AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley

Queens, this one comes straight from the podcast booth at the She Leads AI Create conference in Salt Lake City. Between sessions, Erika grabbed four attendees and asked each of them the same three questions: who are you, what was your biggest takeaway, and what are you excited to build when you get home? The answers cover a lot of ground. Courtney Jennings is building an AI-enabled business to help women survive their contractors. Kimberly Inez Mays guides small businesses and mission-driven teams through AI change management with low-stakes quick wins. Corean Canty helps people keep their human edge while bringing AI into their work. Vannessa Lindsey teaches nonprofit founders how to integrate AI from day one so their missions outlast them. Four different paths, one shared thread: nobody in that room was figuring this out alone. What we cover: Why the first step for a nervous team is a low-stakes quick win, not a full rollout How AI is breaking down barriers women have faced in funding, tech skills, and business networks Why you have to play with a new tool yourself before you can decide where your boundaries are What seniors and retirees bring to AI that no tool can replicate: wisdom, experience, and emotion How mapping your workflow (what you do, what AI does, what you do together) saves time you can actually use to rest The biggest takeaway from Create was connection. AI moves fast, and the women who keep up are the ones who have a community to keep learning with. Ready to find your AI community? Join the AI Queens Society at AIQueens.com. Connect with our guests: Courtney Jennings, Contractor Survival Guide: https://www.tiktok.com/@contractorsurvivalguide Kimberly Inez Mays: https://kimberlyinezmays.com/ Corean Canty, Speak More Human: https://coreancanty.com/ Vannessa Lindsey, Nonprofit Transformers: https://nonprofittransformers.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/vannessa-lindsey/ Connect with Erika! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/erikatheaiqueen/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's AI Consultancy: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.aiqueens.com/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's Branding & Web Agency: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mileenddigital.com/⁠⁠⁠ Join the AI Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/

Queens, you know the feeling. You leave a conference with a phone full of selfies, a pocket full of business cards, and a dozen new LinkedIn connections. Two weeks later you cannot remember who half of them are or what you promised to send them. Taylor Smith, founder of The Power Table, joins Erika to tackle that exact problem. Before they get to the fix, Taylor calls BS on one of the most repeated stats in the AI world: that women are using AI far less than men. Her preliminary survey data says something very different. Then the two of them design a test. Each will take a different capture system to an upcoming event, feed everything into AI, and see whether it can turn a messy day of networking into a prioritized follow-up plan. This is the beta run of a new Season 3 format where Erika brings in a business owner with a real problem and they solve it together. What we cover Why the “women aren’t adopting AI” stats are outdated and who was actually surveyed Taylor’s Female Founder Economy Report and what the survey asks about AI use and worry The real reason event follow-up breaks down (hint: it is the 10 p.m. hotel room debrief) Erika’s plan: Popl scans, a Plaud recorder, selfies, and screenshots, all timestamped and merged in Claude Taylor’s plan: testing Blinq’s new AI note features at a 500-person event Two smart add-ons: asking people which platform they actually hang out on, and having AI coach your day two The big idea here is that follow-up fails because you are the bottleneck. You do not need one perfect capture tool. You need AI to combine the messy inputs you already collect and hand you a list of who to contact, what to say, and why. Erika and Taylor will report back with results on The Power Table podcast, so follow both shows to catch Part 2. Take action Taylor’s Female Founder Economy survey is open through October 31. It is anonymous and takes under five minutes. If you sell or market through digital channels, your answers help build the data women in business are missing. Take it here: https://thepowertable.co/survey/⁠ Then join the AI Queens Society at AIQueens.com and start ruling your business with confidence. Connect with Taylor The Power Table website and community: https://thepowertable.co/ Take the Female Founder Survey: https://thepowertable.co/survey/ The Power Table on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepowertable.co/ Taylor on Instagram: @taylorsmithonline The Power Table podcast, wherever you listen to podcasts Connect with Erika! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/erikatheaiqueen/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's AI Consultancy: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.aiqueens.com/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's Branding & Web Agency: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mileenddigital.com/⁠⁠⁠ Join the AI Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/

Queens, if you have been telling yourself that Claude Code is for developers and not for you, this one is going to change your mind. Hope Norton spent over 20 years in telecom sales at companies like Verizon and T-Mobile before founding Norton Mobility to help small and mid-sized fleets make smarter technology decisions. She had never coded a thing. Then a former sales engineer sat her down at a Starbucks and told her to open Claude Code and brain dump her idea. One weekend later, she had built Compliance Hub, a tool that is now live on her website and helping trucking companies manage drivers, trucks, and DOT compliance in one place. Hope and Erika get into what it actually takes to build something real with AI, why your industry expertise matters more than any technical skill, and how to keep yourself from falling into the AI rabbit hole when every idea suddenly feels buildable. What we cover: How Hope went from “I’m not smart enough for this” to building and deploying Compliance Hub in a single weekend Why being the subject matter expert is the real superpower, because AI will confidently give you the wrong answer if you do not know what good looks like Why Hope keeps the first three trucks and three drivers free forever, and what that says about serving underserved businesses How Hope built a second business, Magpie & June, with its own custom website and Stripe checkout instead of dealing with Shopify spam Guardrails for yourself, not just your AI: how both women decide which shiny ideas actually serve their goals The terminal is not scary. You do not need a coding background. You need to know your industry, know what you want, and be willing to type the messy first version. Ready to build it your damn self? Join an upcoming Buildathon: aiqueens.com/build Connect with Hope Norton: Norton Mobility: https://www.nortonmobility.com Magpie & June: https://magpieandjune.com Her upcoming podcast: Miles and Megabytes Connect with Erika! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/erikatheaiqueen/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's AI Consultancy: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.aiqueens.com/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's Branding & Web Agency: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mileenddigital.com/⁠⁠⁠ Join the AI Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/

Queens, if your AI agrees with every idea you bring it, you have a problem. Kim Mylls and Alexandria Alecci, co-founders of AI Boss Brainz, join Erika to talk about why generic AI tells founders what they want to hear. AI pulls from whatever is out on the internet, and it doesn’t know your industry, your budget, or your limits. Kim and Alexandria ran a boutique sales and marketing agency for years. They put thousands of hours of their own sales calls and frameworks into a custom AI that pushes back, asks the next question, and helps founders build a real strategy. What we cover: Why AI acts like a yes man, and how that can send founders in the wrong direction fast Why more AI content won’t help unless your sales and marketing strategies work together How to use AI as a 3am thought partner that tells you when an idea needs more work Why specialized AI tools are the future, and what that means for your expertise and IP Why community and human connection still matter as AI takes on more of the work AI helps you move faster, but speed only pays off when you’re headed in the right direction. Give your AI real context about your business, check what it tells you, and let it challenge your thinking before you spend the money. Ready for a sales and marketing brain that pushes back? Try AI Boss Brainz free for 7 days, or lock in the special AI Queens founding member rate while spots last. Try AI Boss Brainz free for 7 days: ⁠https://bossbrainz.aleccimedia.com/⁠ Get the special AI Queens rate: ⁠https://bit.ly/bossbrainz⁠ Connect with Kim and Alexandria: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alecci_media/ Join me this fall: Register for the Her AI Era Summit: https://links.mileenddigital.com/her-ai-era-summit-2026 Come join me at the She Leads AI CREATE Conference: https://sheleadsai.ai/create-2026/ Register for the next AI Queens Buildathon: http://aiqueens.com/build Connect with Erika! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/erikatheaiqueen/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's AI Consultancy: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.aiqueens.com/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's Branding & Web Agency: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mileenddigital.com/⁠⁠⁠ Join the AI Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/

Queens, running a business can feel like living on an island. The fastest way I have found to learn AI is to get in a room with other women who are learning, building, and staying curious. This week I'm coming to you from Austin, Texas with a short episode and a big invitation. I have a busy travel season ahead, and there are four chances this fall to learn with me, online or in person. What we cover: Her AI Era Summit (October 12 to 16, free and virtual): More than 35 women who are AI experts are teaching on creative work, marketing, and operations. My session shows you how to find software subscriptions you can cut because you can now build the tool yourself. The VIP upgrade includes my mini blueprint, which normally sells for $99. She Leads AI CREATE Conference (October 16 to 18, Salt Lake City): This is my second year attending and my first year presenting. I'll also be recording episodes at the AI Queens podcast booth, so come say hi. Women's Leadership Conference (November 19, Hickory, North Carolina): I'll be at Dr. Lauren Jarrett's speaker's table answering your in-depth AI questions. The final AI Queens Buildathon of the year: It's free, it's virtual, and we'll build a custom app together that you can use through the holidays. The date is coming soon. Every one of these events gives you the same thing: time around women who are building with AI. If you can't make any of them, find a group where you can build, chat, and collaborate. Join me this fall: Register for the Her AI Era Summit: https://links.mileenddigital.com/her-ai-era-summit-2026 Come join me at the She Leads AI CREATE Conference: https://sheleadsai.ai/create-2026/ Register for the next AI Queens Buildathon: http://aiqueens.com/build Connect with Erika! ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/erikatheaiqueen/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's AI Consultancy: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.aiqueens.com/⁠⁠⁠ Erika's Branding & Web Agency: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.mileenddigital.com/⁠⁠⁠ Join the AI Queens Society: ⁠⁠⁠https://aiqueens.substack.com/