# the.cafe Site: https://www.the.cafe/ > Two minds. One table. The.Cafe helps brands and agencies use AI to improve their marketing and build capabilities of their own. There are four ways to work together: The Consultancy, The Agency, The Lab, and The Department. Everything is paid one of two ways: a one time project or a monthly retainer. ## How we work It starts with a conversation. Then we bring a first draft: a private page, made for you, that shows how we would think about your problem. You tell us what is right and what is not, and we talk again. Every conversation makes the draft better. Talk. Draft. Talk again. ## Our belief Ideas develop through thought and thinking into knowledge and wisdom. We believe exchange between minds helps that progression. The two chairs can represent two people, a person and AI, or two AIs. We believe AI should create more conversations rather than simply reduce the need for them. Exponentially more conversations is our ambition, not a promised result. ## Pages - [The Consultancy](https://www.the.cafe/consultancy): We design it with you. Audit and gaps, strategy, and a roadmap, for any part of your marketing: AI, data, technology, media, search, social, email, creative and content, brand, analytics, and customer experience. - [The Agency](https://www.the.cafe/agency): We run it with you, to grow revenue, share of wallet, and profit. Paid media, search, social, email and messaging, and creative and content. - [The Lab](https://www.the.cafe/lab): We build it with you: the AI, the software, and the data your marketing runs on. Agents, tools, skills, integrations, workflows, websites, apps, databases, and customer data platforms. - [The Department](https://www.the.cafe/department): The Department is your AI marketing department: a lead, a producer, an intelligence, and a bench of over 100 agents. We customize it with you. Setup is a one time project, then monthly maintenance. You pay your AI provider directly. - [The Log](https://www.the.cafe/log): a running list of what we have made and what we have connected, for clients and for ourselves. Platforms include Trello, Slack, Snowflake, Domo, Google Workspace, Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Meta, Metricool, WordPress, Shopify, Klaviyo, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, SurveyMonkey, and Figma. - [About](https://www.the.cafe/about): who we are and how we work. - [Let's talk](https://www.the.cafe/contact): mike@the.cafe, 512.843.5227. - [Privacy](https://www.the.cafe/privacy): privacy policy and terms of use.