From $2K to $20K: How AI Is Revolutionizing Small Business

The business landscape has shifted dramatically, and the message is clear: those not leveraging AI aren't just falling behind—they're already behind. This candid, eye-opening discussion strips away the hype surrounding artificial intelligence to reveal the stark reality entrepreneurs face in 2025.

From small candle businesses to creative agencies, the divide between those embracing AI and those resisting it grows wider daily. Discover how ordinary entrepreneurs have transformed their operations—like Marcus, who tripled his t-shirt brand's conversion rates in a single weekend using AI ad generators, now running a five-figure monthly business with no team. Or Janelle, an Atlanta candle maker who implemented AI chatbots and now makes sales while sleeping. Meanwhile, others like Derek, who dismissed AI as a passing trend, watch helplessly as clients migrate to competitors delivering faster, better results at lower costs.

The practical power trio of ChatGPT, Canva AI, and Notion AI forms the foundation of an AI-enhanced business, potentially cutting your workload in half while doubling output in just 30 days. But beyond current tools lies a future of AI agents that manage entire operations, voice-driven brands that scale without cameras or studios, and wearable AI providing real-time business insights. The gap isn't between you and wealthy entrepreneurs—it's between those adapting and those resisting. The future won't wait for your comfort zone, but it will reward your evolution. Ready to transform your hustle? Download the free checklist of 10 AI tools that will run your business while you sleep and join the revolution of entrepreneurs doing 10 hours of work in just one.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let me say it plain If you're not using AI in your
business, you're already behind.
Not next year, not someday now,because in 2025, ai isn't just
a trend.
It's the new employee, the newstrategy and the new money and

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businesses who get it they'rewinning.
And the new money andbusinesses who get it they're
winning.
Everyone else, they're watchingit all slip away.
I went from barely making 2k amonth to hitting 20 consistently
all because I let AI do 80% ofthe work for me.
This is not just Kindle talk,and today we're diving deeper

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than we ever have.
This isn't about hype.
This is survival.
This is the raw, unfilteredtruth about how AI is flipping
the business world on its headand how to make sure your hustle
doesn't get left behind.
So let's talk facts.
In 2025, ai is runningbusinesses literally from one

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person side hustles to fullscale brands.
People are cutting costs,growing faster and building
smarter because of a simpletruth AI doesn't sleep, it
doesn't get tired, it doesn'tmake excuses and it can scale.
If you're still doingeverything manually, like your

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emails, your content, yourcustomer support, even your
ideas, you're already 10 stepsbehind someone who isn't, 10
steps behind someone who isn't.
So here's what's happeningright now, for instance, candle

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business owners are usingChatGPT to write product
descriptions, emails and evencreating sent storylines.
And those virtual assistantsthey're replaced by AI bots that
can handle your DMs 24-7.
And the content creatorsthey're using AI to schedule,
design, caption and repurpose inminutes, not days.

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Also, the Etsy sellers they'regenerating SEO, optimized
product listings using AI toolsand coaches.
They're training AI to be manyversions of themselves by
answering FAQs and helpingclients at scale.

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So let me break it down.
This isn't about having a 10person team anymore.
Me break it down.
This isn't about having a 10person team anymore.
It's about building a smartteam.
And AI is your first hire.
So over 60% of entrepreneurs in2025 say that AI impacted their
revenue and have said it savedtheir business from failing.

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And this isn't just tech bros inSilicon Valley.
This is you, the single momwith a dream, the side hustlers
tied of the nine to five, theburnt out business owner with a
pile of to do's and no backup.
So let me ask you this Are yougoing to adapt or are you going

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to get left behind?
All right, so everybody loves agood story, right?
So let's get real.
Everybody loves a good successstory, correct.
But behind every one of thoseviral AI posts is a choice Adapt
or die.
So let me, um.
Let me tell you about this guy Imet.

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His name is Marcus Uh.
He has a t-shirt brand Um, andhe was running uh ads the old
school way.
He was spending the money doingthe guesswork, just getting
burnt out Right.
Then he discovered AI AI addcopy generators.

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In one weekend he tested 15variations of headlines, images
and targeting using AI.
That Monday.
The following Monday when wetalk, his conversion rate
tripled.
Monday when we talk, hisconversion rate tripled.

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Okay, now he's running a fivefigure a month brand.
No team, no agency, just himand a stack of smart tools.
I also talked to a young ladynamed Janelle.
She's a candle maker out inAtlanta running booths at a
pop-ups, doing everythingherself.
Right, she was tired aboutready to quit, but she found an

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AI-powered email campaign andchatbot.
Now her website has a 24-7chatbot that answers questions,
upsells bundles and booksrestocks.
She's making money in her sleep, literally.
This is a quote from Janelle.

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I thought tech wasn't for me.
Turns out, it saved me fromquitting the thing I loved.
That's awesome, right, but noteveryone is winning.
I also talked to Derek and hewas very candid.
He ran a creative agency and hedidn't want to deal with AI.

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He didn't want to learn AI.
He said it was just a fad, buthe did have a couple of his
clients that left him to go witha company that delivered faster
, cheaper and better, and theywere using the AI tools.
Of course.
Last I heard, his businessslowed down and I'm not sure if
he's still in business to thisday, but this is the brutal

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truth.
Ai isn't here to help you later.
It's here to replace what yourefuse to evolve around now.
Okay, it's like.
It's like the blockbusterwatching Netflix happen in real
time and doing nothing about it.
You're either the one adaptingor the one explaining why you

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didn't.
So, up next, I'm giving you thereal playbook.
Okay, no theory, no fluff.
Step by step, how to AI proofyour hustle.
So let's build your future, allright, and not and not bury
your dreams, right?

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So let's talk power, becauseyou can win in this AI driven
world and you don't need to be atech genius to do it.
All right, you don't?
So here's a step-by-stepplaybook to AI proof your hustle
, okay.
So first ask yourself whattasks are draining, draining

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your time but don't need you todo them.
Is it emails, social posts,replies?
Is it the product descriptions?
Is it the client follow-ups?
If you are repeating it morethan twice, it can be automated
or AI assisted.
Okay, you don't need 20 tools,you need the right three.

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Okay, so we're going to startwith the start with this power
trio.
You got your chat GPT.
That's.
That will help you with writingideas.
It can help you with customerreplies, captions, even email
sequences.
Ok, you got your Canva AI.
You know that.
That creates templates, designsand and quick visuals for

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promos.
You also have your Notion AI.
This is to help with businessplanning, content calendar and
system building.
So with those three, use themfor 30 days, every single day

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you'll cut your workload in halfand double your output.
Okay, so just automate in onearea.
Choose one.
It could be your emailmarketing.
It could be your social mediaposts or your customer service.
With the customer service, youcan add the AI chatbot to your

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website.
You can let AI do your socialmedia posts, hashtags and images
and image ideas, and with youremailing, you can have AI write
and schedule your emailcampaigns for you, okay, okay.
This one can save you 10 hoursa week, okay, if you use the

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deadly trio, the powerful trio Ijust gave you.
So.
So this right here is nextlevel, though Okay A mini ebook
generated and outlined by AI, AnAI written digital guide,
journal or planner, or an AIpowered coaching quiz or

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onboarding system.
If you have those employees,even a, you can create a how-to
course on how you use AI in yourbusiness.
So just start small, but sellsmart, okay.
So what you want to do is youwant to test it out, you want to
twerk it and you want to repeatit?

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Okay.
So don't get stuck inperfection.
Just test it, tweak it.
Let AI help you learn faster.
Okay.
The goal isn't to look busy,it's actually to move smarter.
Okay, I'll repeat that one thegoal isn't to look busy, it's to
move smarter.
Every one of us has the same 24hours, but now we have AI, and

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that means some people are doing.
We have AI, and that means somepeople are doing what some
people are doing in one hour andwhat it used to take for 10,
they're doing it in one hour,okay.
So so the real question is whatare you going to do with the
extra nine hours?
That's the real question.
All right.

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So if everything we've talkedabout so far feels big buckle up
, all right, because we're noteven in the final form of this
AI wave.
We're in better.
And what's coming next?
It's not just going to changeyour business, it's going to
change you.
Okay, you got to get used tothe change when you're in
business for yourself.
Okay, and doing that hustlework.
So here's a glimpse of what.
What's ahead and how to stayahead of it.

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Okay, you got your AI agentthat will replace the virtual
teams.
Think about, think, think aboutbeyond simple tools and AI agent
.
They are multitasking bots thatcan manage your whole calendar,
launch your products, run yourads and even negotiate deals.

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Imagine that You'll train themonce they can learn your voice,
your values and your businessstyle.
Okay, that's an AI agent.
Imagine having a second.
You run in operations 24, seven.
Ok, then you have your voicedriven brands.
They will take over.

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With tools like 11 labs, you'llbe able to create podcasts like
this one.
Do explainer videos, train,training content, train, uh,
training content.
All using a clone version ofyourself or an AI generated
avatar.
No cameras, no studio, justscale.

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So you have to worry about it'sjust scaling right.
Um, also, you won't just sellmore, you will sell smarter.
What about the wearables?
Okay, the AI wearables.
We're talking about the smartglasses, the rings, the earbuds
that can give you live feedback,real-time data and even

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customer insights as you speak.
This is in the future.
Okay, apple's doing it now.
Amazon is testing it In a smallbusiness world.
You better doing it now.
Amazon is testing it in a smallbusiness world.
You better believe it's next.
Ok, with the Web three anddecentralized, decentralized AI

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tools, merging Soon, you'll beable to build a team, launch a
brand and make money withouttouching a bank, an office or
having employees.
So let's think global, automatedand always on.
So how do you win in this newworld?

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Let me just tell you you staycurious, you stay flexible and
you don't wait for permission topivot.
You don't need to go viral, youjust need to go forward.
All right, if everything we'vetalked about so far feels big
and something you can adapt to,uh, these are things that's

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happening now and you implementthem, like I said, for 30 days,
uh, every day.
And if you can have thosechanges and you see those
changes, you're in the right.
You're on the right path.
All right, for sure.
So here's the truth Nobody wantsto talk about.
Ai won't make you successful,but it will expose every excuse

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you've been hiding behind.
Can't keep up.
There's a tool for that.
Don't have time.
You could do it now.
Overwhelm You're not.
You're not alone, but you haveto stay.
You don't have to stay stuck.
Ok, because the gap isn'tbetween you and the rich
entrepreneurs that's not whatit's about.

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It's between the ones who areadapting and the ones who are
resisting.
That's where we at with it now.
Okay, so I'll leave you withthis, just one quote.
You can write it on a mirror.
Keep it on a sticky note onyour fridge, on a mirror.
Keep it on a sticky note onyour fridge.
The future won't wait for yourcomfort zone, but it will reward

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your evolution.
You don't need a millionfollowers.
You don't need a milliondecisions to keep showing up
smarter.
Start now, start messy, startautomated.
Just start.
So if this episode lit a fireunder you, can you please do a
favor for me and share it?
Tag someone who needs to hearthis wake up call and if you're

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ready to get your time, energyand revenue back, I will upload
this checklist of 10 AI toolsthat'll run your business while
you sleep.
You can grab it atwwwnotjustcandletalkmecom and

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I'll put the link in the shownotes.
So this is the future and ifyou're either building it or
getting buried by it, you're notalone.
Just remember that.
So I just want to touch on thisepisode because, like I said,
this is this is the, this is itright, we were in it right, and

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we have to adapt and we have tomove forward and we have to get,
we have to move smart with allthe smart tools.
That's out, okay.
So I just want to do an episodelike this, attach this to
another episode I did about AIbefore and I'm going to keep
going with this.
I'm going to do several ofthese episodes and try to be as
informative as I can.

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So, again, if you like thisepisode and the one I did before
on AI, please follow me, uh,share it with someone who is a
little neglectful uh, notneglectful, but a little uh,
resistant to, uh, adapting and,and you know, just let them hear

(16:25):
the information, because I'mgoing to do another one of these
, like I said.
So, thanks for listening, asalways, and I will see you on
the next episode.
Thank you, bye.