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AI year three.

Year 1 we learned what AI is. Year 2 we learned how to use it. This year — we put it to work. Here's your cheat sheet for everything we covered. Save it. Share it. Come back to it.

✨ Hot Tips 📝 Copy-paste Prompts 🧠 Prompting Frameworks ✅ Action Plan
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Hot Tips

the vibes you came for.

Nine little reminders to tape inside your skull. Pulled from the talk. Use liberally.

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01

AI is a gym membership

You only get strong if you show up. Build AI intuition by using it — small tasks, daily.

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02

Permission slip, not detention slip

Write an AI policy your team can actually say yes to. Encourage smart experimentation, not fear.

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03

It hallucinates — so verify

Only ask about things you can fact-check. Ask it to cite sources. Human oversight = the power combo.

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04

Don't just chat — build a system

Every good output becomes a template. Save it. Reuse it. Get faster every time.

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05

Meta-prompt first

Ask AI to write the prompt for you. Better than the one you would've typed.

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06

Get local, get specific

City, season, audience, main road. Context = the difference between generic and postable.

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07

Reputation is a revenue stream

Every unanswered negative review is a lead that went somewhere else. Draft in Claude first.

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08

Agents are the buzzword

Last year AI answered questions. This year it completes multi-step work on its own.

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09

Stay relevant — keep learning

Don't be the person still on dial-up. The tools are shifting class-to-class. Keep digging in.

The Math

remember this from year 1?

One hour saved per employee per day adds up fast. With Cowork in the picture, that math gets even friendlier.

1 hourSaved per employee per day
$8,750Per employee, per year
$20/moPro plan · Mac + Windows
30 secTo draft local, on-brand content
Save These To Your Phone

the copy-paste prompts.

Tap the gold button on any prompt to copy it. Swap the [brackets] with your details and go.

Local social · 30 seconds

local seasonal post

Specific, human, postable — no edits required.

I own a Home Helpers Home Care franchise in [insert city] ([insert neighborhoods]). Write a Facebook post about how summer heat impacts seniors in [insert city] — include specific local habits (driving on [main road], visiting [popular area]). Under 120 words, warm, human, and not generic.
Sounds humanSpecificPostable
Negative Review

the negative review response

Acknowledge · Empathize · Redirect. Never admit fault.

I own a Home Helpers Home Care franchise in [insert city]. Here is a negative Google review: [paste review]. Write a response that acknowledges the concern, shows empathy, and invites them to connect offline — without admitting fault. Make it sound human, local, and not corporate. Under 100 words.
AcknowledgeEmpathizeRedirect
Recruiting · Caregiver

reusable job-posting prompt

Ask AI to write the prompt you'll use every time.

I need to write a job posting for a caregiver at my Home Helpers franchise in [city]. Write me a detailed, reusable prompt I can fill out every time I post a new role — include fields for location, shift type, pay range, required skills, and what makes our agency special. The goal: a warm, specific, on-brand job post that attracts the right caregivers.
Meta-promptReusableOn-brand
Team Ops · Tough message

the difficult caregiver conversation

Captures your tone and the key details before you write.

I need to send a sensitive message to a caregiver about [attendance / performance / conduct]. Write me a prompt that captures my tone (warm, direct, respectful) and asks me the right questions — specific incident details, prior conversations, desired outcome, next steps — so I get a thoughtful, clear draft every time.
Tone-awareReusableRespectful
Client Onboarding

new client onboarding sequence

Turn one good email into Day 1 / Day 3 / Day 7.

I just drafted a welcome email for a new Home Helpers client family ([paste email]). Turn this into a 3-email onboarding sequence: Day 1 (welcome + what to expect), Day 3 (introducing their caregiver + first-week tips), Day 7 (check-in + how to reach us anytime). Keep my tone. Short, warm, and reassuring.
WarmSequenceTemplate
Marketing · Content

30-day content calendar

Turn what worked into a repeatable month.

Here are 3 social posts that performed well for my Home Helpers franchise in [city]: [paste posts]. Using the same voice and themes, build me a 30-day content calendar. Mix caregiver appreciation, senior-care tips, local community moments, and family-education posts. Include a hook + CTA for each day.
CalendarVoice matchRepeatable
Prompting 101 → 301

how to talk to the robot.

The ACDQ rule — remember this?

A

act

Tell it who to be. "You are a world-class email-marketing specialist…"

C

context

The more context you give — audience, goals, constraints — the better the output.

D

deep think

Literally say "think deeply about this." The quality jumps noticeably.

Q

question

Ask it to ask you questions before answering. You'll get far better results.

Meta-prompting

ask AI to help you ask AI better.

Instead of staring at a blank chat wondering what to type, describe what you need in plain English and say "write me a prompt for this." It gives you a better prompt than you would've written yourself — then you use THAT.

Try this → "I need to write a job posting for a caregiver. Write me a detailed prompt I can reuse every time."
Try this → "I want to respond to a negative Google review. Give me a prompt that asks the right questions so I get a good response every time."
Try this → "I need to send a tricky email to a caregiver about attendance. Write me a prompt that captures my tone and the key details."
Know Your Tools

four LLMs, four vibes.

Different tools for different jobs. The operators we lean on — and what each actually does best.

Anthropic

claude

Best for: Long documents, strategy, deep analysis, nuanced writing.

Superpower: Reads 200K tokens (that's a whole book).

"your smartest colleague who actually reads the whole brief"
OpenAI

chatGPT

Best for: Images, voice, quick research, coding, video.

Superpower: Creates images, browses the web, talks back to you.

"your Swiss Army knife"
Google

gemini

Best for: Email summaries, Drive search, YouTube breakdowns, trip planning.

Superpower: Lives inside Google — already knows your calendar, inbox, docs.

"your personal assistant who has access to everything"
Microsoft

copilot

Best for: Outlook drafts, PowerPoint, Excel formulas, meeting notes.

Superpower: Works inside the Microsoft apps you already use every day.

"the new hire who already knows where everything is"

claude at a glance — the models

haikuFast. Light. Everyday tasks.
sonnetBalanced. Your daily driver.
opusMost powerful. Heavy reasoning.

the three claude products — pick the right one

claude chatLike texting a brilliant coworker. Brainstorm, write, summarize, plan.
coworkLike hiring a smart assistant who uses your computer. Multi-step tasks on real files.
claude codeLike a senior engineer pair-programming with you. For your developers.

translation for franchisees

ChatGPT = your operator. Best for speed, versatility, execution.

Claude = your analyst. Best for deep thinking, long documents, structured reasoning.

New this year

meet Cowork — Claude on your desktop.

Every AI tool has worked the same way: type, copy, paste, repeat. Cowork breaks that loop. Tell it what you need. Step away. Come back to finished work on your real files.

Drop in your policies →Cowork
Formatted Word doc out — TOC, headers, page numbers.
Talking points in →Cowork
PowerPoint with slides, charts, and speaker notes out.
20 caregiver applications in →Cowork
Ranked summary spreadsheet out.
Every Monday morning →Cowork
Scheduled task runs itself. Weekly summary in your inbox.
Don't just chat — build a system

turn one-offs into templates.

Every time you get a good output, ask for the reusable version. That's how you compound. Here are real Home Helpers franchisee moves.

You used AI to write a caregiver job posting…Next step
Ask it to build a Job Posting Template with fill-in-the-blank fields for location, requirements, and benefits.
You responded to a negative Google review…Next step
Ask it to build a Review Response Playbook — templates for 1-star, 3-star, and 5-star reviews.
You drafted a client welcome email…Next step
Turn it into a New Client Onboarding Sequence (Day 1, Day 3, Day 7).
You wrote a tricky message to a caregiver about a performance issue…Next step
Build a Difficult Conversations Template with tone guidelines and fill-in sections.
You planned one social media post…Next step
Create a 30-Day Content Calendar Template based on what worked.
Reputation = Revenue

the 5-star workflow.

Families choose care the way they choose dinner: they read first. Every unanswered negative review is a lead that went somewhere else. This is a workflow, not a trick.

1 · Save
Save the negative-review prompt to your phone Notes. Right now. Before the next review.
2 · Draft
Next review in — draft the response in Claude before you type a single word yourself.
3 · Automate
Cowork task runs every Monday. Paste in reviews → get a drafted response doc. You approve. You post.
Your Action Plan

three things. this week.

Not someday. Not when things calm down. This week. Tap each box as you go.

Quick hits

things you might be wondering.

what's the difference between an LLM and an agent?

An LLM (large language model) answers your questions — Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot. An agent takes it further: it plans, acts, and completes multi-step tasks on its own. Last year AI answered. This year AI does.

what should my AI policy actually say?

Permission slip, not detention slip. Cover: what data stays in-house, what's okay to put into AI tools, how to verify outputs, and who to ask when in doubt. Encourage experimentation within guardrails.

is AI video really usable right now?

Yes. Google's Veo generates video from a text prompt — huge implications for recruiting and marketing content. Start playing with short clips.

what's chatGPT's new glow-up I should be using?

Memory (it remembers your tone and processes across threads — game changer), Custom GPTs (one per role: onboarding, ops, marketing), image uploads, voice + vision, live Python & Excel for real-time analysis.

lindy — what is it?

An AI-driven outbound + revive engine that finds, enriches, and emails franchise candidates with human-level context. Great for re-activating stalled CRM leads and booking qualified calls. (Also: Lindy's been answering Ingrid's email.)

fun thing to try tonight?

HubX AI Video — in the App Store / Play Store. Turn photos into video. Pure fun, surprisingly useful for social content.

Updated Motto

AI won't replace you.
someone using AI well will.

The question isn't whether you use it. It's how strategically.

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