AI, the practical kind
AI for small business in Calgary, set up at your desk
Half a day with you, on the four tasks that eat your evenings: quotes, emails, review replies and captions. Set up in your words, with the rules for what never goes in. $500 once.
In one paragraph
The way a small business in Calgary actually starts using AI is one half-day at your desk, not a course. We take the four tasks that cost you the most evenings (quotes, customer emails, review replies, social captions), set each one up in ChatGPT or Claude in your words with examples from your own work, write down the rules for what never goes in (customer names, addresses, prices you have not agreed), and leave you a one-page guide. $500, once.
Is this you?
- You have the free ChatGPT on your phone, tried it twice, and got something generic.
- Quotes, emails, review replies and job ads take your evenings, and you suspect half of that could go.
- You do not want software you will not use, a course, or to sound like a robot to customers.
What you get
- Half a day at your desk or on a shared screen, with your real emails, quotes and reviews.
- Four tasks set up to produce your words, not the internet's: quotes, emails, review replies, captions.
- The rules, written down: what never goes into a tool, which tool for which job, what to check before sending.
- A one-page guide you can follow on a Tuesday night, and a follow-up call two weeks later.
- A straight answer on which plan, if any, is worth paying for. Usually the free one is enough to start.
The price
$500
One price for the half day, the guide and the follow-up call. If you want a second half day for a second person or more tasks, it is $350. No software is sold and none is required.
Book a 20-minute callHow it works
- The callTwenty minutes to find the four tasks that cost you most.
- The half dayAt your desk. Each task set up and tested on your real work until it sounds like you.
- Two weeks laterA call to fix what did not stick and add the one thing you now want.
Questions people ask first
How does a small business start using AI?
With the tasks you already do every week, not with a strategy. Pick the four that take the most time, set each up once with examples of your own work, write down what never goes in, and use it for a month. That is the half day.
Which AI tool should a small business use?
For writing tasks, ChatGPT or Claude; both have a free plan that is enough to start. We set you up on one, show you the other, and tell you if a paid plan is worth it for your volume. We do not sell software.
Is it safe to put customer details into AI?
Not by default, and this is most of what the rules cover: no customer names, addresses, phone numbers or unagreed prices go into a tool. We set up the tasks so you never need to.
Will it sound like a robot?
Not if it is set up from your own emails and quotes, which is what the half day does. Everything is checked by you before it goes to a customer.
Can you build automations or connect it to my software?
No, that is a different kind of work. If that is what you need, Octopus & Son's AI integration work on the main site is the right conversation.
Twenty minutes is enough to know
Tell us what you do and what you want to happen next. You get a one-page quote the same day, with the price on this page.