Tools, training, and governance
Get the AI tools you already pay for used well, with written rules.
- AI policy for employees
- Vendor selection
- Staff AI training
Raquel Mercado is an AI consultant for small business owners and midsize firms of 5 to 100 people. You get the one place AI pays for itself in your business, a price in writing, and that one thing built.
Free, about four minutes, and read by Raquel herself.

Pick the one that sounds most like your week. Each one points to where the fix usually lives.
What does one manual workflow cost a year?
| Hours each run | 3 |
|---|---|
| × People involved | 2 |
| × Runs a year | 52 |
| × Hourly cost | $65 |
| = | $20,280 a year |
Example inputs for illustration. Your diagnostic uses your own hours and rates.
That's one workflow. A sprint to fix it starts at $3,500.
You describe one workflow that eats your team's week. Raquel reads it herself and sends back a one-page scored read within two business days.
One workflow, one fixed scope, one price in writing before anything starts. Bigger builds start with paid discovery so the price rests on facts.
It gets built and tested. It goes live only with your sign-off, and 30 days later it's measured against the before number.
Where do you want to start?
Get the AI tools you already pay for used well, with written rules.
One manual workflow, rebuilt, tested, and measured.
Get answers out of inboxes and one person's head, and into a system.
Scoped builds for one team at a time, after paid discovery.
AI consulting prices are launch pricing. Every price is on the services page.
A separate practice
Raquel spent close to 20 years in in-house analytics roles, including Manager of Digital Analytics and Senior Manager of Analytics. So every AI build here starts from a baseline. You end with an after number, not a guess.
From $2,500 flat
See data analytics
Who's behind this?
GA4 · BigQuery · SQL · Snowflake · Tableau · Looker Studio · Claude · ChatGPT
You deal with Raquel from the diagnostic to the 30-day review. A contracted technical delivery partner builds to the spec Raquel writes and reviews.
Can you see the work before paying for it?

An illustrative example of the one-pager you get back: the workflow, its yearly cost, three scored opportunities, and the first move.

Three founding clients get 25% off launch prices in exchange for feedback, timely approvals, and a case study.
3 of 3 spots open. Applications close November 14, 2026.Free, about four minutes, and read by Raquel herself.