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.
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 initiatives in the Bay Area, SF Arts Commission).
Rather than blindly emailing random businesses, I set out to create personal, intentional outreach 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 to serve as project understanding for outreach.
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:
Match my portfolio to each opportunity and rank them in order of best aligned and most valuable, mutual visual interests.
Develop a checklist I can execute in short burst (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.
