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Five Ways I Use AI In My Business

Scaling Out Loud··12 September 2026·19 min

About this episode

I spent two months boycotting AI in my business because it kept handing me copy that used the word "elevate" like a life insurance commercial. I decided it was overhyped. I decided my business was too weird for it to actually help. I decided I was right. I was completely wrong, and it was an expensive two months. This episode is not about AI photo booths. We already covered that and it's a totally different conversation. This is about the back office work, the stuff that eats your Sunday and never once shows up as revenue on a P&L. I walk through the five things AI actually does in my business every week right now, why it failed me the first ten times I tried it, and what actually changed that took me from garbage output to work that's ready to send with barely an edit. What You'll Learn: Why the AI output you're getting back is generic, and what that tells you about how you're using it How I turned email, the most neglected part of most photo booth businesses, into something I can hand straight to my team What AEO is, how it's different from SEO, and why almost nobody in this industry is positioned for it yet The zero-click search stat that should change how you think about where your buyers are finding vendors Why I stopped sending every contract redline straight to my lawyer, and what I do instead The one way to actually get useful feedback on your own proposals and pricing pages What actually changed for me, and why it wasn't a better prompt Mentioned in this episode: Illuminate applications: https://illuminatecreative.live Your Next Steps: Work with Me: https://bit.ly/POD-Site2 Join Photo Booth Mastery Hub - https://photoboothmastery.catalinabloch.com/Thrive Connect on Social: https://www.instagram.com/photoboothmastery