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22 MAY

Your AI Dream Team: The $91/Month Tech Stack That Saves Me Hours Every Week

Erika gets vulnerable about her most embarrassing business confession: spending over $500/month on AI tools she barely used. In this episode, she breaks down exactly how she streamlined to a lean $91/month tech stack that delivers better results than all those scattered subscriptions ever did. If you're tired of subscription creep eating your profits while you're still manually grinding through tasks AI could handle, this episode will help you build an integrated AI arsenal that actually works for your business. Key Themes Covered: • The real cost of subscription chaos (it's not just financial—it's mental load) • Erika's exact $91/month AI tech stack breakdown • How integrated tools amplify each other's effectiveness • Step-by-step process for auditing your current subscriptions • The psychology behind "it's just $29/month" thinking • Why mastery beats variety when it comes to AI tools • Free tools that complete a powerful workflow • Brand foundation as the key to AI tool effectiveness The Bottom Line: You don't need a hundred different tools to rule your business like a queen—you just need the right ones working together seamlessly. The entrepreneurs who scale aren't the ones with the most tools; they're the ones who've mastered the tools that integrate beautifully and amplify each other's power. Ready to stop bleeding money on tools you don't use and start building systems that serve your success? This episode gives you the exact roadmap to get there. Resources: AI Tech Stack Resource Library: AI Queens Society Brand to Bot Blueprint Session: Learn More Sabrina Ramonov: https://www.tiktok.com/@sabrina_ramonov Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @erikatheaiqueen⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley

22 May

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37 min
17 APR

Build Your First AI Assistant: Custom GPTs & Claude Projects for Queens Who Want to Rule

Building a custom AI assistant isn’t just for tech bros and data nerds. It’s for business queens who are done wasting time on repetitive tasks and ready to let AI carry some of the load—on their terms, in their voice, with zero compromise on brand. In this episode, I break down exactly how to create your first custom GPT (or Claude project) and use it like a trained team member who never takes a vacation. Inside this episode: Why generic AI is holding you back and what custom assistants do differently The one task you should start with to get instant ROI Step-by-step instructions for building a custom GPT or Claude project that works like your digital right hand Pro tips for training it on your brand voice, avoiding common mistakes, and getting results that actually sound like you How to tag in different assistants mid-convo to streamline your workflow without the tech headache This isn’t about automation for the sake of it. It’s about amplifying what you do best. Let your AI assistant do the grunt work so you can stay in your zone of genius and scale smarter. Template: You are an assistant for [YOUR BUSINESS NAME], a [WHAT YOU DO] who helps [YOUR IDEAL CLIENT] achieve [MAIN BENEFIT]. My brand voice is [3 ADJECTIVES] but never [WHAT TO AVOID]. Your primary purpose is to help me [SPECIFIC TASK]. Always [MUST-HAVE ELEMENTS] and never [ELEMENTS TO AVOID]. When creating content, use a tone that's [TONE DESCRIPTION] and include [SIGNATURE ELEMENTS]. If you're ever unsure about something, ask clarifying questions rather than making assumptions. Just fill in those brackets with your specific information, and you've got a solid foundation for your first custom GPT! Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: MileEndDigital.com Erika’s Ai Empire: https://aiqueens.substack.com/ Join the Ai Queens Society: AiQueensSociety.com Instagram: @erikatheaiqueen⁠ and @aiqueenssociety LinkedIn: /ejejstanley

17 Apr

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25 min
8 MAY

How Can AI Make This Easier? Real-Life Uses Beyond the Office

AI isn't just for work anymore. In this episode, Erika explores how asking one simple question—"How can AI make this easier?"—can transform your approach to everyday challenges. From fixing appliances to planning travel, organizing meals, and curating reading lists, discover how the AI problem-solving mindset can save you time, money, and frustration in your personal life. Episode Highlights: The Harvard Business Review research showing that the top AI use case in 2025 is therapy and companionship, with "Organizing My Life" and "Finding Purpose" newly entering the top 10 How Erika fixed her dryer with an $8 solution instead of a $300 repair bill using nothing but photos and ChatGPT (and her cautionary tale about completely disassembling her sewing machine) Using AI for travel planning—creating a capsule wardrobe for a UK trip that fit in a single carry-on while having the perfect outfit for every occasion Planning a Thanksgiving dinner for four people on a $50 budget by giving AI specific constraints about budget, pantry inventory, and kitchen limitations Transforming an overwhelming bookshelf into a personalized reading priority list using AI visual recognition and data aggregation The 5-step AI problem-solving framework that works for any challenge: identify the specific problem, gather relevant information, ask "How can AI make this easier?", iterate if necessary, and know when to call in human expertise Try These Prompts From The Episode: Home Repairs Prompt Take photos of the damaged/broken area from multiple angles. Then tell ChatGPT: "I have an issue with my [appliance]. [Describe the specific problem in detail]. Here are photos of the problem area. What are my options for fixing this myself? I'd prefer a simple solution that doesn't require specialized tools or expertise if possible." Travel Planning Prompt "I'm planning a trip to [destination] from [dates]. I need to pack everything in a carry-on suitcase. Here are the details: Weather forecast: [temperatures and conditions] Special events: [list any special occasions requiring specific outfits] Staple items I own: [list your wardrobe basics] Access to laundry: [yes/no, when] Create a packing list that maximizes outfit combinations with minimal pieces, accounts for layering options, and ensures I have appropriate outfits for all activities." Budget Meal Planning Prompt "I need to prepare [meal/event] for [number] people with a budget of [$X]. Here are my constraints: Shopping at: [store name] Items I already have: [list pantry staples] Dietary preferences: [list any restrictions] Kitchen equipment limitations: [list any constraints] Create a complete menu that utilizes ingredients I already have to maximize my budget. Include a shopping list organized by store section." Bookshelf Organization Prompt Take photos of your bookshelves from different angles, then ask: "I've uploaded photos of my bookshelves. Please: Create a database of all the books you can identify (title, author) Look up Goodreads ratings for each book Note any major awards (Pulitzer, James Beard, etc.) Check which ones are popular on BookTok Reorganize the list based on my reading preferences: [list your interests]" Join the AI Queens Society to get 20 personal AI experiments you can try this weekend: AIQueensSociety.com Resources Mentioned: Erika's viral LinkedIn post on personal AI uses 20 Personal AI Experiments to Try This Weekend Harvard Business Review's research on Top AI Use Cases for 2025 Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@erikatheaiqueen⁠ and ⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠/ejejstanley

8 May

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20 min
25/10/2024

You Can't Intellectualize Your Way Into Healing

Feeling Emotions with Jessica Rozak My guest today is Jessica Rozak. Jessica helps intellectualizers get out of their heads and into their bodies to truly feel their emotions instead of just thinking about them. This shift leads to deeper connection with the self, greater presence, and inner peace. ✨ What We Cover In This Episode ➡️ Why experiencing emotions is more healing than intellectualizing ➡️ Practical tips to regulate and process emotions ➡️ A role-play exercise to build emotional awareness ➡️ How feeling emotions supports secure, authentic relationships 💌 Love Note From Becky Aste: Loved this episode? I’d love to hear from you! Come say hello on Instagram! ➡️ instagram.com/becky_aste and DM me the word “PODCAST” for a free training resource that pairs perfectly with this episode 💬 Would rather stalk before we talk? No judgment here ;) Here’s my website! ➡️ www.idobreakthrough.com

25/10/2024

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37 min
26 JUN

From Boring Notes to Business Gold: 6 Ways AI Turns Every Meeting Into Money

Stop letting your best conversations disappear into the void. If you've ever finished a client call thinking "I wish I had written that down," this episode is your goldmine roadmap. Erika breaks down her actual workflow using tools like Fathom and Fixer AI, then shares six creative strategies that go way beyond basic note-taking. This isn't about replacing human connection—it's about capturing the brilliance that's already happening in your conversations and turning it into content, sales insights, and business growth. Key Strategies Covered: Build FAQs that actually matter - Mine discovery calls for real hesitations and objections, then turn them into website content that speaks your clients' language Clone your authentic voice - Use meeting transcripts to analyze your tone and create a voice guide for consistent, on-brand content Proposal perfection - Leverage pre-sale conversations to mirror client language and spot potential deal-breakers before you send Turn sessions into mini-courses - Transform those deep-dive client calls into repeatable frameworks and productized offerings Create a branded quote bank - Pull insightful soundbites for social media content that actually sounds like you Spot your signature ideas - Identify themes across multiple calls to discover what makes you unique as a thought leader Plus, Erika covers the ethics you need to know—because being smart about AI means being responsible about consent, privacy, and transparency. Every conversation you have is potential content and insights waiting to be discovered. Time to start mining that gold. Ready to implement these strategies? Get Erika's complete prompt pack "Your Meeting Notes are a Goldmine" inside the AI Queens Society at AIQueensSociety.com Tools mentioned: Fathom (free with Zoom) Fixer AI ChatGPT/Claude Trello for project management Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@erikatheaiqueen⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley

26 Jun

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15 min
15 MAY

Leading with AI: The Queen's Guide to Ethical Team Leadership

A few months ago, I realized AI was handling over half of what I'd initially hired my VA to do. This forced me to confront an important question: was I being a responsible leader or slowly making her role obsolete? In this episode, I'm sharing exactly how to use AI as a leadership tool that elevates your team rather than replaces them. Key Points: The real human impact of AI automation decisions, especially on the VA industry where 83-90% of roles are filled by women Two contrasting approaches to AI implementation: the efficiency-focused "hustle harder" approach versus the "soft business" approach Creating AI-enhanced SOPs that build institutional knowledge and save time Training your team to become "AI orchestrators" who know which tools to use for which tasks Using AI as your leadership coach to identify communication blind spots The future of work isn't about choosing between AI or human team members—it's about creating an environment where AI enhances human potential rather than threatening it. As leaders, we have a responsibility to use AI to make our team's work more meaningful, not just more efficient. Ready to transform how you and your team leverage AI? Visit erikastanley.com/blueprint to learn about the Brand-to-Bot Blueprint, a 90-minute session where we create a custom AI implementation plan that reflects your leadership philosophy. Resources Mentioned: Molly Balint: https://www.instagram.com/molly.balint/ Perplexity AI for research: perplexity.ai Loom for video documentation: loom.com Scribe for click-by-click documentation: scribehow.com Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠⁠⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠⁠⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: @erikatheaiqueen⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠/ejejstanley

15 May

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22 min
1 MAY

Meet Your New AI Team: 5 Ways to Stop Dabbling and Start Delegating

Are you hesitant to use AI because you're not sure how to apply it beyond writing blog posts or Instagram captions? In this episode, Erika challenges you to make a fundamental mindset shift: stop treating AI like a one-off tool and start treating it like a legitimate member of your business team. If you've ever voice-noted your VA, sent a half-baked Slack to a teammate, or thrown random ideas at your brainstorming buddy, you already know how to work with AI. You just didn't call it that. In this episode: Learn how to use AI as your research assistant to handle the grunt work so you can focus on strategy Discover how tools like Adobe's AI Assistant can help you process dense documents like a CEO Find out how Grammarly and other AI writing tools can help you sound professional without losing your voice See how AI design tools can help bring your creative vision to life when used as a "junior designer" Understand why using AI meeting assistants like Otter or Fathom is leadership, not laziness Erika also addresses an important follow-up from her ethics episode about who bears responsibility for AI's environmental impact—individual users or the companies creating these technologies. Ready to stop treating AI like a fancy calculator and start working with it as a strategic partner? Listen now and elevate your relationship with AI from occasional helper to essential team member. Ready to join these nuanced conversations with other women entrepreneurs? Join the AI Queens Society at⁠ ⁠⁠AIQueensSociety.com⁠ where over 100 members are already discussing how to use AI ethically and effectively. Connect with Erika! Erika’s Creative Agency: ⁠MileEndDigital.com⁠ Erika’s Ai Empire: ⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/⁠ Join the Ai Queens Society: ⁠AiQueensSociety.com⁠ Instagram: @erikatheaiqueen⁠ and ⁠@aiqueenssociety⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠/ejejstanley

1 May

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16 min
15/02/2024

Collisions of Earth & Sky: Seeking Truth through Poetry & Nature with Heidi Barr

The path of a writer and poet is a solo journey. We navigate winding, circling loops of our own stories, sitting in the caves of our memories , reliving the places that changed our understanding, sometimes forever. These offerings to the world expose our inner world, demanding that vulnerability as payment for finding our authentic voice that echoes across the canyon walls. My guest is Heidi Barr, and she shares her own path from a childhood in South Dakota to far flung places and back to the prairies. Our conversation is enhanced from poems from her new book, Just Wild Enough, (available in April) and her insights as a keen observer of nature and self. In nature, we find solace, but more than that, we find a place that can open our hearts and show us pathways of intimacy and connection that might be the 'magic' that we are all seeking in this modern world. Heidi Barr is our guide, and she already knows the way. Bio: Heidi Barr is a writer and wellness coach whose work is founded on a commitment to cultivating ways of being that are life-giving and sustainable for people, communities, and the planet. She is the author of several books of creative nonfiction, including Collisions of Earth and Sky and Woodland Manitou, and co author of 12 Tiny things. She’s also authored two poetry collections, one cookbook, and is editor of “The Mindful Kitchen,” a wellness column in The Wayfarer Magazine. One of the inaugural Poets of Place for the lower St. Croix Valley, her poetry has been featured in numerous publications, including the St. Paul Almanac and South Dakota in Poems. She lives with her family in Lindstrom, where they tend a large vegetable garden, explore nature, and do their best to live simply. Her next book of poetry, Just Wild Enough is due out in April. Connect with Heidi: https://heidibarr.com/ https://heidibarr.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/heidicbarr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeidiBarrwriter/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-barr-3884107/ Book Link: Collisions of Earth & Sky https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506482545/Collisions-of-Earth-and-Sky Join the Forest Educator Patreon! https://patreon.com/ForestEducatorPodcast Connect with Ricardo: https://www.foresteducator.com/ https://www.theforestboxforkids.com/ https://www.hawkcircle.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-sierra-5980931/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_forest_educator_podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RicardohawkSierra

15/02/2024

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59 min
10/01/2024 · BONUS

BONUS REPLAY: Behind the Scenes of How I Became the Bra Lady

In this episode, I'm sharing the rest of the story and taking you behind the scenes to get a glimpse at what it was like becoming The Bra Lady. Look at the problems that are around you. What solution can you bring to those problems? That may just lead you to the most rewarding thing you've ever done with your life. Connect with Missy and the Bra Market: https://thebramarket.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thebramarket

10/01/2024 · Bonus

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23 min
04/10/2023

Pajama Day

This week, we are talking about rest and the importance of taking days off. When is the last time you declared a pajama day? Rest as self-care is essential for renewing our spirit, motivation, and creativity. Connect with Missy and the Bra Market: https://thebramarket.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thebramarket

04/10/2023

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10 min

Podcasting is one of the most accessible ways to get your message out into the world and to establish your expertise in your field. These are some of our podcasts from changemakers, innovators, and leaders.