Mostly on Google, and more and more by asking AI. In a 2026 survey of 1,002 US adults, 71% said they use Google to find local businesses and 45% said they use AI tools like ChatGPT, up from 6% a year earlier. Facebook ranked second. So the three things a shop needs to get right are its Google listing, its reviews, and a site that states plainly what it does.
Source: BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Related service: Get Found Fix.
At least 20, with 4 stars or better, and new ones every month. In the same survey, 47% of people said they will not use a business with fewer than 20 reviews, 68% said they only use a business with 4 stars or more, and 74% said they look for reviews from the last three months. A shop with great work and six old reviews loses to an average shop with fifty recent ones.
Source: BrightLocal Local Consumer Review Survey 2026 (opens in a new tab).
Related service: Listing Care.
Ask every customer right after the job, and make it one tap. Copy the review link from "Ask for reviews" in your Google Business Profile, text it to the customer, and put it on a card at the counter. Do not offer discounts or gifts for reviews. Google says reviews gathered with incentives break its policies and can be removed.
Source: Google Business Profile Help (opens in a new tab).
Related service: Listing Care.
Most callers do not wait. In a 2025 survey of 1,000 US consumers, 82% said they would call a competitor if a business does not answer, and only 42% said they leave a voicemail. For a one-truck shop, the calls that ring out while the owner is on a job add up to a monthly dollar figure. You can work yours out in 20 seconds with the free Missed-Call Number calculator.
Source: CallRail consumer survey, 2025 (opens in a new tab). CallRail sells call tracking.
Related service: Booked Jobs CRM.
Multiply the calls you miss in a week by 52, divide by 12, then multiply by your average job and by the share of callers who hire you. With the calculator's starting figures, 5 missed calls a week, a $450 average job and 40% of callers hiring you, that is about $3,900 a month. These are example inputs, not a study. Put in your own week to see yours.
Work yours out: Missed-Call Number calculator.
It is an automatic text that goes to a caller about 10 seconds after you miss their call, sent from your own business number and written in your words, so the caller answers you instead of dialing the next shop. At AG Digital Automation it is part of Booked Jobs CRM, which is $249 a month with no setup fee and no contract. Phone carriers have to approve business texting first, which takes a few days.
Related service: Booked Jobs CRM.
An answering service puts a live person on your calls and usually bills by the minute or by the call. An AI receptionist answers with a voice bot. Missed-call text-back does neither. When you cannot pick up, the caller gets a text from your own number in about 10 seconds and you reply when you are free. It suits a one-truck shop that wants to keep the customer conversation itself.
Related service: Booked Jobs CRM.
Yes. In a late 2025 survey of 1,201 Americans aged 18 to 64, 39% said they have skipped a business because it had no website, and 70% said they are more likely to use a business that has one. A Facebook page is not yours, and it leaves the Website button on your Google listing empty or pointing at Facebook. A single page with what you do, your hours, a tap-to-call number and a message form is enough.
Source: DreamHost 2026 Local Business Trust Index (opens in a new tab). DreamHost sells web hosting.
Related service: One-page website.
A one-page website from AG Digital Automation is $500, one time. It covers your services, hours, photos, a tap-to-call phone number, a map link and an inquiry form that goes to your inbox. It is built on your own domain and hosting, so you own it. You see a preview link first, it goes live in about 7 days, and edits are included for 30 days after launch.
Related service: One-page website.
It means nobody has told Google they own that listing. The listing still shows up in search, but no one is managing it, and anyone can suggest a change to the hours or phone number. The owner can claim it for free through Google Business Profile. Google says people are 70% more likely to visit a business with a complete profile, and 2.7 times more likely to consider it reputable.
Source: Google Business Profile Help (opens in a new tab).
Related service: Get Found Fix.
Local business schema is a short block of code on your site that states your business name, phone, hours, service area and services in a fixed format. Google says no special markup is needed to show up in its AI answers, so schema is not a shortcut. What it does is make your site, your Google listing and your Bing listing say the same thing, so no search engine has to guess which version is right.
Source: Google Search Central (opens in a new tab).
Related service: Get Found Fix.
Nobody outside those companies knows the full answer, and anyone who says they do is guessing. What is documented: Google says its AI answers draw on pages it has indexed and on Google Business Profiles, and that there is no special markup or file that gets a site picked. One study of pages cited by ChatGPT found about 70% had been updated in the past year. The practical version is a complete Google listing, recent reviews, and a site that answers real questions in plain words and is kept current.
Sources: Google Search Central (opens in a new tab) and AirOps (opens in a new tab).
Related service: Get Found Fix.
Prices are fixed and posted. Get Found Fix is $297 one time. Listing Care is $149 a month. Booked Jobs CRM is $249 a month. A one-page website is $500 one time. Video ads start at $75. Social media content is $1,000 a month. There are no setup fees and no contracts. Full details are on the services page.
All prices: Services.
Anthony Gigovski. The business is owner-operated, based in Brookfield, Illinois, and works with trade and home-service shops anywhere in the United States over text and a short call. Anthony is a US Marine Corps veteran. You can call or text 630-866-6196.
More: About Anthony.