Is this just consulting?

No. Consulting ends at the recommendation; we build and run what we recommend. The strategy phase is where the work starts, not the final deliverable: you get a roadmap, and then the team that wrote it engineers and operates the system.

Do you actually implement what you recommend?

Yes, that's the entire model: Strategy → Build → Run, by one team. We don't hand off a plan and walk away. The same people who diagnose your revenue system design it, build it, and keep improving it after launch.

How is this different from a management consultant like McKinsey or Accenture?

They bring deep frameworks and a polished deck at enterprise prices, and then you hire someone else to build what they recommend. WebDevAuto is sized for service businesses and growing companies, and we build and operate the system we map. You get the strategy and the execution from the same team.

What happens after the strategy phase, am I locked in?

No lock-in. You leave the first phase with the roadmap and a clear scope. If you want us to build it, we do. If not, the plan is yours to keep and take anywhere. Proceeding to the build is your call, made with a real number in front of you.

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Strategy you can actually ship

Most "digital transformation" consultants sell you a roadmap and a goodbye: forty slides, a big invoice, and an implementation plan that's now your problem.

But you don't have a strategy problem. You have an execution gap. You already know about the missed calls, the leads nobody follows up, the six tools that don't talk to each other. What you need is someone to architect the fix and then actually build it.

WebDevAuto diagnoses where your business leaks revenue, designs the system that closes the gap, and then builds and runs it. The roadmap and the team that executes it are the same people, so the strategy doesn't die in a slide deck.

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Growth strategy (or "digital transformation") for a service business isn't an enterprise buzzword or a 40-slide deck, it's the plan to get off spreadsheets, missed calls, and six disconnected tools and onto one system that captures every lead and follows up automatically. WebDevAuto diagnoses where your business leaks revenue, architects the roadmap to fix it, and then builds and runs the system, so the strategy actually ships instead of dying in a slide deck.

The gap isn't knowing what to do, it's getting it done

You can usually feel where the business leaks. The hard part is that fixing it means stitching together tools, vendors, and time you don't have.

▸You've outgrown the duct tape. Spreadsheets, a website that doesn't convert, missed calls nobody texts back, a "CRM" that's really just your inbox. Each was fine on its own; together they quietly cap your growth.
▸Consultants diagnose; they don't build. A strategy firm confirms what you suspected and hands you a roadmap. Then the hard part (making it real) lands right back on you.
▸Your team is busy running the business. There's no one whose actual job is to architect the system and ship it, so the "transformation" stays a someday project that never gets a week of real attention.

A plan you can't execute isn't a strategy, it's a wish. The value is in the build, and the build is exactly where most transformations stall out.

Strategy → Build → Run, by one team

WebDevAuto is a growth-engineering firm, not a slide shop. The same people who map the strategy build and operate it:

▸Strategy. We diagnose the whole revenue system (how leads come in, what happens to them, where they leak) and architect the roadmap: what to fix, in what order, and what each fix is worth.
▸Build. We engineer it (the website, the AI receptionist, the CRM, the automations) as one system you own, not a five-vendor mess held together by Zapier and hope.
▸Run. We operate and improve it month over month. The strategy keeps working after launch because the people who designed it are still the ones on it.

Accountability is the whole point. When one team owns both the plan and the execution, "the strategy didn't work" stops being something that can be blamed on the other vendor.

What a strategy engagement actually includes

Concrete deliverables, not a discovery deck and a handshake:

▸Revenue-system audit. Where leads come from, where they're lost, and what each leak costs you in real dollars, not vague "synergies."
▸The roadmap. A prioritized plan: the highest-leverage fixes first, sequenced so each one helps fund the next.
▸System architecture. The actual design of the website, customer system, and automations that close the gaps, and how the pieces fit into one source of truth.
▸A clear scope and number. What it takes to build, what it costs, and the outcomes we're aiming at, no open-ended retainer fog.

You leave the first phase with a plan you could hand to anyone, and a team already able to build it.

Who this is for (and who it isn't)

Saying it plainly up front saves everyone a call:

▸A fit if you're a service business, multi-location operator, or growing software company that has outgrown templates and off-the-shelf tools and wants one team to architect and run the fix.
▸A fit if you'd rather have the roadmap and the builders than a deck you then have to shop around to vendors.
▸Not a fit if you want a strategy document to hand to your own in-house dev team, we build what we recommend; that's the entire point.
▸Not a fit if you're shopping purely on price. A roadmap that actually ships is not the low bid.

If you want a deck, hire a consultancy. If you want the deck and the team that ships it, that's us.

Strategy consultant vs. figure it out in-house vs. WebDevAuto

There are three honest ways to run a growth/transformation initiative. Here's the trade-off, including what the other two are genuinely good at.

	Strategy / management consultant	Figure it out in-house	WebDevAuto
What you walk away with	A roadmap, a deck, and recommendations	Whatever your team can build between other priorities	A roadmap AND the system built and run to match it
Who executes it	You hire someone else to build it	Your team, in the gaps between their real jobs	The same team that wrote the strategy
Accountability for the outcome	Ends at the deck, execution risk is yours	Entirely on you	We own the plan and the result, and keep improving it
Time to live	Months of strategy, then a separate build project	However long the side-of-desk allows	One continuous engagement, strategy into build into run
Cost model	High project/hourly fees for advice only	Hidden, your team's time plus the cost of getting it wrong	Strategy scoped per engagement, then a flat monthly to run it

A great consultancy will hand you a brilliant roadmap, and a bill for the privilege of building it yourself. WebDevAuto's strategy is worth less as a document and far more as a result: we're the team that writes the plan and then makes it real.

How a growth-strategy engagement is priced

The strategy + revenue-system audit is scoped per business: you get a fixed number before it starts, not an open-ended retainer.

Building the system is a Custom App build, scoped from the roadmap. Running it is the flat monthly services: Website ($150/mo), CRM ($200/mo: Ava AI receptionist, unified inbox, automations; AI usage-billed), and SEO + Google Business Profile ($300/mo). You only proceed to the build if the plan and the number make sense.

Engagement

Monthly Services

Three à-la-carte monthly services: website, SEO, and CRM. No setup fees, no deposits, no contracts. Take one or stack all three. Custom engineering for everything else.

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Website Design & Hosting

A conversion-engineered website that loads fast, captures leads, and stays maintained, month to month.

Monthly$150 /mo

Custom conversion-engineered website
Loads under 2 seconds
Lead forms wired to your inbox
Hosting + monitoring + maintenance
No setup fee, month-to-month

Any business that needs a professional, high-performing web presence without a big upfront commitment.

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SEO & Google Business Profile Optimization

Ongoing SEO and Google Business Profile management so you rank on search, Maps, and AI assistant answers.

Monthly$300 /mo

Ongoing on-page + technical SEO
Google Business Profile setup + optimization
Rank on Google search and Maps
Show up in AI assistant answers
Monthly rankings + traffic reporting

Local service businesses where organic search and Google Maps are the primary lead source.

CRM

Customer database, pipelines, unified inbox, invoicing, and automated follow-ups, with AI billed by what you use.

Monthly$200 /mo

Customer database + pipelines + analytics
Unified inbox (email + text)
Invoicing with built-in payments
Automated follow-ups + scheduling
AI features (billed by usage)
- Ava answers your calls
- AI texts & emails customers back
- Content + ad generation

Businesses ready to systematize follow-up, automate ops, and add AI on their own terms. AI features are billed based on usage, you only pay for what you actually use.

Custom Engineering

When off-the-shelf can't do what your business actually does.

The monthly services cover what most businesses need. When you need more, we scope it as a custom engagement, starting at $10,000–$20,000. Ranges below reflect real project variance. Every build is scoped, quoted, and contracted before code is written.

Build

Build Range

Operate

3D Product Configurator

Interactive 3D rendering, real-time pricing, fulfillment handoff.

Build:$5,000 – $18,000

Operate:$200 – $600/mo

Inventory & Fulfillment System

Multi-location stock, supplier triggers, real-time sync.

Build:$6,000 – $25,000

Operate:$250 – $800/mo

Document Pipeline

Ingest documents, extract structured data, route to systems.

Build:$4,500 – $18,000

Operate:$250 – $750/mo

System Connector

Connecting two systems that should talk but don't (your online store ↔ accounting software ↔ inventory).

Build:$3,500 – $15,000

Operate:$150 – $500/mo

Custom Mobile App

Native or React Native, companion apps or standalone mobile products.

Build:$15,000 – $60,000

Operate:$400 – $1,500/mo

Marketplace Platform

Two-sided builds: vendor onboarding, transactional infra, dispute flows.

Build:$20,000 – $80,000

Operate:$500 – $2,500/mo

Custom Agent

Trained on your business: answers your team or your customers, beyond voice.

Build:$6,000 – $25,000

Operate:$300 – $1,500/mo

Full Custom App / SaaS

End-to-end product engineering, from spec to deployed platform.

Build:$15,000 – $80,000+

Operate:$500 – $3,000/mo

Building something not on this list? Most of our engagements aren't. Tell us what you need; we'll spec it.

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Frequently asked questions

Is this just consulting?: No. Consulting ends at the recommendation; we build and run what we recommend. The strategy phase is where the work starts, not the final deliverable: you get a roadmap, and then the team that wrote it engineers and operates the system.
Do you actually implement what you recommend?: Yes, that's the entire model: Strategy → Build → Run, by one team. We don't hand off a plan and walk away. The same people who diagnose your revenue system design it, build it, and keep improving it after launch.
How is this different from a management consultant like McKinsey or Accenture?: They bring deep frameworks and a polished deck at enterprise prices, and then you hire someone else to build what they recommend. WebDevAuto is sized for service businesses and growing companies, and we build and operate the system we map. You get the strategy and the execution from the same team.
We're a small business, isn't "digital transformation" overkill for us?: No. For a business your size, it just means getting off spreadsheets and disconnected tools and onto one system that captures every lead and follows up automatically. It's the opposite of an enterprise mega-project, it's the practical version, scoped to what actually moves your revenue.
What does a strategy engagement cost?: The strategy and audit phase is scoped per business based on complexity. Building the system is a Custom App build; running it is the flat monthly services, Website ($150/mo), CRM ($200/mo), and SEO + Google Business Profile ($300/mo). You get a clear number before any build starts, no open-ended retainer.
What happens after the strategy phase, am I locked in?: No lock-in. You leave the first phase with the roadmap and a clear scope. If you want us to build it, we do. If not, the plan is yours to keep and take anywhere. Proceeding to the build is your call, made with a real number in front of you.

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