AI that handles the call and the follow-up
An AI receptionist agency helping Fresno businesses answer calls.
Keep Fresno service calls moving while you work, with a managed AI receptionist answering 24/7 and passing callers to a person when needed.
- Call details captured for your staff
- Answers during nights and weekends
- Follow-up texts after the call
Calls start with a search
Searches for local trades in Fresno each month
8,110
searches a month
- plumber fresno2,400
- pest control fresno1,900
- electrician fresno1,300
- landscaping fresno1,000
- roofing company fresno720
- garage door repair fresno590
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
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Businesses
we’ve worked with
Businesses we’ve worked with
- Willard Power Vac
- Sarkinen Plumbing
- Robinson Restoration
- Town & Country Glass
- Dixie Glass
- Byers Septic Service
- F&W Fence Co.
- Drake’s 7 Dees
- Rickabaugh Construction
- Hillsview Building
- Dozer Dave
- Mt. Hood Pro Painting
- On-Target Landscape
- Atiyeh Bros Carpet
- Lovett
- Westmore Construction
- Northwest New Homes
- Porter Sealcoating & Paving
- RescueHero Restoration
- Panda Plumbing
- Biermann Plumbing & Heating
- Ballistic Junk Removal
- Smart Doors LLC
- Peak Performance Roofing
- Deluxe Heating & Cooling
- Lifetime Exteriors
- Bruce Johnson Construction
- Madrone Painting
- Smart Tree Service
- Premier Gutter Cover
- NW Pacific Electric
- Universal HVAC
- Lenny Martin Painting
- Next Level Decks & Exteriors
- Prodan Construction
- Smooth Rollin’ Sealcoating and Paving
- Lovett Restoration
- Greenlight Titles
- G.W. Hartley IV
- Advanced Coatings
- Thomson Equipment
- MyADU
Make time for the caller
Fresno AI receptionists for the calls you worked to earn
Lithium Marketing equips Fresno service businesses with AI phone answering and automation that reduce missed calls and repetitive admin. A click for “hvac repair fresno” averages $15.24. If that visitor calls while your staff is occupied, an AI receptionist can answer, collect the request and explain the next step without pulling someone away from a job.
You decide what the receptionist should know and when a caller needs your staff. Lithium manages the setup around that information. For work beyond answering, we can scope custom automation for follow-up messages, review requests or moving information between systems after checking the connections involved.
Carry the lead past the first ring
Pay attention to the call after the click
Electrical businesses face an average $15.86 click cost for “electrician fresno”. When paid traffic becomes a call, the next task is to capture enough detail for your team to respond. The receptionist can ask what work is needed, where it is and how to reach the customer, then follow your booking or transfer rules.
The recorded click cost for “garage door repair fresno” is $14.83. Review what happens to those leads when your line is busy or the day is over. Call recordings and transcripts let you check what the caller requested and improve any answer that leaves them uncertain.
| Search | Cost per click |
|---|---|
| plumber fresno | $24.99 |
| pest control fresno | $21.55 |
| roofing company fresno | $16.45 |
| electrician fresno | $15.86 |
| hvac repair fresno | $15.24 |
| garage door repair fresno | $14.83 |
| landscaping fresno | $2.42 |
Source: Google Ads keyword data, average monthly U.S. searches. "Under 10" = below Google’s reporting floor.
- Map Pack
- The first thing on the page
- Search ads
- None recorded
- Local listing reviews
- 280 to 1,800 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Facebook, HomeAdvisor, Reddit, Yelp
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Not shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber fresno”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in Fresno. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
Use the caller’s details
Ask who needs the work and where it is
In Fresno city, owners occupy 50.1% of occupied homes. For a rental-property call, the missing detail may be who can authorize the visit. We can include that question in the script and capture a contact for your staff to check before confirming an appointment.
Old Fig Garden lies within the area encircled by Fresno but is unincorporated. If it is part of your service territory, include it in the coverage information the receptionist uses. An address question should help the caller get a clear answer about service, not leave them debating a city boundary.
- residents (2025 estimate)
- 555,549
- residents (2025 estimate)
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- +2.5%
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- housing units
- 189,098
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 50.1%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 49.4%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $374,800
- median home value
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Different jobs need different questions
Teach the phone system how your business books work
Residential remodeling has 204 establishments in Fresno County. For a project business, the receptionist can gather the kind of work planned and the caller’s preferred timing before an estimate is arranged. You choose which details the estimator needs to receive and which answers require a person.
Fresno County’s plumbing, heating and air-conditioning businesses number 229. A repair request needs a different conversation from a project estimate. We set the questions around your service and urgency rules, with a transfer to a real person available when the call needs human judgment.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in Fresno County
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors229
- Electrical contractors208
- Landscaping services207
- Residential remodelers204
- New home builders145
- Painting contractors97
- Roofing contractors71
- Pest control companies71
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
Teach, test and refine
Make the receptionist sound prepared for your customers
The setup starts with your way of handling calls and the information staff use to answer them.
Walk through calls with your staff
We collect common requests, recurring questions and the situations that need a person. Your services and coverage become the foundation for the answers.
Prepare the voice and answers
Lithium builds the knowledge base from your information and sets the conversation around your instructions. You review the wording that describes appointments, estimates and transfers.
Check connections before booking
We confirm calendar and CRM compatibility, then agree on the supported setup. Sample calls test booking, contact capture and human transfers before you rely on them.
Improve what callers hear
Recordings and transcripts show where an answer or question needs work. We use that feedback to refine the receptionist and identify any follow-up task worth automating.
What the AI receptionist does on every call
The same eight parts go into every AI receptionist setup, wherever the business is.
- Answers every call, 24/7
- Qualifies the lead
- Books the appointment
- Answers common questions
- Sends follow-up texts
- Captures every detail
- Transfers to a real person when needed
- Connects to your CRM and calendar
Built for service businesses
A website relationship that grew into phone answering
After building the website for Smart Doors LLC, Lithium later added an AI receptionist for the garage door company. A separate custom plumbing phone project handles urgency questions, sends the on-call technician an SMS and books non-emergency jobs. The examples below show those different uses of AI.
AI phone project, plumbing company
3x
more leads
Keep the answers aligned with your territory
Explore AI phone answering for other California markets
Find AI receptionist guides for Clovis, Visalia, Modesto, Salinas, Bakersfield and Tracy below, plus the California city directory. For your own setup, supply the coverage list you want the receptionist to use when customers ask about service.
Published price
Start with the receptionist; scope other automation separately
$179
per month, fully managed
No contract and no setup fee, so you can cancel anytime. The voice, knowledge base, call rules and calendar and CRM hooks are all set up by Lithium. Custom AI automation is scoped after a free discovery call.
FAQ
Putting AI on the phone without losing control
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
What does the receptionist offer include at $179 a month?
The service is fully managed, with phone answering, lead qualification, appointment booking, follow-up texts and transfers to a real person. There is no setup fee. We configure the answers around your services and call rules, and confirm the calendar or CRM connection before including it in your setup.
How do I decide which calls go to a person?
You set the transfer rules with Lithium during setup. They can cover a request for staff, an urgent situation or a question that needs judgment. We review those situations with you and test the handoff, so the receptionist knows when the conversation belongs with your team.
Can we review what the AI said to a customer?
Call recordings and transcripts let you inspect the conversation. You can check the customer’s request, the answer given and the next step offered. That is also how we find wording to improve when callers use terms or ask questions the original setup did not cover.
Am I locked into a long agreement for the receptionist?
There is no contract for the AI receptionist, and you can cancel anytime. The monthly service is separate from a custom automation project. If you want another workflow built, we discuss its scope and price on a free discovery call before you agree to it.
Which admin tasks are good candidates for custom automation?
Repeated tasks with clear inputs and a defined next step are a good starting point. Examples include following up on a lead, requesting a review or moving job details into a CRM. Show us the current process and software; we check compatibility and scope the work before proposing a build.
Free action plan
Plan how your Fresno calls should be answered
Try the receptionist demo, then share the calls you miss and the questions your staff handles most. A co-founder will discuss the phone setup and any automation opportunities on a short video call, with a free plan for the next step.
What we’ll cover
- What’s working (and what isn’t) in your current marketing
- Site and funnel gaps that are costing you leads
- Local SEO and paid traffic opportunities
- Simple tracking and KPIs to measure success
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