Pixel & Porch

For garage door, painting, roofing, lawn care, HVAC and other home-service businesses in Dayton and the Miami Valley

Together, we'll make sure your lights are on.

Phone answering, websites, Google reviews and customer follow-up for home-service businesses.

When a customer looks you up, do you look open? Let's find out.

Every call answered. Every customer kept. More good reviews. One system, set up by someone local who learns how your jobs actually run.

Turn the lights onFree checkSee how it works

Free. About 30 seconds, and your results appear on screen while you wait. I'll email you a copy too. I don't spam.

The closest shop doesn't always get the call. The one that looks open does.

When someone's stuck in their garage at 7pm, they call around until somebody picks up. More and more, it's their phone's assistant doing the calling.

  1. 17pm. The garage door is stuck halfway.

  2. 2She asks her phone to find someone who can come tonight.

  3. 3Her assistant looks for a business it can tell is open: recent reviews, a current website, a phone that gets answered.

  4. 4The quiet shop down the street never comes up. The one that looks open gets the call.

This isn't extra. It's how customers find you now, and more every year. I make sure it can tell you're open, you're active, and you do good work.

One system, not a pile of tools

A receptionist alone just changes who books the job. The value comes when the calls, the follow-up, the reviews and your website all work together.

  1. Phone callsevery call answered
  2. Customer liststay in touch with people who asked
  3. Your websitecurrent, fast, and answers back
  4. Google reviewsmore of them, steadily

Happy customers bring the next one, and the loop starts again.

Add-ons, when you're ready: Old leads Social media Sales coaching Ad money

Every plan starts with these four, phased in over a few months so it's never everything at once. Month to month. No long-term contract.

See how each piece works

In testing

And an office that rides in your truck

You talk to your phone. It keeps the paperwork.

  • Nothing reaches a customer until you say yes.
  • It reads the numbers back, so nothing gets misheard.
  • Changed your mind? Say undo.

Working today on a made-up garage door company. It comes to real businesses after the first pilot.

Trades I build for

Three made-up businesses, each with a real website you can click through the way a customer would. Each one is built around how that trade gets its calls.

  • The Tall Oak Garage Doors sample website Garage doors

    Tall Oak Garage Doors

    Wes fixes springs, openers and stuck doors north of Dayton. Upfront prices, how a visit goes, recent work and an easy way to book.

    See the sample site

  • The Wrenfield Painting sample website Interior painting and murals

    Wrenfield Painting

    Marisa paints kids' room murals and careful interiors south of Dayton. Her work up front, estimate days at a glance, and a short project form.

    See the sample site

  • The Mossy Gate Lawn Care sample website Lawn care

    Mossy Gate Lawn Care

    Becca and Tom mow, aerate and clean up leaves north of Dayton. Clear prices by yard size, a sample quote, and a simple estimate request.

    See the sample site

Made-up businesses and sample data. Pictures made with AI.

How I work

  1. I listen.

    How your day really goes, how calls come in, how you quote, and what you're tired of.

  2. I ask the hard questions.

    What matters most, what can be streamlined, and what shouldn't be touched.

  3. I map it.

    A written plan: which pieces, in what order, and what it means for you.

  4. You go in phases.

    One step at a time, so you see it working before the next piece. Nothing risky, and nothing you don't understand.

Illustration of Julie working at her laptop

I'm Julie. I've lived in this area my whole life, spent years running big projects for a large company, and I'm a photographer.

Pixel & Porch is a military family business. I set everything up, I learn how your jobs really run, and when something needs fixing, you reach me.

More about me

New this year, and taking it one business at a time

I'm starting with a small number of local businesses so I can do each one right. I'd rather have a handful of owners I've really helped than a long list of clients.

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Not a home-service business? You're still welcome. Tell me what's getting in your way. Get in touch