How AI is helping my business for the holidays 2024

“Holiday retail sales are likely to increase between 2.3% and 3.3% in 2024, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast,” according a Deloitte study. In addition, they forecast that “e-commerce will likely grow between 7% and 9%, year-over-year, during the 2024-2025 holiday season to between $289 billion and $294 billion this season.”

Using AI as your Sales Intern

True story: I recently shared in a blog post about how I use AI for personal and professional – to make my life easier using it from traveling ideas to standing out for a presentation. So now, imagine going to a speed networking event where you meet 100+ business owners and professionals within 4 hours? After that process of collecting names and emails from the notes that I took throughout the day, I wanted to follow up. Here are key stats I found about following up (via email):

• On average, high growth organizations report 16 touch points per prospect within a 2-4 week timespan (source).
• The most optimal number of follow-up emails to send is 2-3 (source).
• 95% of all converted leads are reached by the sixth call attempt (source).
• 44% of salespeople give up after one follow-up attempt (source).
• 92% of salespeople give up after no sales on the 4th call. 60% of customers say no four times before saying yes (source).
• 50% of buyers choose the vendor that responds first (source).

This is the email that I crafted along with the prompt:

AI for Restaurants

Don’t forget to prompt the AI to add a dash of Pumpkin Spice!

Promote your 12 Days of Christmas – Boutique Edition

Since I live in the South, I just had to add the Southern tone!

So tell me, which example stood out to you? What is your action step or takeaway? I’d love to show you more about AI. You can get details about how I am using AI in my private trainings here. Please contact me with the info below if you have further questions.

• Featured in the Awake in the Network podcast discussing my networking tips for professionals and business owners
• How AI is helping my business for the holidays 2024
• Upcoming LinkedIn Workshop
• Upcoming Panelist for Spark Women: Making an Impact Through Connections and Building Community
• How AI has made my life easier – personally and professionally