AI Consulting for Small Business
AI consulting for small businesses that want working software
Every small business owner has heard they "need AI." Almost nobody will tell you which 3 uses pay for themselves in your specific business, and which 30 are expensive toys. That sorting job is what AI consulting should be: separate the profitable from the fashionable, then ship the profitable.
I run AI systems in production every day, for my own businesses and for clients. Automated reporting, AI-drafted outreach, content pipelines, quote processing, lead routing. I know what current AI can reliably do because I operate it.
The engagement is deliberately simple. Audit your operations, find the workflows where hours are bleeding, build the automation, measure the hours and dollars saved. The deliverable is working systems, and you can skip the 40-page strategy deck entirely.
The AI adoption path
AI opportunity audit
A walkthrough of your sales, marketing, admin, and operations to find the workflows worth automating, ranked by payback.
Build & integrate
I build the automations against your real tools (email, CRM, spreadsheets, phone, website) and connect them end to end.
Guardrails & quality control
Human-approval steps, brand-voice controls, and monitoring so AI never embarrasses you in front of a customer.
Team enablement
Your staff trained on the systems, with playbooks, so the value stays when the engagement ends.
Proof, not promises
I operate AI-driven pipelines that publish thousands of pages of ranked content, generate daily client reports, and run automated outreach systems. It's the same machinery I install for clients.
Frequently asked questions
What does AI consulting cost for a small business? +
Audits are fixed-price, and builds are scoped per automation. Most clients see the first automation pay for itself in saved hours within a quarter. That's the bar every project has to clear before I'll recommend it.
Which AI use cases pay off first for small businesses? +
Reliably: inbound lead response, quote and document processing, reporting, follow-up email sequences, and content production. The right first pick depends on where your team's hours currently go, which is what the audit finds.
Is our data safe? +
The build includes data-handling rules: what can and can't be sent to which AI provider, access controls, and vendor terms reviewed. You get the benefit without quietly leaking your customer list.
Related services
Hire the judgment and the hands in one place.
Start with the Technology Reality Audit: two weeks, one fixed fee, fully credited if you take a seat. You keep the 12-month roadmap either way.