You're in a session with one client. Your next engagement is calling.
Frontier Reception is human phone support for solo consultants and boutique practices — management, IT, ops, marketing, engineering. When you're mid-session or heads-down on a deliverable, a trained receptionist answers in your firm's name, screens the inquiry for scope, budget, and timeline with your questions, and books the discovery call straight into your calendar.
Starts at $325/mo · billed on the calls we handle, never per minute
Your callers should hear a person — not a script-reader, not a bot, not a call center.
A calm, trained extension of your front desk.
- Real receptionists, following your instructions
- Your greeting, your tone, your rules
- Documented call notes and intake questions
- Urgent calls routed the way you decide
An AI receptionist or a generic call center.
- Not an automated voice or chat bot
- Not a high-volume call floor reading scripts
- Not a replacement for your team — a support for it
- No headset clichés, no scripts read at your callers
A missed inquiry is a lost engagement.
Your inbound calls are prospective clients deciding whether to trust you with real money — and they call while you're mid-session and can't pick up. Here's what a human answer does that a voicemail box never will.
Every prospect reaches a person, not a voicemail
A consulting engagement is a high-consideration buy — one project can run well into five figures. Prospects who reach voicemail dial the next name on the shortlist, and the consultant who answers usually gets the discovery call. We pick up in your firm's name while you're in session, so the inquiry becomes a booked call instead of a lead you never knew existed. Plans start at $325 a month — an hour or two of billing.
Tire-kickers never make it onto your calendar
Your time is billable, and a discovery call with a bad-fit prospect is prep plus an hour you don't invoice. We ask your exact qualifying questions — scope, budget range, timeline, decision authority, referral source — and capture every answer, so the calls that land on your calendar are the ones worth taking and you walk in already knowing what they need.
Your focus time stays protected
The interruption isn't just the ring — it's the reset afterward. A receptionist absorbs the inbound so you don't break flow on a deliverable or step out of a session a client is paying for to answer what turns out to be a solicitor. The message and the booked call reach you by text and email in real time; the deep work stays uninterrupted.
Real calls your practice gets — handled your way
These are the calls that come in while you're billing. Here's exactly what a trained receptionist does with each one, following the rules you set during onboarding.
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“I got your name from a colleague — we're looking for help restructuring our sales ops. Are you taking on new projects?”
We answer in your firm's name, confirm you're taking projects, and walk them through your intake — who referred them, what they're trying to fix, rough budget, target start. Then we book the discovery call into your calendar and text and email you the notes, usually before your session lets out.
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“We need a Salesforce migration done by end of quarter. What would something like that run?”
We never quote your fees or scope work on the phone — that's yours. We capture the project, the end-of-quarter deadline, and the budget question itself, then book the discovery call so you can price it with full context instead of a number thrown out cold.
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“This is an existing client — I need to reach you about our project, it's fairly urgent.”
We recognize a current engagement and route it by your rules — reach you on your cell, flag it priority, or take a detailed message and text it immediately. We capture and route; you define what “urgent” means. Your client hears a staffed office, not a dead line.
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“I'm just comparing a few firms. Can you send me a proposal and your rates?”
We take their details, ask your qualifying questions, and note what they're comparing — so you can tell a serious buyer from a rate-shopper before you spend an evening on a proposal. The lead is logged and in your inbox either way; you decide if it's worth pursuing.
Two-day quote
Tell us about your calls; a real person replies within two business days.
No long contract
Month-to-month after setup. A quote is a conversation, not a commitment.
We never sell your data
Encrypted in transit and at rest. No ad tracking on our site, no data brokers — we measure our ads only by the quote requests they send us.
A real Alaska LLC
Frontier Reception is an Alaska limited liability company. Quotes are always free.
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The questions we hear most.
Will prospects know it's not my own front desk?
No. We answer in your firm's name with the greeting and script you give us — to the caller, we're your front desk. And for a solo or two-person practice, a staffed, professional answer does quiet work of its own: it makes the operation sound as established as the work you deliver. Most callers never realize the receptionist isn't down the hall.
Can you screen inquiries and book discovery calls into my calendar?
Yes — that's the core of it. We ask your exact qualifying questions (scope, budget range, timeline, decision authority, referral source — whatever you use to size fit) and capture the answers. When a prospect clears your bar, we book the discovery call directly into your connected calendar and send you the notes, so you walk in prepared instead of cold.
What if a caller asks about my rates or how I'd approach their project?
We don't quote fees, scope engagements, or give advice — those are yours. We tell the caller that's exactly what the discovery call is for, capture their scope, timeline, and budget question, and get the call on your calendar. The prospect hears a confident answer instead of a fumble, and you handle pricing with full context.
How do you learn my services and my rules?
During onboarding we set up your greeting, your qualifying questions, and your routing rules with you — a real person configures it and confirms it before we take a live call. From then on, receptionists work from your script on every call, so what a caller hears is your practice's process, not a generic one.
Is this an AI or a bot answering my phone?
No. Your calls are answered by real people on our team during covered hours — we don't use AI voice agents. Outside covered hours, callers can reach a simple message that a person will follow up on the next business day.
Do you answer 24/7?
Not yet. We currently cover business hours and overflow — the busy stretches when you're in back-to-back sessions or heads-down on a deliverable, plus the calls that would otherwise ring out. After-hours coverage is available to a limited number of accounts case-by-case; ask on your discovery call if it's a fit.
How much does it cost?
Plans start at $325/month, billed on the calls we handle — never per minute. There's a one-time $199 setup that may be waived with a 6-month agreement. We'll recommend the right plan on your discovery call.
How soon will I hear back?
Within two business days, almost always sooner. A real person reviews every request and follows up to scope the right coverage for your practice.
Stop handing engagements to whoever answered first.
You can't take the call from inside a session — and consulting prospects rarely leave a voicemail; they call the next firm. Let a trained human answer in your firm's name, screen for fit, and book the discovery call while you keep billing. Tell us how your practice works and we'll scope the right coverage — free quote within two business days.
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