Automation, built around your trade
A missed call means something completely different to a roofer than it does to a barber. One is a five-figure quote that never got made; the other is a chair that sat empty at 2pm and can never be sold again. Generic advice about “automating your business” is useless precisely because it ignores that.
So we have written it up trade by trade. Each page below covers the same four things, in the specific language of that industry: what the working day actually looks like and why the phone goes unanswered, exactly where the enquiries leak, roughly what that leak is worth over a year, and which automation we would build first if you only ever did one.
The money figures are worked examples, not claims about your business. Each one is followed by a link into our calculator, pre-filled with that trade’s starting numbers so you can replace them with your own in about twenty seconds.
Do not see your trade? The principles carry across almost every service business — the leaks are nearly always the unanswered enquiry, the quote nobody chased and the customer nobody rebooked. Tell us what you do and we will give you an honest answer on whether there is anything worth automating.
Pick your trade
Plumbers & heating engineers
The 3am burst pipe — and three other places the work goes missing.
Electricians
The enquiry you could not safely take — and three other places the work goes missing.
Hair salons & barbers
The chair that stayed empty — and three other places the work goes missing.
Dental & private clinics
The overflow call nobody reached — and three other places the work goes missing.
Estate & letting agents
The 7:40pm portal enquiry — and three other places the work goes missing.
Gyms & personal trainers
The 9pm 'I want to start' enquiry — and three other places the work goes missing.
Cleaning companies
The quote that came back second — and three other places the work goes missing.
Garages & MOT centres
The MOT that expired somewhere else — and three other places the work goes missing.
Beauty & aesthetics clinics
The enquiry that needed six weeks, not six minutes — and three other places the work goes missing.
Roofers & builders
The enquiry that arrived while you were on a roof — and three other places the work goes missing.
Not sure which one you are losing most to?
Twenty seconds with the calculator will tell you, and it does not need your email address to give you the answer.