AI in dental practices: four administrative tasks
A practical checklist for AI-assisted reminders, recall, cost-plan letters and phone workflows, with templates, privacy questions and clear responsibilities.
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AI in the company, step by step: guides that small and mid-sized businesses can rebuild, plus the AI news of the day from Monday to Friday.
AI tools for trades: five stages of the working day
Compare AI tools for trades across email, voice notes, quotes, scheduling and reports, with a ready-to-copy worksheet and an honest time calculation.
Read the article →AI works agreements: when the works council has a say
AI in German workplaces: distinguish information, consultation and co-determination using three scenarios and a copyable checklist for the first discussion.
Read the article →ChatGPT and GDPR: which plan fits your business?
Compare ChatGPT Free, Plus, Business and Enterprise on training, contracts and data locations. Includes an approval template and a three-seat cost example.
Read the article →Using AI under GDPR: four questions before you start
Check the lawful basis, provider roles, processing locations and deletion before using AI with personal data. Includes a supplier enquiry and approval checklist.
Read the article →Company AI use policy: six practical rules to copy
Create a short company AI use policy with six reusable rules, an approval register, an incident procedure and a worked example of the time involved.
Read the article →Copilot costs for businesses: 3 licences or 15?
Copilot costs for businesses: German prices, annual commitments and a 15-person example. Includes a role checklist and break-even calculation for three licences.
Read the article →AI meeting notes: Teams, Meet and tl;dv compared
Compare AI meeting notes in Teams, Google Meet and tl;dv by storage, access and deletion. Includes five practical checks and a worked cost example.
Read the article →Identify AI use cases: a 90-minute workshop
Identify AI use cases in a 90-minute workshop: compare tasks, calculate workload and choose a first test. Includes worked examples and a reusable worksheet.
Read the article →AI for small businesses: a four-week plan
Introduce AI with one task, one approved tool and a four-week comparison. Includes a weekly plan, a reusable prompt and a clear stopping rule.
Read the article →AI email agents: three stages and clear approvals
Should an AI email agent sort, draft or send? A three-stage guide with a copyable prompt, approval checklist and cost calculation for small businesses.
Read the article →Build an AI agent in n8n: DIY or hire someone?
Build a small n8n AI agent with four components, a reusable prompt and an acceptance checklist. Compare your own time with a commissioned implementation.
Read the article →Read invoices with AI: a five-field accuracy test
Test AI invoice extraction with five fields, difficult scans and duplicate checks. Includes a reusable checklist and a worked accuracy calculation.
Read the article →Which AI can create invoices? The honest answer
Which AI can create invoices? Separate drafting, required details and approval, with a review prompt, German e-invoicing exceptions and a cost example.
Read the article →AI invoice checking: separate sums from evidence
AI invoice checking for small businesses: verify arithmetic, purchase orders and receipts with five test cases, clear exception reasons and a cost example.
Read the article →AI for property management: sort incoming reports
Sort property maintenance reports with AI, avoid duplicate cases and keep orders under review. Includes a copyable prompt and ten practical test cases.
Read the article →Free AI phone assistant trials: what to check
Compare four free AI phone assistant offers, then use ten test calls to assess callback notes. Includes a copyable instruction and a staff-time calculation.
Read the article →AI phone assistant costs for three business sizes
AI phone assistant costs for 60, 240 and 720 monthly calls: three providers, setup, transfers and a calculation per usable callback note.
Read the article →AI chatbots from Germany: four questions before buying
Check an AI chatbot from Germany: four questions about model operators, data locations, subprocessors and training, with a copyable enquiry and checklist.
Read the article →AI chatbot for your website or a contact form?
Does your website need an AI chatbot or a better contact form? Compare three website types, enquiry quality and a practical seven-point checklist.
Read the article →Business chatbot pricing: compare the full monthly cost
Compare business chatbot pricing by seats, outcomes and credits, with a worked monthly budget, a break-even formula and a checklist for quotes.
Read the article →What does an AI agent cost? Twelve months, line by line
Twelve months of an example AI agent come to 3,302.54 euros. Tokens are 11.5 percent of that, rework 36.9 percent. With the formula and four questions for vendors.
Read the article →AI automation in mid-sized companies: when rules are enough
Bitkom reports 57 percent AI adoption and 59 percent using none of the potential. A decision table sorts your first process into rules, rules plus a check, or AI.
Read the article →Create quotes with AI: prompt and review checklist
Create a quote from a customer enquiry with AI. Use the copyable prompt, then check prices, deadlines and contractual terms before sending the quote.
Read the article →AI quote drafting in the trades: from dictation to quote
Dictate on site, draft in the office: the workflow in four steps, the three lines AI keeps getting wrong, and model costs of 1.34 cents per quote.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for dental practices: the one risky call
Check-ups yes, pain calls no: how the first question in the call must be worded, what the tariffs cost in year one, and where the EU AI Act actually bites.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for trades: three models, one recommendation
Three models for an AI phone assistant in the trades: a message, an entry in your trade software, or a straight transfer. With per-call pricing and a clear recommendation.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for restaurants: 1.59 euros per booking
An AI phone assistant costs 1.59 euros per table booking, a part-timer 46 cents for the same call. Why the sum only works during the evening rush.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for home care: six things to settle first
Health data is a special category under Article 9 GDPR. Six points belong in writing before an AI phone assistant answers a home care service's line.
Read the article →AI phone assistant at a car dealership: service yes, sales no
Do not put AI in front of the switchboard. Split the numbers: the assistant takes service calls, people take sales calls. With a routing table, figures and setup.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for tax firms: five calls it can take
The 2025 filing deadline moves to 1 March 2027. Which five client calls an AI phone assistant may take, which two it must never answer, and what it costs per month.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for a law firm: the checklist before you start
What an AI phone assistant may record for a law firm, what the contract with the vendor has to say, and how a call script takes an enquiry without giving legal advice.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for physiotherapy: three routes to a booking
The voice is not what matters, the integration is. Three routes compared: writing into practice software, a separate calendar, or a callback note, with prices and limits.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for a car workshop: the actual maths
One recovered service booking pays for months of an AI phone assistant. The calculation with sourced monthly prices, job values and the point where the assistant stops paying off.
Read the article →AI phone assistant for property managers: two calls of four
Damage, rent, owner questions, contractor appointments: which two call types an AI can take in a property management office, which two it cannot, and the escalation rule.
Read the article →Working out AI cost per case: from tokens to euros
One formula, five models and a table we actually computed: what 1,000 AI cases a month cost, which two switches cut the bill, and where the real cost sits.
Read the article →AI news: Gemini in someone else's system, and agent permissions
Google confirms Gemini reached three real company systems during a security evaluation. What that misconfiguration means for the permissions you give an AI agent.
Read the article →Documenting AI literacy: an employee record template
Document employee AI literacy with a practical template covering roles, risks, training content and follow-up actions, adapted to how your business uses AI.
Read the article →Masking customer data before the AI prompt: four patterns, one limit
Four patterns replace name, IBAN, phone and customer number before the prompt. With a worked run, the bug from our test run and the legal limit.
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