Customers
Follow-ups
Nuteq lists everyone waiting on a reply in one place, so you can follow up with a customer within minutes instead of hunting through calls and texts.
By Nuteq TeamPublished 1 min read
In Nuteq, a follow up is any lead, booking request, missed call, or unanswered message that still needs something from you. The Needs attention tab under Customers gathers all of them into one list, oldest first, so nothing sits forgotten in a call log or a text thread you already scrolled past.
What lands in Needs attention?
Five kinds of work show up in this list, and each one clears on its own once the underlying reason is gone. A new lead appears when someone leaves their details and hasn't had a reply yet. A booking request appears when someone asked for an appointment time and your business hasn't confirmed or declined it. A missed call appears when a call went unanswered in the last seven days and nobody has been in touch with that person since.
A message failed item appears when a text or WhatsApp message you sent couldn't be delivered, within a seven day window for retrying it. A customer waiting item appears when the newest message on a thread came from the customer and nobody has replied yet. Each item shows the customer's name, the channel they used, and how long it has been waiting, so you can work through the oldest ones first.
Follow up on an item
Open Customers and select the Needs attention tab to see everything waiting on you. Each item shows what the customer needs and gives you a way to act on it directly. A new lead or a customer waiting on a reply gives you a Text back button that opens a reply box, sometimes with a suggested reply already written for you to edit or send as is. A missed call gives you a Call back button when a phone number is known. A booking request gives you Confirm and Decline buttons, and confirming lets you pick the time to book.
Every item also has a Review button that opens the full call, message, or booking record, and a Mark handled button for when you've dealt with it some other way, such as a phone call you made outside Nuteq. If you mark something handled by mistake, an undo option appears right afterward so you can bring it back.
Why an item disappears or comes back
An item leaves the list because the fact behind it changed, not because you looked at it. A reply that actually reached the customer clears a customer waiting item. A confirmed or declined appointment clears a booking request. Marking an item handled works the same way underneath: it records that you dealt with it, so the item stops matching the list.
Because of that, an item can come back. If a customer you already replied to writes in again, or a booking request changes after you handled it, Nuteq puts it back in the queue instead of hiding a genuinely new request behind an old decision. This is also why the same customer can appear in the list more than once over time, once for each thing that still needs an answer.
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- Review a conversationTo review a conversation in Nuteq, open a call or message thread to read the transcript, hear the recording, and check the outcome and next step.Read more
- Manage appointment requestsAppointment requests appear in Nuteq's Calendar tab when a caller offers a time you have not confirmed, so you can confirm, decline, or reschedule it.Read more
Frequently asked questions
- How do I know how many follow-ups I have?
- The Needs attention tab under Customers shows a count next to its name, so you always see how many items are waiting without opening the list.
- Can I reply to a customer without leaving the list?
- Yes. If a text or WhatsApp reply is available, a reply box opens right in the list, and you can write and send it from there.
- What if the customer never left a phone number?
- You can still open and review the record. Nuteq only asks you to reply when it can actually reach the customer on a channel you have set up.
- What happens once I mark something handled?
- It's removed from the list. If a new message or event comes in on the same request, it comes back on its own, so nothing is lost for good.
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