The build is quoted in writing before any work starts. For comparison, buyers pay Ruby $250 to $1,725 a month and Smith.ai $300 to $2,100 a month for live answering today (published pricing pages, 2026-09-24), and on Upwork a comparable voice agent build carries a $15,000.00 fixed budget (observed 2026-09-25). Your quote is set against those numbers. If you want one workflow mapped first, the One-Workflow Review is a separate $3,500 fixed fee, with a written readout within ten business days after required access. The readout stands on its own and is not credited against the build, which is quoted separately.

How long does it take before the line goes live?

We agree the go-live date with you at scope, in writing. The build runs its setup steps in order: connect the line, write the answers, register the SMS line, run test calls with you. The line goes live after you approve the answers.

What does the build include, and what does it not include?

The build covers one business number and one call workflow: answering, qualifying, booking and writing back to your CRM. Replacing your systems or retraining your staff is separate work, and this page does not sell it. No professional license is required for the build.

What happens to the recordings and the transcripts?

The call log and the transcripts are yours. Every call reaches your CRM with the transcript and the outcome attached. Where health data is in scope, the line is set up with a HIPAA-aware posture and the SMS line is registered for A2P 10DLC.

What happens when the agent cannot answer a question?

It takes a message and hands the call to your team instead of guessing. Every call is logged with the question written down, so the ones without an answer are visible.

Who owns it, and what happens if we stop?

You own the call log, the transcripts and the answer set. They are yours to take with you. The business number you publish is yours to begin with, and the build connects it to the line.

How is this different from a live answering service?

This agent books the job instead of taking a message. A live answering service puts people on your phone and meters their minutes or calls, and the caller still has to call back to book. This line answers every call from your own business facts, asks your qualifying questions, books the job on your calendar and writes it to your CRM.

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AI PHONE AGENT · ANSWER, QUALIFY, BOOK

AI Phone Agent for Your Business: Every Call Answered, Qualified, Booked

2:40pm: the phone rings while the crew is on a job and nobody can pick up. The caller rarely leaves a voicemail. They call the next company and the job goes with them. That is what an unanswered call costs a service business whose phone rings while everyone is working, and it happens on every call nobody takes. We take on that one job: pick up every call, answer with your own facts and book the jobs you take. Rodgers Intelligence Group, based in Denver, runs the line remotely for businesses across the United States, on your own business number, checked against a written acceptance checklist before go-live.

Send us what your front desk answers all day See the $3,500 One-Workflow Review

What it costs when it slips

The call nobody answers is the job somebody else books.

Your phone rings while the crew is on a job, at lunch or after close. The caller rarely leaves a voicemail. They call the next company.
When someone does pick up, it costs hours a week repeating the same answers: hours, service area, pricing, availability.
The alternative is live answering: Ruby $250 to $1,725 a month and Smith.ai $300 to $2,100 a month, both metered. You still get a message instead of a booking.

What changes

The same job on every call, in the order you can check it

A live line that answers

Every call answered day or night on your own business number, with the same answer at 9pm as at 9am.

The caller qualified before they book

The caller is asked what you would ask: what they need, where they are and when they need it. Calls outside your rules are logged, not booked.

A booked job on your calendar

Qualified jobs land on your calendar at the times you open, and the caller gets a text confirmation while still on the line.

The call written into your CRM

Every call reaches your CRM with the transcript and the outcome attached, so nothing lives only in one person's memory.

The checklist you keep

What correct looks like is written down before go-live, run on test calls and kept by you.

What buyers pay today

The line item you already have.

What buyers pay to get calls answered today: Ruby $250 to $1,725 a month and Smith.ai $300 to $2,100 a month for live answering and virtual reception (Ruby and Smith.ai published pricing pages, 2026-09-24). On Upwork, a med spa's voice agent build carries a fixed budget of $15,000.00 (posted 2026-09-22) and AI voice agent integration work runs $75.00 to $150.00 an hour (posted 2026-09-23), both observed 2026-09-25. Your own cost is the calls you cannot pick up × the share that would have booked × your average job value. Put your numbers in, then compare the result against the monthly figures above.

The offer

The Front-Desk Line

Line Connect. Outcome: the number you already publish reaches the agent instead of voicemail. Accepted when a test call from outside reaches the line.
Answer Set. Outcome: the questions your team repeats get the same answer on every call. Accepted when your own answers pass the checklist you approve.
Qualify Screen. Outcome: only the jobs you take reach the calendar. Accepted when the questions you book by are asked and the answers are kept.
Booking Rules. Outcome: qualified jobs land on your calendar at the times you open. Accepted when a test booking lands and the caller gets the text.
Call Log. Outcome: every call reaches your CRM with the transcript and the outcome attached. Accepted when the log shows the call after a test run.
Acceptance Checklist. Outcome: what correct looks like, written down before go-live and kept by you. Accepted when every line passes on test calls with you.
A named person to call. Outcome: a failure has an owner. Mike Rodgers leads every build.
A2P 10DLC registration for the SMS line is part of the build. Where health data is in scope, the line is set up with a HIPAA-aware posture. No professional license is required for this work.
One spine, named per trade. Med spas get the Consult Line. Dental practices get the New-Patient Line. Trades get the Job Line. Law firms get the Intake Line. The parts above do not change.

Quoted before work. This offer is quote-only.

Setup connects the line, writes the agent's answers from your business facts, registers the SMS line and runs test calls with you before go-live. The job stays the same on every call: pick up, answer, qualify, book, write down.

You approve the answers before the line goes live. The acceptance checklist is written down first, run on test calls and kept by you. Every call lands in the log and the transcripts are yours.

How it works

Three steps, one owner.

Send what your front desk repeats

You send the questions your team answers all day and the rules you book by: hours, service area, pricing, what jobs you take. You get back a sample call script built from them. No call needed to start.

We build the line and test it with you

We connect the telephony and write the agent from your answers. Your calendar and your CRM are wired in and the SMS line is registered. We run test calls with you and you approve the answers before the line goes live.

It goes live, and the log shows every call

The agent picks up, asks your qualifying questions, books the job and writes it back to your CRM. The call log shows what was asked, what was booked and what was handed to your team.

See it work

A worked demonstration.

A sample call from a demonstration line, not a client system. Caller: do you service 80210? Agent: yes, that is in our service area. Caller: can you come Thursday? Agent: Thursday at 2 PM is open, and I have booked it with a text confirmation. No real business or caller is shown.

Demonstration, not a client result

Checkable facts

What you can verify yourself.

Upwork shows a fixed budget of $15,000.00 for 'AI Automation Build for New High-End Medspa (Voice Agent, Booking, Retention, HIPAA-Aware)', posted 2026-09-22 and read 2026-09-25.
Upwork shows $75.00 to $150.00 an hour for 'Webex Contact Center Advisor' (AI Voice Agent integration), posted 2026-09-23 and read 2026-09-25.
Ruby publishes live answering at $250 to $1,725 a month and Smith.ai publishes virtual reception at $300 to $2,100 a month (published pricing pages, read 2026-09-24).

Straight answers

What this does and does not promise.

What does it cost?: The build is quoted in writing before any work starts. For comparison, buyers pay Ruby $250 to $1,725 a month and Smith.ai $300 to $2,100 a month for live answering today (published pricing pages, 2026-09-24), and on Upwork a comparable voice agent build carries a $15,000.00 fixed budget (observed 2026-09-25). Your quote is set against those numbers. If you want one workflow mapped first, the One-Workflow Review is a separate $3,500 fixed fee, with a written readout within ten business days after required access. The readout stands on its own and is not credited against the build, which is quoted separately.
How long does it take before the line goes live?: We agree the go-live date with you at scope, in writing. The build runs its setup steps in order: connect the line, write the answers, register the SMS line, run test calls with you. The line goes live after you approve the answers.
What does the build include, and what does it not include?: The build covers one business number and one call workflow: answering, qualifying, booking and writing back to your CRM. Replacing your systems or retraining your staff is separate work, and this page does not sell it. No professional license is required for the build.
What happens to the recordings and the transcripts?: The call log and the transcripts are yours. Every call reaches your CRM with the transcript and the outcome attached. Where health data is in scope, the line is set up with a HIPAA-aware posture and the SMS line is registered for A2P 10DLC.
What happens when the agent cannot answer a question?: It takes a message and hands the call to your team instead of guessing. Every call is logged with the question written down, so the ones without an answer are visible.
Who owns it, and what happens if we stop?: You own the call log, the transcripts and the answer set. They are yours to take with you. The business number you publish is yours to begin with, and the build connects it to the line.
How is this different from a live answering service?: This agent books the job instead of taking a message. A live answering service puts people on your phone and meters their minutes or calls, and the caller still has to call back to book. This line answers every call from your own business facts, asks your qualifying questions, books the job on your calendar and writes it to your CRM.

Mike Rodgers, founder of Rodgers Intelligence Group

By the way

Who builds it.

Built and run by Rodgers Intelligence Group, Denver. Mike Rodgers leads every build.

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