

Transparency Note: This page contains affiliate links for HighLevel. If you sign up for your own HL account through our links, CharlieOpolis may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend tools I actually use and believe in. In fact, HighLevel powers our entire client delivery model because it genuinely solves the fragmentation problem we see every day in local business growth.
By the way, if you are a CharlieOpolis client, you don't need to buy your own HighLevel account. (See below for "When Owning Your Own Account Makes Sense")
Your operations are dialed-in, but every digital conversation is scattered—email, texts, social media, web forms, phone calls—and your customer management and marketing tools don’t talk to each other. You’re juggling multiple subscriptions just to try to keep up, ... and yet missed leads, forgotten follow-ups, and tech confusion are costing you growth.
At CharlieOpolis Consulting, we solve this problem by building integrated growth systems ... and HighLevel is the platform empowering our solutions for customer acquisition, retention, and streamlined communication. (Yes, the same platform that powers over 2 million businesses!)
Here’s a transparent look at how this works for your local business—and how our pricing makes powerful, professional infrastructure accessible.
Picture a typical day: a new lead calls while you’re onsite. You miss the call, meaning follow-up becomes manual and unpredictable. Meanwhile, other potential customers message through your website, Instagram, Facebook, or submit web forms. Your team is switching between six tools and multiple logins, trying not to lose track of what matters: customer relationships and growth opportunities.
Every missed message or lost lead means lost revenue. And maintaining this patchwork of separate subscriptions (website builder, email, text messaging, scheduling, CRM, social tools) costs $185–$955/month—while still leaving gaps in your process and draining staff time and energy.
We bring all customer-facing processes together—website, unified inbox, automated workflows, CRM pipeline, review and reputation management, AI chat, contracts, and payments—under one roof, specifically for local service businesses.
No jargon, no complex tech setups; just streamlined systems that work for you.
HighLevel organizes all customer conversations, bookings, lead tracking, and follow-up sequences in one integrated system.
Imagine handling web form inquiries, text messages, phone calls, and social messages inside a single dashboard, where nothing gets lost and every opportunity is automatically tracked.
Note: HighLevel does not replace accounting, inventory management, HR, or internal operations—its power is focused on marketing, customer acquisition, communications, and front-end business growth.
No one likes hidden platform costs or added surprise fees for essential features. At CharlieOpolis, we keep it simple:
If you sign up for a monthly Business Growth System or any core service package, the HighLevel platform is included. You pay only for our service package. You never pay a separate platform fee—CharlieOpolis covers the cost as part of our commitment to delivering end-to-end digital growth systems.
If you subscribe to the AI Employees Suite ($297/month), the platform is included. All core AI functionality and the HighLevel platform come bundled.
If you're bootstrapping and want to DIY, you can start with just the platform at $67/month (as a CharlieOpolis sub-account). You get full access to HighLevel's tools and features—you're just handling the setup and optimization yourself. The AI Employees Suite is optional and not included at this tier. This works best if you're technically inclined, comfortable with digital marketing, and know your way around CRMs and automation workflows.
And ..
If you prefer to own your HighLevel account directly (as a local business), you pay USD$97/month (starter plan) or USD$297/month (higher tiers) directly to HighLevel—no involvement or platform fees from CharlieOpolis.
If you prefer to own your HighLevel account directly, you might choose this route if:
You or your team are already comfortable with HighLevel or marketing tech and can confidently handle setup, customization, and ongoing optimization yourself.
You’re prioritizing long-term cost savings (with direct plans starting at $97/month) and are prepared to manage your own digital marketing without ongoing service fees.
You need complete data control and independence—especially important if you want to work flexibly with external marketing providers or freelancers, without a third-party platform owner.
You’re an agency or plan to manage multiple locations, brands, or client accounts under your own umbrella.
On top of that, there are a few other solid reasons some businesses decide to own their HighLevel account directly:
You want the freedom to switch agencies or providers without moving platforms, so your marketing partners can change over time while your HighLevel account, data, and setup stay consistent.
You plan to grow into multiple locations, brands, or service lines and want all of them managed under a single HighLevel agency or account structure that you control long term.
You want direct access to all native integrations, APIs, and advanced features as they’re released, without waiting on a third party to enable, configure, or expose them for you.
You see HighLevel as a strategic asset (not just a tool) and eventually want to bring more of your marketing, automation, and customer experience in-house as your team and capabilities grow.
Owning your own account provides maximum autonomy and flexibility, but requires your own resources for configuration, support, and making the most of HighLevel’s powerful features.
But for most local service businesses without dedicated tech staff, this often leads to underutilized features or abandoned automations because the learning curve feels steep.
BTW, If you are interested in your own HighLevel account, signing up through my link gets you a 30 day FREE trial 🥳 (twice as long as the 14 day trial HL offers on their home page). Enjoy ;-)
USD 97/month is HighLevel’s Starter plan price, and it’s usually more than enough for a single business using the platform to run its own operations, rather than agencies that need unlimited subaccounts to serve many clients.
Your digital presence is unified: Website, calendar, forms, and chat are built and managed together
AI Employees help across your entire customer lifecycle: Voice AI answers calls 24/7, Conversation AI engages customers across chat/text/social, Reviews AI responds to your online reviews, Content AI generates marketing copy, and Workflow AI automates complex business processes.
All communications in one dashboard: Texts, emails, calls, WhatsApp and social messages show up in a single inbox.
Automations handle follow-ups: No more missed leads or forgotten nurture sequences—reminders and follow-ups keep every opportunity alive
Lead tracking and pipeline CRM: Every customer journey is tracked from inquiry to booking, conversion, and repeat business
Review management and video testimonials: Request and respond to Google & Facebook reviews and collect video testimonials to build trust
Payment integration: Contracts, invoices, and payments are streamlined (via Stripe, PayPal, etc.)
And MUCH, MUCH more!
HighLevel is built for customer growth and marketing, with native integrations to operational platforms (like Jobber for field services), accounting tools, and 1000+ apps via API. Customer data flows automatically between systems, eliminating manual entry and data silos.
Ready to see what a unified customer growth system can do for you? Whether you want to streamline communication, automate follow-ups, boost online reviews, or just grow efficiently, CharlieOpolis will tailor the solution—and keep your investment simple and transparent.
Contact us to learn how we build your system (with no hidden platform fees), or explore owning your own HighLevel account for DIY control.
Either way, you’ll spend less time chasing leads and more time growing your business.
CharlieOpolis Consulting is an independent agency and not owned by or formally affiliated with HighLevel. We license and configure HighLevel’s software to power the systems we deploy for our clients.
CharlieOpolis Consulting is an AI-powered growth and automation agency that builds and runs conversion‑focused websites, AI employees, and done‑for‑you marketing systems for local service businesses.

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