Start With AI
Where to Start with AI Without Guessing
Stop running 40 random AI prompts hoping one sticks. Pick one real task, set AI up to do it well, and keep a setup you can reuse every week.
- 6 lessons
- 1 hr 5 min
- Self-paced
- Free
Owners of local service businesses who have an AI account but have never used it for anything that mattered — and anyone stalled at the blank box who needs one concrete first task and a way to tell whether the output is any good.
What you'll be able to do
- Pick the one weekly task where AI pays off first
- Connect an AI to your real files so it stops guessing
- Brief it like a new hire — context, examples, a standard for done
- Check answers in 30 seconds and save setups you can rerun forever
- Know the three stages from saved prompts to an AI workforce
Lessons
Most people open an AI tool, type a vague request, get a mediocre answer, and quietly decide AI is overhyped. The problem was never the tool. It was starting with no task and no setup.
This course gives you a starting move instead of a guess. You pick one task you already do every week, choose an AI and connect it to your own files so it works from your real material, then brief it the way you would onboard a new hire: context, examples, and a clear standard for done.
The last step is the one most tutorials skip. You check the answer against what good actually looks like, fix the brief where it fell short, and save the whole setup so the second run takes minutes, not another from-scratch attempt. You leave with a working pattern you can point at the next task, instead of a folder of half-remembered prompts.
Questions people ask
Do I need a paid AI subscription to take this course?
No. The walkthrough uses Claude’s free plan, which includes the Google Drive connection. A paid plan gives sharper answers, but everything in the course works on free.
Which AI tool does the course use?
Every screenshot is from Claude, with a note at each step showing where the same option lives in ChatGPT and Gemini. Pick one and stick with it — the course is about finishing one task, not comparing tools.
What if I don’t have a contract or proposal to practice on?
A sample marketing services agreement is included as a download. It is fictional but realistic, with deadlines, dollar amounts and an auto-renewal clause buried in it for you to find.
How long does it take?
About an hour. Six short lessons, most of the time is the AI doing the work while you watch and check.
Is this only for marketing tasks?
No. The method works on any recurring task that lives in a file — contracts, estimates, supplier agreements, client statements, call transcripts.