Follow-Up Rescue · phone part

Answers when you can’t

How the phone part of Follow-Up Rescue works — your existing number, a playbook you approve once. After you approve the playbook, calendar booking can run; prices and other shop commits still need your OK. No SMS from us.

Existing shop number Owner alerts — you decide Veteran owned and operated
Step 1

Setup once

We learn how your shop actually talks — then you approve the playbook and first follow-up wording before any live calls. After you approve the playbook, calendar booking can run; prices and other shop commits still need your OK.

Step 2

When a call comes in

Built for after-hours and no-answer first. Available around the clock when you want that coverage.

1

Your existing number

Callers still dial the shop’s number. Forward when nobody picks up — no new public number to teach customers.

2

Talk using the playbook

The answer uses your approved services, area, hours, tone, and never-say rules — not a generic script.

3

Capture what matters

Name, number, address, problem, and best time to reach them — so the next human isn’t starting from zero.

4

Call summary

A short summary (and recording note when available) lands with the lead so you can decide what to do next.

Owner-approved playbook

Approve once. Stay in control.

This is the trust wedge vs “books everything on first ring” AI. You approve the phone playbook and first follow-up wording once — then answering follows it.

Approve the playbook once

Services, area, hours, tone, and never-say rules — plus first follow-up wording — locked with your OK before live calls.

Then calendar booking can run

After you approve the playbook, calendar booking can run on that playbook. Routine email follow-ups can run on approved wording.

Prices still need your OK

Prices and other shop commits still need the owner’s OK. Answering helps; it doesn’t give away the shop.

Pause anytime · failures stay visible

Pause answering when you need to. Failures and handoffs stay visible to the owner — nothing hides in the dark.

Step 3

You stay in control

Answering helps; it doesn’t take the shop away from you. Full detail above in Owner-approved playbook.

Step 4

After the call

The lead should land where you already work — and follow-ups should know when to stop. Curious what missed calls may be costing you? Try the missed-call cost calculator.

CRM sync

When your CRM allows it (Jobber, Housecall Pro, and the like), we feed requests into your tools carefully. We confirm compatibility before quoting and during testing. Jobber & Housecall Pro page.

Email confirm + follow-ups

Email confirmation, then up to two follow-ups. Follow-ups stop on reply, opt-out, handover, or when the lead is handled.

Step 5

Dashboard, pause, visible failures

See what’s running. Pause anytime. When something breaks, it stays visible — so nothing hides in the dark.

First month free

First month free with a 12-month subscription

Fixed setup plus first month of monitoring free when you start a year subscription, then monthly monitoring for the term. One shop, one number — full-time or after hours / mid-job / missed calls, chosen with you. Playbook and wording with you, request log, email follow-ups, no SMS. Written quote after discovery — no payment on this page.