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The $0 AI Starter Kit
for service businesses.
Ten free AI tools that actually save time for contractors, consultants, and service operators. One sentence each. No fluff. No credit card required — for any of them.
Honest note: these are free tools, not magic. Each one does one job well. Together they buy back 10+ hours a week.
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The 10 tools.
All free. All proven. All worth 10 minutes to set up.
Fathom
FreeAuto-records and summarizes every meeting. Stops you from taking notes. Saves 30+ minutes per call.
~2 hrs/wk
→ChatGPT (free)
FreeThe Swiss Army knife. Write emails, draft proposals, answer questions, think through decisions. Free tier is plenty to start.
~3 hrs/wk
→Calendly
FreeKills the back-and-forth to book meetings. Share a link, they pick a time, it lands on your calendar.
~1 hr/wk
→Loom
FreeRecord a quick video instead of writing a long email. Faster to make, faster to understand.
~1 hr/wk
→Wave
FreeFree invoicing and accounting for small service businesses. Sends invoices, tracks payments, does the basics.
~2 hrs/wk
→Canva
FreeDesign anything without a designer. Proposals, social posts, flyers. Free tier covers 95% of use cases.
~1 hr/wk
→Google Gemini
FreeGoogle's free AI assistant. Reads your Gmail, summarizes docs, answers business questions. Already in your Google account.
~2 hrs/wk
→HubSpot CRM (free)
FreeFree CRM that tracks your leads, clients, and deals. Stops things from falling through the cracks.
~1 hr/wk
→Otter.ai
FreeTranscribes meetings, phone calls, voice memos in real time. Free tier gives you 300 minutes/month.
~1 hr/wk
→Grammarly
FreeMakes every email, proposal, and message clearer and more professional. Works in Chrome, Word, Gmail — everywhere you write.
~30 min/wk
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