The Lumina Sales blog
Updates, ideas, and practical notes from Lumina Sales on building and selling AI software.
Follow via RSSAppliance repair is a phone-first trade where the first call decides the job and a missing model number costs a second trip. Here is how to demo, price and sell an AI front desk to these shops, and where it does nothing for them.
Property managers plan to add doors without adding staff. Here is how to sell them an AI system that triages after-hours maintenance, answers leasing calls and handles rent questions, what to charge per door, and the four reasons this trade is harder to close than the trades.
Pool service owners miss calls while they work the route. Here is how to pitch an AI receptionist to them, what to charge, and when to walk away.
Towing owners lose the cash call at 2 a.m., not the club job that arrives pre-assigned. Here is how to demo it, price it against tickets, and say what the AI can't do.
A cleaning company loses a recurring client every time a call goes unanswered. Here is how to show an owner that number, what to charge, and who should skip this trade.
Tree companies lose jobs when the owner is forty feet up and the phone goes to voicemail. Here is how to demo, price and honestly scope an AI front desk for a tree service, including the emergency calls it must not handle alone.
Movers do not buy an AI receptionist to book jobs on the phone. They buy it to get the survey on the calendar before three competitors do. Here is the qualifying question, the one thing your agent must never do, and what to charge for a trade with a five-month season.
Locksmiths win or lose jobs on who answers the phone first. Here is how to demo an AI receptionist to a one-truck shop, what objections to expect, and where the trade is harder than it looks.
Restoration jobs go to whoever answers the 2 a.m. call. Here is how to demo, price and qualify a restoration shop for an AI receptionist, and which shops to walk away from.
Garage door shops win or lose jobs on the first call of a bad morning. Here is how to build a demo around a snapped spring, what to charge, and the jobs an AI front desk will not fix.
Real estate agents buy one thing from an AI system: inbound inquiries answered in seconds and showings booked while they are out. Here is who actually has the budget, what to demo, what to charge, and where this does not fit.
Landscaping owners lose estimate calls while they are on a mower. Here is how to demo an AI receptionist to them, where the trade gets hard, and when in the year to sell.
