The Best AI Hacks for Small Businesses (ft. Wendy Keir)
The Best AI Hacks for Small Businesses (ft. Wendy Keir)  
Podcast: A Beginner's Guide to AI
Published On: Thu Oct 09 2025
Description: In this episode of Beginner’s Guide to AI, Wendy Keir shares practical ways small business owners can use AI tools to save time, reduce decision fatigue, and build a “team” of custom GPT agents. From naming her CEO agent “Lucas” to a dead-simple rule — one GPT, one job — Wendy shows how entrepreneurs can turn AI into a reliable thinking partner for growth in 2025. 🚀📧💌📧Tune in to get my thoughts and all episodes, don't forget to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠subscribe to our Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠beginnersguide.nl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📧💌📧💡 Key highlightsPractical AI tools for small businesses: email drafting, planning, campaign support, weekly reviewsCustom GPTs / agents: why one GPT, one job beats generic promptingAI productivity & time savings: ~7 hours/week saved; ~£1,000/week during campaignsAdoption mindset: staying in the driver’s seat; context > canned promptsAccessibility & inclusion: how AI levels the playing field for solopreneurs and small teamsBeginner’s Guide to AI takeaways: concrete workflows any entrepreneur can start today➡️ Quotes from the Episode“I don’t encourage anyone to prompt — I encourage them to create an agent that fulfills a specific role.”“One GPT, one job. You don’t want multiple personalities in one agent.”“AI levels the playing field for everybody; it meets you where you’re at.”🧾 Chapters (experimental)00:00 Welcome & intro to Wendy Keir03:45 Why AI clicked for a dyslexic entrepreneur08:30 From prompts to agents: one GPT, one job14:20 Building a family of business agents (CEO, coach, marketing, sales)20:15 Daily workflow with “Lucas” the CEO agent27:40 Time and money saved with AI in campaigns34:10 Overcoming resistance and starting small40:00 Personal aha moments, patterns, and “coding” change43:11 Where to find Wendy Keir & closingWhere to find the Wendy?Best way is to go to her website: wendykeir.comMusic credit: "Modern Situations" by Unicorn Heads 🎧✨