AI Consulting Services in Woking: What the Owner of a Salon or Barber’s Should Ask For
Consulting can mean a report, a workshop or a working system. A hairdresser’s day shows which one you are being sold.
Dean Keating provides AI consulting services for small businesses in Surrey, remotely from Horndean, Hampshire. It starts with a free call, then an audit of the work worth automating, then the build and install, then training and support. He is a consultant, not a company. Call or WhatsApp 07418 627304.
Call 07418 627304Three things “consulting” can mean
A report that tells you what to do. A workshop that tells your staff what to do. Or a working system that does some of the work for you. All three are sold under the same name, and only the third changes your Tuesday.
Before you hire anyone, decide which you want.
What Dean Keating’s service involves
His service is the third kind. There are four steps:
- A free call about how the business runs.
- An audit of the work that is worth automating.
- The build and install, inside the tools you already use.
- Training for your team, and support afterwards.
He starts with the single task that would make the biggest difference. At the end of the free call you hold a plan you could take to someone else.
A hairdresser’s day, as the audit
The directory lists one hair salon on its Hairdressers & Barbers page (10 October 2026), and a separate Beauty Salons page lists one more. Picture a salon owner with both hands busy.
The audit would not begin with technology. It would begin with a list of how messages arrive: a call, a text, a direct message on a social account, a form on the website. Then it would ask what each one wants. Usually the answer is a small set of repeated requests: can I come in on Saturday, who is free, can I move my appointment.
That list is the useful result. It shows which request to hand to an AI agent first, which should stay with a person, and what the agent should do when it is not sure.
Consultant or consulting company
A company can bring more people and a bigger process. An individual consultant can be easier to reach. Neither is better in the abstract. Compare them on:
- what exists on the day the work ends
- whether they build it or only advise
- who is on the other end when it needs fixing
- whether you leave the first call with something usable
Dean Keating is a consultant. His website lists the jobs his agents do: replying to new enquiries within minutes, booking jobs into the diary, sending updates, confirmations and reminders, answering common questions across email, web and WhatsApp, and escalating to a person.
What it is not
It is not a course. It is not phone answering. It is not a chatbot product.
Location and cost
He is based in Horndean, Hampshire, north of Portsmouth, and works with businesses here remotely. His website says he can visit businesses in Hampshire or nearby in person. No price list is published; the cost follows the free call, with no obligation. If you prefer a consultant in the room, look at providers based near you as well.
More on how the work is built: practical help implementing AI.
Contact
Call or WhatsApp Dean Keating on 07418 627304, or email dean@deankeating.com. See the Dean Keating profile on Woking.co. Websites: ai-agent.deankeating.com and deankeating.com.
About this guide
Woking.co is published by Dean Keating, who also runs the service described here. He is based in Horndean, Hampshire, not in Woking, and works with Woking and Surrey businesses remotely. If you want someone in the room, say so on the first call and look at Woking-based providers too. This guide recommends our own service, so compare it with other providers before you decide.
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