Managed AI reception and custom automation
An AI consultant for St. Louis, with a receptionist that answers 24/7.
Keep St. Louis customer calls moving with a fully managed AI receptionist that answers around the clock and can transfer to a person.
- Routine service questions answered
- Appointment booking and text follow-up
- Recordings and transcripts to review
Calls start with a search
Searches for local trades in St. Louis each month
9,000
searches a month
- roofing company st louis2,400
- pest control st louis1,900
- electrician st louis1,300
- plumber st louis1,300
- landscaping st louis1,000
- garage door repair st louis720
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
Give the next caller an answer
St. Louis AI reception that knows your services
Lithium Marketing sets up and manages AI reception for St. Louis service businesses, including appointment booking and follow-up texts. Searches for “water damage restoration st louis” average 170 a month. If one of those customers calls your company, the receptionist can ask about the job and follow the call rules you set. It answers every call, day and night.
The receptionist needs your company's answers: what you repair, the area you cover, your hours and when a caller should speak to someone. Lithium configures and maintains that information. Custom AI automation is a separate service for administrative tasks such as moving information between systems or following up on customer requests.
After the paid click
Protect the opportunity you paid to reach
A click on “plumber st louis” costs $30.49 on average. When a paid visitor calls, the receptionist can gather the service request, answer routine questions and transfer to a real person when your rules call for it. The phone setup belongs in the same buying decision as the campaign that brings the caller.
For “water damage restoration st louis”, the average click price is $13.25. If you offer urgent response, define which situations need human attention and what the receptionist should say. Appointment booking and routine answers are different from dispatch decisions; we agree on the supported actions before putting them into the call setup.
| Search | Cost per click |
|---|---|
| garage door repair st louis | $61.13 |
| hvac repair st louis | $32.75 |
| plumber st louis | $30.49 |
| roofing company st louis | $22.08 |
| pest control st louis | $21.33 |
| electrician st louis | $13.26 |
| water damage restoration st louis | $13.25 |
| landscaping st louis | $5.69 |
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
- 167 to 1,600 Google reviews each
- Directories in the top 10
- Angi, Reddit, Yelp
- AI Overview
- Not shown
- People also ask
- Shown
Source: one Google results page for “plumber st louis”, as Google showed it to a searcher located in St. Louis. Search ad counts exclude sponsored local listings. Results shift by searcher and day.
Questions before an appointment
Know who is calling and where the work is
St. Louis city's owner-occupied share is 45.3% of occupied homes. If both tenants and property managers call your business, the receptionist can ask who is arranging the work and record the details your team needs. Set the next step for those callers without asking the AI to assume who can approve an estimate.
The metropolitan area around St. Louis reaches into Illinois. Load the communities you serve into the receptionist's knowledge base so it can answer coverage questions. For a business working across the state line, that means naming the service area clearly before a caller begins arranging a visit.
- residents (2025 estimate)
- 278,144
- residents (2025 estimate)
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- -7.7%
- population change, 2020 to 2025
- housing units
- 174,111
- housing units
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- 45.3%
- of occupied homes owner-occupied
- of homes built before 1980
- 86.2%
- of homes built before 1980
- median home value
- $197,500
- median home value
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2025 population estimates, ACS 2020–2024 and 2023 County Business Patterns.
Build the conversation around the work
A repair request and a project need different questions
St. Louis city's plumbing, heating and air-conditioning category contains 58 establishments. A business in those trades can give the receptionist a short set of questions about the problem and the property. Your rules determine when the caller needs a person and when an appointment request is appropriate.
Landscaping services account for 57 establishments in St. Louis city. If you quote projects, ask for the kind of work and the caller's timing before arranging an estimate. Review recordings and transcripts to see if the questions prepare your team for a productive callback or appointment.
County Business Patterns
Trade and home service businesses in St. Louis city
Establishments by industry, 2023
- Residential remodelers73
- Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors58
- Landscaping services57
- Electrical contractors32
- Roofing contractors24
- Painting contractors17
- New home builders12
- Excavation and site preparation contractors9
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS establishment counts).
Managed setup
Teach the receptionist the answers your team gives
Your service information and tested call rules come before any connection to a calendar or CRM.
Bring the calls you want handled
We review common questions and example requests with you. Decide which answers can be given immediately and which conversations need a person.
Prepare the voice and knowledge
Choose a natural AI voice and supply the service information callers need. We configure the knowledge base, qualification questions and text responses.
Verify booking and transfers
We check calendar and CRM compatibility before agreeing to connections. Test appointment actions and human transfers against the rules for your business.
Keep the answers accurate
Call recordings and transcripts help identify unclear questions or outdated information. Lithium manages revisions to the receptionist; separate automation projects get their own scope.
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
Reception and custom phone work
Service businesses using Lithium's AI
A website build began Lithium's work with garage door company Smart Doors LLC; the AI receptionist followed later. A separate custom plumbing phone system sorts calls by urgency, notifies the on-call technician by text and books non-emergency work. The examples show reception and a custom workflow in use.
AI phone project, plumbing company
3x
more leads
Call handling across markets
Give the receptionist the territory you serve
The linked guides describe AI services in other markets, including Columbia, Missouri, and the Illinois cities of Springfield and Peoria. Evansville is in Indiana. Use the Missouri directory for more city guides while keeping your own phone answers tied to your company's coverage.
Published price
The managed receptionist offer, separate from custom builds
$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
Questions to ask before changing your phone setup
Still curious?
Call (503) 766-5964 or email [email protected].
Can I hear the AI receptionist before deciding?
Call the demo line to speak with Lithium's AI receptionist. Ask it about a service, try a follow-up question and listen to how it handles the conversation. The demo lets you hear the product before discussing the voice, information and call rules for your own business.
Does the receptionist price include a contract or setup charge?
There's no contract or setup fee for the AI receptionist at $179 a month, and you can cancel anytime. That price applies to managed reception. A custom automation project is quoted separately after a free discovery call about the administrative work you want to change.
How does someone get through to my team?
The receptionist can transfer a caller to a real person under the instructions you choose. We agree on which questions or requests need that transfer and test the setup. Your team remains responsible for decisions such as diagnosing a problem, approving a quote or changing the work on a job.
Can bookings go into the calendar I already use?
We confirm compatibility with your calendar or CRM before promising a connection. Share the system name and the actions you need, such as appointment booking or recording a lead. That review establishes what the receptionist can handle and what would require a separately scoped integration.
What can custom automation handle after a customer calls?
Custom automation can handle follow-up tasks, review requests, document processing and moving data between supported systems. We start with the repeated task that costs your team time, then define the inputs and actions. A free discovery call establishes the project scope and price separately from receptionist service.
Free action plan
Call the AI demo and plan your St. Louis phone setup
Call the demo line, then bring your frequent customer questions and calendar or CRM details. A co-founder will review the receptionist setup and any separate automation needs 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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