{"id":9397,"date":"2024-09-18T17:17:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2024-09-18T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:17:04","slug":"5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai","title":{"rendered":"5 ways small businesses can use AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">If you have a small business, you\u2019ve likely poured your heart and soul into ensuring its success. You\u2019re also undoubtedly busy with bookkeeping, scheduling, managing your employees, or keeping track of inventory. That\u2019s where AI tools come in. They have the ability to transform your work life, especially when it comes to taking care of the more repetitive or tedious tasks. Learn how you can improve your small business with AI tools that can be easily implemented and tailored to your needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-AI-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-AI-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-AI-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-AI-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Man and woman in studio looking at laptop\"\/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a small business can be difficult enough, but AI can streamline your day-to-day. Learn how to improve your small business with AI tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-9397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-ai","tag-everyday-ai"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 ways small businesses can use AI \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover AI applications for your small business. Learn how to use AI to manage inventory, schedule employees, and take care of otherwise repetitive tasks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"5 ways small businesses can use AI \u2013 Microsoft 365\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Discover AI applications for your small business. Learn how to use AI to manage inventory, schedule employees, and take care of otherwise repetitive tasks.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-AI-800x550-1.jpg\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 ways small businesses can use AI \u2013 Microsoft 365","description":"Discover AI applications for your small business. Learn how to use AI to manage inventory, schedule employees, and take care of otherwise repetitive tasks.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"5 ways small businesses can use AI \u2013 Microsoft 365","twitter_description":"Discover AI applications for your small business. Learn how to use AI to manage inventory, schedule employees, and take care of otherwise repetitive tasks.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-AI-800x550-1.jpg","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai","name":"5 ways small businesses can use AI \u2013 Microsoft 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-09-18T17:17:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-18T17:17:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#\/schema\/person\/2c23c19871398789718358887bd04035"},"description":"Discover AI applications for your small business. Learn how to use AI to manage inventory, schedule employees, and take care of otherwise repetitive tasks.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/5-ways-small-businesses-can-use-ai#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Microsoft 365 Life Hacks","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Everyday AI","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"5 ways small businesses can use AI"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/","name":"Everyday Life Hacks","description":"Just another Everday Hacks Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#\/schema\/person\/2c23c19871398789718358887bd04035","name":"M365 Lifehacks","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca764838ccae7fc3be4511748247881?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8ca764838ccae7fc3be4511748247881?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"M365 Lifehacks"},"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/author\/m365adm"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}