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Save 10 hours this week.
Without becoming an AI expert.

The 7-step AI quick-start guide for UK small business owners who are too busy to figure it out alone. Plain English. Real examples. Built for your kind of business.

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Sound familiar?

You didn't start your business
to become an AI expert.

If any of this feels a bit too close to home, you're not alone. This guide was written for you.

Evenings eaten by admin

You're busy from the moment you wake up. Quotes, emails, posts, follow-ups. And it still spills into Saturday.

Every AI tutorial makes it worse

You've tried ChatGPT. You've watched the YouTube videos. You end up with more tabs open and less clarity than before.

No one to actually ask

There's no team to bounce ideas off and no manager to tell you if you're on track. Decisions land entirely on you.

What's inside

Seven steps. Ordered by impact. Most members save their first hour within 20 minutes.

No theory. No jargon. Start at Step 1 and work through in order. Each step builds on the last and saves you hours every week after that.

Gem Outram
Written by Gem Outram Founder, SBS. Award-winning business coach
  1. 1

    Emails in 2 minutes

    Build a personal email template library this week. Most members cut their email time in half, saving 2 to 3 hours every single day.

  2. 2

    Proposals in 10 minutes

    Go from 2 hours to 10 minutes per proposal. Create a master template once. Fill in the brief, let AI do the rest, then personalise.

  3. 3

    Social content on autopilot

    Batch a full week of social posts in under an hour every Monday. Pick your 5 content pillars once, reuse them indefinitely.

  4. 4

    Meeting notes in 60 seconds

    Record, paste, summarise. AI gives you decisions, action items and follow-ups in under a minute. No more hour-long write-ups.

  5. 5

    Research in minutes, not hours

    Get a 5-bullet briefing on any competitor, client or topic before a meeting. What used to take an afternoon now takes 2 minutes.

  6. 6

    Recurring documents on demand

    Invoices, briefs, SOPs, contracts: build AI templates for everything you write more than once. Store them in one place. Never start from scratch again.

  7. 7

    One command centre

    Stop switching between six different tools. Consolidate your AI work into one workspace where your templates, prompts and content all live together.

Also inside

Your First Week Action Plan

A day-by-day schedule that gets you to 10 hours saved as fast as possible.

DayActionTime saved/week
MonBuild 3 email templates (Step 1)2–3 hours
TueCreate your proposal template (Step 2)1–2 hours
WedBatch this week's social content (Step 3)1.5 hours
ThuSet up your meeting summary workflow (Step 4)30 mins
FriSteps 5, 6 & 7: research, docs, command centre3–4 hours
Total by end of week8–13 hours
Built for

Made for small business owners, not tech teams.

If you're running one of these kinds of businesses, this guide was written with you in mind.

Local

Local service businesses

Agencies, florists, studios, cafes, trades. Owner-led and wearing too many hats.

Professionals

Independent professionals

Accountants, bookkeepers, therapists, brokers, solicitors. Qualified and run off your feet.

Consultants

Independent consultants

Marketing, HR, finance, operations. Small team or solo, juggling delivery and sales.

Coaches

Coaches & mentors

Business, life, career, executive: anyone selling their expertise one-to-one.

★★★★★

I'd spent months watching AI videos and getting nowhere. I read this guide on a Sunday evening. By Friday I'd saved myself around 9 hours, scheduled a month of content, and actually enjoyed my weekend for the first time in ages.

Rachel P.
Rachel P.
Marketing consultant, Manchester
From the team

Written by the people who
answer every email.

We're UK small business owners too. We built this because we needed it ourselves.

Gem Outram
Gem Outram
Founder, Head of Community

Award-winning entrepreneur who built a multi-million pound, relationship-led business. Now helps owners do the same with AI.

Cliff Walker
Cliff Walker
Founder, Head of Coaching

30 years coaching entrepreneurs and building sales networks across four continents. Real-world experience, no fluff.

Matt Ross
Matt Ross
Head of Marketing

15+ years helping businesses grow. Matt makes the AI stuff make sense for owners who don't have time for tech rabbit holes.

Before you download

The honest answers.

Is this actually free? What's the catch?
Yes, genuinely free. No credit card, no hidden trial. We made this guide because we want you to see how SBS thinks before you ever consider paying us for anything. If you like it, you'll probably want to look at our membership. If you don't, you've still got a useful guide.
Do I need to know anything about AI to use this?
Not a single thing. You don't need to understand how AI works — the guide opens with one mindset shift that makes everything click. After that, every step is a plain-English action with a clear outcome. You just need a willingness to try something once and 10 free minutes to get started.
I've tried free guides before. How is this different?
Most AI guides are written by tech people for tech people. This one was written by small business owners, for small business owners. The 7 steps are ordered by impact. Most members save their first hour within 20 minutes of starting, and hit 10 hours saved by the end of their first week.
How long will it actually take me to work through?
The guide itself is a quick read, just 4 pages. But it's designed to be actioned, not just read. The included First Week Action Plan spreads the 7 steps across Monday to Friday, around 30–45 minutes per day. By Friday, most members have saved 8–13 hours that week.
Will you email me forever?
You'll get the guide, a short follow-up with extra resources, and our weekly AI briefing if you want it. One-click unsubscribe at the bottom of every email. We're not in the spam business.
What format is the guide in?
A 4-page PDF you can open on any device. It's designed to be completed in one sitting. Most people get through it in an evening and have their first win the next morning.
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