How I Use AI to Automate My Business
4 days ago
Building a business is hard. Building one while wearing every hat—CEO, marketer, developer, customer support—is even harder.
That's where AI comes in. Not as a magic solution, but as a practical tool that handles the repetitive stuff so I can focus on what matters.
The Tools I Actually Use
Here's what's in my daily toolkit:
1. Content Drafting
I use Claude to brainstorm and draft content. It's not about replacing my voice—it's about getting past the blank page faster. I'll feed it an outline and let it generate a rough draft, then I edit heavily.
2. Email Responses
Templates for common customer questions save hours each week. I've trained a simple system to handle the 80% of emails that follow predictable patterns.
3. Code Review
Before pushing code, I run it through AI for a sanity check. It catches bugs I miss and suggests optimizations I wouldn't think of.
What Doesn't Work
Not everything about AI is magical. Here's what I've learned the hard way:
- Don't trust it blindly. Always verify facts and numbers.
- It's not creative. Good for structure, bad for original ideas.
- Context matters. Generic prompts give generic results.
The Bottom Line
AI won't build your business for you. But used thoughtfully, it can give you back hours each week—hours you can spend on the work that actually moves the needle.