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The Cornerbeacon Playbook

A plain-English, owner-friendly guide to bringing your business into the AI era — what to automate first, what it really costs, and a 30-day plan to get your first win live.

  • The 5 AI moves with the fastest payback for local business
  • How to pick your first project (and avoid expensive mistakes)
  • Real costs, real timelines — no hype
  • A copy-paste 30-day rollout plan
What's inside

Everything you need to go from curious to live

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Why AI, why now

The honest case for adopting AI as a local business — and the real cost of waiting another year.

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The 5 fastest-payback moves

The handful of AI projects that almost always earn their keep first, ranked by speed-to-ROI.

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Pick your first project

A simple scoring worksheet to choose the right starting point for your specific business.

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What it actually costs

Straight talk on pricing, monthly fees, and how to budget so AI is an investment, not a gamble.

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The 30-day rollout

A week-by-week plan to get your first AI tool live and your team using it.

6️⃣

Getting found by AI

How to make sure ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI recommend you when locals ask.

Prefer to skip ahead?

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