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Two numbers that
change the conversation

What repetitive admin costs you in salary, and the revenue it's burying. Side by side.

Direct cost

The Time Tax

What checking, chasing and repetitive admin costs your business in salary each year.

5 staff
Include salary, super and overheads
$75/hr
Email, data entry, document prep, chasing, reporting
8 hrs/wk
Australian standard: 48
What this costs you a year
$0
Per week$0
Per month$0
Conservative$060%
Moderate$075%
Full$090%
The opportunity cost

Buried Revenue

Two ways freed-up time converts to dollars, both adding to the total.

Based on current settings: 15 hours/week freed across your team. That's enough capacity for approx. 10 new clients.
01 · New client revenue
3 clients
$3,000/mo
02 · Lost to errors, rework and delay
$500/mo
Revenue you're not capturing
$0
New clients$0
Errors & delay$0
Conservative$030%
Current$0settings
Full$080%

That's roughly $0 a week, before either column lands on your desk.

Combined, every year
$0
Direct cost recovered + revenue you start capturing
How we got here

      

"The direct cost on its own is usually enough to justify the project. But in almost every business we look at, the buried revenue is even bigger - often two or three times the direct cost. That's what makes AI automation such a strong case: it's a double win, the cost saving and the revenue you were missing, both at once."

Bart Puszko, Founder, Blue Seas AI
2025 Business Award Winner QLD Govt AI Mentor since 2024 2025 AI Awards Finalist