Working out what is worth doing.
What AI is doing in businesses like yours today, and how to judge what you are being sold.
Do you need an AI consultant for your small business?
An AI consultant, an AI advisor and an AI implementation consultant sell overlapping work, and the first thing all three hand you is a document. What has to be in it, and the three answers an honest one can reach.
Mindbody, Jane and Jobber are all adding AI. Is it going to help your business, or just your bill?
Two different things share the word. One arrives in software you already pay for. The other is chosen for one job. Three questions that tell them apart, including when we are the ones asking.
Jobber, Housecall Pro and QuickBooks: why the two sets of figures never agree
The same job entered twice, and two sets of figures that never agree at month end. The four reasons why, which system should own what, and when leaving them separate is the right answer.
You are weighing a change of system.
What a system move actually costs, what comes across and what does not, and how to tell whether staying is the better call.
How to know whether you are ready to change systems
Six signs, three of which say wait. The two free checks that settle it, and how your own numbers show when a move will pay.
Leaving Mindbody, SimplePractice or ChiroTouch: which system should you move to?
What the exit costs before the arrival does, which four kinds of record survive the move and which one never transfers anywhere, and the three questions that decide it. Two practices, two different answers.
What moving to a new system actually costs, and how to tell whether it is worth it
What comes across and what does not, what breaks quietly, and the four situations where staying is the better call. Written from migrations we have carried out record by record.
Your Mindbody or Jobber price just went up. What are the options?
Four of them, and two cost nothing. The arithmetic that tells you whether moving is actually cheaper, and what to do when the rise is justified by AI features you did not ask for.
If there is a specific move you are weighing now, ask us and we will answer it directly.
You want to see it done rather than described.
Two engagements written up in full, including what did not go to plan.
A whole book moved to a new system, and no patient noticed
A chiropractic practice off one scheduling platform and onto another, both systems running in parallel until nothing had been lost.
Seven years of appointment history, read before any platform conversation
An acupuncture practice where the data came first and the software recommendation came out of it.
New guides
What small businesses are actually using AI for
The survey figures, and the seven uses of AI we set up, in order.
Read the guideWhat is a business analysis for a small business?
A plain definition, what one covers, and how to judge one.
Read the guideWhat does a small business pay for outside IT and software help?
Published prices for four kinds of help, and the work none of them cover.
Read the guide