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How The Pest Rangers leverage Al to scale recurring revenue

The Pest Rangers Logo
Region
Americas
Company size
20–99
Industry
Consumer Services
Products used
Business Communications logo
AI Solutions
Open Platform
KEY METRICS
30%
Increase in sales close rate
50%
Reduction in missed appointments
35%
Increase in recurring revenue

Overview

The Pest Rangers faced critical visibility gaps in their sales and support calls, leading to missed appointments and lost revenue opportunities. By implementing AI Conversation Expert (ACE), they established total transparency across their distributed team. This shift significantly optimized their close rates and recurring revenue. Looking ahead, the company plans to integrate its CRM to further personalize the customer experience and maintain its 5-star service legacy.
Prospects are often tense when they call us due to a pest problem, so we've got to provide excellent customer service. With RingCentral ACE, we can automatically record, summarize, and learn from every call. Those insights have helped us quantifiably improve both our service and sales efforts.
Jeff King
President

About our customer

The Pest Rangers, based in Pennsylvania, has protected thousands of homes and businesses from infestations since its founding as a family-owned operation. The company has earned a premier reputation in the region, evidenced by more than 3,500 5-star customer ratings.

The challenge: Fragmented visibility and missed opportunities

Despite a dedicated team, the company suffered from a significant lack of insight into the daily friction occurring during sales and support calls. Management lacked the physical capacity to listen to every interaction, creating a barrier between leadership and the front-line customer experience.
 
  • Operational Blind Spots: Managers could not measure if employees were suggesting profitable monthly service plans over one-time visits.
  • Accountability Gaps: Missed appointments were not being bubbled up to management because colleagues did not want to report each other's mistakes.
  • Data Fragmentation: The team had no way to track if specific marketing ads were driving calls or if prospects were mentioning local competitors.

The solution and ROI: An AI-first cloud strategy

To solve the challenge of fragmented visibility and missed opportunities, The Pest Rangers migrated to RingCentral RingEX and AI Conversation Expert (ACE).
 
  • ACE drives a 30% increase in sales close rates and a 35% boost in recurring revenue by incentivizing agent persuasion, ensuring consistent upsell offers through total call transparency, and slashing missed appointments by 50% almost overnight.
  • The RingCentral App Gallery’s Airtable Integration streamlines coaching by automatically flagging specific keywords and routing relevant calls to managers for immediate review.
RingEX AI Receptionist dashboard showing ongoing inbound call.

What’s next for The Pest Rangers

The team is currently preparing for an upcoming integration between their communication environment and Clypboard, their pest-control specific CRM. This connection will provide staff with immediate access to call histories and customer profiles, ensuring every interaction is informed and seamless. By bridging their long-standing legacy of 5-star service with predictive Al technology, The Pest Rangers ensure their business remains as resilient as the communities they protect.
To learn more about our customer, visit The Pest Rangers.