AI consulting services for small business
An AI consultant for small business who builds the thing, not a slide deck.
Most owners do not need an AI strategy. They need the hours back. We find the work that repeats every week, cut the software you are paying for twice, build the automations, and keep them running, so the business side stops landing on you.
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We find the hours
We look at how a lead becomes a paying customer in your business today, and where the same typing, copying, and chasing happens every week. That list is usually longer than the owner expects.
We cut the tools you do not need
Most small businesses pay for overlapping software. We map what each subscription actually does, and we tell you which ones can go before we suggest adding anything.
We build the automations
New leads routed and answered quickly, intake forms that fill your records, follow-ups that send on time, documents filed where they belong, and reports you no longer assemble by hand.
We integrate it with what you use
AI integration means the work lands in the calendar, inbox, payments, and client system you already run. We change a tool only when the one you have cannot do the job, and we explain why before anything moves.
We keep it running
Automations break when a tool updates or your offer changes. JB, the AI business development agent from Vertana, watches the business side every month, and Jon is there when something needs fixing.
A law firm we work with cut four subscriptions and more than 30% of its monthly tool costs in the first four weeks.
How an engagement works.
1. A call and a look
Fifteen minutes with Jon, then a look at your tools, your website, and how work comes in. We ask who you would like to include, never for a list of your customers.
2. A written plan
The three changes that would save the most time or bring in the most work, in plain English, each with a price. You can stop there and do it yourself.
3. The build
We implement the changes you approve, connect them to your tools, test them with you, and show you how each one works. Nothing reaches a customer without your OK.
4. Month to month after that
If you want the work kept up, JB takes it over from $500 a month. If you would rather run it yourself, you keep everything we built.
Consultant, automation agency, or implementation specialist.
An AI consultant tells you what to change. An AI automation agency builds what you ask for. An AI implementation specialist sets up the tools someone else chose. A small business usually needs all three from the same people, because the person who plans the change should be the one who has to make it work.
Jon built JB to run the business side of his own companies, and the consulting work comes from the same place: what we recommend is what we have already run ourselves. If what you need after the build is the everyday work kept up, that is JB, the AI agent for small business. If the bottleneck is the website itself, the front-desk website books, signs, and takes payment on your own domain.
When you should not hire us.
- One tool already does the job and you have the time to set it up.
- You need a voice answering the phone. That is an answering service, not us.
- You are a large company looking for a custom AI product. We work with owner-run businesses.
- You want a strategy document to hand to someone else. We are better at building it than describing it.
If you are still comparing options, the AI agent cost guide lays out what each kind of AI help usually costs.
Common questions.
- What does an AI consultant do for a small business?
- A useful one finds the repetitive work in your week, removes the software you do not need, builds automations that take over the rest, and makes sure they keep working. A less useful one sells you a strategy deck and a list of tools to set up yourself. Ask which kind you are talking to before you sign anything.
- How much does AI consulting cost?
- It is usually sold three ways: hourly advice, a fixed-price project, or a monthly retainer. Vertana quotes the build after a call, because the cost depends on what you already have. Keeping it running afterwards starts at $500 a month with JB, month to month.
- What do AI integration services include?
- Connecting AI and automations to the tools you already use, so new leads, forms, documents, and payments move between them without anyone retyping. For a small business, integration is usually most of the work. The AI is the easy part, and making it fit how you already run is where the hours come back.
- Is Vertana an AI automation agency?
- In practice, yes, for owner-run businesses. We plan the work like a consultant and build it like an automation agency. We do not build products, sell software licenses, or take on large company projects.
- Do I need an AI consultant, or just better tools?
- If one tool already does the job and you have time to set it up, buy the tool. Our AI agent cost guide compares the options. A consultant is worth it when the work crosses several tools, when nobody has time to set it up, or when you suspect you are paying for software you do not use.
- What happens to my customers' information?
- It stays in your systems. We connect your tools to each other, and we do not copy your customer records into ours. For law firms and medical practices, we work inside the confidentiality and privacy rules that apply to them, and anything sensitive waits for your approval.
- Will you answer our phones?
- No. Vertana does not answer phones or provide a receptionist. If a voice on the line is what you need, our AI receptionist comparison explains the options honestly.
Show Jon where the week goes.
Book 15 minutes. Jon will ask how work comes in and where it gets stuck, and you will leave with the first change worth making, whether or not you hire us.
Book a time with Jon