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AI-generated commercial advertising still from Wine Country & Hospitality in Cottonwood, Arizona

AI Consultant · Cottonwood, Arizona

AI Consultant in Cottonwood, Arizona.

AI consulting for local businesses. Strategy, lead systems, automation, and AI-made ads, from someone who built the software himself.

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AI consulting for Cottonwood and Verde Valley businesses. AI strategy, lead and follow-up systems, automation, and AI-made ads for Old Town, the wine-country tasting rooms, and the trades.

AI Consultant · Cottonwood

AI Consultant in Cottonwood. What it actually looks like.

Cottonwood sits at the center of the Verde Valley, where Old Town's restaurants and tasting rooms share a market with the contractors and service businesses that keep the area running. The wineries and hospitality side does well with AI ads that turn a tasting-room budget into creative that reaches a much wider audience. The trades side does well with the lead system I built, which answers every call and form instantly so a Cottonwood contractor stops losing jobs to a faster phone. Most businesses here start with one of those and grow into automation from there.

How We Actually Work

Two people. The output of a full agency.

Most businesses up here can't justify hiring a videographer, an editor, a marketing person, and someone to run their ad spend. So they go without, or they stretch one overwhelmed employee across all of it. What they need isn't more headcount. It's a way to show up like a bigger company without paying for one.

That's the whole job. We produce the commercial, and because we're an official agency with one of the largest cable and internet providers in the country, we can place that media on TV, streaming, and social too. Two people covering ground that normally takes a small team, because we lean on the right tools for the parts that used to take one.

The Line We Hold

AI is great for speed and the busywork. It is not a replacement for knowing how to tell someone's story.

Where AI saves time

Pulling a clean transcript from terabytes of wedding footage to find the strongest moments of audio. Generating ad scenes and surreal imagery. Running the repeatable systems and the data work that used to eat hours by hand. The slow parts that don't need a person.

Where a human still does the work

The storytelling. The creative calls. The relationship with the client. Structuring an hour-plus film so it actually feels like the day, not a highlight reel. We tell every client exactly where AI saves them time and where a person still has to do the work.

In Practice

A restaurant doing over a million a year from a spot with no parking.

We built AI systems around their advertising so we can see where the numbers can actually be helped, instead of guessing. That includes their online ordering, finding the small changes that move the most. The marketing and the systems behind it do the heavy lifting a bigger payroll would normally have to carry. They keep growing from a spot most people would have driven right past.

The Campaigns

Still from the Esmeralda's 2.0 AI ad, a Bigfoot in downtown Eureka, made by Tex Kelly Productions
Esmeralda's 2.0 · The Bigfoot ad
Still from Hunan Chinese Restaurant's Wok Master AI ad in Eureka, made by Tex Kelly Productions
Hunan's · The Wok Master ad

What That Looks Like

First in Humboldt County

Over 140,000 people, and we were the first here to build with Higgsfield. AI video made off real photos from our own city, not generic stock.

Tools we built ourselves

Custom software built with AI coding tools, including a web build tuned for SEO and GEO that hits a perfect Lighthouse score, ahead of the competitors in our market.

Systems, not guesses

AI systems around a client's advertising that show where the numbers can move, right down to the online-ordering flow.

On the record

Featured in the Lost Coast Outpost as the first production company commercializing AI for local advertising. Real campaigns: Esmeralda's 2.0, Hunan's Wok Master.

"I'm not talking theory. I use these tools every day to actually deliver the work, so I can speak to both the technical side and where the human still matters."

Tex Kelly

Markets + Campaigns

Where AI campaigns land in Cottonwood.

  • Wine Country & Hospitality

    AI ads that scale a tasting-room budget into real reach.

  • Trades & Service Lead Systems

    Instant AI text-back so no Verde Valley lead slips.

  • Automation

    Hand the repetitive work to software and get time back.

What's Included

What's included with ai consulting in Cottonwood.

  • AI Strategy & Roadmap

    I start with where AI actually helps your business and what to do first. No hype and no tool for its own sake, just the moves that save you time or bring in more work, in the right order.

  • AI Lead & Follow-Up Systems

    The software I built, Paydirt, put to work for you. A lead the second it comes in gets an AI text back, missed calls get a text, and every conversation stays in one place so nothing slips through.

  • Workflow Automation & Custom Tools

    I automate the repetitive work that eats your week, and when an off-the-shelf tool will not do the job, I build you a custom one. I built my own CRM and AI assistant from scratch, so this is the part I actually do, not just advise on.

  • Team Training

    I get your team using AI tools day to day, set up to fit how you already work instead of a binder nobody opens.

  • AI-Made Commercials

    Commercials built with the newest AI video tools and mixed with real footage shot on cinema cameras, so a big idea lands on a small budget. First in Humboldt County to work this way, covered by the Lost Coast Outpost. Esmeralda's Bigfoot and Hunan's Wok Master are in production.

  • I Place It Too

    My studio is an official agency with one of the largest cable and internet providers in the country, so your campaign can run on TV, streaming, and social, not just sit in a folder.

How It Works

How it works in Cottonwood.

  1. 01

    Free Discovery Call

    A 30-minute call. I learn what you're trying to advertise, your budget, and your audience. AI is a tool. We use it where it fits.

  2. 02

    Concept + Script

    Within a week, a written concept and storyboard. We pin down the hook, the story, and which scenes are AI versus live-action.

  3. 03

    Generation + Real Footage

    AI scenes built with the latest video tools. Live-action plates shot on cinema cameras if the campaign mixes both. All of it color-aligned so it reads as one piece.

  4. 04

    Edit + Brand Polish

    Cut, sound design, color grade, brand integration. Every frame reviewed by hand.

  5. 05

    Launch + Media Buy

    Multi-format export (16:9, 9:16, 1:1) and rollout across TV, streaming, and social. Performance reporting included.

Investment

AI consulting follows the same path as my marketing work. The first call is free, a strategy call is $500 an hour, and a written plan with specific moves is $1,000. From there it is done-for-you or software-only on a monthly retainer, scoped to what you need. AI ads are their own thing and usually cost a fraction of a traditional shoot day. Tell me what your business is trying to do with AI and I will scope it.

AI Consultant in Cottonwood. FAQs

Frequently asked questions.

  • Is AI consulting a fit for a Verde Valley winery or tasting room?
    Yes. AI-made ads are a strong fit for wineries and tasting rooms. You get creative that looks like a much bigger budget and reaches well beyond Cottonwood, for a fraction of a traditional production. We pair that with a system that follows up on event and club inquiries automatically.
  • What does AI consulting cost in the Verde Valley?
    The first call is free. A strategy call is $500 an hour and a written plan is $1,000, then done-for-you or software-only on a monthly retainer. AI ads are quoted separately and usually cost a fraction of a traditional shoot day.
  • What kind of AI work do you actually do?
    Two things. AI consulting, where I help your business figure out where AI fits and then build it: lead-capture and follow-up systems, workflow automation, custom tools, and team training. And AI advertising, where I make commercials with the newest AI video tools mixed with real footage shot on broadcast-grade cinema cameras. The consulting comes from real building. I wrote my own CRM and AI assistant from scratch (Paydirt) and run it with clients.
  • What does AI consulting actually include?
    It starts with a strategy session on where AI helps your business and what to do first. From there it can be a lead system that texts every new lead back instantly and follows up on its own, automation for the repetitive work that eats your week, a custom AI tool built for how you operate, AI-made ads, or training so your team can run the tools day to day. You pick what you need. I do not sell AI for the sake of it.
  • Can you help my business start using AI?
    Yes, that is most of the work. A lot of owners know AI could help but have no idea where to start, and most of what is online is hype. I cut through it, point you at the few moves that pay off for your business, and build them. I am not a slide-deck consultant. I built my own software, so I can ship the thing instead of handing you a plan and walking off.
  • What does AI consulting cost?
    It follows the same path as my other marketing work. The first call is free, a strategy call is $500 an hour, and a written plan with the specific things to go after is $1,000. After that it is done-for-you or software-only on a monthly retainer, priced to the scope. AI ads are quoted separately and usually cost a fraction of a traditional production day.
  • Are you really the first on the North Coast for AI advertising?
    We're the first production company in Humboldt County and on the North Coast that we know of running generative AI as a commercialized service for paying clients. The Lost Coast Outpost feature documents the work. If anyone is doing the same locally, we'd love to know, but as of the article's publication, this was a first-mover positioning.
  • What does an AI ad cost compared to traditional production?
    An AI ad can cost a fraction of a traditional production day, the kind of shoot that used to run five figures. The math works in your favor, and a small business can compete with creative that looks like a much bigger budget. Larger budgets unlock more polish, more iterations, and bigger creative swings.
  • Won't AI ads look fake or off-putting?
    If you don't art-direct them, yes. Most AI video online looks cheap because nobody directed it. We treat every frame the way a director would: concept, storyboard, color grade, sound design, brand integration. The Bigfoot in Esmeralda's wasn't randomly generated, it was directed shot-by-shot. That's the difference between an AI ad that lands and an AI ad that flops.
  • Can you mix AI with real footage of my business or location?
    Yes, that hybrid workflow is where AI ads get really interesting. We shoot live-action plates of your actual business, location, or product on broadcast-grade cinema, then layer in AI-generated elements where they make the story land. Esmeralda's used real Eureka backgrounds with an AI Bigfoot. Hunan used a real Eureka kitchen with AI character animation.
  • Do you also handle paid media for the AI ads you produce?
    Yes. We're an official agency with one of the largest cable and internet providers in the country, so we can place your campaign on TV and streaming, not just social. Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Google ads too. AI campaigns particularly thrive on platforms that reward novelty and stop-scroll moments, so distribution strategy is part of every engagement.

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