Notes
Short, practical notes on using AI inside a real business — what to pay for, how to ask, what to automate and what to leave alone. Start at 01 if you’re new to it.
Three good options, one $20 decision, and a two-week test that tells you whether you chose right.
5 min 02 The four habits that get better answersMost people get mediocre output because they ask like it’s Google. Four changes fix it, and you can learn them in an hour.
6 min 03 What never to paste into a chatbotThe one thing to get right before your team gets comfortable — and it takes about fifteen minutes.
5 min 04 AI in your meetings, in ten minutesThe easiest win on this list, and the one most likely to pay you back the same week.
4 min 05 Should AI answer your phone?Sometimes. Here’s the line between saving hours and quietly losing customers.
6 min 06 Let AI read your spreadsheetThe most common small-business use there is — and the checks that keep the answers honest.
5 min 07 Get your inbox down to thirty minutesThree passes a day, AI on the long replies, and the parts we deliberately stopped automating.
6 min 08 Cold email that still sounds like youForty prospects with a real reason, one email written by hand, and the line on personalization we don’t cross.
5 min 09 Do you actually need an agent?Three questions, two minutes. Most things sold as agents should have been one good prompt.
4 min 10 Captions that don’t look AI-madeAuto-captions have a house style, and everyone has learned to spot it. Five overrides fix that.
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