Articles. Plain answers on what AI does for a small business, and what it doesn't. Written for the owner doing the admin at night, not for the industry.

19 Sept 2026 · tradies What a missed call costs a tradie, and what an AI receptionist does about it Most trades answer about two thirds of their calls. The rest ring out on a roof or under a house, and a fair share of them ring the next name on the list. Here's how to put a number on it, and what answering every call actually looks like.

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Calum Buchanan.

Melbourne. Ran the systems behind a services business, the phones, the invoices, the marketing, the reporting, and spent the last few years handing them to AI that works. This is that, for yours.

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