Missed call automation for contractors

The call you missed is still your job.

A homeowner calling three roofers hires whoever answers. You are on a ladder. Missed call text back closes that gap: the second a call rings out, the caller gets a text from your number, and the conversation stays yours. From $1,995, built and tested, with a free audit first.

Get a free automation audit See how it works

Text me anytime: (218) 818-1023. Skip the email if you like. I read and answer every text myself.

Why this one first

A voicemail is where a new customer goes to leave

This is the build I recommend first to almost every contractor, and it is not close.

Think about what the person on the other end is doing. They have a leak, a dead furnace or a branch through the garage roof. They googled your trade, opened three tabs, and they are working down the list. They are not evaluating your craftsmanship. They are finding out who picks up.

When your phone rings out, one of two things happens. Either they leave a voicemail and wait, which almost nobody does any more, or they hang up and dial the next number. You never find out that the call happened, so the loss is invisible. It does not show up anywhere. It just feels like a slow month.

The fix is not answering more calls. You cannot, and you should not be taking your hands off a ladder to try. The fix is making sure that hanging up is not the only option they have.

How it works

Ten seconds, and the lead is still yours

The call rings out

You are on a job, driving, or it is 7pm. Nothing changes about how your phone works, and you never have to remember to switch anything on.

A text goes out in seconds

From your number, in your business's words. Sorry we missed you, we are on a job, tell us what you need and we will call back this afternoon.

They reply by text

Which people actually do, because texting is easier than leaving a voicemail. You get the job, the address and the urgency without asking.

You call back knowing everything

Instead of a name and a number, you have the whole picture before you dial, so the callback is short and it converts.

What the text actually says

You write it, or I draft it and you change it. It is short, it sounds like a person, and it does three jobs: apologise, ask the one useful question, and set an expectation for when you will call. What it never does is pretend to be you having a conversation.

It can also behave differently out of hours, so a 9pm emergency gets a different answer from a 2pm quote request, and it stops texting someone who has already replied.

What it costs

One fixed price, agreed in writing first

Missed call text back

from $1,995

An Automation Starter build. One fixed price, in writing, before work starts.

Set up on your existing number, with nothing ported and nothing signed over
Your wording, drafted with you and changeable any time
Different replies for out of hours and for repeat callers
Replies land where you will see them: your phone, your email, or both
Tested against real call patterns before it goes live
An off switch you control, not one you have to ask me for

Get my free audit first

Before you pay for anything

The audit is free and it comes first.

Twenty to thirty minutes on how your week actually runs. You leave knowing whether this is the right first build for your business, what it would cost, and what the monthly running cost really is.

If your volume will not pay the build back, I will say so and point you at something cheaper. That has happened and it will happen again.

Most contractors pair this with lead follow-up once it is running, because the same conversation then gets chased properly instead of stalling after one text.

The full automation price list →

Third-party costs, the phone line, texts, email sending and the AI's own usage, are billed at cost with the provider's invoice shown, or run on your own account. Nothing here means unlimited integrations, revisions or usage.

Questions

Missed call automation questions

What is missed call text back?

When a call to your business rings out, software notices within seconds and automatically sends the caller a text from your number: sorry we missed you, we are on a job, what do you need and when. The caller replies by text, you get their details and the job, and you call back when you are off the roof. It exists because a homeowner calling three contractors hires the one who responds, and a text in ten seconds beats a voicemail nobody listens to.

Do I need a new phone number?

No. Your number stays with your carrier and stays on your phone, and nothing is ported or signed over. The setup watches for unanswered calls and sends the text from your number. Turn it off and your phone behaves exactly as it did before.

What if I pick up on the fifth ring?

Then no text goes out. It only fires on a call that actually rang out or went to voicemail, and there is a delay you set so a call you grab late is not followed by an awkward apology text.

Will it text people who are not customers?

It texts whoever called and did not get through, which includes the occasional supplier or your mother. In practice that is harmless, and known numbers can be excluded so the people who call you daily never get one.

How much does missed call automation cost?

From $1,995 to build, test and hand over, as a fixed price in writing. On top of that there is the texting cost itself, which is cents per message and billed at cost with the provider's invoice shown, or run on your own account. The audit that works out whether this is your best first build is free.

How is this different from the AI receptionist?

This one texts. The AI receptionist talks: it answers the call in your business's own words, qualifies the caller and books or routes them. Text back is cheaper and simpler and covers the calls you miss. The receptionist is from $2,500 plus $299 a month and covers the whole call. Plenty of contractors start here and move up later.

Start here

Get your free automation audit

Tell me roughly how many calls you miss in a week and what usually happens next. I will come back within 24 hours with whether this is the right first build, what it would cost, and what the texting actually runs to per month.

Business name

Trade and crew One line: the trade, roughly how many of you, and where you work.

Your website (if you have one)

Email address

Tell me what is happening now Rough numbers are fine. Put a phone number in here if you would rather I texted you.

No card, no call to book, no mailing list. I reply within 24 hours.

What you get back

Whether missed-call text back is your best first build
A fixed price for it, from the published list
The real monthly texting cost, not a guess
What I would automate after it, and in what order

Rather call or text?

Easier from the truck between jobs.

Call (218) 818-1023

Text (218) 818-1023

Straight answer guarantee

If this is not the right first build for your business, the audit ends with me saying so and telling you what I would do instead.

The rest of the system

What else I automate for contractors

Each of these is a build on its own, and they compound: answering fast is worth more when the follow-up is running, and both are worth more when the reviews keep coming. Start at the contractor hub if you would rather see the whole picture.

Stop losing jobs to voicemail.

Tell me what happens now when the phone rings and you cannot reach it. Within 24 hours you will know what this would cost and whether it pays for itself in your business.

Get my free automation audit Text (218) 818-1023