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Written for owners deciding what to spend money on, not for people who enjoy reading about AI. Where a cheaper option or a competitor is the better answer for you, these say so.

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What just changed in AI

The AI news that changes something for a small business, in plain English, with what to do about it.

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What happens to my custom GPTs when OpenAI retires them?

Custom GPTs are retiring. What happens to yours.

OpenAI retires custom GPTs on 11 December. Most of a GPT moves across. The links to your other systems, and the ones you gave customers, do not.

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What is Jev, and does it matter for my business?

Jev explained: the AI that decides instead of writing.

A new kind of model that does not chat. It sorts, scores and says yes or no, fast and cheap. Here is where that helps a small business and where it does not.

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4 min

What should I do when Google's AI calls my business?

Google's AI now calls businesses. What to do when it calls yours.

Some of the calls you get are now an AI booking on behalf of a customer. What it asks, how to opt out, and why you probably should not.

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Do I have to tell customers they are talking to an AI?

Do you have to tell customers they are talking to AI?.

More and more, yes. Which rules apply from when, and the one-sentence fix that covers all of them.

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5 min

Is Meta's free AI enough for my small business?

Meta's free AI for small business: what it does and where it stops.

Meta now gives small businesses two free AI tools. If you live on Instagram and WhatsApp, try them first. Here is where they stop.

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4 min

Should my small business advertise on ChatGPT?

Ads in ChatGPT: what a small business should know.

ChatGPT now carries ads, and Shopify shops can buy them. What is live, what is still a test, and the part that decides whether any of it pays.

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What things cost

What the market charges for each of these, read off the pricing pages, so you can place your own project before anyone quotes you.

9 min

How much does an AI chatbot cost?

How much does an AI chatbot cost?.

What pushes an AI chatbot project to the bottom or the top of the range, the running costs most quotes leave out, and a calculator to price your own.

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8 min

How much does an AI agent cost?

How much does an AI agent cost?.

Why an agent costs more than a chatbot, the running cost people forget to budget for, and a calculator to price your own.

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8 min

How much does business automation cost?

How much does business automation cost?.

What the tools charge, why per task pricing bites hardest in your busiest month, and a calculator to price a built workflow yourself.

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8 min

How much does an AI receptionist cost?

How much does an AI receptionist cost?.

The monthly figure, the per minute rate underneath it, and how the total compares with a human answering service at your own call volume.

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Comparing your options

For when you know roughly what you want and are deciding between ways to get it.

9 min

Should I get an AI receptionist or an answering service?

AI receptionist or a human answering service.

Where each one genuinely wins, where the human service is still the better buy, and why plenty of businesses end up running both.

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5 min

Should I use n8n or Zapier?

n8n or Zapier for a small business.

When Zapier is genuinely the right answer, the point where per-task pricing stops making sense, and what you gain by owning the workflow.

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4 min

What is the difference between an AI chatbot and an AI agent?

Chatbot or agent, which one do you need.

One answers questions, the other finishes jobs. How to tell which your problem needs, and why most businesses should start with the cheaper one.

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Before you commit

The practical questions worth settling before anyone writes you a quote.

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What should I automate first?

What to automate first.

A three-question test for picking your first job, the ones that reliably pay back, and the tempting ones that waste money.

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5 min

Should I build this myself or pay someone?

Build it yourself, or pay someone.

When the no-code route genuinely works, where do-it-yourself projects stall, and which side of that line your project is on.

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6 min

Is it safe to let AI touch my business data?

Where your business data actually goes.

What actually happens to your data, why the consumer chat apps are the real risk, and the questions to ask any vendor.

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5 min

Does an AI system need a monthly plan?

Why an AI system needs maintaining.

Why something that worked perfectly at launch gets quietly worse, and what a monthly plan should actually cover.

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