AI Academy
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Short, practical lessons for busy small business owners. Each one tackles a single business task, so you can learn something useful and put it to work the same day — no overwhelm.
Short lessons
Practical business applications
Beginner friendly
Free to access
Free Grow with Google lessons on YouTube, organized by business function
A Practical Guide to Using AI for Work
Make AI work for you. See how tools like Gemini and NotebookLM can help with common, everyday business tasks.
What would you like AI to help you do?
Choose a track based on what your business needs. Every lesson focuses on one practical task.
Marketing & Content
Create content, get creative feedback and make videos.
Sales & Clients
Research prospects, pitch, write proposals and follow up.
Finance & Operations
Understand your numbers and business performance.
Team & Customers
Train your team and support your customers.
AI Visibility & Search
How AI is changing the way customers find you.
Brand new to AI?
Choose one lesson. Learn one skill. Try it this week.
Market your business more efficiently
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Train your team. Support your customers.
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Grow with Google · YouTube
Research. Pitch. Follow up.
Grow with Google · YouTube
Grow with Google · YouTube
Grow with Google · YouTube
Grow with Google · YouTube
Understand your numbers
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Grow with Google · YouTube
Grow with Google · YouTube
Always review AI-generated information for accuracy. AI tools are not a substitute for professional accounting, tax, legal or financial advice.
Frequently Asked Questions About AI for Small Business
What can I use AI for in my small business?
Small businesses can use AI to streamline marketing, content creation, market research, sales, customer service, employee training, and data analysis. AI tools for small business can help reduce repetitive work, generate new ideas, organize information, and complete everyday business tasks faster, giving owners and teams more time to focus on customers and growth.
How can AI help me market my small business?
AI can support small business marketing by helping create social media content, email campaigns, website copy, customer research, advertising ideas, and marketing plans.
For example, you can use AI to:
- Turn a customer review into social media content
- Draft an email marketing campaign
- Generate ideas for a monthly content calendar
- Rewrite marketing copy for different audiences
- Brainstorm promotions, offers, and campaign ideas
AI works best when you provide clear information about your business, customers, products, services, and brand voice.
Can AI help me create social media content?
Yes. AI assistants such as Google Gemini and ChatGPT can help small businesses brainstorm content ideas, write social media posts, build content calendars, create captions, and adapt existing content for platforms such as LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.
For better results, give the AI clear context about your business, target customer, offer, tone of voice, and goal for the post. Always review AI-generated content before publishing so it sounds like your business.
How can I use AI to find more customers or clients?
AI can help with lead generation, prospect research, sales preparation, and client outreach. Small businesses can use AI to research companies and industries, summarize market information, identify potential customer needs, and prepare for sales conversations.
AI can also turn research and meeting notes into sales pitches, proposals, presentations, and follow-up emails, helping businesses spend less time on sales administration and more time building relationships.
Can AI help me write business proposals and follow-up emails?
Yes. AI can organize client notes, research, meeting summaries, and business information into a first draft of a business proposal or follow-up email.
AI tools can also summarize discovery calls, identify action items, organize key points, and suggest next steps. Always review AI-generated client communications before sending them to make sure the facts, pricing, commitments, and recommendations are accurate.
Can AI help me understand my business numbers?
AI can help small business owners organize data, identify patterns, compare scenarios, and better understand business performance. For example, AI features in spreadsheets can help explore revenue, expenses, profitability, cash flow, and different business scenarios.
AI-generated financial analysis should be treated as a support tool rather than professional financial advice. Always verify important figures and decisions with your original data and, where appropriate, a qualified accounting, tax, or financial professional.
Can I use AI to train my employees?
Yes. AI can help small businesses create employee onboarding materials, training guides, procedures, checklists, FAQs, and internal knowledge resources.
Tools such as Google NotebookLM can work with source materials you provide, including company documents, policies, manuals, and training information, to help organize and explain that information.
Businesses should review AI-generated training materials before use and avoid uploading confidential or sensitive information unless they understand the tool’s privacy and data-handling settings.
Which AI tools are useful for small businesses?
The best AI tool depends on the task you want to accomplish.
- Google Gemini — useful for writing, research, brainstorming, analysis, and everyday business productivity.
- NotebookLM — useful for working with your own documents, research, notes, and source materials.
- ChatGPT — useful for writing, planning, brainstorming, research, analysis, and working through business ideas.
- Google Vids — useful for creating simple business presentations and video content.
- AI features in Google Workspace — useful for working with documents, spreadsheets, email, and other everyday business tasks.
Small businesses don’t need to learn every AI tool. Start with the business problem you want to solve, then choose the tool that best fits the task.
Ready to try it? Choose a lesson above based on what you want AI to help you accomplish.
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