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GetMyMettle

Replaced HubSpot with InboxChange for B2B lead response — and grew pipeline 2.4×

A 16-rep IT consulting firm was paying $1,200/month for HubSpot but couldn't measure WhatsApp pipeline. They moved their entire lead-response workflow to InboxChange, plugged into LinkedIn and email, and 2.4×'d their qualified pipeline — at one-third the tooling cost.

+138%
Qualified pipeline (90-day)
₹3.4Cr → ₹8.1Cr
-99%
Time-to-first-reply on inbound
4 hrs → <2 min
-72%
Tooling cost (per month)
$1,200 → $340
complete visibility
Logged-conversation rate
60% → 100% (auto)

THE CHALLENGE

What was breaking before InboxChange

  • Most enterprise leads in India come through WhatsApp after an introduction or LinkedIn DM. HubSpot couldn't see those messages.
  • $1,200/month HubSpot bill, but the team was using only the contact list and pipeline view. Most automation was ignored because it didn't extend to WhatsApp.
  • Sales reps were copy-pasting WhatsApp transcripts into HubSpot manually at end of day. 60% never got logged. Forecasting was fiction.
  • Inbound enquiry on the website (a contact form) routed to email. Email open rate from prospects: 32%. Time-to-first-reply: 4 hours average.

WHAT WE BUILT

The fix, deployed in 7 months

  • Migrated entire CRM into InboxChange. Each contact in the contacts module is now the canonical record. Sales reps work out of InboxChange's inbox + audience builder.
  • Wired website contact form to InboxChange. Every form submission instantly creates a contact + fires a WhatsApp confirmation ('Thanks for reaching out, expect a reply in 30 min') + creates an internal Slack alert for the assigned rep.
  • Set up 4-step nurture sequences for cold inbound (industry, company size, intent). Each sequence has 2-3 messages spread over 14 days, with stop-on-reply.
  • Built an agency-style P&L per client — not for billing, but for sales efficiency tracking ('cost-to-acquire' per pipeline stage).
"We were buying HubSpot for the brand. We were using 8% of it. InboxChange does what we actually need at one-third the cost — and it actually sees WhatsApp, where 70% of our deals start."
GE
Amrit Garg
VP Sales, GetMyMettle

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