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subba works the way your business does.
Whatever you do, the phone rings when your hands are full. subba answers every call, message and enquiry, and books the customer straight into your diary. Find your trade below.
Trades
The call comes in while your hands are on a live board. It rings out. They ring the next electrician on Google.
A burst pipe does not wait for you to finish the job you are on. Whoever answers first gets the work.
You are on the scaffold, not by the phone. The extension enquiry of the month goes to voicemail.
The first storm of the winter and every roofer in town is ringing. The customer books whoever answers.
The first cold snap and every boiler in the street packs in. The customer with no heating rings the engineer who picks up.
Someone is locked out in the rain at 11pm. They are not leaving a voicemail, they are calling the next number.
You are cutting in a ceiling with a brush in your hand. The phone in your overalls rings out, and that is the summer booked up gone.
You are behind a hedge trimmer with ear defenders on. You never even hear the phone, and the regular round enquiry is gone.
A wasp nest by the front door, or mice in the kitchen. People want it gone today, and they ring whoever picks up first.
A storm brings a branch down over a driveway. The tree surgeon who answers and books the job clears it, and the rest miss out.
Hair & beauty
Clippers running, chair full, phone buzzing on the counter. You cannot stop mid-fade, so the booking rings out.
Colour timing on one client, blow dry on another, phone ringing at reception with no one to answer it.
You are mid-set with gel under the lamp. You physically cannot touch the phone, so the booking goes to the salon down the road.
You are in the middle of a facial in a dim room. Breaking the treatment to answer the phone is not an option, so the booking is lost.
You are in the middle of an eight hour back piece. The phone and the DMs pile up with enquiries you will answer, maybe, next week.
Clinics & health
Reception is three deep at the desk and the phone is ringing off the hook. Every unanswered call is a new patient lost.
You are hands-on with a patient on the plinth. You cannot break a treatment to answer, so the new referral books elsewhere.
A worried owner with a poorly pet does not want to wait on hold. If your line is busy, they call the emergency vet instead.
You are mid-treatment with oiled hands in a quiet, dim room. The last thing you can do is grab a ringing phone.
A pair of glasses snaps, or someone gets sudden floaters. They ring for an appointment, and if no one picks up they book at the chain in the retail park.
A stiff neck or a bad back has someone searching at 10pm. The clinic that answers and books them this week wins a patient for a whole course of care.
A new mum with back pain, a runner with a bad knee. They want seeing this week, and they book with the osteopath who actually answers.
A client wants a treatment before a big event. They message three clinics. The one that answers and books the consultation wins the treatment, and the top-ups after.
Someone finally decides to reach out for help. If that call goes to voicemail, the hardest step they have taken all year can quietly slip away.
Studios & fitness
You are counting reps and spotting a client. The enquiry from someone finally ready to start goes to voicemail.
You are in the car on a lesson, dual controls at the ready. You cannot answer, so the learner books with another instructor.
A beginner wants to try a class this week. If your line is busy mid-session, they book at the studio down the road.
Reformer classes book out fast. Every call you miss mid-session is a spot sold to someone at another studio.
Local services
Your team is out on jobs and so are you. The regular-clean enquiry that could run for years goes to voicemail.
You are mid-groom with a nervous dog on the table. You cannot let go to answer, so the booking goes to the salon down the road.
You are under a car with a spanner in your hand. The breakdown call that pays your afternoon rings out.
MOT due, a warning light on, or a car that failed somewhere else. The garage that answers and books it in gets the work, and the repairs after.
A couple just got engaged and want a wedding photographer for next summer. They enquire with five. The one who replies first books the date.
A parent wants a maths tutor before the exams. They message a few. The tutor who answers and books the first lesson gets weeks of work.
Do not see your trade? subba works for any local business that takes bookings or enquiries. Get started and it learns your services in minutes.