chalkthis. presents

The Winter Warm-up.

Your next jobs are already on your customer list.

$2,500 one-time setup, then $299 a month subscription

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Nothing is charged here. Joe calls within one business day.

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No. 2 Call text-back

Up a ladder when the phone rings?

Meanwhile, in the van… Call text-back sends every missed caller a text from your business number within seconds, so they book with you, not the next name on the list.

See how it works → I want this
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No. 3 Google review responses

Every review gets a thank-you.

Five stars or one… We draft a reply to every new Google review, in your voice. You read it, change it if you like, and nothing posts until you approve it.

See how it works → I want this
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No. 4 Website rebuild

They look you up before they call.

Tonight, on the couch… We build you a new website, AEO, GEO and SEO optimized, or renovate and optimize the one you have. It’s yours to keep: the domain, the site and the words.

See how it works → I want this
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No. 5 Automated quotes & estimates

Signed at the kitchen table.

From first call to signed estimate… Automated quotes and estimates turn the inquiry, your notes and your price book into a clean estimate in minutes. It never invents a price, and nothing goes out without your say.

See how it works → I want this
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No. 6 After-hours front desk

Closed for the night? The front desk still answers.

After hours… An AI receptionist answers when you’re closed: nights, weekends and holidays. It answers from what you’ve approved, books into your calendar, takes messages, and hands anything urgent to a person.

See how it works → I want this
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No. 7 Free business snapshot

Snapshot your business.

Tell us your business, and we'll show you where you show up, how you show up, and three quick wins.

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Free. One page. In your inbox within 48 hours.

What’s in the snapshot →
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  1. Winter Warm-up
  2. Call text-back
  3. Reviews
  4. Website
  5. Quotes
  6. Front desk
  7. Free snapshot

Five workflows and a front desk.

Practical, AI-assisted systems for local businesses. Each one plugs a leak most owners don't know they have. Start with one, and add the next when it pays for itself.

See all six side by side →

ai agents · built for one business: yours

Meet your A(i)-Team.

AI assistants for you and the people who work with you. Every A(i)-Team is built around one business, so no two are alike. Each one works inside the tools you already use, and asks before it does anything that matters.

Build my A(i)-Team Not sure where to start? Start with an audit →

yours, not ours

Yours to keep.

Your A(i)-Team isn’t rented. It’s built in your accounts and it stays with you, even if we ever part ways.

  • Built in accounts you own, with your data in them.
  • Every assistant, its instructions and its setup stay with you.
  • We set it up, train your people, and tune it as you go.
  • Comic-book portrait of the chief of staff: a smiling woman in a navy blazer holding a tablet

    01 for the ownerstart here

    Your chief of staff

    Your morning brief, your follow-ups and tomorrow’s calendar, ready before you are. It runs the rest of your A(i)-Team.

    Checks with you before it acts

  • Comic-book portrait of the sales assistant: a laughing man in a navy vest talking on the phone

    02 for sales

    The sales assistant

    Follows up with every new lead, finds an open time on your calendar and books the appointment, so nobody waits on a callback.

    Books only the times you’ve opened

  • Comic-book portrait of the office assistant: a smiling woman in glasses holding a stack of folders

    03 for the office

    The office assistant

    Emails the insurance companies for you: claims, paperwork and the follow-ups nobody has time to chase.

    You approve before it sends

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    04 for your business

    Built around you

    The rest depends on how your business runs: one for the crew in the field, one for estimates, one for reviews. We pick them together.

    Added only when it pays for itself

Start with the leak that costs the most.

No slides and no long contract. We fix one thing, prove it works, then decide together what's next.

  1. Find the leak

    A 30-minute call to find what's costing you the most this week, without you knowing it.

  2. Prove it works

    We build that one workflow into the tools you already use, and show you the results.

  3. Decide together

    If it's paying off, we pick the next leak. You approve every step.

Not sure which one? A 30-minute call, no slides, to find the workflow worth starting with.

Book a fit call
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custom · personalized · one-on-one

Something that doesn't fit a box?

We sit down with you, learn how your business really runs, and build AI around it, with your tools, your data and your rules.

  • We start by listening, not selling.
  • You get a written plan before anything gets built.
  • You own everything we make.
Book a one-on-one

why chalkthis.

“Time is the one thing nobody is making more of.”
Joe Lissy, founder · Sound Beach, NY

  • You approve first.

    Nothing customer-facing goes out without your OK.

  • Your data stays yours.

    Everything lives in accounts you control, not ours.

  • A neighbor, not a vendor.

    Built by someone who runs a Long Island business too.

Ready to keep your customers and win more?

Tell us what's costing you the most. We reply within one business day.

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