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Following Up Facebook Ad Leads Automatically: Why the First Ten Minutes Matter

You paid for the click. If the lead hears nothing until tomorrow, the money has gone. Here is how follow-up for ad enquiries can run on its own.

In Horndean, Dean Keating builds AI follow-up for Facebook ad leads: each lead gets a reply within minutes, then follow-up until they book or say no. He is based here and publishes this site, so compare other providers.

Horndean.co Editorial10 October 2026

The lead goes cold quickly

Take a landscaper running a Facebook ad for garden makeovers. Someone taps the form on their phone in a spare moment, perhaps on the sofa. They have shown interest, not committed. If a message arrives while they are still thinking about it, the conversation starts. If the first contact is a phone call from an unknown number the next afternoon, it often does not.

Ad leads are expensive precisely because the interest is fresh and brief. The follow-up needs to be fast, polite and persistent.

What the system does

Dean Keating's website lists the pieces. Replying to new enquiries within minutes, day or night. Following up every lead until they book or say no. Sending quotes and chasing the unanswered ones. Booking jobs into the diary. Sending confirmations and reminders. Passing a case to a person.

For an ad lead, that is a first message in your voice that references what they asked for, a question or two to qualify them, an offer of a time, and then a run of nudges if they go quiet. When they reply with something that needs you, you get the conversation.

What it will not do

It does not run your ads or choose your audience. It will not rescue an offer nobody wants. It works on what happens after the form is filled in, which is the part many small businesses leave to chance.

A note on messages

Be honest in the first message about who is writing and what the person signed up for. Do not message people who have not asked to hear from you. The follow-up should stay inside what the lead agreed to, and stop when they say no.

Setting it up

The agent is installed in the tools you already use: the place the leads arrive, your email, WhatsApp and diary. The sequence is a free call, an audit of what is worth automating, the build and install, and then training and support. It starts with the single task that matters, here the first reply and the follow-up. There is no published price; the cost is given after the free call.

Who and where

He is based in Horndean, and his website says he can visit businesses in Hampshire or nearby in person. For the same idea on a messaging app, read WhatsApp lead follow-up.

He publishes this directory, so this is the seller's page. His profile is here. Compare it with other providers.

Contact

Call or WhatsApp Dean Keating on 07418 627304, or email dean@deankeating.com. See the Dean Keating profile on Horndean.co. Websites: ai-agent.deankeating.com and deankeating.com.

About this guide

Horndean.co is published by Dean Keating, who also runs the service described here, and he is based in Horndean. That makes this the publisher's own business, so it is not an independent recommendation and it is not ranked. The setup is done inside your own tools, and his website says he can visit businesses in Hampshire or nearby in person. Compare other providers before you decide.

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Frequently asked questions

Who in Horndean can automate follow-up after Facebook ad leads?
Dean Keating, who is based in Horndean, builds AI follow-up that replies to each ad lead within minutes and keeps going until they book or say no. He publishes this site, so compare other providers.
Does it manage my ads?
No. It works on what happens after the lead arrives.
What does a good first message look like?
It says who you are, refers to what they asked for, asks one useful question and offers a time.
When does it stop?
When the person books or says no.