Set Up Name + Photo Calling

Why this works: when you call an Apple user via FaceTime Audio, their phone shows your Apple ID name + photo — never "Spam Likely." That's a ~2× pickup boost. This 2-minute setup is what makes that name + photo actually be yours.

Set your Apple ID name + photo

This is the name and picture that pop on the call.

Settings → tap your name at the top → Name, Phone Numbers, Email

Set your name to your real name — e.g. Dylan Beers (or "Dylan Beers · Insurance"). Then set your Apple ID photo to a clean headshot.

Tap your photo/initials at the top of Settings → Choose Photo → your headshot → position + Done

Use a real, professional headshot — this is the face a stranger sees before they pick up. It matters more than anything else here.

Turn on FaceTime + confirm your caller identity

Settings → FaceTime → make sure it's ON

Under "You can be reached by FaceTime at," confirm your business number (and/or Apple ID email) is checked — that's the identity leads see.

Turn on Share Name and Photo (so iMessage matches too)

This makes your name + photo also show when you text a lead — so the whole thread looks like a real person, not a spam bot.

Settings → Apps → Messages → Share Name and Photo → turn ON, pick the same headshot, set sharing to Contacts Only (or Anyone)

(On older iOS: Settings → Messages → Share Name and Photo.)

Test it

FaceTime a friend (audio) and have them confirm they see your name + photo on the incoming call. If it shows — you're set.

✓ Done — you're a real person now

From here, when you tap Call in the callbook on an Apple lead, it routes through FaceTime and your name + photo pops on their screen. Non-Apple leads get your local state number automatically. Every touch — call and text — now looks like you.

Bonus: the contact card Bullpen texts your leads carries this same name + photo, so when they save you, everything matches everywhere.