Learn
The workshop, $497 early bird
One Saturday afternoon, hands-on. You watch an AI receptionist work, build your own with help in the room, and call it live before you leave.
River Valley
AI workshops and automation in Van Buren.
Arkansas Automated runs in-person AI workshops and done-for-you automation builds for Van Buren business owners. Learn to run an AI front desk yourself in one Saturday afternoon, or have us build and manage it for you. 10 minutes from our Fort Smith base.
The Van Buren version of the problem.
Historic downtown retail and restaurants along Main Street, a working railyard, and trades and service shops covering Crawford County and the north side of the river.
Van Buren businesses live close to their customers. The shops on and around Main Street win on reputation, which makes a missed call more expensive than it looks. One unanswered Saturday inquiry is a neighbor hiring someone from the other side of the bridge.
We are across the river, so on-site work in Van Buren is the easiest trip we make. Most of what Van Buren owners need, call answering, quote follow-up, and scheduling, we can map in a single working session.
Ways to work with us in Van Buren.
Audit
AI operations audit, $999
We map your calls, quotes, scheduling, and invoicing, then hand you a prioritized automation plan with real ROI numbers for your business.
Build
Done for you, from $2,500 + $497/mo
The AI front desk, built and launched for you: 24/7 answering in your business's voice, qualification, booking, and SMS follow-up.
Retainer
Embedded, from $2,000/mo
We come to you. On-site working sessions, a continuous build-out of custom workflows, priority turnaround, and staff training included.
Workshop and audit fees credit toward a done-for-you build started within 60 days. See full services and pricing.
Workshops for Van Buren owners.
Public workshops run 10 minutes away in Fort Smith on Saturday afternoons. Private on-site workshops for a Van Buren team or trade group are available on request.
Every seat includes the working prototype you build in the room, 30 days of email support, and a credit of the full seat price toward any done-for-you build started within 60 days. What the afternoon covers.
Questions Van Buren owners ask.
Do you run workshops in Van Buren?
Public workshops run 10 minutes away in Fort Smith on Saturday afternoons. Private on-site workshops for a Van Buren team or trade group are available on request.
I am not technical. Is this for me?
Yes. The workshop is built for owners, not engineers. Everything is no-code, we build step by step together, and the room is capped at 18 so nobody gets left behind. If you can run a smartphone, you can do this.
What if I would rather not sit through a workshop?
That is exactly what the done-for-you work is for. Start with the free 15-minute assessment call, and if the ROI is there we build and manage everything, including on-site work under the retainer.
What does it cost after the workshop?
Nothing is required. If you want us to run it, the AI front desk is $2,500 setup plus $497 a month. Larger workflow builds run $1,500 to $5,000 setup. Your seat price credits toward any build started within 60 days.
Start in Van Buren.
One form for everything: workshop seats, the free assessment, and done-for-you scoping. Tell us which and we reply from a real address, usually within one business day.
Last updated July 2026. Written by Andre Brassfield, founder of Arkansas Automated.