Automation and softwareIn peak season the phone rings while every tech is on a job. I set up the replies, follow-ups and reminders that keep those calls from going to the next company, in the tools you already use.
Tell me the task that eats your week. A written first plan in 2 business days.
A missed call on a 98 degree afternoon
Home services businesses miss about 14% of calls, according to CallRail’s 2025 benchmark, and the share climbs when the weather turns. A homeowner with no AC does not leave a voicemail and wait. The first company that answers gets the job, and usually the replacement that follows.
A new system is a big decision, and most homeowners compare two or three quotes. The estimate goes out, the homeowner has questions about financing or timing, and nobody calls back because the office is busy with today’s repairs. The company that follows up well wins more of them.
Maintenance agreements keep techs busy in the quiet months and bring the replacement when the time comes. Renewals and tune-up scheduling usually depend on someone remembering, so a share of plans quietly expire every year.
The call is written on a pad, entered in the field software, then typed again in QuickBooks. Every retyping costs office time and creates the errors that show up at month end.
An example with round numbers, not a client. The missed call rate comes from CallRail’s 2025 benchmark for home services. Put in your own numbers in the missed call calculator.
Revenue that goes to someone else each month
$6,552
Fixed price, agreed before work starts. You own the accounts, the setup and the data.
Sample messages with made-up names. Yours are written in your voice, and your team approves every one before it goes live.
Starts when: a call rings out or goes to voicemail
Within 1 minute
A text from your business number
Sample text message: Hi, this is Comfort Air. Sorry we missed your call. What’s going on with your system? Reply here or book a time: [link]
On reply
The conversation lands in your office inbox and the call-back list, tagged as no cool, no heat or other
After 15 minutes with no reply
One reminder, then the lead goes to the call-back list for a person
Starts when: an estimate for a new system is sent
Day 1
A thank you with the estimate, the financing link and the tech’s name
Day 3
A short check-in
Sample text message: Hi Maria, any questions about the estimate for your new system? Happy to walk through the financing options. Reply here or call us.
Day 7
A task for the comfort advisor to call personally
Day 14
A last note, then the estimate is marked lost with a reason, so you know why jobs slip
Starts when: a plan is 30 days from renewal, or a season is about to start
30 days before renewal
A renewal reminder with what the plan includes and a one-click renewal
6 weeks before summer and winter
Tune-up scheduling for every member, offered by neighborhood so routes stay tight
After the visit
A review request and a note of anything the tech flagged for later
Replies get lost when the employee is off, and the customer has no idea who is writing. Everything should come from the business number and land in a shared inbox.
A sequence that keeps going after the customer replied, booked or said no is the fastest way to annoy people. Every reply stops the sequence.
Most field service tools already include texting and reminders. Setting those up properly is usually the first and cheapest step.
If your software already does part of this, I set that up first and build only what is missing. What can be connected depends on the tool and your plan with it, so the free review checks it before any price. Names are trademarks of their owners, listed only as tools owners commonly use.
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The ads were working. The leads were waiting five hours for a reply. Fixing that nearly doubled the contracts.
Partly. Field service tools include texting, reminders and some marketing features, and they are often unused or half set up. I start there and build only what the tool can’t do, like sending sold jobs back to the ads or a follow-up path your tool doesn’t support. You don’t pay twice for the same thing.
When a call isn’t answered, the caller gets a text from your business number within a minute, with a short message and a link to book or reply. It turns a missed call into a conversation before the caller tries the next company. Business texting in the US requires carrier registration, called A2P 10DLC, and I handle it as part of setup.
Not when they are short, few and useful. Each message is written in your voice, follow-ups stop the moment the customer replies, and anyone who opts out is never texted again.
Yes. Completed jobs can create the invoice in QuickBooks Online, and payments update the job, so nothing is typed twice.
One workflow, like missed call replies and estimate follow-up, usually takes 1 to 2 weeks. A complete path from new lead to paid invoice usually takes 2 to 6 weeks. You see working pieces along the way.
Each project gets a fixed price in a written proposal, agreed before work starts. The free automation review gives you a written first plan and a price range within 2 business days. An optional monthly plan covers hosting, monitoring and changes.
Leo AgostiniFounder, Cazullo
Building business software since 2022, after 13 years in marketing. You work directly with me, and I personally review and validate the work before delivery.
Tell me about your business and the task that eats your week. Within 2 business days you get a written first plan: what to automate first and a price range. No call required for that; bigger systems get their full scope after a short conversation.
Prefer to talk now? Call (424) 340-4151, or write to leo@cazullo.com.