When the Phone Stops Ringing

Every plumbing and HVAC owner knows the feeling.

You walk into the office, look at the schedule board, and notice a few too many open slots. A couple of trucks that should already be running calls are still sitting in the lot.

Dispatch is waiting for the phone to ring.

Meanwhile, somewhere in your city, homeowners are searching Google right now because something just broke.

An air conditioner stopped working.
A water heater failed overnight.
A drain backed up in the kitchen.

The first thing most homeowners do is search Google:

“AC repair near me”
“plumber near me”

Google then shows a short list of local companies in the Google Maps results.

And that’s where most of the calls begin.

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