AI consulting ✳ Bluffton, SC

AI that
improves what you
care about.

The pitch

I’m Zach. I help growing businesses figure out how AI can improve their operations, usually by targeting one of three areas. If I don’t think I can help, I’ll say so up front.

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The usual targets

  • 01

    Growth

    Increase how many customers come in the door, and what each one is worth: leads answered in a minute, reorders nudged, upsells surfaced.

  • 02

    Efficiency

    Increase what gets done in a day: processes automated outright or cut down to minutes.

  • 03

    Confidence

    Increase how much you can trust and see: processes running right without you checking, and the state of the business answered from your own data.

The situation

Most businesses are stuck in one of two spots.

01

The business isn’t using AI yet. Nobody has the time to figure out where to start.

02

The business is using AI, but nobody can say what it’s actually changing.

The fix is the same either way:

  1. 01Identify the target
  2. 02Design the strategy
  3. 03Implement the solution
  4. 04Track the impact

The payoff

Getting AI to work for you.

That fix starts with knowing where to look. AI usually pays off inside the tools and processes you’re already using: working the follow-ups in your CRM, drafting reports from your spreadsheets, catching the details buried in your inbox. Wherever the target turns out to be, the impact gets tracked the same way: on a scorecard.

The scorecard

Project No. ___

The target
growth / efficiency / confidence
The measure
the number we’ll watch
The baseline
where it stands today
The goal
the prediction
The timeline
day 30 / 60 / 90

the scorecard · one page per project, before anything gets built

We fill it in together before anything gets built, then use it to make sure the project achieves what it set out to. If we can’t fill it in from the start, that’s fine: finding the right target is exactly what the working session and the audit are for.

How it runs

Start with an hour, not a contract.

This is the typical flow for a new client. Already know what you need or that you want to work together? We can skip straight to a project buildout or an ongoing partnership.

  1. 01

    Working session

    $250

    One hour, hands-on, on something real from your week. You leave using AI.

  2. 02

    Operations audit

    $750+

    I work with you and your team to map the operation, then hand you a written plan: where AI pays off, in what order, and what I’d build first. The plan is yours either way.

  3. 03

    Project buildout

    flat · quoted up front

    One build, one target. Typically scoped by a working session or the audit, quoted before anything starts, measured on the timeline the scorecard sets.

  4. 04

    Ongoing partnership

    monthly · quoted to scope

    For businesses that want AI handled. I keep building, you keep running the business. Start here if you already know you want the whole thing.

Ready to get started or have a question?

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Proof

AI helps run this business.

The backstory

Before asking anyone to trust me with their business, I built an AI operating system to run my own business (and my life too). I’ve used it every day since. Even the site you’re reading was planned and built with AI. Projects like these are how I know AI solutions hold up outside of demos.

About

I’m Zach Shafer.

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I’ve got nearly a decade of experience in tech across software development, data science, and systems integration. I started The Zach Shafer Company to put that experience to work for growing businesses. It’s just me, on purpose. From strategy to implementation, I’ve got you covered.

I’m also a husband, a father of two boys, and an owner of two dogs (a Border-Newfie and a Shih-Tzu). I enjoy garage workouts, video games, chess, sci-fi/fantasy, watching sports, and going down rabbit holes on things I’m curious about.

Stay tuned for Field Notes on the business, my interests, and other random things.

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Let’s talk.

A fifteen-minute discovery call. Bring the most annoying task in your business or an AI question you’ve been sitting on. We’ll either answer it on the spot or line up the right next step.

Contact

Not ready to book?

Have a question or just want to say hello? Shoot me a message. I’ll respond as soon as possible, typically within a day or so.