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AI Automation & Business Systems

Less repetitive work. Better-connected business processes.

Many growing businesses lose time copying information between tools, following up manually and building the same reports repeatedly. Cadence helps identify the tasks worth improving and creates practical systems around the way your team already works.

A group discussing a project around a meeting table

A familiar working day?

Small gaps can become everyday bottlenecks.

Enquiries arrive, but follow-up depends on someone remembering.

Customer details are scattered across emails, spreadsheets and messages.

The same reports take hours to put together each time.

People copy the same information from one tool to another.

Quotations and approvals are difficult to track.

Important tasks slip through when the team gets busy.

Your team wants to use AI, but needs to know where it is genuinely useful.

Based in Cape Town and working with businesses across South Africa, we connect marketing with the everyday processes behind it. The aim is practical automation and digital systems that reduce repetitive work, improve follow-up and help growing businesses operate more consistently.

Start with one useful improvement

Four ways to make the work easier.

These prices are indicative starting points for tightly defined scopes—not guaranteed final prices or verified South African market averages. We confirm feasibility, deliverables and exclusions in a written quotation.

01 / Practical systems

Lead Capture and Follow-Up Systems

From R5,000 setup

Give each enquiry a clear next step, even when the day gets busy.

  • Landing page or enquiry journey
  • Structured lead tracker and lead-status visibility
  • Follow-up reminders and response templates
  • Basic reporting
  • Agreed integrations where technically practical

Optional ongoing support: R1,500–R2,500 per month.

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02 / Practical systems

Marketing Reporting

R2,500–R5,000 / month

Spend the review discussing what the numbers mean, not rebuilding the same spreadsheet.

  • Organising campaign and sales exports
  • Checked reporting dashboards
  • Regular summaries and clear recommendations
  • A defined reporting schedule
  • Human review before delivery

Data sources, reporting frequency and review scope are agreed upfront.

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03 / Practical systems

Small Business Tools

R6,000–R15,000 / project

A focused tool for the part of the working day that keeps getting complicated.

  • Quote calculators and job trackers
  • Client portals
  • Approval workflows
  • Internal request forms
  • Simple operational dashboards

Final pricing depends on functionality, users, integrations, security, data requirements and ongoing support.

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04 / Practical systems

Practical AI Training

R2,500–R5,000 / workshop

Work through tasks your team actually does, with space to ask questions and check the results.

  • Training based on the team’s actual work
  • Responsible prompt development
  • Proposal and content workflows
  • Reporting and administration use cases
  • Human-review guidelines, reusable examples and templates

Training outcomes depend on the agreed scope, participants and systems available.

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Third-party software, subscriptions, API usage and messaging charges are separate unless expressly included in your quotation. Advertising spend is separate too.

How we approach it

Simplify first. Then connect the pieces.

  1. Understand

    Identify the workflow, bottleneck and people involved.

  2. Simplify

    Remove unnecessary steps before introducing automation.

  3. Build and Test

    Configure the agreed workflow and test realistic scenarios, including failure cases.

  4. Handover and Improve

    Document the system, train users and agree on support.

Human-led by design

Useful automation still needs judgement.

  • AI-assisted outputs may be inaccurate. We plan appropriate human review; your business remains responsible for final decisions and communications.
  • Sensitive information should not be entered into unapproved tools. Access follows least-privilege principles: only the people and systems that need it, for the task agreed.
  • POPIA and responsible data handling are considered during scoping, including storage, access and retention. We do not promise legal compliance.
  • Automation supports people rather than removing appropriate oversight. Important workflows need clear error visibility and a manual fallback when an integration fails.
  • Third-party platforms have their own terms, costs and availability. Support and maintenance responsibilities are agreed before handover.
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Before we begin

Your questions, answered.

What business tasks can be automated?

Repeatable tasks with clear rules are a useful starting point: logging enquiries, assigning follow-up reminders, collecting reporting data or routing an approval. We first check whether a simpler process would solve the problem without AI.

Do I need to replace my current software?

Not necessarily. We start with what you already use and assess its integration options. If a tool cannot support the agreed workflow, we explain the limitation and alternatives before quoting.

Can you work with spreadsheets and existing tools?

Yes, where their access controls and integration features support the work. We agree formats, who maintains the data and how errors are handled. Sometimes a structured spreadsheet is the most useful starting point.

Will AI make decisions without human approval?

We agree approval points before building. Customer-facing messages and important decisions should retain appropriate human review. AI output can be wrong, so automation is not a substitute for business judgement.

How much does an automation project cost?

Indicative scopes start at R5,000 for lead capture and follow-up setup. Reporting is R2,500–R5,000 per month; small business tools are R6,000–R15,000 per project; training is R2,500–R5,000 per workshop. These are starting indications, not guaranteed final prices or market averages.

Are software subscriptions included?

Not unless your written quotation explicitly includes them. Software subscriptions, API usage, messaging charges and other third-party costs are identified separately. You approve the proposed tools and costs before setup.

What information do you need before quoting?

A description of the current process, the tools involved, the number of users, approximate task volumes and the desired outcome. Sanitised examples are helpful. Please do not send passwords or sensitive customer records through the enquiry form.

Can you maintain the system after launch?

Yes, through a separately agreed support scope. Lead-system support is indicatively R1,500–R2,500 per month. Monitoring, changes, response times and responsibilities are confirmed in writing; ongoing support is not automatically included.

What happens if an integration stops working?

We plan error visibility and a practical manual fallback for important steps, then test failure scenarios within the agreed scope. Third-party changes or outages may require repairs. Monitoring and incident support depend on your support agreement.

How do you handle personal information?

We agree what information is necessary, who may access it, where it is processed and how long it is needed. Access should be limited to the task, sensitive information kept out of unapproved tools, and POPIA considerations included in planning. This is not a legal-compliance guarantee.

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