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Agency7 is an AI automation and web development agency based in Edmonton, Alberta. We help local service businesses generate more leads using AI-powered voice agents, AI SEO, conversion-focused websites, and automated content generation.

An AI agency is a specialized firm that applies artificial intelligence — voice agents, automated content, predictive SEO, and machine learning models — to business problems like lead generation, customer service, and marketing. Agency7 is an AI agency focused on Edmonton and Alberta businesses.

We offer four core services: AI lead generation systems (websites, forms, CRM, automated follow-up), AI voice agents that answer calls 24/7, AI SEO to rank on Google and AI search engines, and automated content generation for blogs, social media, and email.

Yes. We are based in Edmonton, Alberta and serve clients across Alberta and the rest of Canada. Most of our work is delivered remotely, so location is rarely a constraint.

AI lead generation uses automation and machine learning to attract, capture, qualify, and follow up with potential customers without manual work. It typically combines a conversion-focused website, smart forms, a CRM pipeline, and automated follow-up sequences powered by AI.

AI helps by working 24/7 where humans cannot: answering after-hours calls with voice agents, writing and publishing content that ranks on Google and ChatGPT, qualifying inbound inquiries instantly, and following up with every lead automatically. The result is more qualified leads booked into your calendar with less manual effort.

Local service businesses with high-volume inbound inquiries benefit most: home services (plumbing, HVAC, roofing, flooring), clinics, law firms, real estate, auto services, and B2B companies with a clear sales process. If you miss calls or leave follow-ups on the table, AI automation will pay back quickly.

An AI voice agent is a conversational AI that answers your phone, sounds natural, handles common questions, books appointments into your calendar, and routes complex calls to a human. It runs 24/7 and never misses a call — unlike voicemail or a busy receptionist.

An AI voice agent uses speech-to-text, a large language model trained on your business, and text-to-speech to hold a real-time phone conversation. It is given a knowledge base about your services, pricing, and booking rules, and can take actions like creating calendar events or CRM records while it talks.

In most small businesses, an AI voice agent can handle the repetitive calls — hours, pricing, booking, FAQs — and pass complex or high-value calls to a human. Most of our clients use voice agents to catch the 30-70% of calls that otherwise go to voicemail, not to replace their team.

AI SEO is search engine optimization that targets both traditional search (Google, Bing) and AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude). It combines classic SEO — keywords, structured data, internal linking — with AI-specific tactics like entity clarity, FAQ content, and JSON-LD schema.

AI SEO is not a replacement for traditional SEO — it is an extension of it. Traditional SEO still matters for Google, which drives most traffic. AI SEO adds a second distribution channel: being cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity answers. The businesses winning in 2026 do both.

AI search engines prefer clear, structured, factual pages: plain-language summaries, FAQ sections, JSON-LD schema markup, strong entity associations (who you are, where you are, what you do), and citations from authoritative sources. Agency7 builds sites that are engineered to be cited by these systems.

Costs vary by scope. A single AI voice agent typically starts in the low thousands, a full lead-gen website in the mid four figures, and an end-to-end automation system (site + voice + SEO + follow-up) scales from there based on integrations and volume. We quote every project individually after a free consultation.

AI voice agents and automated follow-up usually show measurable results within 1-2 weeks — missed calls get answered, lead response times drop, and bookings increase. AI SEO is slower: expect 60-120 days for meaningful ranking changes on Google and AI search engines.

Not always. Voice agents, automated follow-up, and AI SEO content can often be layered onto an existing site. That said, many older sites are slow, poorly structured, or not set up to capture leads — in which case a new conversion-focused site pays for itself quickly.

A simple lead-generation website takes 2-4 weeks. An AI voice agent takes 1-3 weeks to train and launch. A full AI automation system (site, voice agent, SEO, CRM) typically takes 2-3 months. We provide a detailed timeline during the initial consultation.

Yes. We offer monthly maintenance and optimization packages that include security updates, performance monitoring, content refreshes, voice agent tuning, and SEO adjustments. AI systems need ongoing care to stay sharp — we handle that so you do not have to.

Monthly maintenance is project-dependent and scales with the scope of what we are looking after. Basic Care starts at $99/month (hosting, updates, backups, small content edits), Growth is $297/month (adds SEO work, a monthly blog post, and analytics review), and Scale starts at $697+/month for sites with voice agents, CRM automations, or e-commerce that need active tuning. Use our monthly maintenance calculator at /business-tools/monthly-maintenance-calculator for a transparent estimate in under 60 seconds.

We integrate with HubSpot, Attio, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho, GoHighLevel, Follow Up Boss, Close, Copper, Monday CRM, and most other modern CRMs that expose an API or webhooks. HubSpot and Attio are our two most common recommendations for small-to-mid-size service businesses. CRM integration cost is project-dependent — simple contact + form syncs are usually included in a lead-gen build, while multi-stage pipelines, custom fields, and deal automation are scoped per project.

Most projects run on a 50% deposit to start and 50% on completion. Larger engagements use milestone-based payments. Ongoing automation and SEO retainers are billed monthly.