AI Business Automation

Automation packages built for owners, not IT departments.

Fixed scope, fixed price, delivered in weeks. Every package includes human approval gates on anything customer-facing.

Nerdy Consultants builds small business automation in fixed-price packages: a $750 audit, done-for-you builds from $2,500 per automation, and monthly retainers from $750. Most owners start with lead response automation, so every web form or missed call gets an answer in under 60 seconds. A person still approves anything that touches money, contracts, or a message going to a customer.

Automation packages for small businesses and contractors

Most of our AI automation for contractors and service businesses starts here — roofing, HVAC, remodeling, and the online stores in between. Same three packages, different specifics.

AI Automation Audit

$750 · 1 week

You walk us through how work actually flows through your business. We map every manual process, identify what’s costing you the most time and leads, and deliver a prioritized automation roadmap with plain-English ROI estimates for each item.

You get: process map · ranked automation opportunities · effort/impact estimates · a build plan you can execute with us or anyone else

Who it’s for: owners who know they’re bleeding time but don’t know where to start

Start With an Audit

Done-for-You Automation Build

from $2,500 per automation · 2–4 weeks

We build, test, and deploy 1–3 automations from your roadmap. Common builds:

Instant lead response — every web lead or missed call gets a reply in under 60 seconds, with AI qualification and human handoff
Quote & contract dispatch — estimates and e-sign contracts out the same day, tracked to signature
Milestone communications — customers automatically updated at every project stage, exactly once
Scheduling & reminders — booking, confirmations, and no-show reduction
Review & referral engine — the ask goes out at the right moment, every time
Invoicing & collection follow-up — nothing slips, and a human approves anything touching money

Every build includes: automated tests · deployment pipeline · documentation · a walkthrough video · 30 days of post-launch support

Book an Audit to Scope Your Build

Automation Retainer

$750–2,000/mo

Your systems, monitored and improving. We watch the health checks, fix what drifts, and ship new automations quarterly as your business grows. This is how the roofing platform went from one automation to seven AI agents.

Includes: monitoring & alerting · fixes and adjustments · 1 new automation per quarter · priority response

Talk Retainers After Your First Build

Common questions about small business automation

Will AI send things to my customers without me knowing?

No. Anything customer-facing, financial, or legal requires human approval — that’s architecture, not policy.

What if I already use Zapier, Power Automate, or similar?

We keep what works and replace what breaks. See Automation Rescue.

Do I need to be technical?

No. Every build ships with documentation and a walkthrough. The roofing client has no in-house developers.

What does it run on?

Your accounts, your infrastructure, typically $30–100/month in cloud costs. You own everything.

Find out what to automate first.

20 minutes, no pitch deck. You leave with a prioritized list of the highest-ROI automations in your business.

Book a Free Audit