First 30 days with an AI receptionist: what to expect
Wondering what to expect in your first 30 days with an AI receptionist? You'll set up your number and script, go live, and start seeing calls answered 24/7 and missed-call follow-ups with your booking link — so leads get captured even when you're on a job or after hours.
Built for Canadian service businesses. Three plans: Essential $79 CAD, Growth $149 CAD, or Pro $299 CAD per month. Pay in CAD. Learn more: Sowa Answers.
Day 1: forward your number and go live
You're live the same day you sign up. Add your business name and booking link, grab a new Canadian number or point your existing one at Sowa with a forward (no porting, no transfer window — see keep your number with forwarding), and the receptionist starts answering. The very first call that would have gone to voicemail now gets a real response instead. Nothing else on your plate changes — your phone still works exactly as it did.
First week: tune the greeting and read your summaries
The first few days are about fit. Listen to how Sowa greets callers and tighten the wording — your business name, your hours, the questions you want asked. Open the call summaries in your inbox and you'll quickly see the pattern of what people call about, which tells you what the greeting and routing should emphasise. When a call is worth jumping into live, use TAKEOVER. By the end of week one the receptionist sounds like your business, not a generic bot.
Weeks 2–4: learn from the calls you used to lose
This is where the captured data starts paying off. Across a few weeks of summaries you'll see the calls you never used to know about — the after-hours quote requests, the overflow calls while you were on the other line, the booking link taps that scheduled a job without you lifting a finger. You'll learn when your real call volume spikes, which questions come up most, and which of those leads turned into booked work. Use it to refine your script and your follow-up. For the mechanics behind the texts and bookings, see missed-call follow-up SMS in Canada and booking link in every follow-up.
What you get
- 24/7 AI receptionist or missed-call SMS with your booking link.
- Canadian number, your business name. TAKEOVER alerts when you want to step in.
- 7-day free trial, then from $79 Essential CAD per month. Cancel anytime.
Pricing
Essential $79 CAD, Growth $149 CAD, Pro $299 CAD per month for AI Reception + Call Capture. Full pricing on the homepage.
See it work in your first week.
Start a 7-day free trial — set up your number and script, go live, and watch every call get answered or followed up.