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Two problems. Not enough work coming in, or too much of it landing on you.

Shepard Consulting is a marketing and AI automation company in Broomfield, Colorado, run by Matt Shepard, a licensed general contractor. We help contractors, trades, and small businesses get found on Google and in AI search, then automate the office work that comes with the leads. Every service below is one we run in our own companies first.

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Get Found

When the phone is not ringing enough

This is the front door. Your Google Business Profile, your ads, your website, and your reviews all have to say the same thing, because Google and the AI assistants compare them.

Google Business Profile Setup and Management

Get on Google Maps and stay there. Verification, categories, services, photos, weekly posts, and a reply on every review.

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Local Services Ads Management

The Google Verified listings above the regular ads. You pay per lead, not per click. I handle the application, the paperwork, and the leads.

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Website Design and Development

Fast, accessible sites with a page for every service you sell, built so Google and AI assistants can read them.

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SEO and AEO Optimization

Technical SEO plus answer engine optimization, so Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity can find your business and describe it correctly.

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Website Accessibility and ADA Compliance

WCAG 2.1 AA audits and code-level fixes: keyboard access, screen readers, contrast, forms, and a published accessibility statement.

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Google Review Reply Service

Every Google review answered in your voice. $199 the first month, then $99 a month. Cancel anytime.

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Lead Generation with LeadStrike

Researched, profiled leads with verified contact details and drafted outreach, delivered in batches for businesses that sell to other businesses.

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Run Without You

When the work is there and the office is you

This is the actual fix. Invoices, timesheets, follow-up, and guest messages handled by systems that were built on my own businesses before they were offered to anyone else.

AI Business Automation

Accounts payable, invoice follow-up, timesheets, marketing content, and lead follow-up that run without you keying anything in.

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AI Digital Employees

An AI assistant, bookkeeper, or operations manager with a job description, a goal, and hard limits on what it can never do.

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Short-Term Rental Automation

Guest messaging, door codes, cleaner checks, and per-property books for short-term rental owners, with a human on anything that involves money.

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AI for Law Firms

Intake, demand writing, and document workflows for small firms, with its own assessment.

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Where To Start

Not sure which one you need?

Take the free AI Roadmap. It is eight questions, and you get a written plan by email showing where your hours are going and what I would automate first. If what you need is on the Get Found list instead, say so in a message and I will point you at the right one.

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Last updated September 20, 2026.