Every trade business owner knows they’re leaving money on the table. Missed calls go to competitors. Invoices sit unsent for days. Your team spends hours on tasks that should take seconds. But how much is it actually costing you?
Key Takeaways
- 10 missed calls per week at 30% close rate = $9,600/month in recovered revenue
- Automated invoicing pulls $72,000/month in cash flow forward by 3 days
- 8 hours of admin time saved per week = $960/month back to your team
- A single automation project starts at $3,000—most businesses see ROI in the first month
These are illustrative estimates. Your actual results will depend on your business, volume, and processes. We’ll calculate your real numbers together on the call.
Missed Calls = Missed Revenue
Every missed call is a potential job that goes to your competitor. When someone calls and you don’t answer, they don’t wait—they call the next company on the list. Here’s what that costs:
Example calculation:
10 missed calls/week × 30% close rate × $800 average job × 4 weeks = $9,600/month
Even recovering a fraction of those calls pays for automation many times over. A missed-call text-back workflow automatically sends a text within seconds of a missed call, letting the customer know you’ll call back. That simple automation keeps leads warm instead of losing them to whoever answers first.
Faster Invoicing = Faster Cash
The longer an invoice sits unsent, the longer you wait to get paid—and the more likely it gets disputed or forgotten. When invoices go out the same day the job closes, you get paid faster.
Example calculation:
15 jobs/week × $1,200 average invoice = $18,000/week sent 3 days earlier
Over a month: $72,000 in cash flow pulled forward
This doesn’t create new revenue—it accelerates cash you’ve already earned. Faster cash means fewer credit line draws, fewer late payments to subs, and less stress about making payroll.
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Admin Hours Saved = Real Dollars Back
Your team spends hours every week on tasks that automation handles instantly: data entry, follow-up texts, scheduling confirmations, invoice reminders. That’s time you’re paying for that could go toward higher-value work.
Example calculation:
8 hours saved/week × $30/hour (wages + overhead) × 4 weeks = $960/month
That’s time your office staff or dispatchers can spend on booking jobs, handling customers, or going home on time. And unlike hiring more staff, automation doesn’t call in sick or need training.
What Does It Add Up To?
Here’s what these numbers look like side by side:
Missed Call Recovery
$9,600/mo
New revenue recovered
Faster Invoicing
$72,000
Cash flow pulled forward
Admin Hours Saved
$960/mo
Value returned to your team
A single automation project starts at $3,000. For most trade businesses, the math works out in the first month.
These are illustrative estimates based on common scenarios. Your numbers will vary—and that’s exactly what we figure out together.
Let’s Calculate Your Numbers
We’ll calculate this together on the call. Book a 15-minute workflow fit check and we’ll plug in your real numbers—missed calls, invoice delays, admin hours—so you can see exactly what automation would recover for your business.
No contracts. No pressure. Just your numbers, your math, your decision.
