SMRTR AINov 19, 2025Forbes

The Surprising Ways AI Can Help Small Businesses Start And Grow

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AI is becoming a powerful growth engine for small businesses by enabling solo founders to operate with the efficiency of full departments. Experts recommend starting with simple automation tasks like email drafting or customer feedback analysis, then expanding as ROI becomes clear. Tools like Google's NotebookLM are transforming industries - reducing book ghostwriting time from a year to three months, while visual AI tools let businesses create movie-studio-quality assets instantly. Generative Engine Optimization helps companies capture the 20-40% of web traffic that AI searches have redirected from traditional Google results.

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