Weekly Ways I’ve Used AI in Studio: Week 1
Every week, I use AI tools to help me run a basically, one-human-run business. Where I am the human, bouncing between projects, parenting and paying the light bills.
This new series is where I’m sharing real ways I use AI to advance my business. Along with links, examples, and notes on how you can adopt these tools. The Studio, will be hosting in-house Creative AI-workshops beginning in August. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed about our upcoming offerings.
This Week in AI : May 5th, 2025
Outreach Planning with AI
This week, I used AI to identify and prioritize agencies aligned with my creative work (RFQ’s on SAM.GOV, Chase Bank in the Bay Area, SF Arts Commission).
Rather than blindly emailing random businesses, I set out to create personal, intentional outreach emails to ideal clients.
And instead of emailing the standard, “Hey, look I take nice photos want some?” email, first I asked AI to help me:
Research what each agency needs in regard to media and image-making.
Create a list of links to articles about current projects each agency is involved in
Evaluate my portfolio and business goals to determine the best working fit for respective projects.
Create a short list of well aligned opportunities best suited to my skill set, most aligned with my business vision and likely to help me meet my income goals.
Then I asked it to help me organize my next steps:
Matching my portfolio to each opportunity and rank them in order of best aligned projects and mutual visual interests.
Developing a checklist I can execute in short bursts of effort (because I am rarely stationary for more than an 90 minutes at a time).
→ Outcome: Three strong proposals sent. Less time fear-surfing the internet and more time moving toward creating sharp pictures for potential clients.
