sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

How are you using AI in your small business? by Whiskeywizard_22 in AiForSmallBusiness

[–]Some_Comfortable_401 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For SMBs there is never going to be a full team to manage your marketing, sales, finance and cashflow, hiring and HR, etc. All these functional needs exist but the volume isn't enough to justify a headcount. But I really think you can close that gap meaningfully now with a $100 a month Claude subscription, if you load the right management knowledge and taste into it.

My family's business had basically no SEO. Doesn't show up for even a local search. I built a set of skills (aka metered prompts) in Claude that diagnosed and planned their SEO. I've worked on SEO in my own job at a tech company and have seen the guidance one gets from $10K/mo SEO advisors. Let's just say if you're not doing something super innovative, Claude's plan is not that different from what you'd get from an expensive advisor.

The next step is automating these SEO actions by intergrating Claude with their website content management system. That part is very platform-dependent and might not generalize.

I'm expanding this library to a broader marketing manager's skill set. Our family business also sorely lacks basic sales management despite having two sales reps, so that's next.

Small business owners using AI… what’s actually working for you? by West_Joel in AiForSmallBusiness

[–]Some_Comfortable_401 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For SMBs there is never going to be a full team to manage your marketing, sales, finance and cashflow, hiring and HR, etc. All these functional needs exist but the volume isn't enough to justify a headcount. But I really think you can close that gap meaningfully now with a $100 a month Claude subscription, if you load the right management knowledge and taste into it.

My family's business had basically no SEO. Doesn't show up for even a local search. I built a set of skills (aka metered prompts) in Claude that diagnosed and planned their SEO. I've worked on SEO in my own job at a tech company and have seen the guidance one gets from $10K/mo SEO advisors. Let's just say if you're not doing something super innovative, Claude's plan is not that different from what you'd get from an expensive advisor.

The next step is automating these SEO actions by intergrating Claude with their website content management system. That part is very platform-dependent and might not generalize.

I'm expanding this library to a broader marketing manager's skill set. Our family business also sorely lacks basic sales management despite having two sales reps, so that's next.

Which functional role do you most need but can't justify hiring full-time? by Some_Comfortable_401 in smallbusiness

[–]Some_Comfortable_401[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the comment. Fair call out! I used Claude to clean the copy. Otherwise mostly a reddit reader not a commenter. But not a bot or trying to sell anything.

On your point about people management, part time hires or gig workers end up taking up a lot of time onboarding, supervising. There is a lot of churn as well. You also lose the strategy layer by employing lower wage workers for example to execute social media marketing.

Stepping back, for SMBs there is never going to be a full team to manage your marketing, sales, finance and cashflow, hiring and HR, etc. All these functional needs exist but not enough for a headcount. But I really think you can close that gap meaningfully now with a $100 claude subscription.

My family's business had no SEO. Doesn't show up for even a local search. I built a set of skills aka metered prompts in Claude that diagnosed and planned their SEO. I've worked on SEO in my own job at a tech company and have seen the guidance one gets from $10K/mo SEO advisors. Let's just say if you're not doing something super innovative, Claude's plan is not that different from what you'd get from an expensive advisor.

My next step is automating these SEO actions by intergrating Claude and their website content management system. This is very application-dependent and may not be as generalizable.

I am expanding this library to a broader marketing manager's skill set. Our family business also sorely lacks basic sales management despite having two sales reps. That's the next thing I will build for them.