Your People Grow The Business. AI Should Give Them Time To Do It.

Most teams lose hours every week to work that adds nothing. Done properly, AI takes that work off their plate, and the time comes back as more sales, better service and lower costs.

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The Hard Part Isn't The AI.
It's Knowing Which Work To Hand Over.

Every business has a handful of jobs that quietly eat the week. Quotes that take a day to turn around. Invoices typed in by hand. The same report rebuilt every month. The same customer question answered for the fifth time.

AI can help with most of them. But they're not all worth the money. Pick the wrong one first and you end up with a subscription nobody uses, and a team that's gone off the whole idea.

So the first step isn't buying anything. It's working out which job is costing you the most, and whether AI can actually fix it.

That's what the 90-minute session is for.

The 90-Minute Strategy Session

You and whoever runs the day-to-day sit down with me: your ops lead, office manager or bookkeeper. We don't talk about code or the latest AI headlines. We talk about your processes, the hours they take, the mistakes they cause, and what all that costs you.

The goal is profit: more revenue, lower costs, or more done by the team you already have. Not fewer people.

What You Walk Away With

01

Your Week, Mapped

The repetitive jobs that came up in the session, with a rough count of the hours each one takes. Retyping, chasing, reporting, answering the same question twice.

02

The Jobs Worth Handing To AI

The two or three where AI is most likely to pay for itself, each with an hours-and-dollars estimate built from what you've told me. Some may already be sitting in software you pay for.

03

Where To Start, And What To Leave

The one I'd do first, and why. Plus the jobs I'd keep with a person, because not everything should go to AI.

It all comes to you as one plain-English plan within five business days.

Is This Right For Your Business?

It's a good fit if:

  • Your people spend hours every week on admin that feels like it should be quicker.
  • You want to get more done without hiring more people.
  • You're turning over roughly $3M to $30M a year.
Book My Strategy Session

Investment: $750

Meet Craig

Founder, Dark Horse Marketing

Craig Crooks

I've spent 20+ years in marketing, in-house and through my own agency. I also run a separate small business.

So I know what it's like when there's more work than people:

  • A to-do list that never gets smaller
  • Ideas you'd love to try but can't, because you're stuck doing the day-to-day
  • The same data typed into three different systems
  • Hours spent pulling reports together instead of acting on them

So I got serious about learning AI, and specifically how to build systems that solve these problems.

Now I work with businesses to find the jobs AI can take on, so their people have more time for the work that brings in money.

I'm based in Coffs Harbour and love working one-on-one with local businesses. I also take on clients Australia-wide if the fit is good.

AI moves fast. New tools, new capabilities, new hype. It never stops. You've got a business to run. I'll make sure you're not missing anything that matters.

You don't need to keep up with AI. That's my job.

Systems, Not Just Tools

I build documented AI systems your team can actually use, not a subscription to something you'll forget about in three months.

Local & Accessible

Coffs Harbour-based. Personally available. No hand-offs, no hold music.

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