JB from Vertana
An AI agent for small business that takes the business side off your plate.
JB is the AI business development agent from Vertana. It keeps you found on Google and ChatGPT, sorts every new lead, drafts your emails, and answers your questions about the business. You text it like you would text a colleague, and nothing goes out without your OK.
Tell JB your business name, and it will show you three things to fix, free.
It’s free, it takes about a minute, and there’s nothing to sign up for.
Would you rather just talk? Book a time with Jon.
What JB takes off your plate.
Business development in an owner-run business is marketing and operations at the same time. JB handles the everyday part of both, so you can stay on the work you are good at.
It keeps you found
JB looks after your Google listing, your reviews, and your website so you show up on Google and in ChatGPT answers. It writes each fix for you and checks that the fix actually went live.
It sorts every new lead
When someone reaches out, JB tells you who they are, what they want, and where they found you, so you can decide quickly who to call back first.
It drafts your emails
Replies to new customers, follow-ups, and quote requests arrive as drafts in your text thread. You reply “send it” or tell JB what to change.
It keeps the paperwork moving
JB reminds you about the things that stall a job, such as an unsigned agreement, a missing form, or an invoice nobody has followed up on.
It answers your questions about the business
You can ask how many jobs came from Google this month or which leads are still waiting on you, and JB answers from your own numbers.
Why an agent, and not another app.
Most AI tools for small business are apps you have to open, learn, and remember to use. They are useful, and some are very good, but they hand the work back to you. If you already had time to run your own marketing, you would be doing it.
JB works the other way around. It lives in your text messages, it already knows your listing and your website, and it comes to you with the next thing worth doing, written and ready for your OK. When a fix goes live, JB checks that it actually did.
There is also a person behind it. Jon built JB to run the same work he runs for his own businesses, and when something needs more than a text, you talk to him. The comparison with doing it yourself is in what ChatGPT can and can’t do for a small business.
What it costs, and how it grows.
JB starts at $500 a month, month to month. That covers keeping you found on Google and ChatGPT, looking after your listing, reviews, and site, and texting JB about any customer.
When the business needs more, Vertana grows with it. A front-desk website books, signs, and takes payment on your own site. Monthly SEO adds more pages, links, and posts each month. At the top, fractional marketing and operations brings in senior help without a full-time hire. If you want the automations built first, AI consulting finds the hours and builds the changes, quoted after a call with Jon.
If you are comparing options, the AI agent cost guide lays out what the alternatives usually cost and what each one still leaves for you to do.
What JB does not do.
JB does not answer your phone. If you need a voice on the line, an answering service is the right buy, and our AI receptionist comparison explains the options honestly.
JB does not send anything to a customer without your OK, and it does not promise rankings. Google rankings usually take six to nine months to really move. ChatGPT and other AI answers can pick you up sooner, and the work keeps compounding as long as it continues.
Before you decide.
- How much an AI agent costs a small business
What do-it-yourself tools, AI employee apps, assistants, and agencies usually cost, and what each one leaves for you to do.
- AI consulting for small business
When the work crosses several tools, we find the hours, cut the software you do not need, and build the automations.
- ChatGPT for small business: what it can and can’t do
Where ChatGPT is genuinely useful for an owner, where it stops, and what to hand off instead.
Common questions.
- What is an AI agent for a small business?
- An AI agent is software that can take a task and carry it through, instead of only answering a question. For a small business, the useful version handles the work around the work: keeping you found online, sorting new leads, drafting replies, and following up. JB does that for you by text, and a person at Vertana stands behind it.
- Does JB send anything without asking me?
- No. JB drafts the email, the reply, or the change and asks you first. Nothing goes out to a customer until you say so.
- How much does JB cost?
- JB starts at $500 a month, month to month. Larger projects, such as a new website or a booking system, are quoted separately after a call with Jon. The cost guide on this site covers what other kinds of AI help usually cost, so you can compare.
- How is JB different from using ChatGPT myself?
- ChatGPT answers what you ask it, and then you do the rest. JB knows your listing, your website, and your leads, writes the fix or the draft for you, and checks that it actually went live. It also comes with a person: when something needs more than a text, you talk to Jon.
- Will JB answer my phone?
- No. JB is not a receptionist or an answering service, and Vertana does not answer phones. JB works with you by text and keeps the business side moving so fewer things depend on a phone call.
- How quickly will I see results?
- Your first fixes can usually be live within the first week once you approve them and we have access. Google rankings usually take six to nine months to really move. ChatGPT and other AI answers can pick you up sooner. We do not promise rankings or dates.
Would you rather talk it through first?
Book 15 minutes with Jon. He will look at your business with you and tell you what JB would take on first.
Book a time with JonVertana is month to month.