Missed-call text back for plumbers

Leaking pipes don’t wait for you to finish the job you’re on. When you can’t pick up, every caller you miss gets a text from your business number straight away, in your words, so they tell you what’s wrong instead of ringing the next plumber.

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Missed call · 09:42

Sorry I missed your call, I’m on a job. How can Stonebeck Plumbing help?

Boiler’s lost pressure, can you come today?

Texted back from your business number

How it works for plumbers

A text before the next number

Someone with a dripping ceiling rarely waits for a call back. A text from your business number the moment you miss them keeps the job yours, and they can reply with what’s wrong and where they are.

Reply between jobs

Their replies land in Calls & texts, one conversation per customer. Answer from the app when you’re back in the van, and your reply goes from your business number, not your personal mobile.

Voicemail can’t fool it

Turn on press-a-key and only pressing a key counts as answering. So when your voicemail picks up because you’re soldering a joint, the call still counts as missed and the customer still gets their text.

See who you won back

Every call is logged, with whether each missed caller was texted back. Calls & texts shows how many came back within a week by replying or ringing again, and your monthly report has a calls chapter.

AI Receptionist · call handled

CBChris BennettMissed call answered · 18:42

No hot water since this morning. Booked a visit for Tuesday at 09:00.

Booked into your diary · Tue 09:00

A frosty week at Marlbeck Plumbing & Heating

A frosty week, and every missed caller texted back

The first frost brought Marlbeck Plumbing & Heating more calls than Gemma and Rob could answer from the van. Every caller they missed got a text straight back from the business number: sorry we missed you, what’s the problem and where are you? Most replied before Rob had packed his tools away, with a description and a postcode. Gemma answered from the app at lunchtime, put the two burst pipes first and arranged the rest for later in the week.

An illustration of how it works, not a real customer.

The film

How the AI Receptionist, LocalQuiver's fifth AI agent, answers the calls you miss and your website chat in your business's name, how missed callers get a text back from your business number, and how customers book themselves into one diary. It works the same way for plumbers.

Read the transcript

0:02When you're on a job, the phone still rings. And every call you miss could be a customer who rings someone else.

0:09So meet the AI Receptionist, the fifth AI agent in LocalQuiver.

0:14Your phone rings first. When you can't pick up, it answers in your business's name, and says it's an AI assistant.

0:21It answers questions from your website and documents, then books the visit into your diary, or takes a proper message.

0:27And you get a short summary of every call it handled.

0:31The same receptionist chats on your website, answering questions and booking appointments in writing, day or night.

0:38With missed-call text back, every caller you miss gets a text from your business number, straight away, in your words.

0:45Their replies land in one place, and you answer from the app when you're free.

0:49And with online bookings, customers book themselves into times that are genuinely free, from your website or your booking link.

0:56Confirmations and reminders go out for you, and every booking lands in one diary, so nothing can clash.

1:03Every call answered. Every booking taken. Even when you're on a job.

1:09LocalQuiver. Your marketing, sorted.

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What's included

A business number that rings your own phone
Every missed caller texted back, in your own words
Press-a-key, so your voicemail can’t count as answering
Replies from the app, from your business number
Voicemails played in the app
Missed calls, texts back and customers won back

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Questions

More questions about the AI receptionist, calls and bookings

Something short that asks for what you need, like: sorry we missed you, we’re on a job, what’s the problem and what’s your postcode? Write it in your own words, or keep the standard message. It goes from your business number straight away.

No. Set a cooldown, anywhere from none to a week, and the same number isn’t texted again until it’s passed. Withheld numbers and your own phone are never texted, and anyone who replies STOP isn’t auto-texted again.

Replies go from the app, so they come from your business number and stay in one conversation per customer. You can ask for a text to your own phone when a customer writes, so you know to open the app.