John Alewine

Kansas City's A.I. and business automation expert

I help your business go from doing everything by hand to running on A.I. and automation that answer the phone, follow up with leads and handle the repetitive work, whatever kind of local business you run.

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I've been local to Kansas City for a decade, helping businesses earn a return on SEO, Google Ads and email marketing. Now I'm going deeper into A.I. and automation than ever. Along the way I built Nora the receptionist and the other businesses you'll find below.

Here are many of the ways I can help you

Straight answers

Production A.I. systems in Kansas City

Who is it a fit for?
Kansas City businesses that want A.I. working for them. That covers every kind of local business, from a solo operator to a company with a full staff.
Should I hire John Alewine?
Contract or full-time, either. I take contract projects and I'm open to full-time roles.
What have I built?
Nora the receptionist, plus the eight businesses listed below, all of which I build and run myself.

I build and run production voice receptionists, autonomous multi-agent workflows, and fast web software for businesses in Kansas City and across the United States. Call Nora live at (816) 683-2229 or test the interactive ROI and missed-call calculators below using published wage and pricing data.

Live Voice A.I. & Agent Systems

01 · Live Demo

Production voice receptionists and multi-agent workflows built in Kansas City.

  • 1. Call Nora live 24/7 at (816) 683-2229
  • 2. Twilio, ElevenLabs, Cloudflare Workers & D1
  • 3. Contract builds or full-time engineering roles

Verified 24-Day Output Case Study

02 · First-Party Data

2,420 estimated agency hours ($363,000 value at $150/hr) shipped in 24 days.

  • 1. Eight live web properties and 745+ routes
  • 2. Five real-time AI voice receptionists
  • 3. $540.82 total compute and API spend

Interactive KC ROI Calculators

03 · Free Tools

Run the math with Bureau of Labor Statistics Kansas City wage data and published prices.

  • 1. Missed-Call Revenue Calculator
  • 2. AI Automation ROI & Hours-Saved Calculator
  • 3. 2-Minute AI Readiness Scorecard & Cost Tool

The businesses

Here's everything we're working on

Interactive calculators & scorecards

Run the math on A.I. automation for your business

Free tools built with Kansas City Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data and published vendor prices. See all tools.

Does ChatGPT Recommend Your Kansas City Business? 5-Prompt Self-Test

Run 5 buyer prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI, mark all 25 answers, and get a score out of 100 with the 3 fixes that carry the most weight.

Take the AI self-test

Email List Decay Calculator

See how many customer emails still work, what the dead ones cost in repeat orders, and what a check costs. Free, no email.

Run the list calculator

Hire Quiz: Agency, Consultant or Fractional CMO?

Answer 7 questions and get a scored recommendation, the questions to ask before you sign, and a visible scoring table. Free, no email.

Take the hire quiz

AI Business Stack Cost Estimator

Price model tokens, voice minutes, a phone line and workflow runs in one monthly total, from OpenAI, Anthropic, Twilio, ElevenLabs, Zapier and n8n prices read November 1, 2026.

Estimate my AI stack

Kansas City Marketing & SEO Budget Calculator

Turn revenue into a target range, price listings, Google Ads, email and in-house hours from published Kansas City prices and BLS wages, and see what share AI assistants can read.

Build my budget

Kansas City Missed-Call Revenue Calculator for Home Services

Put in your weekly calls and average job value to see what unanswered calls cost a month and a year, using cited Invoca benchmarks and the BLS Kansas City receptionist wage.

Run the missed-call math

Kansas City AI Automation ROI & Hours-Saved Calculator

Plug in a repetitive weekly task, Kansas City BLS wages and real software costs to see monthly hours freed, net savings and payback weeks.

Open the ROI calculator

2-Minute Business AI Readiness & Agent Scorecard Quiz

Eight questions across inbound call speed, past-customer follow-up, data hygiene and AI visibility. Gives you a 0 to 100 score and your first fix.

Take the 2-minute scorecard

AI Agent vs. Full-Time Hire Cost Calculator

Compare Kansas City in-house wages across 40, 80 or 168 hours a week against an AI voice receptionist or custom workflow agent plus human review.

Compare hire vs. AI agent

Guides & Insights

Kansas City A.I., SEO and automation guides

Practical answers on who to hire, how to judge AI agents and consultants, and what AI automation costs in Kansas City. Browse all guides.

Contact

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Need work done? Send a short note with what you need, whether it is full-time, contract or a project, and your timeline. It goes to john@johnalewine.com.

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