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Use a paid AI plan to turn your service data into insect-pressure reports by ZIP code, and keep people answering the phones
Jay Swann, owner of Appalachian Pest Control, which serves West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky, in PestWorld, the National Pest Management Association's magazine
Swann uses AI to generate reports that analyze insect pressures to uncover insects' conduct, endurance and reproduction habits by ZIP code, city and state. For security, the analysis runs through "the paid version of a major AI platform that offers a more robust security feature," which he doesn't name. He doesn't put AI on the phones: "Live people answering our calls works best for the residents in our service area."
The AI platform isn't named; ChatGPT Free $0; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo (paid team plans with more data controls cost more; not checked here)
Medium · or we do it from $149/mo
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The problem
He wanted to understand insect pressure by area while keeping his data secure and keeping a personal touch with customers he describes as mostly seniors.
What happened
No figures are given. The line he draws: AI for analysis behind the scenes, people on the phones for a region "populated with mostly seniors and those who prefer a more traditional way of doing business." He also hired a private IT firm to monitor the company's network. Self-reported.
Quoted in the source: Jay Swann, owner, Appalachian Pest Control. Source: PestWorld (National Pest Management Association): AI in Pest Control: Making Smart Choices for Your Business (2025-05-01) · Added 2026-10-19.
How to set it up yourself
- What Appalachian does: service data goes into the paid plan of a major AI platform, which produces insect-pressure reports by ZIP code, city and state; the phones stay with people.
- Export a season of completed services with date, ZIP code, pest and treatment, and remove customer names and addresses.
- Upload it to a paid AI plan with stronger data controls and use the prompt below; ask it to show the counts behind every finding.
- Use the report to plan routes, stock and seasonal mailers, and check any surprising finding against your technicians' notes.
Copy-paste prompt
Attached is a season of completed services from {COMPANY NAME} (no customer names or addresses): date, ZIP code, city, state, pest, treatment. 1) Count service calls by pest and ZIP code by month. 2) Show which ZIP codes have rising activity for {PEST}. 3) List 3 things we should plan for next season. Show the counts behind every claim and don't speculate beyond the data.One short email a day: 3 new AI use cases from real small businesses, each with its source and setup steps, plus a Tool of the Day. Free, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
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