The clinic uses an AI assistant to interview you and draft your plan. You can use the same kind of tool every day for your business. Here is how, and where to be careful.
What it is good at
- Writing. A text to a customer, a flyer, the words for your website, a reply to a bad review. Tell it what you want to say and who it is for. Then make it sound like you.
- Research. "What do mobile car detailers in Chicago charge?" "What do I need to start selling food from home in Illinois?" It gives you a place to start and the questions to ask a real person.
- Math. "If I charge $35 and need $1,500 a month, how many jobs is that a week?" It will not get this wrong, and it will show its work.
- Thinking out loud. "I have a customer who wants a discount. What are my options?" It is a patient listener that asks good questions back.
- Translation. Write in your language; ask for it in English. Or the other way around.
Where to be careful
- It is not a lawyer, an accountant, or the city. For licenses, taxes, immigration, or insurance, it can tell you what questions to ask. It cannot tell you the answer for your situation. Ask a person.
- It can be confidently wrong. If it gives you a number, a rule, or a phone number, check it before you act on it.
- Do not share what is not yours. Customers' names, addresses, or payment details do not go into a chat.
- It is a draft, not a decision. Everything it writes is a starting point. You decide.
Your portal
Your personal link is where your plan lives. Come back to it during the week:
- Tell it what happened: "I called three competitors. They charge $25, $30, and $40." It updates your plan.
- Ask it to change something: "Change my monthly plan to four washes for $120."
- Ask it to help you prepare: "Help me write the text to Sister Adams to book the practice run."
A few things to try this week
- Paste your three services and prices and ask: "What would a customer find confusing about this?"
- Ask: "Write a one-sentence description of my business for a flyer. Plain words. Under fifteen words." Then rewrite it in your own voice.
- Describe your hardest customer situation from the week and ask: "What are three ways I could handle this?"
Ask your mentor to show you how they use it. Most of them use it at work every day.
This week
- I went back to my portal at least once and told it what happened this week.
- I asked it to write one thing for my business and rewrote it in my own words.
- I asked it to check something before I acted on it.
- I asked my mentor to show me how they use it.