Why We Prioritize AI in Our Business: A Journey of Inspiration and Innovation

Summary: I have always been interested in the idea of AI. Yet, when AI made a sudden leap forward, I found myself not quite ready for it. I had team members telling me that we should use it more but I just was not ready. Finally, I was spurred on to jump in and give it a try. It revolutionized our company. We want to help it revolutionize yours. Read on to see how AI can take your business to the next level and secure your spot in our upcoming AI Training!

My Thoughts on AI

In 2018, I came across a book that would change my business and life trajectory. The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly, a renowned futurist, captivated me with its profound insights into the future. Kelly discusses twelve trends shaping the next fifty years of our lives. As I read, it felt like he was sitting beside me, sharing coffee and talking about everyday life in 2018. I flipped back to the front of the book to check the publication date: 2016. His foresight was astounding.

I am a librarian's worst nightmare regarding books, or so my husband likes to tell me. I write in the margins, highlight key passages, and dog-ear pages I want to revisit. By the end of Kelly’s book, I had an idea powerful enough to disrupt my industry. I scribbled it down on the back pages. Since then, I've tried to build this idea three times, but technology always seemed out of reach.

Over the years, this idea stayed with me, influencing Your Biz Rules in ways I couldn't fully see until last year. We've always adopted technology, especially if it could systematize, automate, or boost productivity. Like every other small business owner, we aim to work smarter, not harder. I’d rather pay a few people better wages than many low wages. Technology has been key to making that happen.

Our tech stack proves it. Currently, our team uses over 20 apps, tools, and systems daily. We diligently monitor our usage and the value of these systems because, honestly, the costs can add up. Our internal culture benefits our clients' businesses as well because we can spot when a system isn't working and identify when a simple tool could be life-changing.

While we've been using AI-powered apps and tools for years, it wasn't until ChatGPT caught fire in 2023 that things changed in our business. In all fairness, I wasn’t ready to jump on the Chat bandwagon, even with my team’s encouragement. Our tools worked, and I wasn’t sure if Chat was just a fad. Realizing I was falling into the "we've always done it this way" trap, I relented and tested ChatGPT against our current tools. The results were compelling—ChatGPT performed better than I could have imagined.

Initially, we simply traded one tool for another. It took another three months for the lightbulb to go on. An educational summit opened my mind to the broader Generative AI space and, more importantly, how to create workflows around these tools. I jumped in, redirected the team, and we set out to learn more. This investment led to a certification in AI, radically changing our business, marketing workflow, productivity, and overall job satisfaction.

Automating and speeding up routine processes has allowed us to take on bigger projects that will shape our business for the next three years. That alone has been worth its weight in gold. But the bigger lightbulb moment was realizing how close we are to making that 2018 idea a reality. As things clicked into place, I saw how our efforts to organize and operationalize our backend assets were paving the way. The part of me that had been impatiently waiting to get this idea off the ground began to dance with joy.

Using ChatGPT on the surface to help write an email or a social media post is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s barely 0.000001% of what you can do. The potential payoff for your small business is enormous. Free videos on how AI can help small business owners abound, but they often lack practical step-by-step guidance on how to actually implement AI in your business in a way that actually has a lasting impact and can save you time and money.

We also encountered a stumbling block: no one talks about operationalizing AI. How do you keep track of everything so you can use it again and again? How do you establish best practices and communicate them to your team to get reliable results? Just when you think you’ve got it, updates and upgrades hit, and things within AI tools change.

Collectively, we are not used to this iterative style of learning and mastering. Processes that keep your business moving forward through updates and upgrades—well, these aren't on YouTube either. What we see missing is the practical implementation of AI into small businesses in a way that sticks. This is why we are launching our AI training—to fill that gap.

Our best clients are sometimes our busiest clients. You need to be able to get in, learn, adopt, and implement. You need quick knowledge to give you the knowledge you need now, help you set a foundation for the future, and accomplish practical tasks that will transform how your business works quickly. That is what our AI training is here to introduce to you.

Imagine freeing up hours in your week by automating mundane tasks. Picture being able to respond to clients faster, create more personalized marketing campaigns, and streamline your operations without increasing your workload. AI can do all that and more. It’s not just about adopting a new tool; it’s about transforming how you do business.

How You Can Transform Your Business Using AI

We created our AI Training because business owners like you don’t need more theory—you need real strategies that make an immediate impact. We will show you how to integrate AI into your existing systems, automate processes, and remove bottlenecks that are slowing you down. This isn’t about replacing people. It’s about scaling smarter and creating a business that runs more efficiently.

We’ll also tackle the real challenges that come with AI adoption:

• How to choose the right AI tools for your business
• How to automate without losing control over your operations
• How to create seamless workflows that increase productivity
• How to ensure AI is working for you, not against you

This training is designed to help you simplify and implement AI without overwhelm. By the end, you’ll have a clear plan to start using AI right away to increase efficiency, improve operations, and set your business up for long-term success.

Save your spot now. AI is here to stay. Will you take advantage of it or struggle to keep up? Join us and take the first step.