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Save 10+ hours a week on texting and follow-up as a solo electrician
Sloan Electric
Podium centralises messaging with AI-assisted replies.
From $399/mo (checked prices)
Easy · or we do it from $497
Podium
The problem
The owner was doing all customer messaging himself.
What happened
Podium's headline: saves 10+ hours a week.
Vendor case study Quoted in the source: Mark Sloan, owner, Sloan Electric. Source: Podium case study · Added 2026-10-13. Results as reported by the source; we haven't independently verified them.
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How to set it up yourself
- List your services, service area, hours and pricing rules in one doc.
- Turn on an AI receptionist (or your field-service app's built-in one) and paste that doc into its knowledge settings.
- Connect it to your real calendar so it only offers open slots.
- Forward missed or after-hours calls to the AI number.
- Review every AI call summary daily for the first two weeks and fix wrong answers.
Tools used
Podium
Messaging, reviews and payments platform with AI lead response.
From Core $399/mo (checked 2026-10-13)
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Checked prices: Podium: from Core $399/mo (verified 2026-10-13)
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