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AI and automation for service business owners — practical intelligence on AI tools, dispatch software, and automation for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, auto repair, and field service businesses. Marcus translates artificial intelligence in business for the operators running real shops with real trucks and real techs. Every Monday and Friday: the tools, case studies, and AI automation stories that actually move the needle for small business operators. No hype. No theory. Just what works.

  1. 1小時前

    From 74% Missed Calls to Zero, and the Rise of Trade-Specific Voice AI

    A heating-and-cooling company that was missing 74% of its calls, a plumber who added $180K by catching weekend emergencies, and why vertical AI voice agents built for one trade are winning in 2026.

  2. 4日前

    Jobber Copilot & the Tariff Squeeze on Equipment Pricing

    The AI advisor built into Jobber that surfaces the revenue hiding in your own customer list, plus why the July 24 tariffs mean you need to re-price your most-quoted systems this week.

  3. 7月31日

    $7,000 in Week One: One Auto Shop's AI Front Desk + Google Starts Calling Your Shop

    An independent auto shop booked $7k in its first week by putting AI on the phones. Plus: Google's agentic booking is about to have AI dial contractors on homeowners' behalf, and you have 90 seconds to answer.Topic-pick rationale: The auto-shop case study is a concrete, real-operator result (front-office AI, not automating the repair) that models the show's "automate the catching, not the craft" thesis. The Google agentic-booking rollout is the standout forward-looking trend of the summer — AI-to-AI calling with a ~90-second answer window is a direct, near-term threat/opportunity for every shop's phone line, and it ties back cleanly to Monday's tool segment.

  4. 7月27日

    Your Phone Answers Itself: Housecall Pro's Free AI Receptionist + The Trades Talent Crunch

    Housecall Pro baked an AI call answerer into the plans you already pay for. Plus: why the 2026 skilled-trades shortage makes front-office automation a survival move.Topic-pick rationale: Housecall Pro's AI receptionist is a genuine July 2026 launch and directly serves our audience (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning) — and it's included free on plans they likely already have, which makes it immediately actionable. Paired with the 2026 trades labor shortage (500k+ worker shortfall, data-center-driven wage pressure) to frame why automating the front office protects expensive tech hours.

  5. 7月24日

    The Three-Shop Group That Found 12% More Output Without Hiring + Getting Found When Customers Ask an AI

    A multi-location auto repair group turned on AI scheduling analysis and AI-assisted inspection together and cut idle tech time 18% while lifting output 12% in 90 days, plus the AI-search shift leaving 99% of contractors invisible where customers now look.

  6. 7月20日

    The Inspection Assistant That Doubles Big-Ticket Approvals + Google Starts Calling Your Shop

    An AI layer for digital vehicle inspections that pushes approval on $1,000+ repairs from ~25% toward 60%, plus what Google's new agentic calling for home services means when an AI, not a homeowner, dials your front desk.Word count: 703

  7. 7月17日

    How Brico Mechanical Turned 950 a Month in AI Tools Into 8K in New Revenue

    This Friday's case study is Brico Mechanical, a multi-trade HVAC and plumbing operator who quietly built a three-tier AI stack — receptionist, speed-to-lead, dispatcher assist — for about 950 dollars a month in tooling and captured over 8,000 in additional monthly revenue within the first quarter. Zero additional dispatcher headcount. Then a forward-looking piece on Simpro's Lightning platform and FieldReady, an AI onboarding agent claiming to cut technician ramp from 12-16 weeks to days — and what that means for every operator who has been holding off on adding a truck.

  8. 7月13日

    The AI Phone Answerer That Pays for Itself in Two Weeks

    The AI Tool of the Week is ServiceAgent, an AI phone receptionist that sits on top of your existing scheduling platform and captures the after-hours and peak-time calls going straight to voicemail. We walk through cost, setup time, and the math on how five extra bookings a week returns 16x. Then a look at the ServiceTitan 2026 State of AI in the Trades report: 62 percent of adopting contractors report measurable gains, 40 to 65 percent more booked jobs, and 3,000 to 8,000 dollars in additional monthly revenue within 60 days. Plus the workflow to fix first if you haven't started yet.

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AI and automation for service business owners — practical intelligence on AI tools, dispatch software, and automation for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, auto repair, and field service businesses. Marcus translates artificial intelligence in business for the operators running real shops with real trucks and real techs. Every Monday and Friday: the tools, case studies, and AI automation stories that actually move the needle for small business operators. No hype. No theory. Just what works.

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    2026年
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