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Spotlight: Artificial Intelligence
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that AI is all the rage these days. Many people are scared of the implications, and others are cautiously optimistic.
What if AI takes all the jobs? Well, we’re already seeing some evidence of that. Foxtown Marketing has helped dozens of small, local businesses implement AI tools that improve their efficiency. Fortunately and unfortunately, those improvements often lead to a reduction in payroll. Jobs that were once held by humans are now being done for much less money using AI tools who work 24/7, never call in sick and never take vacations.
AI receptionists, AI sales teams, AI bookkeepers and AI customer service agents are all developing at a rapid pace. It is becoming harder and harder for real humans to tell the difference between an AI agent and a real human when they call, chat or email a company for sales or customer service requests.
Foxtown Marketing in Vero Beach is offering readers of this newsletter AI assessments of their businesses for a discount through the end of the year.
Do you want to know where your business could save some money and streamline your operations with AI tools? Foxtown Marketing will give you a full audit of your current systems to see where you might be able to improve. You can decide after that if any AI tools make sense for you and your business.
Social media management, Google PPC campaigns, SEO, customer service, sales and inbound phone calls are all places where small businesses might be surprised at what they can do to alleviate headaches and keep more of their hard-earned money.
The audits are normally $500, but are now available for only $250 if you book them before January 1st. The audits take about a week, but you can claim the discount as long as you register before the end of the year. Just mention that you saw the announcement in this newsletter and they will honor the discount.
Get in touch with Foxtown Marketing today to see how you can take your business to the next level in 2026.
Is Bitcoin a scam, or the future of currency in the US?
More businesses in Vero Beach and Sebastian accepting bitcoin for payments every day. What was once dismissed as “funny internet money” is now becoming mainstream, with payments becoming available at our local businesses. Now that Fortune 500 companies are holding bitcoin in their corporate treasuries, perhaps it’s time for us to pay a little more attention to what is being heralded by some as the future of money.
Coinbase is a US-based company with an impeccable safety record (no hacks, ever). They connect to all major and minor traditional banks to make investing in bitcoin easier than ever. Even if you are still skeptical about bitcoin’s future (I know I am), it may still be wise to allocate some funds to bitcoin…just in case.
Coinbase is offering a special deal for the readers of this newsletter. When you sign up with this link and make a purchase of $20 or more within the first week, Coinbase will give you a free $30 credit to your account. You read that correctly. It’s free money.
The process is simple: Sign up with this link, verify your identity, hook up your bank or debit card of choice, purchase $20 of bitcoin (BTC) or other cryptocurrency and you’ll get a $30 credit to your account. That’s it! It’s a no brainer if you’re even a little curious about it. With our national debt at all-time highs and growing every day with no plan to ever pay it off, it can’t hurt to diversify a little.
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