AI Tools for Small Business This Holiday Season
New AI tools and funding help small businesses compete with big companies. Learn what's available and how to use them this holiday season.
Several new AI tools are being highlighted for small businesses this holiday season, aiming to level the playing field with larger competitors. These tools include AI-powered customer service, marketing automation, and inventory management solutions.
Hatz AI has raised $24 million to help small businesses adopt AI through managed service providers (MSPs). This funding will allow MSPs to offer AI-native solutions to their small business clients, making advanced technology more accessible.
The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council reports that small businesses are winning with AI, and policymakers are encouraged to support this trend. The new AI-powered platform mentioned aims to give small businesses big-company capabilities without the big-company budget.
What you can do with this
Small online business owners should explore AI tools for customer service and marketing automation to handle holiday demand. Consider partnering with an MSP that offers AI solutions, or test free trials of AI platforms to see which improve efficiency without large upfront costs.
Questions readers ask
What AI tools are best for small businesses during the holidays?
Tools for customer service chatbots, email marketing automation, and inventory management are especially useful for handling increased demand.
How can small businesses afford AI tools?
Many AI tools offer free tiers or pay-as-you-go pricing. Also, MSPs like those supported by Hatz AI can provide affordable AI solutions.
Sources
- The AI tools small businesses should be watching this holiday season The Riverdale Press
- The AI tools small businesses should be watching this holiday season Caledonian Record
- Hatz AI raises $24M to help small businesses go AI-native through their MSPs SiliconANGLE
- This Holiday Season, Put Rockaway on Your Shopping List The Rockaway Times
- SBE Council in Inc.: New AI-Powered Platform Aims to Give Small Businesses Big-Company Capabilities Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
- Kerrigan and Kelly in Washington Reporter: Small Businesses Are Winning With AI. Policymakers Should Keep Up Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
