Answers every call 24/7
Day, night, weekend, or while your crew is on a job — the AI receptionist picks up, sounds natural, answers your common questions, and books the work.
For home service businesses
AI Receptionist forhome service businesses.
An AI receptionist answers your phone 24/7, texts back every missed call, books jobs, and sends you a summary of each one. Protocol Media sets it up and runs it for you — so the calls you already pay to earn stop slipping away.
That number is answered 24/7 by our own AI Receptionist. Call it and hear exactly what your customers would.
Why a missed call costs so much
If your average job is worth $400 and you miss five calls in a busy week, that's roughly $2,000 a week in work that called you first. An AI receptionist that answers and texts back costs less than one of those jobs a month.
- Answers in seconds, every hour of every day
- Texts back the callers you can't get to
- Books the job and tells you what happened
Hear it live: (864) 735-1948Up and running in about a weekMonth-to-month — no contract trapWritten completion guarantee
What it does
A receptionist that never misses a call.
It does the four things a great front-desk person would — without a salary, sick days, or a learning curve for you.
Texts back missed calls
If a call ever slips through, the caller gets a friendly text in seconds — so the lead doesn't just dial the next company on the list.
Summarizes every call
You get a plain-English text after each call: who called, what they needed, and what was booked. No app to check.
Hands off when it should
It tells callers it's an assistant and routes to you when a real person should take over. You stay in control of the conversations that matter.
How it compares
Voicemail, a phone service, or an AI receptionist?
| What matters | Voicemail | Human answering service | Protocol AI Receptionist |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers after hours & weekends | — | Sometimes (extra cost) | |
| Texts back a missed caller | — | — | |
| Books jobs / takes details | — | ||
| Sends you a call summary | — | Sometimes | |
| Cost vs. a part-time hire | Free, but loses jobs | High | A fraction |
| Set up & run for you | — | Varies |
General comparison of common options for handling incoming calls. Your setup is scoped on the free assessment.
How it works
Three steps. No homework for you.
01
Free 20-minute assessment
We look at how your phone is answered today, what callers ask, and where calls are slipping. No pressure, no jargon.
02
We set it up in about a week
We write the answers, set the voice, connect your number, and test it end to end before it goes live. You approve how it sounds.
03
It answers — you get reports
Calls get answered and missed calls get texted back from day one. Every month you get a one-page report in plain words.
Fair questions
What owners ask about the AI receptionist.
Will the AI sound weird to my customers?
Judge it yourself — call (864) 735-1948 right now. That's our real line, answered by the same kind of AI receptionist we'd set up for you. It tells callers it's an assistant, answers common questions, and hands off to a person when it should.
Is this an app I have to learn?
No. We set it up and run it. You get a text when something needs you — a new lead or a call summary. That's the whole experience for you.
What about the calls I miss right now?
Every missed call can trigger an instant text back so the caller hears from you in seconds. For a busy service business, that alone is often the difference between a booked job and a lost one.
How fast does it go live?
Setup usually takes about a week. Once it's on, it answers and texts back from day one. It's month-to-month, so we have to keep earning it.
Do you guarantee more jobs?
No — and nobody honest will. What we guarantee in writing: the system gets installed, tested, documented, and reported on in plain English, or we keep working at no extra setup cost.
Hear it for yourself, then we'll find your leak.
Call our line and listen to the AI receptionist answer — that's the product, live. Then book a free 20-minute assessment and we'll show you the first thing worth fixing.
Done-for-you setup. Month-to-month. Based in Charleston, SC.