AI for Local Businesses: Less Admin. More Marketing. Smoother Operations.
This is a session for Businesses based in and near Thames Ditton in Surrey, England.
If you run a local business you probably lose a surprising amount of your week to tasks like answering emails, writing notes, chasing invoices or repeat admin.
At the same time opportunities to market your business, find new clients or think of new ways to promote yourself may not get the attention you'd like them to.
In this practical session, experienced business owners and AI experts John Muir and Stuart Malt will show you how harnessing the power of AI and Automations can free up hours of your time while helping you to develop, brainstorm and stress test the initiatives which will help your business to grow.
In addition the talk will be followed by an online Q&A session where you can ask about your individual problems or interests.
Agenda
11:00am. Welcome and introduction
The real beauty of AI is the knowledge and processes it give non-technical people access to. Before you can access this you need to know things like - what is an LLM? What is Gen AI? What is Agentic AI? What is the likely future?
11:05am. The best small-business AI use cases
Replying to emails, analysing client notes, identifying new customers, initiating new marketing campaigns or creating content. What AI can do for small businesses is huge. We'll show you some of the best uses based on both our own experience and the people we've helped.
11:20am. A live example
A simple before-and-after example showing how AI can help you to develop and stress test marketing ideas for your business.
11:35am. Mistakes to avoid and risks
Nothing is perfect. Being AI and automation literate means knowing what it can and cannot do and where using it inappropriately could cause you more problems than it solves. We'll run through these scenarios with you candidly.
12:00pm. Live Q&A and optional AI clinic
Bring something you don't like doing or a question and we'll answer it in the live Q&A session.
1:00pm. Close
All Attendees Who Submit Their Details Will Receive A Follow Up Recording Of The Session And A Pack Of Our Favourite Small Business Prompts For LLMs Such As ChatGPT
Hosted by John Muir and Stuart Malt
John Muir is an exited retail tech co-founder, ICF coach and AI transition coach who helps non-technical business owners adopt AI in a practical, human-centred and confidence-building way.
Stuart Malt is a CTO, exited co-founder and production systems expert with deep experience of implementing software solutions in businesses of all sizes.
Together, they will keep the session practical, plain-English and focused on what small businesses can actually use.