Most people who sell AI help won’t tell you what it costs or how it works until they’ve got you on a call. That’s backwards. Here’s the whole picture, up front.
The method: Deploy → Sustain → Scale#
01 — Deploy. It starts with a $500 Opportunity Audit: one meeting where we map your biggest time-sinks — no homework, no writing SOPs, the audit pulls your process out of your head. You get a written roadmap ranked by payback and a fixed bid for the first build. Then I build that one workflow and put it live on your real jobs — usually in about a week.
02 — Sustain. Optional monthly partnership. Your business changes; I keep the system tuned to match. You never babysit software. $300–$500 a month, and it’s your call — not a lock-in.
03 — Scale. Add workflows off your audit list, automate more of the office, train your team as you grow. Every job adds data, so the system gets more valuable every month.
One promise runs through all three: you own it from day one. The system, the history, all of it lives in your account. Walk away any day and it stays yours.
The 7-Day Deploy#
The build itself is called the 7-Day Deploy: one workflow — the one your audit says pays back fastest — built, tested, and live on your real jobs in about a week. Every Deploy ships with:
- The Deploy Build — your workflow, running on your actual jobs. Fixed bid, no hourly meter.
- Approval Mode — nothing sends until you flip it live. Every automation runs in draft until you’ve approved what it does.
- Rollback Protection — every change logged, one-click undo. If something’s wrong Friday with a draw due Monday, you roll it back. ($750 value, included.)
- One-on-One Onboarding — I sit with you (and whoever runs your office) until you’re comfortable. You approve things; you don’t program things. ($1,000 value, included.)
- The ROI Scoreboard — a monthly report of what the system actually saved you, in dollars: hours off your plate, leads answered, bids turned around. You never wonder if it’s working.
After your first Deploy, there’s an add-on menu when you’re ready — more automations off your audit list, the Bid Library (your sub bids broken out by trade and square foot, so ballpark pricing comes from your own cost history), and the Content Engine (a site visit photo and sixty seconds of talking becomes a blog post in your voice plus a week of social posts). Nothing is bundled in that you didn’t ask for.
Cost, honestly#
Start with your own number. Before you think about what a system costs, look at what not having one costs you every year:
What is your office work actually costing you?
Slide to your numbers. Based on 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year.
Per year
$12,500
Per month
$1,042
A typical $3,500 build pays for itself in
14 weeks
And you don't pay for the build until you've watched it work on your real jobs. After payback, the savings are yours — every year, forever.
Two numbers, and only one of them you pay before you’ve seen it work:
- The Opportunity Audit — $500, flat. The report and ranked roadmap are yours to keep, hire me or not — the $500 is never wasted. If you move forward, the whole $500 credits toward the build.
- The 7-Day Deploy — most run $2,500–$6,000. Fixed bid after your audit, and you’re not billed until you’ve watched it work on your own jobs.
Then it’s yours. Sustain runs $300–$500 a month if you want it.
What moves the price: how many systems the workflow touches, how clean your starting point is, and how many people use it. Your bid isn’t a guess — it comes out of the audit.
The Own-It, Prove-It Guarantee#
Your automation runs in front of you, on your real jobs, before you’re billed. If it doesn’t work, you don’t pay for the build.
I can guarantee this because I watch it work before you do. And you own everything from day one — walk away any time and keep the system, the history, all of it. Your total risk is $500, and you keep the audit no matter what.
Straight answers#
“I don’t even know what AI could do for my business.” That’s exactly what the $500 audit is for. One meeting, your whole office mapped, ranked by payback. You’ll know precisely what’s worth automating — even if you never hire me.
“I’m not technical.” You don’t need to be. Onboarding is one-on-one, and the system runs in Approval Mode — you approve things, you don’t program things.
“Couldn’t I just use ChatGPT for $20 a month?” ChatGPT answers questions. This runs your office. The follow-ups that send themselves, the email log, the bid library — none of that is a chat window.
“The last software I bought, nobody ever used.” Because it made you work its way. This gets built around how you already work — your apps, your process. Reconciliation, not rip-and-replace.
“What if it sends something wrong to a client?” It can’t — nothing sends until you flip it live. That’s Approval Mode, and it’s in every Deploy.
“What if it breaks on a Friday with a draw due Monday?” Rollback Protection: every change is logged with one-click undo. And if you’re on Sustain, I’m already on it.
“Where does my clients’ information go?” It stays in your accounts. The system is built in your workspace, under your logins — I don’t take your data anywhere.
“How much of MY time will this take?” One meeting for the audit. The point of this whole thing is giving you time back, not taking more of it.
“What if you get busy with your own builds?” Everything’s documented and lives in your account. Any competent tech person could pick it up tomorrow — that’s what owning it actually means.
“Will this be stale by Christmas?” It compounds. Every job adds data — cost history, bid library, email log — and Sustain keeps it current as the tools change.
Ready?#
Five Deploy slots a month. When July’s are gone, it’s August — and if you book in July, your first Sustain month is free.
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