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Missed call text service
for consultants
Consulting is sold on credibility, and nothing undermines credibility quite like a prospect ringing you twice and hearing nothing back. The work itself is the problem: you are billing for concentrated time with clients, which is exactly the state in which you cannot pick up a phone. Meanwhile the enquiry you missed came from a referral and will not chase you.
Why consultants miss so many calls
You are in a client workshop or a board meeting where taking a call is out of the question. You are on a video call with your mobile silenced. You are doing the deep, uninterrupted work you were engaged for, and breaking it to answer an unknown number is precisely what you are being paid not to do. The result is that your best working hours and your enquiry hours are the same hours.
The maths
What one missed consulting enquiry is worth
Consulting engagements are measured in day rates and retainers, not call-outs. A single missed enquiry can be a multi-week piece of work or a relationship that generates repeat business for years. Set against that, the cost of covering every unanswered call is a rounding error on one day's fee.
TextTheCaller is £6.49 a month. Set against the value of the work above, it only has to keep one caller from ringing the next name on the list to have paid for itself several times over.
What to write in your text
You write the message once and it goes out on every missed call. Here's one that works for consultants:
Thanks for calling Lockhart Consulting. I'm with a client and can't take your call. Grab a slot in my diary here: lockhart.co/calendar
It sends from your business name
The caller sees your business name, not a phone number — so there's nothing for them to reply to. Give them something they can act on instead: a booking link, an email address, or a time you'll ring back.
160 characters
One SMS segment. The example above fits with room to spare, and we'll show you the count as you write so nothing gets cut off.
How it works
No app, no new number, no contract.
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Sign up with your mobile number
Enter your number, pick your network and set your business name. No password — we email you a magic link.
About 30 seconds
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Dial one code from your phone
We give you the exact code for your network. It tells your network to send unanswered calls to us.
One time only
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Write your text-back
Use the example above or write your own. Next time a call rings out, the caller gets it within seconds.
Change it any time
It works on your existing number on every compatible UK network, and only ever triggers on calls you don't answer. Pick up as normal and nothing happens at all.
Questions from consultants
Less unprofessional than silence. The message goes out under your business name and reads as a considered out-of-office rather than a marketing text, and a calendar link is a normal, expected way for professionals to book time with each other.
Referrals are the highest-stakes calls you get. Someone ringing on a recommendation who hears nothing back reflects on the person who referred them as well as on you, and they are unlikely to chase a second time.
Yes. Put your active clients on the skip list and they will never receive an automatic reply, which is usually what you want with people who are already engaged and simply cannot reach you for ten minutes.
Also built for
Every missed call is a job someone else gets
Keep your number. Two minutes to set up. Cancel whenever you like.
7 days free, then £6.49/mo. Cancel any time.