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the Work You Do.

Plain-language help for small business owners, solopreneurs, freelancers, professionals, artisans and students to use AI in everyday work: safely, step by step, and with you in charge.

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Who is AI Per Hour for?

People who already have work they care about.

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Artisans and Tradespeople

Tailors, mechanics, printers and other skilled hands: customer messages, job sheets and estimates.

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Shop Owners

Retailers, traders and small business operators: organise information, prepare marketing content and handle routine tasks.

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Creative Professionals

Design, photography and content: research, ideas and client communication.

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Freelancers and Professionals

Proposals, documents, research and repetitive admin work.

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Students and Learners

Understand difficult topics, organise your learning and practise new skills.

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What can AI help you do?

Practical ways to save time, get better results and grow your work. You stay in charge of the result.

Prepare quotations and invoicesDraft them, then check every figure
Create marketing materialsDescriptions, captions and ideas
Organise business recordsStructure customer details
Improve design and creative workConcepts and briefs
Respond to customersDraft replies you approve
Research and planCompare options, verify the facts

How AI Per Hour works

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01 Your Work

Tell us what you do, for example printing, retail or design.

02 Your Task

Choose a task or challenge, such as a quotation, content or records.

03 AI Support

Get a practical method and step-by-step guide.

04 Your Result

Apply it, check the output and improve your work.

Featured Playbooks

Step-by-step guides for real work tasks.

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From a handwritten note to a clean job sheet and quote

Quotes and jobs

Draft and sort customer enquiries, approving every reply

Customer communication

Build a simple pricing calculator

Pricing

Your first hour with AI: organise your notes

Getting started

Build a 30-day AI learning plan around your work

Learning

Not sure which kind of AI tool you need?

An assistant, a wrapper app or an agent: we explain the difference in plain words, and when a normal non-AI method is the better choice.

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Learn with Practical Courses

Build your AI skills with structured, hands-on courses, plus free sample lessons you can read now.

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AI Foundations for Everyday Work

Get started with AI and use it confidently in your daily work.

6 LessonsBeginner
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AI for Small Business Owners

Apply AI to marketing, customers, quotations and business operations.

10 LessonsBeginner to Intermediate
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AI for Creative Professionals

Use AI to brainstorm, design, create content and deliver your work.

8 LessonsIntermediate
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FREE SAMPLE

Turning paper and photos into text you can use

See how a photo of a handwritten note becomes clean, editable text, and what to check afterwards.

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Pricing a job

Work out materials, time and profit in a simple sheet, using your own numbers.

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AI for Small Business Owners

From AI in plain words and staying safe, to a 30-day plan for your own work. See what is included.

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