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AI-native operations for trades businesses
Every missed call is a
Every missed call is a
job your competitor wins.
We install AI-powered operations — missed-call recovery, instant booking, automated reviews, and follow-up that closes — so $500K–$10M home-services businesses stop leaking revenue and start compounding it.
📞 Recover every missed call
📅 Fill the calendar automatically
⭐ Generate 5-star reviews on autopilot
🔁 Reactivate past customers
The leak
Your shop runs on the phone. The phone is where the money disappears.
You're great at the work. But the office can't pick up every call, follow up on every estimate, or ask every happy customer for a review. That gap is invisible — and it's expensive.
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Up to 1 in 4 calls missed
Missed calls = booked jobs lost
When you're on a job site, the call goes to voicemail and the customer dials the next shop on Google. They rarely call back.
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Most estimates never followed up
Quotes go cold in the inbox
You send the estimate and wait. No nudge, no sequence — so winnable jobs stall out and quietly die.
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Invisible in local search
Few reviews, fewer leads
Without a steady stream of fresh reviews you rank below competitors — so you pay more for every lead you do get.
Run your numbers
The Revenue Leak Calculator
Three sliders. Thirty seconds. See what missed calls are actually costing your shop — most owners are off by a zero.
Count every ring — office line, cell, Google listing.
Blend service calls and bigger installs.
Industry average for trades is 20–30%. Be honest.
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estimated revenue slipping away every month
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walking out the door per year
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recovered per year if instant text-back saves just half of them
Assumes 3 in 10 missed callers were ready to book — conservative for emergency trades — and that missed-call-to-text recovers half. Your strategy call maps the real number for your shop.
The system
The automations that actually move money — installed for you
We don't sell "social media management." We wire the proven, ROI-ranked systems into how your shop already works, then run them in the background. Here's the core of what we install:
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Missed-Call-to-Text
Every missed call instantly fires a text back so the lead stays yours instead of going to the next shop.
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Online Booking + Dispatch
Customers self-book into a dispatch-ready calendar. No phone tag, fewer gaps in the schedule.
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Automated Review Generation
After every job, an automatic request asks happy customers for a Google review — lifting your ranking.
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Quote & Estimate Follow-Up
Sequenced nudges keep stalled estimates moving and close jobs that would otherwise slip away.
Watch it work
This is what happens the next time you can't pick up.
You're under a sink. The phone rings out. Normally that job is gone — the customer is already calling the next shop on Google.
With the system installed, a text goes back within seconds, the conversation happens without you, and the job lands on your calendar. Watch the demo — this is real message flow, not a mockup of features.
Get this on your number →Tuesday · 2:12 PM
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Missed call(715) 555-0192 · Mobile
Hey, it's Summit Plumbing — sorry we missed your call! How can we help?
Water heater's leaking. Can someone come today?
Yes — we can be there at 4:00 or tomorrow 8:30 AM. Which works?
4:00 today please
✓ Job booked — today 4:00 PM
The first 90 seconds after a call you couldn't answer.
The Core Install
"Never Miss a Job"
One done-for-you system that plugs the biggest leaks first. We build it, connect it to your phone, calendar, and Google profile, and hand you a machine that runs without adding work to your plate.
Scope your install on a call →- ✓Missed-call-to-text auto-responderRecover lost calls the moment they happen.
- ✓Online booking + dispatch-ready schedulingFill the calendar without phone tag.
- ✓Automated Google review generationClimb local search on autopilot.
- ✓Lead & estimate follow-up sequencesClose the jobs sitting in your inbox.
- ✓Reactivation & seasonal campaignsTurn past customers into repeat revenue.
Simple to start
From first call to live system in three steps
1
Strategy call
We map where your shop is leaking jobs and show you exactly which automations will recover the most revenue, fastest.
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We build & connect
We install the system on your numbers, calendar, and Google profile — and test every flow end to end. You keep running your business.
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It runs & you grow
Calls get recovered, the calendar fills, reviews stack up. We monitor, tune, and report so it keeps compounding.
Proof, not promises
We publish the numbers
Every install gets measured: 30 days of before-and-after data tied to the exact automations we turned on. The first case studies are being documented right now.
In progress
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Remodeling contractor — Washington State.
Core install live. 30-day before/after metrics land here when the measurement window closes.
Reserved
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HVAC — this could be your shop.
Early installs get founder-level attention and a documented before/after story.
Reserved
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Plumbing — this could be your shop.
Be the proof. We do the work, measure everything, and you keep the results.
Who we build for
Owner-operated trades shops doing $500K–$10M
If you run the business and the phone is your lifeline, you're who we built this for. We're based in Wisconsin and install our systems remotely for trades businesses across the country. We specialize in:
🔥 HVAC
🔧 Plumbing
⚡ Electrical
🔨 Carpentry & Remodeling
🎨 Painting
🏠 Roofing
Let's talk
Book your free strategy session
No pressure, no jargon. We'll show you where the jobs are leaking and what it takes to plug it. Meet by phone/video, or — if you're in Wisconsin — request an in-person visit. Pick a time, or send a note and we'll reach out.
Prefer to talk right now? Call (206) 659-3547 · tarnett@flatllc.com
Fastest — pick a time
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We'll only use your info to follow up about your session. No spam, ever.
Questions
What shop owners ask us
Do I have to learn new software?
No. That's the point. We build and run the system for you. It connects to the phone number, calendar, and Google profile you already use — your team keeps working the way they always have.
Do you only work with Wisconsin businesses?
We're based in Wisconsin and love working with local shops in person, but our systems are installed remotely — so we work with trades businesses anywhere in the U.S. In-person visits are available for Wisconsin clients.
How fast can this be live?
Most core installs go live in a matter of weeks, not months. On the strategy call we'll give you a realistic timeline based on your setup and which automations you start with.
What does it cost?
It depends on which automations you need and the size of your shop, so we scope it on the call rather than guess. You'll get a clear, fixed quote before anything is built — no surprises.
Is this just another lead-gen agency?
No. We don't sell ads or "social media management." We install operating systems — the automations that recover calls, book jobs, and generate reviews — the same kind of AI-native operations modern businesses run internally. We build it so you don't have to.
I'm slammed. Will this add work to my plate?
The opposite. Every automation is designed to remove work — fewer missed calls to chase, fewer estimates to manually follow up on, fewer review requests to send by hand. We set it up and monitor it for you.
Stop letting jobs slip through the cracks.
One call to see exactly where the revenue is leaking — and what it takes to plug it.
Book your free strategy session →Prefer to talk now? Call (206) 659-3547
Find your leak4 quick questions · no forms
Before you go — 30 seconds.
Run your numbers on the leak calculator, or grab a free call and we'll run them for you. Either way, you'll know what missed calls are costing you.