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Cisco, Thursday, February 26th, 2026

Most of us understand how much AI can help small businesses, from organizing competitor information to analyzing data and standing out online. Now more than ever, small and medium-sized business leaders are using AI to brainstorm about business strategy, streamline workflows, and speed up processes.

While AI holds the promise of transforming the way we work, it doesn't always work for us. We don't always get the answers we need in the right format or length. Sometimes it feels like AI gives us everything but the kitchen sink. For busy SMBs, it's easy to get frustrated when a simple question turns into a brain dump of information that isn't especially useful. So how do we sharpen our AI toolset so it becomes more than a blunt instrument?

We're cracking the code to get up to speed as an SMB. The secret sauce is all in better AI prompting.

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