AI Automation for Small Businesses
⏱ 8 hoursPick the right AI tools and automate the busywork — so your time goes to the work only you can do.
What you’ll learn
Build a Time-Drain Inventory that shows where your week really goes Rank three automation candidates and write a Keep Human list Score AI tools with the AI Tool Evaluation Checklist and plan a two-week pilot Build one working Zapier or Make automation with a Human Checkpoint Write an AI Automation Implementation Plan with an Owner, Baseline, Success Metric, and Review Cadence Earn the AI Automation Builder badge
Who this course is for
Small-business owners and solo operators — consultants, bookkeepers, trades, creatives — buried in copy-paste, reminders, and follow-ups, including anyone who has bought an AI tool that ended up unused.
Before you begin
None. No technical background needed — just one real week of your own work.
Course curriculum
- Get Started
Orientation: how this class works and how to use it.
- Get Started
- Course Book
The full self-guided Course Book for this class.
- Course Book
- Workbook
- Module 1: Find the Work Worth Automating
Module 1 — Find the Work Worth Automating.
- Find the Work Worth Automating
- AI Tool — Automation Opportunity Finder
- Module 1 — Knowledge Check
- Module 1 — Workbook Reflection
- Module 2: Pick the Right AI Tools
Module 2 — Pick the Right AI Tools.
- Pick the Right AI Tools
- AI Tool — Tool Evaluator
- Module 2 — Knowledge Check
- Module 2 — Workbook Reflection
- Module 3: Build Your First Automation
Module 3 — Build Your First Automation.
- Build Your First Automation
- AI Tool — Workflow Designer
- Module 3 — Knowledge Check
- Module 3 — Workbook Reflection
- Module 4: Implement, Measure, Keep It Human
Module 4 — Implement, Measure, Keep It Human.
- Implement, Measure, Keep It Human
- AI Tool — Capstone Evaluator
- Module 4 — Knowledge Check
- Module 4 — Workbook Reflection
- Course Wrap-Up
Course conclusion: what you built, where you go next, and the glossary.
- Course Conclusion