviewed automatically after hang-up: a score out of 30, where the call died, agent silences, talking over people and banned phrases. Here is how it works.
Read the postAfter “call me back”: how to stop losing warm leads
An interested conversation is easily wasted after the call. How FoxEra keeps warm calls, follow-ups with a time, automatic call-backs and what the person said, and one rule for your team.
Read the postCalling Portuguese businesses from the UK
What a UK business needs to know before an AI agent calls Portugal: European Portuguese from the first word, consent for sole traders, the DGC list, calling hours and the AI Act disclosure.
Read the postWhy our campaigns ring each contact only once a day
An automated caller needs limits, so FoxEra builds them in: approval before dialling, one campaign call per contact per day, opt-outs, calling hours and countries.
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