NEW RICKY'S FIELD GUIDE — SUCCESS WITH SMS + AI CALLING

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FOUR WAYS TO ADD CHANNELS.
ONE THAT DOESN'T HURT.

You want SMS and calling on top of your cold email. There are four ways to get there β€” three of them cost you your stack, your time, or your thread history. Here's the honest breakdown.

THE
CHAMP

IN THE PINK CORNER

STICKY RICKY

The outbound layer. Plugs in beside the sequencer you already tuned and stacks SMS + AI calls on the same leads, in the same rhythm.

βœ“ ADDS CHANNELS

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THE RIP & REPLACE

A sales platform that wants your sequences, your CRM, and your quarter. Everything works together β€” once you migrate everything.

MONTHS TO MOVE

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THE BOLT-ON

An SMS point tool firing from a separate tab. It has no idea what your sequencer sent five minutes ago β€” and never will.

BLIND CHANNELS

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THE SECOND SCREEN

Dialer software living in its own window. Reps call from one tool, email lives in another, and the thread exists only in your head.

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Sticky Ricky
(outbound layer)
Rip & replace with a
sales platform
Bolt-on
SMS point tool
Separate
dialer software
Keep your current sequencer βœ“ That's the whole point βœ— Migrate everything βœ“ Usually βœ“ It doesn't know it exists
SMS as a native sequence step βœ“ Sits between email four and call one ~ If the platform has it, on their terms βœ— Separate campaigns, separate logic βœ— No SMS at all
AI dialer with live transfer βœ“ Qualifies, books, bridges a rep mid-call ~ Rare, priced enterprise βœ— ~ Power dialing yes, AI agent rarely
One thread per lead across channels βœ“ Email, SMS, and call recordings together βœ“ Inside their walled garden βœ— Replies live in another tab βœ— Calls logged nowhere near email
Reply on one channel stops the others βœ“ Automatic, instant ~ Within their channels only βœ— Manual list surgery βœ— Manual
10DLC, opt-outs, quiet hours handled βœ“ Registration + enforcement built in ~ Varies ~ Registration yes, cross-channel opt-out no βœ— Not their problem
Outcomes sync back to your CRM βœ“ Webhooks + native sync ~ After you migrate the CRM too ~ CSV exports if you're lucky ~ Depends
Time to first stacked sequence Days β€” connect, provision, go Months of migration Weeks of duct tape Weeks + a new tab habit
Pricing βœ“ $97–$597/mo, public βœ— "Talk to sales" ~ Per-seat + carrier fees ~ Per-seat

the short version

KEEP THE STACK. ADD THE CHANNELS.

Sales engagement platforms want you to move in. Point tools leave your channels blind to each other. Sticky Ricky takes the third path: your sequencer keeps doing what it's great at, and Ricky stacks SMS and AI calling on the same leads, in the same rhythm, with one thread of truth β€” synced back to whatever CRM you already believe in.

Ricky and his partner, ready to close

ready to get

STICKY?

Early access is rolling out crew by crew. Grab a spot before your competitors' phones start ringing themselves.

No spam. Ironic, we know.