Don't think you need to incorporate an AI small business marketing strategy yet? You might want to reconsider.
Artificial intelligence is no longer the plotline of a story taking place hundreds of years in the future. Artificial intelligence, or AI, is here. It’s powerful, accessible, affordable, and changing the way we do business. If you are a business owner, you need to keep up, and we’ll show you how.
Let’s look at how you can leverage AI small business marketing tools and strategies to promote your business.
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What is AI for small business marketing?
AI has a variety of applications and uses. And while AI has a broad reach, as a business owner, there are specific tools and uses you need to know about.
A variety of AI applications for business and marketing have entered the marketplace and are making it possible for small business owners and freelancers to harness the power of AI without needing extensive AI knowledge, large marketing teams or a big budget.
These AI small business marketing tools include:
- Text generators that turn prompts into text and copy (tools include Jasper and Copy.ai).
- Chatbots that engage in conversations and provide answers to user questions and prompts (tools include ChatGPT and Bard).
- Graphic generators that turn prompts into custom images, videos, illustrations, and presentations (tools include DALLE 2 and Synthesia).
- Code generators that turn input into lines of code to be used on apps or websites (tools include OpenAI Codex).
- Predictive analytics tools that analyze data to make predictions, forecasts, and recommendations (tools include Pecan AI and IBM Watson Studio).
A variety of AI tools and software are now on the market for generative AI, automation AI, and analytical AI, and more are on the way. As an example, GoDaddy now offers AI tools for small businesses and will continue to add to the list of AI product features to make it easier to harness the power of artificial intelligence.
The value of AI marketing
Small business owners have a lot to do. Artificial intelligence can help you get things done. AI small business marketing tools make it easier to produce higher quality work in less time and with more inspiration and richer insights.
AI helps small business owners:
- Identify trends and opportunities
- Spend less time on business marketing efforts
- Improve the quality of their output
- Save money by reducing workload
- Improve customer service
- Streamline the customer experience
- Create more targeted marketing campaigns
- More easily scale and grow
Utilizing AI small business marketing tools and strategies can help business owners do more with less, but it doesn’t come without a few pitfalls. As you use AI for marketing, you must be aware of the shortcomings of artificial intelligence and create plans to resolve any potential issues that can arise from AI.
When using AI for small business marketing, keep an eye out for the following issues.
- Limitations: AI is not a replacement for a person. It offers shortcuts and starting points, but it still needs a human touch to refine its output.
- Repetition: AI may produce similar output for prompts from multiple users. The repetition of responses means output may not always be unique and original.
- Plagiarism: Because AI is trained on existing content, it may produce output very similar to other materials. You should confirm that AI content is not plagiarized or swiped from copyright content.
- Inaccuracies: While AI may sound authoritative, it is not always accurate with its output. AI can still produce errors and should always be fact-checked.
- Bias: AI is not thoroughly equipped to understand nuances in language, culture, and context. Keep an eye out for AI-produced content that could have tones of sexism, racism, and discrimination.
- Generalities: Every brand has a unique tone and voice, list of selling propositions and position in the market. AI may not be able to fully pick up on the qualities that make a brand look and sound different. You must infuse AI-generated content with your unique brand personality and positioning to stand out and remain true to your mission and vision.
Related: Getting started with GoDaddy’s AI prompt library
How to use AI for small business marketing
AI is still new, so business owners everywhere are just starting to learn how to leverage the power of artificial intelligence marketing tools. Don’t fret if you’re still new to learning about AI tools, we’re here to help.
The key to starting to use AI for small business marketing is:
- Identifying the marketing tasks that AI can support.
- Knowing how to prompt AI to deliver the most useful output and information for your marketing tasks.
To begin leveraging AI, consider this list of ways to use AI for small business marketing. Then, get prompts that can help you trigger AI to provide the most useful output by browsing GoDaddy’s AI prompt library which includes dozens of customizable input options for AI tools.
Put AI to work for your business today. Get started with the following ways to use AI solutions for small business marketing.
Conduct research and identify trends
Before you start a marketing strategy, you can use AI solutions to gather insights about your competitors, target audience and overall industry. Use AI for:
- Competitive research: Gain insights into your competition. Ask for a list of competitors and then gather insights about them. Conduct a SWOT analysis, research their unique selling propositions and find out where they advertise.
- Customer research: Use AI to generate buyer personas and then learn even more about customer behavior by prompting questions to get insights about their hesitations, pain points and questions.
- Key performance research: Set goals for your business by generating benchmarks for marketing key performance indicators (KPIs) based on your industry and business size.
- Content research: Find stats, supporting details and examples to enhance your content creation and improve customer engagement.
Related: AI prompts for starting a business
Build a website
Launch your website faster by using AI content generation to build the framework of your site and add initial copy and graphics. Tools like GoDaddy’s Website Builder come with AI built-in. Follow the prompts to fill in information about your business, and the builder will provide multiple options for website design and layouts.
Related: AI guide for web design - How to create a website with AI
Generate topic ideas, keywords and hashtags
Stop struggling to come up with content ideas. AI technology can help spark ideas for both short-form and long-form content. Here are some of the potential benefits of using AI marketing tools:
- Get a list of topics based on your industry, audience and goals.
- Generate an entire content calendar.
- Get a list of keyword recommendations.
- Create a list of hashtags to use in social posts.
Related: AI prompts for digital marketing
Write first drafts of copy
Never stare at a blank screen again. Use AI prompts for content creation to jump-start copywriting projects big and small. Start the content creation process by using a chatbot or text generator to create a first draft of your copy. For the best results, provide specific directions such as topic, word count, audience, tone and goals to create:
- Website copy
- Product descriptions
- Social media posts
- Blog posts
- Emails
- Video scripts
- Sales scripts
- Headlines
- Case studies
Related: GoDaddy’s AI prompts for social media
Improve copy
When you have a final draft of copy, put AI to use yet again. Leverage writing assistants and editor AI tools to improve your content.
- Produce multiple versions of your copy (such as subject line variations) and choose the best.
- Improve your copy’s syntax and grammar and identify errors.
- Ask AI to provide suggestions for improvements based on content goals, such as improving email open rates.
- Streamline and enhance content enhancements by asking for additional statistics and examples.
- Use a paraphrasing tool to create more concise, well-written copy.
Related: 11 tips for producing content your readers actually want to read
Update and repurpose copy
Use AI to get more out of the finalized content you already have. Submit existing content to AI tools to create new or updated versions of copy that can be used for different purposes, such as content marketing or email campaigns.
- Rewrite the content for different buyer personas and demographics.
- Create a new version of the copy with a different tone or style.
- Translate the copy into a different language
- Summarize the copy or expand it to fit different platforms.
Create one-of-a-kind graphics
Create custom imagery for your website, content projects and social media posts. Use graphic generators to produce logos, graphics and videos. The more directions you give, the more your graphics will match your vision. Include guidelines for style, mood, medium, and color palette in your prompts for best results.
Related: How to effectively prompt for AI art and generative AI image creation
Improve SEO
Build a stronger search engine optimization (SEO) strategy for your website using AI to attract search engines and provide more useful information for audiences.
- Develop a list of keywords to target on your website.
- Identify sites for linking building opportunities.
- Receive optimization opportunities for existing pages of content.
- Write meta titles and descriptions based on target keywords.
- Use a schema generator to produce structured data for web pages.
Related: AI prompts for SEO
Analyze data
AI is extremely good at analyzing information and identifying patterns and trends. When you have datasets about your industry, customers, and business, use AI to review the data, create forecasts, and make recommendations to improve the overall customer experience.
Related: AI prompts for business operations
Build a stronger ad marketing strategy
Put AI’s data analytic skills to work by assessing and improving your ad performance. Use AI to generate ads and then iterate on your strategies to attract more customers and improve conversion rates. For inspiration, see how GoDaddy can help you use AI tools to create new social media ads:
Related: AI prompts for sales
Support PR initiatives
Use AI small business marketing strategies to support public relations initiatives. Develop a plan to get more publicity while also creating content to support your efforts. Here are some of the ways that AI tools can boost your AI marketing efforts:
- Find places to distribute your content by inputting copy into AI and asking for recommendations of channels and platforms where your content would fit.
- Produce a list of websites, podcasts or channels where you could submit guest blog posts or appear as a guest.
- Write press releases when your business has news to share.
- Create an editorial calendar for email marketing planning.
Support customer service
Use AI to improve customer service. Develop tools, systems, and content that help customers connect with your business and better use your products and services.
- Add a chatbot on your website to field and respond to customer questions in real time.
- Generate a list of frequently asked questions to answer on your website and throughout your branded content.
- Create customer service templates for your team to use when managing customer interactions.
- Prompt AI to identify potential problems your customers may experience and the best protocols for follow up.
Related: AI prompts for customer service
Get started with AI for small business marketing
AI is no longer a vision of the future. It’s here. It’s not going anywhere, and it’s time for business owners to take notice.
If you want to keep up with competitors, save time and money and produce better quality marketing strategies and promotions, it’s time to start leveraging AI small business marketing.
Use the ideas and prompts in this guide and explore GoDaddy’s AI for small business tools to start putting AI to work for your business today.
