563: How I Use AI
The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.
Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group
4.7 • 522 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
How I use AI (Artificial Intelligence) in my small business.
Show Notes Page: https://www.thehowofbusiness.com/563-how-i-use-ai/
AI is no longer optional – it's a game-changer for small business owners. In this episode, Henry Lopez shares how he uses AI tools like ChatGPT to increase productivity, streamline content creation, automate workflows, and improve client services.
If you're still on the sidelines, this episode shares examples of how you can start using AI in your business today.
In this episode of The How of Business podcast, Henry Lopez provides a behind-the-scenes look at how he's actively using AI tools and large language models to enhance productivity in his small business operations, podcast production, coaching sessions, and planning.
Episode Breakdown:
- Podcast Content Workflow – Using ChatGPT for episode planning, summarizing, and LinkedIn post creation.
- Zoom AI Companion – Summarizing coaching sessions and highlighting action items.
- Rev.com AI Transcription – Turning audio into text for content reuse and SEO.
- Prompt Engineering – How better prompts get better ChatGPT results.
- Document Review – Using ChatGPT to interpret and summarize agreements.
- Business Planning – Creating business plans with ChatGPT acting as a thinking partner.
- Automation with Zapier – Connecting platforms like Patreon and Mailchimp.
- AI in Marketing Tools – Features in Mailchimp, Canva, and CRM platforms.
- Advice for Beginners – Start small and experiment with the tools you already use.
Top 3 Takeaways:
- AI isn't just for big companies—small business owners can start using it today.
- ChatGPT and other tools save hours by providing content, summaries, and insights.
- Effective prompting is key to unlocking the true power of AI tools.
This episode is hosted by Henry Lopez. The How of Business podcast focuses on helping you start, run, grow and exit your small business. The How of Business is a top-rated podcast for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Find the best podcast, small business coaching, resources and trusted service partners for small business owners and entrepreneurs at our website https://TheHowOfBusiness.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How of Business with your host, Henry Lopez, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business. |
| 0:08.0 | And now, here is your host. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to this episode of the How of Business Podcast. This is Henry Lopez. |
| 0:16.0 | And on this episode, I'm going to share with you some of the ways that I'm using AI, artificial |
| 0:21.8 | intelligence, in my small business today. You can find all of the how-of-business resources, |
| 0:27.0 | including a new download. The download is called Small Business Owners Guide to Chat GPT. You can find |
| 0:33.4 | that on the show-nose page for this episode, as well as information on my one-on-one |
| 0:37.7 | and group coaching programs at the howabusiness.com. I also invite you to please consider |
| 0:42.4 | supporting this podcast on Patreon, and please subscribe wherever you might be listening, so |
| 0:47.0 | you don't miss any new episodes. So let's get right into it. This is in no particular order, |
| 0:52.4 | and as I've shared before, as I've talked about AI on this |
| 0:56.1 | podcast, I am far from being any type of expert on AI. I'm trying the best I can, as I'm sure |
| 1:02.5 | many of you are, to learn about to stay ahead of it, which is impossible for me. To maybe stay |
| 1:07.7 | not too far behind might be a better way to say it, but to continue to look for |
| 1:11.8 | ways to apply AI in my business, to make me more productive, to make me more efficient, all of those |
| 1:18.5 | things I'm looking for by using AI in my business. And I challenge all of you to immerse yourself |
| 1:25.3 | in it as much as possible, to experiment with it, to try it, |
| 1:29.4 | to leverage the technology as much as possible in everything that you do, whether you're in a |
| 1:34.5 | business now or even in your career if you're working in the corporate world, learn about as |
| 1:39.4 | much as you can, about AI, and apply it and use it as much as you can. We cannot be left behind on this |
| 1:46.5 | technology. It will be, it is a differentiator. And it will be, and it is already beginning to be, |
| 1:53.0 | one of the ways that businesses are separating themselves, the businesses that are being more |
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