Welcome back to Blue Collar AI — the show about using AI, systems, and simple automations to make real trade and blue-collar businesses run smoother.

In Episode 3, I talked about why I built my own automated review system instead of relying on the built-in feature inside my CRM.

Today, I want to talk about one of the most useful automations I've built so far, a Discord estimate bot that helps me quickly price a job, create an internal material pick list, and keep all the detailed line items away from the customer-facing estimate.

I'll mention Jobber because that's the CRM I use in my own business, but this episode isn't really about Jobber. The same gap exists in most field-service CRMs — Jobber, ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, whatever you're running. The software is usually good, but it doesn't always work exactly the way we need it to.

And estimating is a perfect example of that.

Welcome back to Blue Collar AI — the show about using AI, systems, and simple automations to make real trade and blue‑collar businesses run smoother.

In Episode 1, we looked at how talking instead of typing changed the way I deal with emails, quotes, and job notes.
In Episode 2, we went through how I actually use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini in my electrical business.

Today I want to dig into something every tradie and service business cares about: reviews.

Specifically, why I stopped relying on my CRM’s built‑in review requests, how I built my own automation to ask for reviews using Zapier, Jobber, Twilio, and Bitly – and why I’m now moving that whole workflow over to n8n.

If you’ve ever turned on a “review request” feature and felt underwhelmed by the results, this one’s for you.

Welcome back to Blue Collar AI — the show about using AI, systems, and simple automations to make real trade and blue-collar businesses run smoother.

In Episode 1, we looked at voice-to-text and how talking instead of typing has changed the way I deal with emails, quotes and job notes.

Today I want to zoom out a bit and talk about the AI tools themselves — the actual assistants I use day-to-day.

If you’ve ever thought, “There are too many AI tools now — which ones do I actually need as a tradie or small business owner?”, this episode is for you.

I’m not going to give you some giant feature comparison or pretend I’m an AI expert. I’m just going to walk through what I personally use each tool for inside my electrical business, what’s actually been useful, and where I think people can easily waste time.