Email management virtual assistant for trades & home services

AssistBPO's email management virtual assistant for trades and home services companies clears the office inbox that fills every morning with Angi, Thumbtack and Local Services Ads lead notifications, supplier invoices, permit office replies, manufacturer bulletins, customer photos of a leaking valve and the occasional bid request from a property manager.

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How does email management work for home services?

Your assistant works in your Gmail or Outlook, in your hours, with a triage rulebook you approve: lead emails become a customer record in ServiceTitan, Jobber or Housecall Pro and get a reply within minutes; supplier invoices are matched to a job and filed for the bookkeeper; permit approvals and inspection results are attached to the job and the crew is told; customer photos are added to the job with a note for the tech; property manager bid requests are flagged to you with the due date. Each active job gets a label so the thread about the Johnson water heater is findable by address. Routine replies, such as sending a W-9 or a certificate of insurance to a property manager, are drafted from your templates. The inbox ends each day close to zero with the end-of-day report listing what was handled, what waits on you and what tomorrow holds.

What tasks does email management cover for trades and home services companies?

  • Turn Angi, Thumbtack and Local Services Ads lead emails into customer records with a reply within minutes
  • Match supplier invoices to jobs and file them for the bookkeeper
  • Attach permit approvals and inspection results to the job and notify the crew
  • Add customer photos and descriptions to the job record for the tech
  • Flag property manager bid requests with the due date and scope
  • Send W-9s, certificates of insurance and license copies from your templates
  • Label threads by job address and stage so history is findable
  • Leave a short waiting-on-you list with the end-of-day report

The KPI that matters here

Time from a lead email landing to the first reply, and supplier invoices matched to a job within one business day. Both appear in the end-of-day report.

What rules does email management follow for home services?

  1. TCPA for follow-up calls and texts. Estimate follow-ups, tune-up reminders and review requests go only to customers who gave consent on your booking form or service agreement, inside 8am to 9pm local time, after do-not-call scrubbing, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act enforced by the FCC. Purchased homeowner lists are never dialed.
  2. License numbers on ads and estimates. Many states require your contractor license number on advertising, estimates and social posts; California's CSLB and Florida's DBPR are two examples. Your assistant keeps the number on every template and never describes work your license does not cover.
  3. Review requests under the FTC rule. Review requests go to every customer after a completed job, not only the happy ones, and nobody is paid or given a discount for a review, following the FTC's Consumer Reviews and Testimonials Rule and Google's review policies. Replies never reveal a customer's address or account details.
  4. Card payments and PCI DSS. Deposits and payments are taken only through your ServiceTitan, Jobber or Housecall Pro payment link or portal. The assistant never writes down a card number or stores one in a note, in line with PCI DSS.

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Frequently asked questions

Will the assistant reply to customers from our inbox?

Where you allow it, using your templates: sending a booking link to a new lead, confirming an appointment, sending an invoice copy or a certificate of insurance. Replies that involve pricing beyond your approved list, a complaint or a warranty dispute are drafted and left for you to send. Because the assistant works inside your mailbox, every sent message sits in your own sent folder.

How do you handle lead notifications from Angi, Thumbtack and Google?

Each source has a rule. Local Services Ads leads are answered within minutes with a booking offer because response time affects your ranking. Angi and Thumbtack leads are checked against your service area and job types before a reply goes out, so you do not pay for leads outside your zones. Every lead becomes a customer record with the source recorded, and the notification itself is archived so the inbox stays clean.

What about supplier invoices and statements?

The assistant matches each supplier invoice to the job or the truck stock order, checks the quantities against the packing slip if you attach them, and files the invoice to the folder or accounting inbox your bookkeeper uses. Statements are reconciled against the invoices received and any missing invoice is requested from the supplier. Pricing changes on items in your price book are flagged so the book can be updated.

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