u/BrisbaneRoarFC

Running a small performance marketing agency (just me and one other guy). We manage Meta ads for aesthetic clinics across Australia.

Currently paying ~$300 USD/month for GHL Agency plan + SMS costs and honestly only using two features:

1. Webchat widget on client landing pages - when someone lands and has a question it routes to SMS so we can reply. Basically a janky live chat.

2. 3-step SMS drip - our sales guy cold calls, when they don't pick up we fire them into a short SMS sequence over a few days.

We're sending roughly 1,400-1,500 SMS/month to Australian numbers.

Tried Salesmsg but at that volume it's $250/month which isn't much better & GHL is already setup.

Make + Twilio is an option but I'd need to rebuild the drip from scratch and Twilio is pretty bare bones for managing replies and having an actual inbox.

Is there a tool that covers both of these without paying for a full CRM/agency platform I don't need? Preferably something already set up for SMS workflows rather than pure infrastructure & works with subaccounts like GHL would be great.

Open to anything - just feels insane to pay $400 USD for two features + SMS.

I run a digital marketing agency managing ~$25k AUD/month in Meta ad spend across 15 clients. My personal Facebook account has just been permanently disabled - I believe Meta linked it to an old account ban from 5 years ago that's finally caught up with me.

My personal account is the primary BM admin where all 15 client accounts sit. I can't access or manage any of them right now.

Current situation:

✅ Business partner's account is untouched with admin access to the BM

📱 We have a business Instagram that may be unlinked from the banned profile

🚫 Appeal forms returning "page not available"

I have budget to resolve this properly and am willing to buy new hardware, fresh IPs - whatever it takes to do this right.

My questions:

1️⃣ What's the fastest legitimate path to reinstate my personal account given the circumvention history?

2️⃣ Is accessing BM through our Instagram business account on the same PC safe - or does device/IP fingerprinting make that dangerous?

3️⃣ Would Meta Verified give me access to human support that can actually resolve this? Or does that risk poking the bear?

4️⃣ Is a managed Meta account through my agency a genuine workaround to operate?

Really appreciate any insight at all 🙏