Call Recovery • Follow-Up • Bookings • AI

Missed calls get a text back โ€” automatically

When your phone rings and you can't pick up, Clem's Desk texts the caller back within seconds, gathers what they need, books the job on your calendar, and alerts you if it's urgent. No app to check. Fewer opportunities lost to voicemail.

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Plans from $149/mo · No long-term contract · You keep your number
Plumbers HVAC Electricians & other home-service trades
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Dawson Plumbingtext message
Missed call ยท just now
Hi, this is Dawson Plumbing's automated assistant โ€” sorry we missed your call! What's going on, and how urgent is it?
Water heater's leaking all over my garage floor ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ need someone today if possible
Got it โ€” that's urgent. What's the service address, and what's the best name for the appointment?
Marcus Ellison, 214 Pinewood Dr
โœ“ Booked ยท today 2:30 PM
John notified โ€” urgent job

The calls you're missing are worth real money

This isn't a guess โ€” it's what happens to small businesses every day.

28%
of all business calls go unanswered โ€” even during business hours.
Source: CallRail, 2025 call-answer-rate data. Accessed Aug 2026.
27%
of calls to home-service businesses โ€” plumbing, HVAC, electrical โ€” go unanswered.
Source: Invoca, home-services missed-call data. Accessed Aug 2026.
<3%
of callers who reach voicemail actually leave a message. The rest just hang up โ€” and call the next name on the list.
Source: Invoca, voicemail engagement data. Accessed Aug 2026.

What happens when you miss a call

Runs on your existing business number. Nothing to install, nothing to check by hand.

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Instant text-back, 24/7

The moment a call is missed, Clem's Desk texts the caller back within seconds โ€” day or night, weekday or weekend. The first message always identifies itself as an automated assistant, and customers can opt out anytime by replying STOP.

Hi, this is Dawson Plumbing's automated assistant โ€” sorry we missed your call! What's going on, and how urgent is it?
The first text your customers see โ€” example business name
2

Gathers the details

It collects the caller's name, address, the problem, and how urgent it is โ€” the same information you'd ask for yourself.

3

Books it on your calendar

The job goes straight onto your calendar. If it's urgent, you get an instant alert. Anyone who asks for a real person gets connected to you.

4

Follows up automatically

No reply within about 24 hours? A follow-up text goes out on its own. After the job's done, a review-request text asks the customer for a Google review.

5

You get a weekly report

Calls missed, texted back, engaged, and booked โ€” plus an estimated dollar value โ€” delivered to you every week.

See what missed calls could be costing you

Adjust the numbers to match your business. This is an estimate, not a guarantee.

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service call ~$350full install ~$8,000
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Potential recoverable revenue per year
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See it in action

A missed call turns into a booked job in under a minute โ€” automatically, while you keep working.

1

You miss the call

Buried on a job, after hours, or already on another line โ€” Clem's Desk catches it.

2

It texts back in seconds

The caller gets a friendly text that identifies itself and asks what they need.

3

It books the job

Details captured, appointment on your calendar, and you're alerted if it's urgent.

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Dawson Plumbingtext message
Missed call ยท just now
Hi, this is Dawson Plumbing's automated assistant โ€” sorry we missed your call! What's going on, and how urgent is it?
Water heater's leaking all over my garage floor ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ need someone today if possible
Got it โ€” that's urgent. What's the service address, and what's the best name for the appointment?
Marcus Ellison, 214 Pinewood Dr
โœ“ Booked ยท today 2:30 PM
John notified โ€” urgent job

Pricing built around your crew size

Pick the tier that fits today โ€” upgrade anytime as you grow.

Recover
Solo operator, working alone. You answer when you can โ€” this answers when you can't.
$149/month
+ $199 one-time setup
  • โœ“Missed-call text-back, 24/7, on your existing number
  • โœ“AI intake โ€” name, address, problem, urgency
  • โœ“Automatic booking into your calendar
  • โœ“Owner text alert on urgent leads
  • โœ“One automated follow-up nudge
  • โœ“Weekly recovered-leads report
  • โœ“Post-job review request text
Support: help docs & email
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Front Office
Established shop living on reviews and repeat business โ€” runs like a full front desk.
$499/month
+ $899 one-time setup
  • โœ“Everything in Grow, plus:
  • โœ“AI that answers using your own prices & FAQs
  • โœ“Monthly check-in texts to past customers
  • โœ“Unhappy customers reach you privately, not in a public review
  • โœ“Send payment links for invoices & deposits
Support: help docs + we check your AI's replies for 2 weeks
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30-day money-back guarantee on every tier ยท No long-term contract, cancel anytime ยท You always keep your number, accounts, and data
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Voice AI / Custom

Custom voice automation may connect with supported business systems, answer approved questions, collect information, route calls, and assist with scheduling. Capabilities are scoped and tested for each business โ€” fully scoped around your real call volume, no flat price, just a conversation about what you need.

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Built by someone who's lived it

John, founder of Clem's Desk
John, Founder
Clem's Desk ยท Longview, Texas

I'm John โ€” I started Clem's Desk in Longview, Texas. I've spent years running a production floor, managing a crew and a hundred moving parts a shift, so I know exactly what it's like to be too buried in the work to catch everything.

I started building simple systems to take the busywork off my own plate โ€” and realized they could do the same for any business owner. Clem's Desk is that for you: the system that works when you can't, so you stop losing jobs and get your time back.

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I didn't come from tech. I came from the floor. For years I've run a production shift โ€” managing a crew of 35-plus, tracking a hundred things at once, walking the floor with a folded stack of notes so I'd never drop the ball on what mattered most. One day I got tired of the paper and built myself a simple app to keep it all straight. It made my shift easier. That was the spark.

So I kept going. I built a tool to help my uncle, an electrical engineer, catch errors in his drawings. The more I built, the clearer it got: the same kind of systems that gave me my time back could do it for any small business owner who's working too hard for too little of their own life.

That's Clem's Desk. I'm not a faceless agency. I'm one guy who builds dependable systems and stays hands-on with every business I work with. My whole goal is simple โ€” handle the work that doesn't need a person, so you can spend less time chasing it and more time on what actually matters.

Locally owned & operated โ€” Longview, TX
You work directly with the founder
No long-term contract
You keep your number, accounts & data
Free missed-call audit before you sign up

Results

We are currently onboarding our first pilot customers. Verified client results will be published only after we have permission and supporting data.

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