AI search · What your buyer seesLive preview
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FRACTIONAL GROWTH LEADERSHIP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
Senior operators who set up and run your sales, marketing and operations systems, with AI where it saves time. More leads, faster sales and hours back, measured every month.
Start with the audit
Where is your marketing money going?
CoreLayer takes over your growth marketing and rebuilds it around results. Your website, search and follow-up work together so every dollar you spend turns into leads you can track.
Our point of viewThe core
All your business systems, connected
Tech companies build the core layer first. CoreLayer builds it for businesses like yours so sales, marketing, operations and finance systems work from the same information.
How it connectsThe opportunity
AI is already paying off
Owner-led businesses that connect their systems and put AI to work are reporting more revenue and more hours back each week. Growing companies are investing faster than their competitors, so the gap gets wider every year.
See where you stand91%
of small and midsize businesses using AI say it boosts their revenue.
Salesforce · SMB Trends Report, 202420x
AI-using small businesses are 20 times more likely to report revenue gains than declines (43% vs 2%).
QuickBooks · 2026 AI Impact Report11.5 hrs
saved per employee each week, plus a median of 5 hours for the owner.
SBE Council · Small Business Technology Use Survey78% vs 55%
of growing businesses plan to increase AI investment, compared with declining ones.
Salesforce · SMB Trends Report, 2024What we build
01 / 05
Lead engine · Your inboxLive preview
A pipeline past referrals
Sales system · Your CRMLive preview
Sales out of your head
Marketing automation · After the jobLive preview
Follow-up that never forgets
Operations · One handoffLive preview
Hours back every week
Executive leadership without the full-time cost
Agencies bill for activity. A full-time executive costs a full salary plus equity. CoreLayer gives you senior leadership across sales, marketing and systems, sized to your business.
Compare optionsHow we run every engagement
Our approach
Data layer · Week oneLive preview
Unified baselineAlamo Air and Heat
LIVESystems connected9
Records unified12,480
Leads per month14
Lead to meeting22%
Sales cycle38 days
Baseline live. Every AI workflow is measured against it.
One source of truth
Agent install · Your existing stackLive preview
AI activationAlamo Air and Heat
3 TOOLSCRMManual→AI lead scoring
InboxManual→Reply drafting agent
Phone systemNo notes→Call summaries
New platforms0
AI running in three tools you already own.
More from the same stack
ROI check · Before anything shipsLive preview
Follow-up agentAlamo Air and Heat
PROPOSALModel and tooling cost$38 / mo
Hours automated22 / mo
Recovered leads+9 / mo
Payback4 days
Approved. Return is tracked every month.
Pays back in days
Approval queue · Human in the loopLive preview
Approval queueAlamo Air and Heat
REVIEWEDQuote follow-upApproved
Review replyApproved
Discount offerHeld for owner
Sent without review0
Every customer-facing message is checked by a person.
AI speed, human judgment
90-day plan · Ranked by modelLive preview
Automation backlogAlamo Air and Heat
RANKED1Follow-up agent+$18k / qtr
2AI search pages+$12k / qtr
3Review agent+$7k / qtr
4Lead scoring+$4k / qtr
5Ad optimization+$3k / qtr
Top item ships in the first 30 days.
Biggest wins first
Live scorecard · Month threeLive preview
ScorecardAlamo Air and Heat
LIVELeads per month14→38
Win rate31%→44%
Sales cycle38 days→26 days
Agent tasks completed0→1,240
Refreshed daily. Every number compared to your baseline.
Proof every day
Handoff · What you keepLive preview
Handoff packageAlamo Air and Heat
COMPLETEAgents deployed9
Prompts versioned34
Workflows documented14
Vendor lock-inNone
Your team runs and edits it without us.
Yours to keep
Questions owners ask
We tried a consultant and nothing changed.
CoreLayer builds what it recommends. Results are tracked against your own baseline every month.
Is AI just hype?
Most AI pitches oversell. We start with the tools you already pay for and add AI only where it saves measurable time.
Who actually does the work?
A CoreLayer principal leads every engagement. Every person on it is named in the statement of work.
Are we too small for this?
Engagements are sized to the business. A starter engagement focuses on the area with the fastest payback.
How long until we see results?
The audit takes two weeks. The first build ships in the first month.
Start with what you have
Two weeks. A 90-day plan with the top five fixes ranked by revenue impact.