AI receptionist for small business

The assistant greets callers in your business name and tells them it is an automated assistant. It answers questions about your services and hours from your website. Then it takes their name, number and what they need. It answers any hour, including nights, weekends and when your line is busy.

The caller gets to ask a question and explain why they reached out. You get a clear message by text or email right away. When you call back, you already know what they want. You can start with their request rather than asking who called and trying to piece together what happened.

Voicemail gives callers a place to leave a recording. That works when they leave a clear message and you have time to listen. But someone who just wants to ask about your hours or a service may hang up and try another business.

A live answering service puts a person on the phone. What they handle depends on the service and the instructions you give them. It is worth considering if having a person speak with each caller is what matters most to you.

With this AI receptionist, your website supplies the answers and each request comes to you by text or email. I built it around the part that matters on a busy day: the caller gets an answer, and you know who needs you and why.

Finish helping the customer in front of you. Then read the caller's name, number and request when you have a moment. A question about your services, a request for a quote or a message for your team now has a clear next step. You can call back ready to help instead of starting from an unknown number.

• Law firms: hear from potential clients while your team is in court.
• Dental offices: answer callers while the front desk helps patients.
• HVAC companies: catch requests while your team is on service calls.
• Plumbers: get the message while your hands are full.
• Contractors: collect bid requests while you are on a job site.

1. Hear it first (optional). Enter your website. In a few minutes you get a demo line that answers as your business.
2. Turn it on. Your first month is free and there is no setup fee. You pay nothing today.
3. Get your number. You get a local number for your business and a text with your sign-in link a few minutes later.
4. Finish setup in your dashboard. It takes about 10 minutes:
   • Check your hours, services and prices. Callers hear what is there.
   • Call your new number from your cell to hear what callers hear.
   • Forward your line. Your phone still rings first. Calls you miss go to your receptionist.
   • Choose where messages go. After each call you get a text with a short summary.
   • Add your team, or keep it just you.
5. Read every call.Each call shows up in your dashboard with the caller's name, number and what they need.

• First month free, then $297 a month. Month to month, no contract.
• 750 minutes of calls a month are included. Past that it is 35 cents a minute.
• You get a reminder a few days before your free month ends.
• Cancel any time from the Plan page in your dashboard. Your line keeps answering until your paid month is up.

To start, enter your website and verify your phone with a text code. Call your demo line, hear how it answers and turn it on from the demo when you are ready.