AI Marketing & Automation · Vermont

Vermont AI Marketing & Automation Agency — Built for the Businesses Running Vermont's Real Economy

Horsiq is a Tampa, FL AI marketing and automation agency serving Vermont businesses remotely — AI agents and automations, Facebook & Meta ads, websites, and custom CRMs; fixed-price, remote, you own everything; founder Alex Trojan on every build.

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01 / How we work with Vermont businesses

Tampa-based, remote-first. The senior operator is on your build regardless of geography.

We're not a Vermont agency. We're an AI-native, remote-first shop based in Tampa Bay that works with small and mid-sized businesses across the US — including the ones in Vermont that have historically had limited access to the kind of technical marketing and automation work that larger metros take for granted.

The honest advantage of working with Horsiq instead of a local generalist: you get a founder-operator who builds AI agents and marketing systems full-time, not a web shop that added “AI” to the services page last year. Every build is scoped to a fixed price before anything starts. Everything we build lives on your accounts and your infrastructure — not ours. And the person who sold you the project is the same person who delivers it.

Remote delivery is how we work with every client, not an accommodation for Vermont. Kick-off calls, walkthroughs, and check-ins happen over video. Build delivery and handovers are recorded so you have documentation that survives the conversation.

02 / Vermont

Built for Vermont's economy — and the specific pressures it puts on small business operators.

Vermont runs on a particular combination of industries, and the small businesses inside them face a specific operating reality: seasonality that swings hard, a relatively thin local customer base, and owners who wear every hat in the company. The state's economy is anchored by outdoor recreation and ski tourism — Stowe, Killington, Mad River Glen, and the entire Northeast Kingdom draw visitors who generate concentrated, season-driven demand. It's also built around specialty food and agriculture: Vermont's dairy, maple syrup, craft beer and spirits, and farm-to-table food businesses have built national and international reputations that their marketing often can't keep pace with. And running underneath all of it is a healthcare and services economy — clinics, home health, trades, and personal-service businesses that serve the population centers of Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland, and the dozen smaller communities between them.

The pressure on these businesses is real: peak season means more leads than you can handle and a front desk that can't keep up; off-season means cash-flow management and staying in front of the customers who will come back next year. A ski lodge that can't respond to booking inquiries fast enough during peak foliage and ski weekends is leaving revenue on the table at the only time it has enough of it. A Burlington wellness clinic running paper intake forms in a competitive market is paying in staff hours for work software should be doing.

The other Vermont reality: the state has fewer large-market agencies servicing its businesses than comparable-population states with bigger metros. That creates a gap — and closing it is exactly the kind of remote, senior-operator work that Horsiq is built for.

03 / What we build

The full growth stack for Vermont small businesses.

  • 01

    AI agents & workflow automation

    Custom agents that handle booking, lead follow-up, intake, data work, and reporting — trained on how your Vermont operation actually runs, not a generic template. Built on your accounts. You own the agent from day one.

  • 02

    Facebook & Meta advertising

    Paid social campaigns built for Vermont's market reality — geographic targeting inside a low-density state, seasonal campaign timing, and creative that speaks to Vermont buyers rather than recycled national copy. Lead generation, retargeting, and seasonal promotions.

  • 03

    Web development

    Fast, conversion-focused websites on the stack that fits the business — not overbuilt and not a template. Built for the way Vermont customers find and evaluate local businesses, with SEO and lead capture baked in from the start.

  • 04

    Custom CRM & ERP systems

    Operations software built around how your Vermont business actually works — not a $400/month SaaS with 80% of the features you'll never touch. Custom CRMs for sales and client management; lightweight ERP for operations-heavy businesses like farms, lodges, and specialty producers.

04 / Industries we serve in Vermont

The sectors where we build most often for Vermont clients.

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    Healthcare & wellness clinics

    Intake automation, appointment booking agents, patient follow-up, and HIPAA-aware builds for Vermont clinics, therapy practices, dental offices, and wellness providers. On-premise data handling where regulations require it.

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    Home services & trades

    Booking and lead-response agents for HVAC, plumbing, roofing, landscaping, and home-improvement businesses across Vermont — the services where the first reply wins the job and the scheduling bottleneck is always the phone.

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    Restaurants & hospitality

    Reservation and inquiry automation for Vermont restaurants, inns, lodges, and seasonal tourism businesses — with seasonal campaign timing built into the ads and the agent so you capture peak demand without hiring extra front-desk staff.

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    HVAC & mechanical services

    Facebook and Meta campaigns for Vermont HVAC companies — heating demand in a cold-weather state, with geographic targeting and seasonal urgency built in.

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    Real estate

    Lead generation via Meta ads and AI-assisted follow-up for Vermont real estate agents and brokerages — buyer and seller campaigns, retargeting, and lead nurture automation for a market where speed-to-follow-up drives conversion.

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    Real estate AI automation

    AI agents for Vermont property managers and investors — lead intake, tenant communication automation, and back-office data work for portfolios that outgrow manual management.

05 / How it works

From first call to live build.

  1. Step 01

    Audit call (30 minutes)

    We find where the routine work is bleeding the most hours and where automation pays back fastest in your Vermont business. If the math doesn't work yet, we say so — a project you're not ready for doesn't help either of us.

  2. Step 02

    Training & scoping (2–4 weeks)

    Before code is written, we learn how your operation actually runs — tools, data, processes, edge cases, seasonal patterns. For AI builds, your team narrates real work so the agent learns the judgment calls no manual captures. For ad campaigns, we study your offer, your audience, and your Vermont market context.

  3. Step 03

    Build (2–4 weeks)

    We build on your infrastructure — your accounts, your keys, your data. Fixed-price means the scope is locked; no surprise invoices when the build takes longer than the estimate. You own the deliverable from the first commit.

  4. Step 04

    Handover & 30-day on-call

    Live with recorded walkthroughs, documentation, and a 30-day period where we're on call while it settles into real usage. You leave with something that runs without us — not a retainer dependency.

06 / Questions about working with Vermont businesses
Does Horsiq have a Vermont office or do you work remotely?
We're based in Tampa, FL and serve Vermont businesses entirely remotely. There's no Vermont storefront. That's deliberate — remote and AI-native means your build isn't priced to cover local overhead, and the senior operator building your project works the same regardless of time zone. Most of our clients we've never met in person, and the work is no different for it.
What does an AI automation build actually cost for a Vermont small business?
We price as fixed-scope projects, so you know the number before anything starts — no hourly billing, no scope creep invoices. Builds range widely by complexity. A single focused workflow (booking agent, lead follow-up sequence) typically runs in the low thousands. A full automation stack or custom CRM runs higher. Ongoing cloud API usage after launch is usually $50–$500 per month depending on volume. Your audit call produces an exact number, not a range.
Who at Horsiq actually works on my Vermont project?
The founder, Alex Trojan, is on every build. We don't sell a project and hand it off to a junior contractor. The person you talk to in the sales call is the same person writing your agent logic, mapping your workflow, and delivering the handover walkthrough. That's the core of the model — operator-led, not agency-delegated.
Do I own the AI agents and automations you build?
Yes, outright. We build on your accounts, your API keys, your hosting. If you stop working with Horsiq tomorrow, every agent, every workflow, every automation keeps running exactly as before. We're not a platform — we don't hold your infrastructure behind a subscription. The build is yours the day it ships.
Can AI automation actually help a Vermont business that isn't in tech?
That's exactly who it's built for. Vermont's economy runs on agriculture, outdoor recreation, specialty food and beverage, healthcare, tourism, and trades — not software companies. The businesses that benefit most from automation are the ones where the owner is also the scheduler, the follow-up person, the bookkeeper, and the marketing department. An AI agent handling booking, lead response, and weekly reporting gives those hours back without hiring.
How does Facebook and Meta advertising work for a Vermont business with a small market?
Vermont's population density is low, but Meta's geographic and interest targeting is precise enough to reach the right people inside a small region. The model shifts slightly — budgets can be tighter, creative has to work harder, and local specificity in the ad copy matters more than in a larger market. We build campaigns around what Vermont buyers actually respond to, not templated creative ported from a Florida dental practice.
What industries in Vermont do you have experience building for?
We work across the sectors that define Vermont's economy: outdoor recreation and hospitality (ski resorts, lodges, seasonal tourism), healthcare and wellness clinics, specialty food and beverage producers, home services and trades, real estate, and agriculture-adjacent businesses. The automation principles transfer across all of them — what changes is what the agent learns about your specific operation before we build.
How long does it take to get an AI agent live for my Vermont business?
Most builds follow a 2–4 week training window before any code ships — that's the period where we capture how your operation actually runs. Build and testing typically runs another 2–4 weeks after that. A focused single-workflow agent can be live in 4–6 weeks from kickoff. A more complex stack takes longer. We tell you the timeline upfront, scoped to what you're actually building, not a generic estimate.

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