Google Ads, AI Search, Home Services, ScheduleBot
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June 15, 2026
2x
online bookings, from ~25 per month to 50–60
↓ Cost
per booked call decreasing as conversion improves
30% → 70%+
online scheduling conversion rate
Trade
Residential Plumbing, Drain, Sewer & Installation
Team size
27 employees
Revenue
$10M (2025 target)
CRM
ServiceTitan
Live Since
Q1 2025
Products
AI Form
Location
Austin, Texas
Company Overview
Beyond Wow Plumbing is a residential plumbing company based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1980, the company has grown into a 27-person operation serving the greater Austin area with plumbing service, drain work, sewer, and installation. The team includes five service technicians, two dedicated drain technicians, a sewer salesman, an installation crew, and a full office staff with a call center, general manager, and director of marketing.
Beyond Wow is on track to reach $10 million in annual revenue and operates on ServiceTitan. Their call center runs at an 85 to 90% phone booking rate, making online scheduling the clear next opportunity for growth
The Opportunity: A high-performing team with untapped online potential
With phone bookings already running at 85 to 90%, Brad Lawson, Director of Marketing at Beyond Wow, knew the next lever was online scheduling. The existing tool was built around a complex decision tree requiring customers to navigate issue categories and subcategories before they could book. The friction was showing up in the numbers.
Online scheduling conversion was sitting around 30 to 33%. Brad characterized this as a marketing and lead conversion problem, not an operational one. The call center was performing. The pipeline from digital channels was not keeping pace.
The team was introduced to ScheduleBot through a referral from the team at Do It Right Plumbing in Orange, California, who reported that their conversion rate climbed from around 20 to 30% to over 70% after a few months, and that they had doubled their booked appointments. That was enough to make Beyond Wow take a serious look.
The solution: A simpler flow, smarter follow-up, and second-chance leads
Brad introduced ScheduleBot at the company's annual meeting in January. The CEO recognized the value immediately and anticipated the tool would pay for itself quickly. The team launched in early Q1 and the results came fast.
The core improvement was workflow simplicity. Instead of the old decision tree with rigid category selections, customers now enter their address and describe their issue in a free-text field. ScheduleBot routes the booking to the correct business unit automatically. Less friction for the customer, cleaner intake for the team.
Second-chance leads: ScheduleBot captures name, email, and phone number upfront before a customer completes a booking. When someone starts the process and drops off, the call center can see those leads in the dashboard and proactively reach out to close them. These were invisible before.
Key improvements Beyond Wow gained with ScheduleBot:
- Replaced a multi-step decision tree with a simple address and free-text issue description
- Automatic routing to the correct business unit based on customer input
- Second-chance lead capture, giving the call center visibility into incomplete bookings
- Customer-supplied context before the confirmation call, reducing intake back-and-forth
- Direct integration with ServiceTitan, with booked jobs flowing straight to the dispatch board
- Customers calling out the ease of booking in online reviews
The results: Double the bookings, better data, lower cost per job
Since launching ScheduleBot in Q1, Beyond Wow has doubled their online bookings from around 25 per month to a consistent range of 50 to 60. Conversion rate climbed from 30 to 33% to the 70%+ benchmark the team had been targeting. Online scheduling now accounts for 10 to 15% of total jobs and is growing.
2x
online bookings per month, from ~25 to 50–60
30% → 70%+
online scheduling conversion rate since launch
10–15%
of total jobs now coming through online scheduling and growing
↓ Cost
per booked call declining as conversion improves across digital channels
Positive reviews
Customers specifically calling out how easy the booking process is
Q1 launch
results visible immediately, with the CEO projecting the tool would pay for itself.
The impact: How it changed the way the team operates
Call center
The team now sees second-chance leads in the ScheduleBot dashboard and can reach out proactively to customers who started booking but didn't finish. They also receive richer context from free-text issue descriptions before making confirmation calls, reducing back-and-forth on intake.
Dispatch
Booked jobs flow directly from ScheduleBot into ServiceTitan and onto the dispatch board. The team receives cleaner job data with customer-provided issue descriptions, making it easier to assign the right technician before anyone picks up the phone.
Service / Emergency
With conversion rates more than doubling, the cost per booked call has been coming down consistently. Brad and the team now have a clearer picture of how digital spend translates to booked jobs, making it easier to optimize PPC and agency investment.
Marketing / Leadership
The CEO's initial read was right: ScheduleBot paid for itself quickly. With online scheduling now generating 10 to 15% of total jobs and growing, leadership sees it as a low-effort, high-return channel that runs largely without intervention.
"ScheduleBot is a customer-friendly, easy-to-use solution that will increase your booking and conversion rates and generate revenue without requiring a lot of additional effort. It just works, and your customers will notice."
— Brad Lawson
Director of Marketing, Beyond Wow Plumbing — Austin, TX
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