How Compa works, from your first text.
This is the whole thing as it runs today, in the order you'd see it. Compa's texts are on the left. Yours are the orange ones on the right.
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Step 1: Text COMPA to start
Tap any Text Compa button on this site, or text the word COMPA to (516) 452-8282 from the phone you run the business on. The carrier confirms you're in, then Compa says hello and tells you up front that it's an AI assistant.
That first text names Famedia LLC. It's the company behind Compa, and carriers want the name on texts like this one.
Owner: COMPACompa: Famedia LLC (Compa): You're in for marketing drafts by text. Msg freq varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help, STOP to opt out.Compa: Hey, I'm Compa, an AI assistant from Famedia. Send me your business website and I'll learn your business in about a minute. No website? Reply skip. -
Step 2: Set up by text in about 3 minutes
Send your website and Compa reads it for your services, the towns you work in and your service area. Then it asks only what the site didn't answer, one question per text. Usually that's the towns, anything people ask for that you don't do, your first name and the number customers call.
It finishes with a short summary of your business. Reply yes and you're set, or tell it what's wrong and it fixes the summary. No website? Reply skip and it asks the same few questions.
If you have a license number, Compa asks for it once during signup and puts "Lic. #" and your number on the last line of every caption. Text a new number to change it, or "remove my license number" to take it off.
Owner: your websiteCompa: Got it, reading your site now. Give me a minute.Compa: Got your site. What towns do you work in?Owner: Huntington, Northport, Commack, GreenlawnCompa: Anything people ask for that you don't do?Owner: no wallpaperCompa: And what's your first name?Owner: MariaCompa: Is this the number customers call you on? If not, send me the one they should use.Owner: yesCompa: Here's what I've got: your business name, a painting business doing interior and cabinet painting, working in Huntington, Northport, Commack and Greenlawn. Reply yes if that's right, or tell me what to change.Owner: yesCompa: Perfect. Next time you finish a job, text me a photo and a couple words like "cabinets, Huntington" and I'll write the post. -
Step 3: Send a job photo and a couple of words
When a job wraps, text the photo and what you did, the way you'd say it to your crew.
Every job comes back as three captions: one for your Google Business Profile, one for Instagram with a few hashtags and one for Facebook. Each arrives in its own text, so you press and hold to copy just that one.
It only uses what you told it and what's plainly in the photo. A note about the cabinets and the brass pulls won't come back mentioning the countertops.
Want LinkedIn too? Add "do a LinkedIn one too" to your job text. Text "always do LinkedIn" and every post gets one, or "stop doing LinkedIn" to turn it off.
Owner:Owner: painted the kitchen cabinets in huntington, white with brass pullsCompa: Here's your Huntington post: Google, then Instagram, then Facebook. Reply yes to lock it in, or tell me what to change.Compa: Painted the kitchen cabinets white in this Huntington home and finished them with brass pulls. Call (631) 555-0127 to talk about your kitchen.Compa: White cabinets, brass pulls, same kitchen. Huntington. #huntingtonny #cabinetpainting #kitchenrefresh #longislandCompa: We painted the kitchen cabinets in this Huntington home white and finished them with brass pulls. If you've been looking at your own cabinets lately, call (631) 555-0127 and tell us about it. -
Step 4: Change it by text, then say yes
Ask for changes in your own words, like "make it shorter" or "less formal," and Compa rewrites the same draft. Ask again if it's still not right.
Owner: make the instagram one shorterCompa: Updated. Same order: Google, Instagram, Facebook. Good now?Compa: Painted the kitchen cabinets white in this Huntington home and finished them with brass pulls. Call (631) 555-0127 to talk about your kitchen.Compa: White cabinets, brass pulls. Huntington. #huntingtonny #cabinetpainting #longislandCompa: We painted the kitchen cabinets in this Huntington home white and finished them with brass pulls. If you've been looking at your own cabinets lately, call (631) 555-0127 and tell us about it.Owner: yesCompa: Locked in. Want a review request text for this customer too? -
Step 5: Get a review request to forward
Say yes after a post and Compa writes a short text asking that customer for a Google review, in your voice, with your review link in it. You send it from your own phone.
Paste your Google review link into the thread once and it goes into every request after that. Everyone gets asked the same way, which is how Google wants it done.
Owner: can you do a review request for linda, we did her roof in babylonCompa: Here's a review request for this customer. Reply yes to lock it in, or tell me what to change.Compa: Hi Linda, it's Joe from the roofing crew. Thanks for having us out in Babylon. If you have a minute, a quick Google review would really help us: your Google review link -
Step 6: Quotes that went quiet
Text something like "follow up with Rob in Levittown, quoted him a bathroom remodel 2 weeks ago." Compa drafts a short check-in you can send from your own phone.
Owner: follow up with rob in levittown, quoted him a bathroom remodel 2 weeks ago, haven't heard backCompa: Here's a follow-up for this customer. Reply yes to lock it in, or tell me what to change.Compa: Hi Rob, it's Dan. Checking in on the bathroom remodel quote I sent over for your place in Levittown. If you have questions about it or want to go over the numbers, text me back here. -
Step 7: Paste a review, get a reply
Paste a review, good or rough, and Compa drafts a reply you can post under it. On a rough one, the reply stays calm and doesn't argue, and Compa suggests giving it an hour before you post.
Owner: Tom and his crew painted our living room and hallway in Oyster Bay. On time, clean, and the color matched perfectly. KarenCompa: Here's a reply for that review. Reply yes to lock it in, or tell me what to change.Compa: Thanks, Karen. The living room and hallway were a good pair of rooms to work on, and we're glad the color came out the way you pictured it. Enjoy the new look in Oyster Bay. -
Step 8: Ask it marketing questions
Compa knows your services and your towns, so you can ask the kind of thing you'd ask a friend who does marketing. The answer comes back in a text or two, about your business.
Owner: should I ask every customer for a review or just the happy ones?Compa: Every customer, the same way. Google doesn't allow asking only the happy ones. The easiest habit is sending the ask the same day, while the job is still fresh for them. -
Step 9: It remembers what you say yes to
Mention something that changes the business, like a new service or a town you've started working in, and Compa asks before it saves it. Its memory of your business only grows from facts you approve, and every draft after that uses them.
Compa remembers your business: your services, your towns, your license number, your review link and anything you've said yes to, so every job you text starts from there.
Owner: we started doing exteriors tooCompa: Got it: You now offer exterior painting. Want me to remember that? Reply yes to save it.Owner: yesCompa: Saved. -
Step 10: Text "billing" for your billing page
After your 3 free drafts, Compa texts you a checkout link. Once you're on a plan, text the word billing and you get a link to your billing page, where you can update your card or cancel.
Owner: billingCompa: Famedia LLC (Compa): Here's your billing page, you can update your card or cancel there: billing page link -
Step 11: STOP and HELP work anytime
Reply HELP and you get our contact info. Reply STOP and the texts stop right away. STOP doesn't cancel a paid plan, so use "billing" for that. If you want back in later, text START.
Owner: HELPCompa: Famedia LLC (Compa): AI marketing drafts by text. Support: hello@textcompa.com. Msg frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out.Owner: STOPCompa: Famedia LLC (Compa): You're opted out and won't get more texts. Reply START to resubscribe.
What Compa won't do.
These hold for every draft, whatever the job and whoever asks.
- Nothing goes out without your yes.
Compa writes drafts, and you paste them in yourself after you say yes, so nothing shows up on your Google profile or Instagram unless you put it there.
- Your customers never hear from Compa.
Review requests come to you as a text you forward from your own phone. Compa doesn't text the people you work for.
- No made-up details.
Drafts stick to what you texted and what the photo plainly shows. If your note says white cabinets and brass pulls, the post won't add new countertops or how long the job took.
- Private details stay out.
License plates and street names don't end up in posts, and neither do customers' full names. A business name Compa could read off a sign in your photo stays out too. A commercial client gets named only when you name them.
- Health claims wait for your OK.
Compa describes the work you did. Claims about germs, allergens, mold or air quality only go into a post after you've told Compa you can make them and said yes to saving that.
- Sensitive jobs get a question first.
On a hoarding job, Compa asks whether the client OK'd describing the inside of the house before it drafts anything, and the post never uses the word hoarding.
Coming later.
Check-ins and the recap only start if you reply YES when Compa asks, and they top out at 2 texts a week.
A nudge after quiet days
If a few days go by with no job photo, Compa sends one short check-in.
A Monday recap with a post idea
Monday morning, a count of last week's drafts and one idea for a post when there's no photo to send.
Posting for you comes later. For now, you paste it in yourself.
Wrapping up a job today? Send Compa the photo.
Save the contact, text a picture and a few words, and your post is back before you're in the truck.
Text COMPA to (516) 452-8282 to get started. By texting COMPA, you agree to receive automated text messages from Famedia LLC, the company behind Compa, including replies about the photos, reviews and questions you send and, only if you reply YES, check-ins and a Monday recap. Your consent is for Famedia LLC only and is never shared with other companies. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply HELP for help or STOP to cancel. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service