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AI consulting for marketers

AI thatactually works.

No buzzwords. No vaporware. Practical AI for marketing teams that saves time, lowers acquisition costs, and creates advantages your competitors haven’t figured out yet. $500 an hour, billed by the half hour.

Pink folded-paper illustration of a glowing network brain for marketing-first AIMarketing-first AI, built into how your team already works.

Where AI pays off in marketing.

Six places we see the fastest, most measurable return.

A content engine that sounds like you

We train AI on your brand voice, guidelines, and best-performing work, then turn one strong piece into a week of channel-ready posts, emails, and scripts. Your voice, more versions of it.

Found in the answer, not just the results

Buyers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews before they ever click. We structure your content and authority so AI search cites you, alongside the SEO that still drives traffic.

Creative testing at ad speed

Dozens of on-brand ad and landing page variants for Meta, LinkedIn, and Google, tested fast so budget moves to the winners in days instead of quarters.

Leads scored and followed up automatically

AI lead scoring, routing, and nurture inside Salesforce, Pardot, or HubSpot, so sales talks to the right people while they are still warm.

Reporting that explains itself

GA4 and ad-platform data summarized in plain English every week: what changed, why it changed, and what to do next. No 40-tab dashboards.

Agents for marketing ops

Briefs, QA checklists, campaign builds, UTM hygiene, and weekly recaps handled by AI agents your team supervises. Hours back every week.

What changes for your team.

Without AI
With Clicking Awesome
Content calendar
Drafted from scratch every month
Drafted from your voice model, edited by humans
Ad creative
3 to 5 variants per campaign
Dozens of variants, tested and pruned weekly
Search visibility
Blue links only
Blue links plus citations in AI answers
Lead follow-up
Whenever someone gets to it
Scored, routed, and nurtured the same day
Reporting
Screenshots and spreadsheets
Plain-English insight with next steps
Team skills
Ad hoc experiments
Trained team, shared playbook, clear guardrails

Three ways in.

Start small or go all in. Every engagement ends with a team that can run it without us.

1:1 AI Strategy Call

$500 / hour

A private working session with a senior strategist on your marketing and your AI questions. Billed in 30-minute increments, so a focused half hour is $250.

Best for: Leaders who want a straight answer on where AI fits, fast

AI Visibility Audit

$1,500, then $750 / mo

How ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers see your business today, with the fixes in priority order. Optional monthly monitoring after the audit.

Best for: Leaders who need a plan before they invest

AI Workflow Sprint

$7,500 · 2 weeks

A two-week implementation sprint that puts one AI workflow into production in your business, with the guardrails written down and your team trained to run it.

Best for: Brands ready to make AI a real advantage

Our AI process.

We don't sell AI for AI's sake. Every implementation starts with your goals.

  1. 01

    AI Audit

    We map your current workflows, data assets, and biggest time sinks to identify the highest-ROI AI opportunities.

  2. 02

    Use Case Design

    We design specific, measurable use cases with clear success metrics before writing a single line of code.

  3. 03

    Prototype & Test

    Rapid prototyping with real data. We test, iterate, and validate before scaling.

  4. 04

    Implementation

    Full build-out with integrations, security review, and staff training for smooth adoption.

  5. 05

    Monitor & Optimize

    Ongoing monitoring, model updates, and performance optimization as your needs evolve.

AI implementation.

The builds behind the strategy.

AI Chatbots & Assistants

Customer-facing chatbots that actually understand context. Support, sales, and onboarding — automated with nuance.

Content Automation

AI-powered content pipelines that generate, repurpose, and optimize content at scale without losing your brand voice.

Predictive Analytics

Machine learning models that forecast demand, predict churn, score leads, and surface insights your team can act on.

Workflow Automation

Connect your tools, eliminate manual tasks, and build workflows that run 24/7 — no code, no headcount.

AI-Powered Personalization

Recommendation engines, dynamic content, and behavioral targeting that makes every customer interaction feel 1:1.

Custom GPT & Fine-Tuning

Custom AI models trained on your data, your brand voice, and your specific business context.

Tools we work with.

Human in the loop.

Guardrails are part of the build, not an afterthought.

  • Human review on everything that ships under your name
  • Your data stays in approved tools, never used to train public models
  • Brand voice and legal guardrails written down before we build
  • Team training so the capability stays after we leave
  • Measured against real KPIs: pipeline, CAC, hours saved

We practice what we sell.

Our founders run AI inside real marketing teams, not just in slide decks.

#1
BrandNext
Most-cited brand in its category across AI search, 1,291 citations to the nearest competitor’s 986
Nicole’s in-house work. Source: nicoleirmo.com
40+
Content pieces a month, scaled from ad hoc requests on a documented plan
Nicole’s in-house work. Source: nicoleirmo.com
$40M+
Pipeline built with AI-driven growth at the center of the playbook
Nick’s career. Source: irmomarketing.com

Nicole is leading AI adoption across her own marketing team, from choosing the platforms to setting the standards to building the workflows. She built her entire personal site with AI. We bring that same playbook to yours.

LLM optimization is the work of getting your business named and cited when someone asks ChatGPT, Google’s AI Mode, Perplexity or Claude for a recommendation. It is not the same as SEO.
Nick Irmo Founder
Cover illustration for the article “LLM Optimization Explained: Why Ranking #1 No Longer Guarantees ChatGPT Mentions You”

LLM Optimization Explained: Why Ranking #1 No Longer Guarantees ChatGPT Mentions You

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AI, answered.

Will AI replace my marketing team?

No. AI isn't replacing your team. It's making your team unstoppable. We automate the repetitive work so your people spend their time on strategy, relationships, and the creative calls only humans can make.

Do we need perfectly clean data first?

No. The audit tells you which opportunities work with the data you already have and which need cleanup first. Most teams find a few quick wins that need nothing new.

Which AI tools do you use?

Whatever fits your stack and your security requirements. We work across OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Zapier, Make, n8n, and the AI features already inside Salesforce, HubSpot, GA4, and the ad platforms.

How is this different from a tech consultancy?

We're marketers first. We've run the campaigns, the CRMs, and the pipelines, so every recommendation ties back to leads, revenue, and brand, not model benchmarks.

How fast will we see results?

Most pilots show measurable time savings or performance lift within the first 30 to 60 days. We start where the payoff is fastest.

What does AI consulting cost?

AI consulting is $500 an hour, billed by the half hour. The AI Visibility Audit is $1,500 with optional $750 a month monitoring, and the AI Workflow Sprint is a fixed $7,500 for two weeks.

Ready to work smarter?

AI isn't replacing your team. It's making your team unstoppable. Let's find where it fits in your business.

A great fit if

  • Teams using AI unevenly or not at all
  • Leaders who want rules before risk
  • Companies that want AI search visibility

Probably not if

  • You want AI to replace your team overnight

What you get.

The deliverables in a typical ai consulting engagement.

01AI strategy calls

1:1 sessions on tools and workflows

02Workflow design

Repeatable AI workflows documented for the team

03Guardrails

A one-page policy people follow

04Content engines

AI-assisted content with human review

05AI search

Visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews

How it works.

Typical timing. We confirm yours in the scope.

  1. Week 1Assess

    Tools, habits, data and risks.

  2. Weeks 2–6Pilot

    Two or three workflows with volunteers.

  3. Weeks 6–10Standardize

    Playbooks, rules and training.

  4. OngoingMeasure

    Hours saved and quality.

Related work.

More questions.

Is our data safe with AI tools?

We set rules first: what may go into which tools, using business plans with data controls, and human review before anything is published.

Clicking Awesome is EXACTLY that. They cover so many ends of the marketing spectrum it's almost impossible to list them all out. They're kind, attentive, and professional – and have fabulous marketing ideas and strategies. I would (and DO) GLADLY refer this company to anyone looking for marketing-related services.
Max M.Clientclickingawesome.com
My company reached out to Clicking Awesome on a referral basis. With so many web designers out there we did not know as a company who to look for. After a Zoom meeting with Nick and Nicole outlining design choices and how they could bring our company to the next level, we knew we had the right team. They kept us involved in the development of our site and were flexible on what we were looking for. Due to the quality finished product they delivered, our company has seen much more traffic to our site.
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Just teamed up with Clicking Awesome, and they truly are AWESOME! Seriously loving the cool ideas they brought to the table for our marketing. Super easy to work with, and they know their stuff. Big thumbs up!
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