Claim for $1
The job's done. The customer's happy. Now comes the part you hate — the awkward "hey… don't forget to leave me a review." On Empire, you never have that conversation again. Sophia runs the whole aftercare loop and hands you the wins.
No dashboard. No login. No new app to babysit. The whole job is: tap Approve once a day.
You finished the job. They loved it. You meant to ask for the review… then you got busy, the moment passed, and the five-star you earned just… evaporated.
Multiply that by every happy customer this year. That's a wall of reputation you built and never collected on — ground your competitor is quietly taking instead. Sophia collects it for you.
From the moment a customer raises a hand, Sophia runs the whole sequence — booking, reminding, following up, and capturing the review at exactly the right moment. You see the wins land. You never run the play.
A customer reaches out. Sophia handles it end-to-end and puts the job on the calendar — no phone tag, no missed lead sitting in a voicemail for two days.
The day before, Sophia nudges the customer so they show up. Fewer no-shows, fewer wasted truck rolls, fewer holes in your day you didn't plan for.
Once the work's done, Sophia reaches out to see how it went. This single question is the fork the whole loop turns on — and it decides what happens next.
Her answer to "how did it go?" decides the next move. She protects your name on the downside and harvests it on the upside — automatically.
While they're still glowing, Sophia sends a one-tap 5-star review link. No hunting for the page, no friction — the moment of gratitude becomes a public five-star while it's still warm.
Then, with the goodwill still high, she asks for a referral — and hands it straight to you. Two assets captured from one happy customer, at the exact moment they were ready to give them.
→ A 5-star review and a referral, every time, on time.
Sophia does not send a review link into a bad mood. She flags you — privately — so you can make it right before it ever becomes a public one-star.
Once you've fixed it, she checks back. If they've come around, then she sends the review link. The unhappy customer becomes a recovered five-star — and your name never took the hit.
→ A save instead of a scar. Caught privately, fixed quietly.
Sophia is your chief of staff. She doesn't sit in a menu hoping you'll click something — she watches the loop, knows the right moment, and moves on her own. You don't manage her. You let her run the front while you run the business.
Podium and Birdeye exist to do one thing: chase reviews and manage reputation. That's their entire product. On Empire, it's one room in the house.
Here's everything that runs your front — both tiers. Tap any feature to see exactly how it takes ground. You're reading the Sophia Lifecycle right now.
| What you're getting | Domination$299/mo | Empire + Hunter$799/mo |
|---|---|---|
| The machine — both tiers | ||
| 1 post a dayBrief + Sage work the PAA angles — the questions your market is actually Googling. | ✓ | ✓ |
| The Foundation: 30 articlesFirst 5 are PILLARS, gifted — kept even if you cancel. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sophia, always-on, on every article →Not a chatbot. A proactive chief of staff watching the front. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) →Every morning: your territory overnight, what your competitor did, your numbers. | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly harvestYouTube comments + Reddit pulled into fresh articles your market wants. | ✓ | ✓ |
| The war room — Empire only | ||
| Front Desk seatsWho can pick up the line when a caller comes in. | Owner + 1 ($10/mo each more) |
Unlimited |
| Deep daily competitive analysis →Not just a glance — a full read on what your rival moved overnight. | ✗ | ✓ |
| A chief of staff you can actually talk toSophia, two-way. Ask her anything about your territory. | ✗ | ✓ |
| Daily Harvest →Snap a photo + a line. It becomes a 2nd post that day — up to 2/day. | ✗ | ✓ |
| Hunter →He publishes 1, you publish 2 — plus national radar: see trends before they hit your town. | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sophia Lifecycle →You are hereBooks your appointments, checks in after, harvests 5-star reviews + referrals — automatically. | ✗ | ✓ |
Either way, you start at $1 and run the full Empire experience for 14 days first.
Sophia runs the aftercare loop so you never have to ask, never miss the moment, and never take a public hit you could have caught. One dollar puts her on your front for the next fourteen days.
Take the ground for $1No dashboard. No login. Tap Approve once a day — Sophia does the rest.