An AI business coach that knows your business
Ask a business question in ChatGPT or Claude. Your coach answers using what Bludge knows about your business, then adds tips from 140+ business experts. It comes with a Business growth plan.
For local business owners who want practical advice on pricing, marketing, sales and hiring.
Not a person, and not financial, legal or tax advice. Expert tips are AI summaries of public videos and articles.
Question: How should I price after-hours call-outs?
Using your business details
Your price list has no after-hours fee yet, and 6 of your 41 jobs last month were after 6 pm. Add a set call-out fee on top of your usual rate.
Expert tips
- Charge for the urgency, not only the time From a video on pricing for trades, at 12:40 Try this: Add the fee and see how many customers still book.
- Tell customers the fee before you go From a podcast with a plumbing business owner, at 31:05 Try this: Say the fee on the phone and in your booking confirmation.
What you get
What your AI business coach does
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Knows your business
Your prices, customers, plans and goals, from what you’ve saved in Bludge.
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Checks before it answers
When the answer depends on your figures, bookings or plans in Bludge, it reads them first.
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Asks when something is missing
If it doesn’t know something important, it says so and asks you, instead of guessing.
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Backed by real experts
Tips from 140+ business experts, each linked to the video or article it came from.
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Steps you can take this week
Clear next steps, and a small test to see what works.
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Choose your experts
Swap the experts, switch topics on or off, or add up to three YouTube channels you trust.
How it works
Your coach learns your business first
Start a growth plan
Your coach comes with a Business growth plan. We agree the work and the cost with you first.
Discover your business
Work with our team and AI on your customers, offer, prices and goals. Your coach learns your business from this.
Connect ChatGPT or Claude
Link your AI assistant to Bludge in a few minutes.
Ask in your own words
Your coach answers for your business and adds expert tips where they help.
Ask about a growth plan
The AI business coach comes with a Business growth plan. Tell us about your business. A person from Bludge will contact you, usually within two working days. There is no obligation.
What it costs
Included with a Business growth plan. It isn’t sold on its own, because it needs to know your business first.
Questions about the AI business coach
Can’t see your question? Ask us directly.
What does it cost?
It comes with a Business growth plan at no extra cost. A growth plan is a quote for your business: we agree the work and the cost with you before we start. You need your own ChatGPT or Claude account.
Why can’t I buy it on its own?
Because its advice is only as good as what it knows about your business. The first stage of your growth plan, Discover, gives it your customers, offer, prices and goals, so its answers fit you from your first question.
Can AI be a good business coach?
It can, if it knows your business. General AI gives general advice. Your coach uses your prices, plans and records in Bludge, so its advice fits you. It also shows where each expert tip comes from, so you can judge it yourself.
What does it know about my business?
What you and your team have saved in Bludge: your business details, your plans and, if you run them in Bludge, your bookings, enquiries and other records. It sees only what the person asking is allowed to see. It only reads; it doesn’t change anything.
Where does the expert advice come from?
From more than 10,000 lessons taken from public videos and articles by over 140 business experts and businesses. Each tip is an AI summary that links to the original. The experts have not endorsed Bludge.
Do I need ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes. You ask through your own AI assistant, connected to Bludge.
What if it doesn’t know?
If something important is missing, like your prices, it says so, gives its best answer and asks you. If no expert tip fits your question, it doesn’t force one in.
Where do my questions go?
Your question is sent to Google’s Gemini to find matching expert tips. Your AI assistant’s provider, such as OpenAI or Anthropic, receives the business details it reads from Bludge, under your own agreement with them. See our privacy policy for details.
What doesn’t it do?
It is not a person, and it does not give financial, legal or tax advice. Its advice is only as good as what Bludge knows about your business, so keep your details up to date. Expert tips are Bludge’s AI summaries of public videos and articles, and the experts have not endorsed Bludge. It never says an expert said something they didn’t.
Advice that fits your business, when you need it
Your AI business coach comes with a Business growth plan.