Done-with-you AI for Minneapolis business owners · Since 2013

AI that takes real work off your plate. Built with you, in live sessions.

Start with a two-week AI audit that ends in a written plan with prices on it. Then we build the plan with you, as a fixed-price project or a monthly retainer, in your own accounts. No developer, no code, no slide decks.

AI audit $995 · projects from $1,995 · retainer $1,995/month · every price public

Making software work for Minnesota businesses since 2013

Before AI, it was Salesforce: 50+ projects for organizations like Cargill, Optum, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Adobe, NetApp, and Snap-on, and two AppExchange apps rated 4.98 across 51 reviews by the people who use them every day. Same hands-on approach, new tools.

What we build together

Three automations we've built with clients:

• A weekly SEO digest with next steps — every Monday, a plain-language note on what moved in search for your site and the three things to do about it, pulled from Search Console.
• After-hours follow-up for texts, calls, and emails — a message that lands at 9 p.m. gets a useful reply in your voice within minutes, logged and queued for the morning.
• From sales call to finished proposal — record the prospecting call; a proposal PDF in your template, with scope, pricing, and terms drafted from what was said, is waiting for your edits.

See AI consulting in Minneapolis, St. Paul, across Minnesota, AI automation, team training, getting found in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, and Claude consulting.

Still running on Salesforce? We've built on it since 2013: Salesforce consulting, integration, and managed services — and see our clients & results.

Show up when someone asks an AI who to call

More of your customers start with a question to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or Google's AI Mode instead of a search box. The answer names two or three businesses. If yours isn't one of them, you never knew you were in the running. We make sure the models have what they need to name you, and we check every month whether they do.

1. Ask the models what they say about you now — the twenty questions your customers ask, run through ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode, with who got named and which pages were cited.
2. Give the models something clear to read — plain statements of what you do, for whom, where, and at what price; FAQ pages; structured data and an llms.txt file; AI crawlers unblocked.
3. Be where the answers are sourced from — Google Business Profile, review sites, directories, and the "best of" lists your competitors are cited from, with your details identical everywhere.
4. Check monthly and fix what moved — the same questions rerun, in a short note with what changed and what to fix next.

Nobody can guarantee a spot in an AI answer, and anyone who promises one is guessing. We make sure everything a model needs is there, consistent, and easy to cite, and show you month by month whether it's working. How we approach getting found in AI answers.

How it works

1. Step one, the free call — 30 minutes, screen shared. Bring the task you'd most like to never do again, or the three questions a customer would ask before hiring you. We build or run something small on the call, and tell you whether the audit is worth your money.
2. Step two, the $995 AI audit — about two weeks: what the AI assistants say about you today, where your week actually goes, and who on the team is using AI. You get a written plan with prices on it. The fee comes off whatever you do next.
3. Step three, the build — a fixed-price project from $1,995 (the team on Claude, one automation, the AI search fixes) or the retainer at $1,995 a month for owners who want a next thing built every month. Live, screen shared, logged in a Notion hub you keep.

Start with the audit. Every price is public.

AI Audit: $995, one time, about two weeks. An AI search baseline, a workflow review, a team readiness check, and a written plan with prices on it. Credited to your first project or retainer month.

Projects: from $1,995, fixed scope and price. Get the team on Claude (half-day session, $1,995), one automation built and handed over, or an AI search fix-up.

AI Retainer: $1,995 per month, billed monthly, no minimum term. You work directly with the partners on every session.

• 2 live working sessions a month, 30 minutes each, screen shared
• Unlimited iMessage between sessions, with quick replies
• A shared Notion hub: recordings, transcripts, action items, and a running list of everything built
• Everything we build runs in your accounts and is yours to keep

Full details, what you keep if you stop, and how this compares locally: pricing.

Just need Salesforce help? See Salesforce consulting, integration, and managed services, scoped per project.

Who you'll be working with

Ben McDermott, founder

Ben started 1771 in Minneapolis in 2013. 50+ Salesforce projects for enterprises and dozens of small Minnesota companies, plus two AppExchange apps rated 4.98 across 51 reviews. See clients & results. LinkedIn.

Dan Roseman, CAMS, partner

Dan has built compliance programs from scratch since 2013: employee #12 at Coinbase, then Circle, Square's Cash App, and Robinhood Crypto, where he was the AML Compliance Officer. He has also helped build AI agents for anti-money-laundering work. He's the one you want when a workflow touches money, risk, or a regulator. LinkedIn.

On every call, the people you talk to are the people who build. More about the partners.

Questions people ask before booking

Who is this for?

Owner-led businesses, usually one to twenty-five people, where the owner or a small team still does most of the work themselves. If repetitive tasks eat your week and there's no IT department to hand them to, this is built for you.

Do I need to be technical?

No. If you can share your screen and describe how you do something today, we can automate it. You'll understand every tool we build well enough to change it yourself.

Which AI tools do you use?

Mostly Claude, plus whatever you already run: Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, your CRM, your forms, Notion. We'll tell you on the first call exactly which subscriptions you need. Most clients start with one.

What's in the AI audit?

Three things, in about two weeks: a baseline of what ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Mode say when your customers ask who to call; a review of where your team's week actually goes and which tasks AI can take; and a look at who on the team is using AI today and how. You get a written plan with prices on it. It's $995, and it comes off your first project or retainer month.

What do I actually get each month on the retainer?

2 live working sessions, unlimited iMessage between them with quick replies, and a shared Notion hub with recordings, transcripts, action items, and a running list of everything we've built. The tools live in your accounts and stay yours.

Can you get my business to show up in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude?

We can make it much more likely, and we'll show you the evidence. We ask the models the questions your customers ask, fix what's missing on your site and in the places the models source from, and rerun the questions every month. Nobody can guarantee a specific AI answer, and we won't pretend otherwise.

What does it cost?

The AI audit is $995. Projects start at $1,995, with the exact number in your audit plan. The retainer is $1,995 a month, billed monthly. Every price is on the website, the same for everyone, and the first 30-minute call is free.

Do I have to buy the audit first?

No. If you already know what you want, a team training session or the retainer can start straight from the free call. The audit is for owners who want a plan and a quote before committing, and most people start there.

What if we've automated everything after a few months?

Then you stop, and you keep everything. Some clients keep going because there's always a next thing worth building. Some switch to a one-off project when something new comes up. Either way, you're not locked in.

Do you still do Salesforce work?

Yes. 1771 Co has done Salesforce consulting, integration, and managed services since 2013 and still does. Those projects are quoted separately from the AI audit, projects, and retainer.

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Phone: (612) 424-0509 · Email: [email protected]