AI for small business

AI for your business.
No hype. Straight up.

Every day there's a new AI tool promising to change your life. We cut through the noise and show you what actually saves time in a real small business, in plain English.

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10 AI tools I'd set up first in any small business.

Skip the overwhelm. These are the tools I'd set up first if I walked into your business tomorrow. Each one comes with a 10-minute first win and a copy-and-paste prompt.

  • Which AI assistant to start with, and how to set it up properly
  • The tools that save small businesses the most hours
  • Ready-to-use prompts for emails, posts, quotes and research

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WHAT WE DO

Three ways to get AI working in your business.

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The daily AI debrief

What's new in AI from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta and more, explained in plain English in under a minute. Free, every day, on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

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02

Practical guides

Step-by-step guides on using AI in your type of business: which tools, what they cost, and exactly how to set them up. No jargon.

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03

Done-for-you AI setup

Rather skip the learning curve? We set up the right AI tools, train them on your business and build automations that save you hours every week.

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WHO'S BEHIND IT

20+ years in digital marketing. Now all-in on AI.

I'm Chris Bindley. I've run Straight Up Digital, a Gold Coast SEO and digital marketing agency, for over 20 years. These days I use AI every single day to write, research, build websites, report to clients and run my businesses from the road.

Straight Up AI is where I share what actually works, and what's just hype.

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STRAIGHT UP, THE RULES
  • Plain English. If your nan can't follow it, we rewrite it.
  • Tested, not hyped. We use the tools before we recommend them.
  • Small business first. Real jobs, real time saved, real costs.
  • Aussie context. Australian pricing, privacy rules and examples.

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