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More super AI tools to transform your business!

21/4/2025

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In my last post, I shared some of my top AI tools! Today, I am going to be sharing the rest of my rest AI recommendations - apps I have used to totally transform my business! 🙌

😎 ChatGPT for YouTube - For YouTube, ChatGPT for YouTube is a huge time-saver if you want a video’s key points and transcription without having to watch the entire thing.

😎 Answer the Public - Answer the Public is a brilliant tool for market research. It helps you discover the questions your target audience is asking about your product or service, making it easier to create relevant content.

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AI tools to transform your business!

14/4/2025

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Over the next few weeks, I am going to be sharing the best AI tool recommendations that have totally transformed my business!

🙌 Gamma.ap - I highly recommend Gamma.app for presentations and slide decks. You can even create an entire slide deck directly from a prompt - no need to write the content yourself. It generates the deck in about 30 seconds, which is incredibly efficient. Or you can copy your text in. (Co-pilot also does this but not as well in my opinion!)

🙌 ChatGPT - For blogs, emails etc. I use ChatGPT for voice-to-text and then ask it to rewrite the content properly in my style, removing all the ums and ahs. It’s 100% AI-undetectable and works seamlessly! I also use it to write professional proposals, track my health and about a million other things! (Also a great tool for tips on how to deal with difficult team members!) ​

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Tip 244) Generate awareness with a caption contest

24/5/2019

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Another great way to generate awareness of your brand is to create a caption contest. Ask for the funniest caption, perhaps offering some kind of prize.

​These contests tend to bring out the wittiest of your followers and are often a really good laugh. We are more likely to share things we find amusing. 

Keeping the ideas flowing ...
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Jo x
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Tip 238) Grow your social media following with weekly hashtag themes

18/5/2019

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Joining in with regular weekly hashtag themes is a great way to get your business out to a wider audience.

​Try some of the following: 
#MondayMotivation
#MondayBlues
#MarketingMonday
#TransformationTuesday 
#TipTuesday #TuesdayTip
#HumpDay
#ThrowBackThursday or #tbt
#FollowFriday
#FactFriday
#TGIF
#SaturdayShoutOut or #SS
#SundayFunday 
​#SundayRead
#PhotoOfTheDay
#Like4Like
#FollowMe
#PicOfTheDay
#Follow
#Style
#Fun
#Follow4Follow
#Happy
#Love

#UppingYourGame
Jo
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Tip 224) Use your photograph on your email signature.

4/5/2019

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Here are 3 reasons why you should add your photograph to your email signature ...
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  • It helps with rapport building.
  • It helps build trust.
  • It makes you a real person, not just someone on the end of an email. 
 
The more people see your picture, the more comfortable they will feel with you. The more comfortable they are with you, the more likely they are to buy from you. Simples :-)

Giving you the edge ...
Jo x 
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Tip 210) How good proofreading can benefit your business

20/4/2019

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Guest post from Sarah at Sarah Barter Proofreading.

Whether you're setting up a website, writing a blog post, putting together a client proposal or designing a poster, don't underestimate how unprofessional and off-putting little spelling mistakes and grammatical errors can be to both potential and returning customers. 

​Proofreading is basically quality control—it’s the final polish of your words before you release them to the world! 

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Tip 204) 14 Top Tips for Using email to generate sales

14/4/2019

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I think it's very easy to hide behind email, and while I don't think it's the always the best option for generating sales (unless you are running a specific add-value drip campaign / funnel), it does have its uses.

Here are my 14 top tips for using email to generate business and keep in touch with prospects.

Keep it simple.
Write in a way that a teenager will understand. No jargon or fancy words!

Keep it friendly.
Write as if you were writing to a friend. Be authentic.
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Keep your subject line to less than 6 or 7 words.
That's the number you can see on most mobile phones. ​

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Tip 190) Know thy customers!

31/3/2019

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While this seems like common sense, I've come to realise that sense is not always that common :-) (Members of The Bristol Small Business Network excepted of course!)
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One of the first rules of marketing is knowing your customers. Inside-out and back-to-front. When I ask most people who their target market is, they usually say something along the lines of "anyone with a pulse?". No, no, no!

The more specific you are about your avatars (just a posh word for perfect customers!), the better. Yes, you can have more than one avatar, but you will need to do this exercise for each of them. The more you know, the more you’ll understand how best to market to them.

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Tip 178) Stop overthinking. it's exhausting!

19/3/2019

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​One Step at a Time - Guest Post by Elizabeth Withers. 

Overthinking is Exhausting

E Withers Cleaning was born in August 2017 with no idea of where to start and faced with the anxieties of going it alone. I kept it simple, locally based and prepared for little or no money coming in to begin with.

We are a small cleaning business based in Bristol catering for domestic regular, end of tenancy/one off cleans and office cleaning.

​Starting a new business, even just the first thoughts of going it alone, can be very daunting. Trust me, I know - I’ve done it. Starting a new career in my mid 30s, I thought I must be mad, but I went for it and I’m loving it. 

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Tip 166) Understand How vital it is to collect feedback from your Clients and customers

7/3/2019

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When was the last time you actively collected feedback from your current and past clients? For many of you, the answer to that is probably ‘never’.

It's one of those things we know we should do but never get around to doing. Often, the main reason for this is because we are scared of the answers we will get. And then we will need to act on them! 

It can be hugely beneficial and definitely worth doing though, and here's why...

​If you don't ask them, your customers may tell you they’re not happy with their feet. They’ll walk away and move to another business that offers what you do. 68% of clients leave you because of a ‘perceived indifference’. In other words, they think you don't care about them. 

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