Stop Missing Calls.
Stop Losing Leads.
Stop Doing Paperwork at Midnight.
Operations systems for Austin's trade businesses — HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, remodeling, service, and landscaping. We set up the systems that answer every call, follow up on every lead, and ask every customer for a review. AI does the heavy lifting. You don't have to learn it.
As of May 2026 · Active client engagements in Central Texas
What we actually do
“We don't sell AI. We sell finished systems — built around AI, around your existing tools, and around the way your business actually runs.”
Most consultants stop at activation. We start at activation and end at adoption — documented, trained, and running without us.
See what's included →What we believe
Three convictions that shape every engagement.
Trade owners are not the problem. The systems are.
The chaos a small trade business runs in isn't a character flaw or a sign the owner is "behind on technology." Software has been built for venture-backed SaaS buyers, not for someone running a 4-person crew out of a Ford F-250. The fix is system design, not personal effort.
Implementation is the work. Tools are the supplies.
Every other consultant in this market is fundamentally a software reseller with consulting bolted on. We're the inverse. The work is the configuration, the integration, the documentation, the training. The tools are interchangeable.
Honesty over enthusiasm. Always.
Roughly 15% of our audit calls end with us telling the prospect not to hire us — that a simpler fix gets them further than we would. We'd rather lose the sale than land one that doesn't fit. The "Who This Isn't For" section below is part of the offer, not fine print.
Services
Three packages. One outcome.
Pick the tier that matches where your business is today. Every tier ends with a working system, real training, and documentation you own.
Foundation Setup
“Stop the bleeding.”
Every call answered. Professional email that doesn't say @gmail.com. A full audit of your review situation — written report, gaps identified, competitors benchmarked. Google Business Profile set up and working. The four foundations every trade business needs before anything else makes sense.
- Professional email + custom domain
- AI receptionist — 24/7 call answering
- Complete Automated Customer Review Audit
- Google Business Profile setup + optimization
Growth Engine
“Look and operate like a real company.”
You've fixed the bleeding. Now your business needs to actually look like a real company — to customers, to Google, and to itself. Same tight operations as Foundation, plus the marketing and quoting infrastructure that turns "guy with a truck" into a recognizable local brand.
- Everything in Foundation
- Professional Business Website (5 pages)
- Social content pipeline — 2 posts/week, ~15 min owner time
- AI quote + estimate generation in your voice
- Review automation with negative-feedback escalation path
or $1,850 upfront + $225/mo × 6
Best for $200K–$500K revenue · 3–4 weeks
See full detailsFull Operations Buildout
“Every operational gap closed.”
The complete system. Every operational gap a small trade business has — closed, integrated, documented, and running without the owner's daily attention. Built for businesses ready to grow past the point where the owner can hold everything in their head.
- Everything in Tiers 1 and 2
- Voice-to-invoice pipeline for your 5 most common job types
- Lead intake CRM + AI chat widget with auto follow-up
- CompanyCam rollout with usage SOP for all field staff
- Recurring service reminder sequences (email + text)
- Custom playbook — a written SOP your business owns
Not sure which tier fits? The free 20-minute audit tells you. About 15% of the time we tell you to wait — we'd rather lose the sale.
Book the Free AuditNot the owner? Read this.
Are you the one running the office while your partner runs the field?
Most of our audit calls actually start with the bookkeeper, the office manager, or the spouse — the person living with the chaos every day. The missed calls, the lost paperwork, the reviews nobody asks for, the software that doesn't talk to itself.
You don't need permission to fix something that's making your life harder.
Results
Real Austin businesses. Real numbers.
47 missed calls recovered in 30 days.
12 turned into booked jobs. The system paid for itself before the first invoice cleared.
“I was losing two or three calls a day during peak season and didn't even know it. Corby set up the AI receptionist in a week, and the first month it caught 47 calls I would've missed.”
— Mike R.
6 Google reviews to 89 in four months.
4.9 average. Now ranking page one for 'plumber South Austin.'
“We'd been in business 7 years and had 6 reviews. Six. Four months later we're at 89 with a 4.9 average. That alone changed the business.”
— Sarah L.
Owner reclaimed 12 hours per week.
End-of-job voice memo handles invoice, follow-up, and next steps automatically.
“I used to do paperwork from 8 to 11 every night. Now I record a voice memo at the end of each job and the system handles the rest. I've got my evenings back.”
— Carlos M.
“Best money I've spent on the business in 5 years.”
Roofing · Pflugerville
“Booked 3 extra jobs the first week the receptionist went live.”
HVAC · North Austin
“Finally stopped losing leads to whoever called them back first.”
Landscaping · Lakeway
“The setup was painless. The results showed up in 30 days.”
Plumbing · Cedar Park
Honest carve-out
Who this isn't for.
About 15% of our audit calls end with us recommending the prospect not hire us. These are the most common reasons. Naming what you're not is as important as naming what you are.
Sub-$150K businesses
Tier 1 might still pencil out, but probably not. Get to a steady $150K first. Come back when one recovered missed call would actually pay for the engagement.
E-commerce, B2B SaaS, or non-trade businesses
Wrong vertical. We don't have the operational pattern recognition to help, and we'd be doing you a disservice pretending otherwise. The plumber understands us; the e-commerce founder shouldn't bother.
Multi-state operators or franchise systems
Different problem set entirely. We're built for owner-operator and small-crew operations in Texas. If you're operating in 4 states, you need a consultant who specializes in multi-location ops, not us.
Anyone looking for a marketing agency
We don't bring you leads. We make sure you don't lose the ones you already have. If you're trying to solve a top-of-funnel problem, this isn't the engagement.
Anyone who wants "AI" for its own sake
We use AI where it genuinely solves a problem. If you want a consultant to put AI on every part of your business, you'll be disappointed by what we recommend.
FAQ
Common questions.
Honest answers to what trade owners actually ask on every audit call.
Free 20-Minute Audit
20 minutes. Three leaks found.
Zero pressure.
Pick a time that works for you. Corby will call you at the scheduled time — no prep needed.
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