AI phone agents
Voice agents for booking, qualification, and after-hours coverage. Amanda answers calls for my own pest-control business right now, and discloses she's AI on every call.
$499/mo plus $500 setup
SERVICES AND PRICING
Fractional CFO and COO, priced in public.
I diagnose the operation, then fix it or run it. You see the price before you talk to me.
$7,500 diagnostic. $5,000 to $10,000 a month after.
Tell me what's brokenHome / Services
PRICINGThree ways to work together.
$7,500 Fixed fee
Operating diagnostic
Line-by-line read of your numbers and a 90-day plan.
Not an audit, and no guarantees: real prices, real evidence.
Start the diagnostic: $7,500 $5,000 Per month
Strategic advisory
Two working sessions a month. I pressure-test your plan.
Not hands-on execution. Your team runs it.
Start advisory: $5,000/mo $10,000 Per month
Embedded operating partner
About a day a week. I own the operating plan.
Not a full-time hire.
Start embedded: $10,000/moAlso available: a 90-day operating fix from $30,000, and interim COO work from $15,000/mo, both scoped in writing before either of us commits. Refund terms: if the diagnostic does not deliver three findings, each sized in dollars, plus a 90-day plan within 30 days of my receiving your numbers and finishing the interviews, the $7,500 is refunded in full.
Start the 90-day fix: $30,000Interim COO: $15,000/mo
See what the three findings look like: an illustrative diagnostic on the proof page, labeled as illustrative, so you know the shape of the deliverable before you pay for one.
Ready now? Start the diagnostic: $7,500
PROOF
$5.1M/yr Structural efficiency
Management restructuring saved $5.1M annually; a scheduling redesign added 1.5M selling hours in 18 months while cutting selling cost 300 basis points.
+37% August revenue, year over year
Jonas' Vegan Kitchen: July and August 2026 were the two best revenue months in the store's history. Numbers cited with the owner's approval, 2026-09-14.
$2M → $18M COO run, four years
COO of an electronics manufacturer through $2M to $18M in four years.
“I was headed for bankruptcy, pricing everything by feel. Eric started with my numbers, not my website, repriced what was losing money, plugged the orders leaking under my minimum, then rebuilt the store. July and August were the two best months in my business’s history.”
“My contact form had been sending every lead to some other company’s inbox, I had no idea. Eric found it, fixed it, and a week later I got my first real lead off the site. He tells me what’s broken instead of letting me find out the hard way.”
“First full month of ads: 13 real inquiries, screened for bots. About 15 groups ready to book, including a 400-person group that sails annually, a six-figure relationship that came in through my website.”
“There’s no fake pricing on my new site. I hadn’t given him real numbers yet, so he left it off instead of guessing. He caught a dead-end bug before it ever cost me a lead, on a site that hasn’t even launched.”
“Eric guided our website project with a clear and structured process, asking the right questions and distilling complex needs into a clean, intuitive design. He organized all our key information in one place, making it simple for guests to find what they need, and that clarity has directly supported new business.”
“He is extremely knowledgeable and technology-savvy, but what impressed me most was his ability to make the entire process feel simple and effortless for us. He was always on point, responsive, and genuinely invested in getting it right. I highly recommend Eric to anyone looking for someone who combines technical expertise, professionalism, and a real understanding of the customer experience.”
HOW IT RUNS
How the diagnostic runs.
- 01
Send your numbers
P&L for 24 months, recent bank statements, payroll, revenue by line, and up to five managers to interview.
- 02
I read them line by line
Management interviews plus a real look at where margin, labor, and capacity actually sit.
- 03
You get three findings
Each one sized in dollars, ranked, with a 90-day plan naming who owns what.
- 04
Walk it together
A working session inside ten business days of the last interview. Yours to hand to a banker or CPA.
SEPARATE PRACTICE: SYSTEMS AND WEB
Fixed-price systems, if that's what you need.
A different service from the operating work above, month to month, cancel anytime. No diagnostic required.
Front desk bundle
AI phone, AI chat and lead automation built together and run as one system: every call, chat and form answered, qualified and routed. A la carte $947/mo plus $1,750 setup.
$799/mo plus $1,000 setup
AI chat agents
Chat agents that qualify and route leads before a human ever picks up. The Amanda widget on this site is the demo.
$299/mo plus $500 setup
Automation & back-office
The unglamorous systems that keep a business running without adding headcount: CRM bridges and back-office plumbing.
$149/mo plus $750 setup
Web & funnel engineering
Sites and funnels built to convert.
Rebuild from $2,500 · Tracking $499 · Retainer $125/mo
Growth marketing
Meta and Google Ads, built and run by me: targeting, creative, and the funnel behind it. Flat fee, never a percent of spend; you pay the platforms directly.
$1,500/mo flat plus $750 setup
The AI visibility retainer is a separate offer: a monthly audit of how AI engines see your site, $125/mo, month to month. See systems and web pricing.
AI PHONE AGENTS
Talk to Amanda before you buy an AI receptionist.
Amanda answers, qualifies, and books calls for my own pest-control business right now. She discloses she's AI on every call. $499/mo plus a $500 one-time setup, month to month. An AI receptionist answers faster and costs less at volume than a human answering service; a human wins on nuance and escalation.
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| AI receptionist | Traditional answering service | |
|---|---|---|
| Answer time | Instant, every call, no queue | Depends on agent availability, can queue at peak volume |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly, most commonly | Per-minute or per-call, with overage fees past the plan cap |
| Cost at rising volume | Stays flat | Rises directly with call volume and length |
| Handles nuance / escalation | Limited, hands off what it can't answer | Stronger, a human can read tone and improvise |
CONTACT
Tell me what should be working that isn't. I'll reply within one business day.
Send me the one number that should be working and isn't. I reply within one business day, and up to $5,000 of the diagnostic fee comes back if you implement.
Or skip the form: Book 30 minutes with Eric
Eric Vincent Consulting, Fort Myers, Florida. Works anywhere.
FAQ
Direct answers.
What does it cost?
$7,500 for the fixed-fee diagnostic. Up to $5,000 credits back if you implement within 30 days. After that, $5,000/mo advisory or $10,000/mo embedded, from $15,000/mo for interim COO work, and a 90-day fix from $30,000.
What is a fractional COO and do I need one?
Part-time senior operating leadership, sized to what the business needs. I ran an electronics company from $2M to over $18M in four years as COO.
How much does a fractional CFO cost?
Published market rates run $3,000–$12,000/month (source: Eightx, 2026). Mine are published above, starting with the $7,500 diagnostic.
Is a marketing agency retainer worth it?
Only if you're fine paying monthly for a system you'll never own. Everything I build here, you keep.
What is the best AI phone agent for pest control companies?
One built by someone who ran a pest-control company. Amanda answers, qualifies, and books for my own service business right now.
Do AI phone agents actually work for handling customer calls?
Yes, for the calls they're built to handle: answering, qualifying, and booking. Amanda, the AI phone agent built and run for this site, takes live browser calls right now, talk to her instead of taking a claim on faith. Or hear a real recorded call with the transcript.
AI receptionist vs. answering service, which is better?
It depends on your calls. AI wins on instant answer time and flat pricing at volume, a human answering service wins on nuance and escalation. Full breakdown below.
Will customers hang up on an AI receptionist?
Some will, on any answering method. There isn't one clean, verifiable accuracy or hang-up-rate statistic behind the numbers vendors circulate in this category, so this site won't cite one. Test it yourself instead.
How much does an AI receptionist cost per month?
The AI Phone Agent add-on is $499/month plus a $500 one-time setup, built, monitored, and tuned for you, with a monthly transcript review. For context, published market pricing runs $25–$899/month (source: AgentZap, 2026), the low end is self-serve software you configure and maintain yourself.
Smith.ai alternative for small business, what should I know?
Smith.ai bills per call ($300/mo covers 30 calls, then $11.50 per call over, source: smith.ai/pricing). An AI phone agent built around your business is a flat-fee alternative that does not punish your busiest month with your highest bill.
Ruby Receptionist alternative, what's the cost difference?
Ruby's virtual receptionist plans start at $245/month (source: ruby.com), billed per-minute past the plan's included minutes. The tradeoff against an AI phone agent is the same one as any answering service: human warmth against flat pricing and instant answer time.
Should I hire a marketing consultant or an agency?
Neither, if the choice is between generic advice and a retainer that ships nothing you own. Strategy firms recommend. Agencies bill hours. I deliver, see the reasoning below.
Can a solo consultant really replace a marketing agency?
One with the right background can cover more ground than a generalist team: a decade of Director-level P&L planning at a $1B+ scale, a COO run that took a company from $2M to $18M in four years, and a franchise territory opened from zero and built to $500K+ in recurring revenue.
What results has this AI marketing consultant actually gotten clients?
The dated number cited across this site, 79 leads on $1,202 of spend in 30 days, roughly $15 per lead, is from the principal's own business, not a client's. Full case file with sourced numbers, not a testimonial.
What does a fractional CFO do for a small business?
Builds and owns the financial model the business runs on, forecasting, margin discipline, cash planning, part-time instead of a full-time salary. Background: a decade at Director level planning a >$1B P&L at Chico's FAS Inc., 2017 CFO Award.
Fractional CFO vs. outsourced CFO, what is the difference?
"Outsourced CFO" usually means bookkeeping-heavy work, closing the books, AP/AR. "Fractional CFO" means strategy-heavy work, forecasting, pricing, fundraising readiness. This is the fractional, strategy-heavy kind.
How much does a fractional COO cost?
Published market rates run $3,000–$15,000/month, with $5,000–$10,000/month common at $8M–$50M revenue for 15–30 hrs/week, or $200–$500/hour for project work (source: Kamyar Shah, 2026).