An AI Consultant Who Installs It, Not Just Advises: A Wiltshire Buyer's Test
A strategy deck is not a working system. If you want the second, here is how to tell which one you are being sold.
If you want an AI consultant in Wiltshire who will actually install the systems, ask who logs into your accounts, who builds the workflow and who supports it afterwards. Dean Keating builds and installs AI agents remotely from Horndean, Hampshire; his website describes the service as installed for you. Free call: 07418 627304.
Two kinds of deliverable
An advisory engagement ends with a document: opportunities, a roadmap, perhaps a tool list. A build engagement ends with something running in your business. Both have a place. Confusion between them is where disappointment comes from.
The test
Put these to any consultant before you sign.
Who will log into my accounts? If the answer is you, expect homework.
What will exist on the day it finishes? A working reply system you can see, or a slide pack?
Where does it run? Inside your email, WhatsApp and diary, or on a platform they own and you rent?
What happens next month? If it breaks or your offer changes, who fixes it?
Can I keep the thinking if I stop? A decent consultant gives you a plan you could pass to someone else.
How Dean Keating answers
His website says the service is installed for you, not handed over. He builds AI agents, installs them in the tools you already use, trains your team and supports it. You leave the free call with a plan you can use with or without him. So the answer to the last question is yes.
It is not a course, and it is not phone answering.
Why this matters for a small firm
A directory of local cafes, pubs, shops and small trades will not have an IT department behind it. When a consultant says "your team can implement this", the team is usually the owner, after closing. That is why the build matters more than the advice.
What installed work looks like
Typical items on his list: replying to enquiries within minutes, following up leads until they book or say no, sending quotes and chasing them, raising invoices, chasing late payments, copying details between systems and the weekly report. Each is something that either exists in your business after the project or does not.
A fair caution
A system someone else built still needs your input. You must describe your services accurately, and someone should review early replies. A provider who says otherwise is selling hope.
Where he is
Horndean, Hampshire. Remote build for Wiltshire firms; visits in Hampshire or nearby per his site. If you want someone based nearer to you, look at Swindon providers too and put the same test to them.
Contact
Call or WhatsApp Dean Keating on 07418 627304, or email dean@deankeating.com. See the Dean Keating profile on Swindon.co. Websites: ai-agent.deankeating.com and deankeating.com.
About this guide
Swindon.co is published by Dean Keating, who also runs the service described here. He is based in Horndean, Hampshire, not in Swindon, and works with Swindon and Wiltshire businesses remotely. If you want someone in the room, say so on the first call and look at Swindon-based providers too. This guide recommends our own service, so compare it with other providers before you decide.
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