How most shops still run
Phone on the hip. Estimates in a draft folder. Jobs tracked in a sheet. Spouse on invoices at 10pm. You’re the scheduler, the estimator, the dispatcher, and the bill collector. Busy — and trapped in the admin.
For service businesses still run from a phone and a spreadsheet
Stop running your service business from a spreadsheet.
Traction makes it simple to get more money, more time, and more freedom — through automation that actually fits how trade shops work. Not another app to figure out. A real operating system for the business.
Plumbing · Electrical · HVAC · GC · Landscaping · Masonry · more
Why this matters now
Spreadsheets. Text threads. Dabbling in AI. Still stuck.
The craft is solid. The business is held together with sticky notes and late-night replies. You’ve tried new tools — maybe even AI — and still feel left behind. Traction is the bridge: we turn that chaos into a simple operating system, then automate what should never have been on your plate.
What Traction does
We map how your business actually works, clean up the broken steps, and build automation that answers, books, follows up, and tracks — so modern tech earns its keep. More money. More time. More freedom.
How it works
Simple path. Real automation.
We don’t pile tools on a mess. We make the process clear, then automate it — so you get results without becoming a tech project manager.
1
Tell us how you run today
Short intake + a 45-minute conversation. We find where money, time, and freedom are leaking — calls, estimates, scheduling, follow-up, paperwork.
2
Get a clear plan
A plain-English assessment: what’s broken, what to automate first, and the math on money and hours. No jargon. No 40-tool shopping list.
3
We build it with you
Concierge sessions put the system live — front office, follow-up, handoffs — automation that works while you’re on the job.
Who it’s for
Service businesses ready to stop winging the office.
Built for owners in plumbing, electrical, HVAC, general contracting, landscaping, masonry, and related trades — especially shops that are busy, past “just me and a truck,” and done running the company from a spreadsheet.
Plumbing
Electrical
HVAC
General contracting
Remodel
Landscaping
Masonry
Roofing
Auto repair
Other trades
Simple offers
Start with a clear map. Automate what pays.
Assessment fee is credited toward your first month if you continue.
Start here
Assessment
$999
- Intake + 45-min discovery
- Full written assessment report
- 30-min review call
- Where money, time & freedom leak
- Credited to first Concierge month
Ongoing
Concierge
$1–2k / mo
- Two working sessions monthly
- Async support between calls
- Automation built and tightened
- Front office + ops that run without you
Scale
Managed systems
$2–5k / mo
- Deeper automation once the process is clean
- Always-on follow-up and handoffs
- Fully managed for growing shops
Guarantee: If we can’t identify at least 5 hours per week in realistic time-saving opportunity, you get a 100% refund on the assessment.
Get started
Tell us how the business runs today
Takes about 10–15 minutes. This is the first step off the spreadsheet — complete it before the discovery call so we hit the ground running. Confidential.