AI Automation for Service Businesses
AI automation for service businesses in Southeast Asia
BizElevate builds AI agents for agencies and service businesses in Southeast Asia. An agent takes over one repeat job, like answering new enquiries, drafting proposals or building the weekly report, and hands the result to a person to check. A build costs US$3,000 to $6,000, goes live in 2 to 4 weeks, and you own it.
You own everything we build. No lock-in.
Fit
Who this is for
- Marketing, digital and creative agencies
- Consultancies
- Recruitment firms
- Accounting practices
- Real estate agencies
- IT service providers
Start Here
What to automate first
Pick the job your team repeats most often, where the input looks much the same each time and a person can check the result quickly. These jobs come up in most service businesses.
New enquiries
Enquiries from your website form or inbox are logged in your CRM and sorted by fit, with a first reply drafted for your team to check and send.
Works inside: website forms, inbox, CRM
Proposals and quotes
The agent turns a sales call into a call summary and a branded proposal or quote draft for your team to check and send.
Works inside: your CRM, meeting transcripts, e-signature tool
Client onboarding
When a deal closes, the agent sets up the project, drafts the welcome pack and access checklist, and follows up on anything still missing.
Works inside: your CRM, project tracker and inbox
Regular reports and updates
The agent pulls the numbers from the tools you already use and drafts the weekly or monthly report in your template, pointing out what changed.
Works inside: your reporting tools, Google Sheets or Slides, inbox
Notes from the field
Your people post short visit notes in the group chat they already use. The agent turns them into structured reports for a manager.
Works inside: WhatsApp or Telegram groups, a web dashboard
Control
Where a person checks
Anything that reaches a client is drafted by the agent and approved by a person on your team. Each agent also gets only the access it needs. Here is where the check sits for each job.
- Proposals and quotes: your salesperson reads, edits and sends. Nothing goes to the prospect before that.
- New enquiries: the agent logs and sorts each one. Your team decides what to say back.
- Client updates and reports: saved as drafts. A person reads each one and sends it.
- Notes from the field: reports the agent is not sure about go to a screen where an admin approves them.
Pricing
Price and timeline
A build costs US$3,000 to $6,000, depending on the workload and how complex it is, and goes live in 2 to 4 weeks. After launch, you can stop there or add an optional monthly retainer of US$2,000 to $5,000 as we bring AI into the rest of your business. Each month we agree a set of deliverables: a new agent, a new automation or upgrades to what is already running.
Build
US$3,000 to $6,000
per build, live in 2 to 4 weeks
Monthly retainer
US$2,000 to $5,000
a month, optional, deliverables guaranteed
Ownership
Yours
no lock-in, you keep everything
Process
How it works
01 · Before kickoff
Diagnostic call
A 30-minute call about how your team works and where the repeat work piles up.
02 · Week 1
Map and rank
We map your workflows and rank them by where an agent helps first.
03 · Weeks 2 to 4
Build and go live
We build the agent inside your tools, test it with your team and switch it on.
04 · Every month after
Optional retainer
If you want AI across the whole business: new agents, new automations or upgrades, agreed and guaranteed each month. You keep everything, with no lock-in.
AI Library
See examples in the AI Library
The AI Library lists agents and automations for agencies and service businesses. Each one shows how the job is done today, what the agent does instead, the tools it works with and where a person checks.
Website lead intake
Every website enquiry lands in your CRM in seconds, with no duplicates.
Read moreProposal writer from the sales call
A branded proposal draft waiting after the call, written from what the prospect said.
Read moreWeekly client update
A plain-English update for each client waiting in your drafts every Friday.
Read moreField visit reports from chat messages
Visit notes from the group chat become daily reports and a live dashboard.
Read moreProof
Example builds
BizElevate has live clients in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, with more than 100 automations deployed. Example builds include a proposal agent for a digital marketing agency in Singapore and a field visit report agent for a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Indonesia. See the example builds for the problem, the tools and what shipped.
100+
Automations deployed
AU, SG, VN, ID
Live clients in
2 to 4 weeks
Kickoff to live
FAQ
Questions service businesses ask
How much does AI automation cost for a service business?
A BizElevate build costs US$3,000 to $6,000, depending on the workload and how complex it is, and goes live in 2 to 4 weeks. After launch, an optional monthly retainer of US$2,000 to $5,000 covers new agents, automations or upgrades agreed each month.
What should a service business automate first?
Start with the job your team repeats most often, where a person can check the result quickly. Common first jobs are new enquiries, proposals and quotes, client onboarding and regular reports. On the diagnostic call we rank your workflows by where an agent helps first.
How long does it take to go live?
A BizElevate build goes live 2 to 4 weeks after kickoff. We start with a 30-minute diagnostic call and rank your workflows by where an agent helps first. Then we build the agent inside your tools, test it with your team and switch it on. After launch we tune it weekly until the output is predictable.
How does a person stay in control?
Anything that reaches a client is drafted by the agent and approved by a person on your team before it goes out. Each agent gets only the access it needs and connects only to the tools you approve.
Can the agents write drafts in our language?
Drafts can be written in English, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Thai. We confirm the languages you need on the diagnostic call. A person on your team reads each draft before it goes to a client.
Which countries in Southeast Asia do you work in?
BizElevate has live clients in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, and works with agencies and service businesses across Southeast Asia. Our office and team are in Ho Chi Minh City.
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