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- Hours of videos, and most don’t apply to you.
- New tools every week, and hard to keep up.
- Competitors moving faster while you fall behind.
You have a business to run and a job to do.
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Grace and I feel the same pressure you do. Every week there’s a new AI tool, a new video, and someone saying you have to try it. Most of it isn’t made for a business our size.
So we started doing the homework. We watch the videos, read the blogs, and keep only what helps a small business. This newsletter is what’s left: short, plain, and useful.
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Owners, leaders, and employees at small businesses know AI matters. Few have time to keep up with it. Small Businesses Need AI is a free newsletter that does that work for you. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we send the AI ideas that help a small business run better, from operations and sales to hiring, customer service, and finance. It’s written for companies from one person to about 60, in plain words. You get the benefit of AI without spending too much time on it, and your business stays ahead.
AI for everything a small business runs on.
Run the business
Operations, leadership and meetings, data and reporting
Grow the business
Marketing, sales, email, customer service
Manage the money
Finance, accounting, pricing, tools worth paying for
Build the team
Hiring, HR, training, career skills
Protect the business
Security, privacy, and legal basics
Life outside work
A short note each issue for your health, family, and time
Built for the people who make small businesses work.
Owners and leaders
You run the company, from a team of one to about 60. Get the AI ideas that help you lead, grow, and free up your week. Run on EOS? You’ll find ideas for your weekly meeting, Scorecard, and Rocks.
Employees
You want to get ahead and keep up with AI, but you don’t have the time. Get the AI ideas that make you better at your job.
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The Week Ahead
One AI idea to use this week, plus a short block for your leadership team.
In Your Role
AI ideas by role: sales, marketing, operations, finance, admin.
Tools and Takeaways
What changed, what’s worth paying for, and what to skip.
Every issue: the one idea, how to use it in three steps, two or three quick items, a clearly labeled sponsor, and Life Outside Work.
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Owners, leaders, and employees at small businesses, from a team of one to about 60 people.
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Often. Many readers run on EOS, so we share AI ideas for its tools. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by EOS Worldwide.
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