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Straight answers about AI automation for small businesses, and everything about how AI Business Rescue works. No jargon, no hype.
Getting Started
- What Happens After You ApplyA plain walkthrough of every step after you hit submit: confirmation, scoring, your Rescue HQ portal, your AI blueprint, and how the winner is chosen.
- Using Rescue HQ, Your Private PortalYour Rescue HQ link is your login. How to use the portal, why to keep the link private, and how to get it re-sent if you lose it.
- Your AI Blueprint, ExplainedWhat your personalized AI blueprint is, how it was built from your answers, how to read each section, and what it is not.
- Joining the Community: Rescue Live, The Rescue Room and Office HoursHow our weekly Rescue Live webinar, weekly X Space The Rescue Room, and monthly office hours work, and how to join each one.
- How to Get HelpWho to contact for application questions, portal access, privacy requests, press inquiries and more, and what to include so we can help quickly.
The Contest
- How Judging WorksHow applications are scored and reviewed under the Official Rules: four scoring dimensions, personal review by the founder, and final Sponsor discretion.
- Eligibility, ExplainedWho can enter AI Business Rescue under the Official Rules: US-based small businesses with 1 to 50 employees, 12+ months of history and real revenue.
- Prize DetailsWhat the Grand Prize includes under the Official Rules: up to $50,000 in AI agency services over a 60-day deployment, plus up to 12 months of support.
- Timeline and the Rolling DeadlineWhy there is no fixed closing date, what triggers applications to close, and what happens between closing, the winner announcement and the deployment.
- Being on the ShowWhat filming involves for the winner under the Official Rules: consent to be filmed by JRoc and crew during the 60-day deployment, a separate release, and who owns what.
- What If I Don't Win?You still keep everything you've built here. What happens to non-winning applicants, what you keep, and how to keep making progress with AI on your own.
Referrals
- How Referrals WorkRefer a struggling business with your unique link. If they win the Grand Prize, you receive $25,000 in AI services for your own business.
- Referral Program TermsThe referral bonus terms, drawn directly from the Official Rules: $25,000 in AI services if your referral wins, single-hop attribution, no cash value.
- Inviting Other Businesses the Right WayHow to share the contest without spamming anyone: invite people you know, get their OK, be upfront about the referral bonus, and respect a no.
AI 101
- What Is AI Automation?A plain-English explanation of AI automation for small business owners: what it is, how it differs from regular automation, and where it actually helps.
- AI Agents vs. Chatbots vs. AutomationThree terms that get mixed up constantly. What each one actually is, what it is good for, and how to tell which one you need.
- Where Small Businesses Start with AIHow to pick your first AI project: start where money is leaking, choose something small and measurable, and build from there.
- How to Measure AI ROIA simple, honest method for measuring whether an AI tool or automation is paying for itself: baseline, costs, time saved, money recovered.
- AI and Your Data PrivacyHow to use AI tools without putting customer or business data at risk, plus how AI Business Rescue handles the information in your application.
- Will AI Replace My Staff?An honest look at what AI changes for small business teams, which tasks it takes over, which it does not, and how to bring your people along.
- Choosing AI Tools Without Getting BurnedA practical checklist for evaluating AI tools and vendors: define the problem, test with your own data, read the contract, and keep an exit.
Automation Guides
- Automate Missed CallsStop losing customers to voicemail. How to set up missed-call text-back and an AI assistant that captures what callers need, step by step.
- Automate Lead Follow-UpReply to every lead fast and follow up until they book or say no. A practical guide to automated, personal lead follow-up for small businesses.
- Automate Invoicing and CollectionsGet paid faster without awkward phone calls. How to automate invoices, payment links, reminders and simple collections follow-up.
- Automate SchedulingEnd phone tag. How to set up online booking, automatic confirmations and reminders, and smarter rescheduling for appointments and jobs.
- Automate ReviewsAsk every happy customer for a review at the right moment, reply to reviews faster, and stay within platform and FTC rules.
- Automate Social ContentPost consistently without living on social media. How to use AI to plan, draft and schedule posts from the work you already do.
- Automate Data EntryStop typing the same information into three systems. How to use AI and integrations to capture forms, documents and emails automatically.
- Build Your First SOP for AIAI can only automate what you can describe. How to write a simple standard operating procedure that people and AI systems can both follow.
Policies
- Community GuidelinesThe rules for Rescue Live, The Rescue Room, office hours and every AI Business Rescue community channel: conduct, no selling, confidentiality and moderation.
- Communications and Consent PolicyWhat emails AI Business Rescue sends and why, how often, how to unsubscribe, transactional vs. marketing messages, and our no-SMS-without-opt-in rule.
- Event Recording and Publicity PolicyHow AI Business Rescue records and uses community sessions, how your name and business may appear, and how to participate without being recorded.
- Refund and Services DisclaimerAI Business Rescue is free to enter, with no purchase necessary. Any paid services are separate agreements. What our content is, and is not.