AI social media is overhyped at the macro level and underused at the workflow level. For a NZ dog groomer, that gap is where the actual ROI lives - and where most of our work happens.
The version of AI social media that dog groomers still use a year after launch.
Our goal is to give dog groomers a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What AI social media actually does
An AI social manager that writes captions in your voice, picks the right photos from your library, and posts on a schedule that actually fits your week - across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok.
- 01 Captions and hashtags trained on your brand voice
- 02 Pulls and rotates assets from your existing photo library
- 03 Schedules across platforms with NZ-time aware posting
- 04 Replies to DMs and comments with human-in-the-loop
Built on: Claude Buffer Meta Graph API Vercel
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of AI social media runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for dog groomers first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How AI social media compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
What years of building for dog groomers taught us.
- Groomers run tight appointment slots where a single no-show leaves an expensive gap in the day.
- Booking confirmations and reminder texts are the simplest lever for cutting no-shows in a grooming business.
How we build AI social media for dog groomers.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for a dog groomer business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI social manager.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing dog groomers the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for dog groomers
Posting cadence up 5x, hours spent per week down to one. For dog groomers, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
How long does AI social media take to ship for dog groomers?
We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks - narrow scope, real dog groomers data, measurable outcome. From there it's another 6-8 weeks of hardening before you'd consider it production. Full rollouts (multiple sites, multiple teams) typically land in 3-4 months.
Are there hidden costs we should plan for?
Three to know about: model/API spend (which we set up under your own account, not ours, so you see and control it), any new SaaS subscriptions we recommend, and your team's time during rollout. We surface all three in the quote so there are no surprises.
Do you have proof this works for dog groomers?
Direct case study: Posting cadence up 5x, hours spent per week down to one. Happy to walk you through full numbers on a call.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy AI social media into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Claude sits in your account too - we don't operate it from ours.
The honest version of a sales call.
No deck. No discovery doc. Just whether this is worth building and what it would cost.
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.