Digital Guide · $47

The AI Automation
Playbook

By Ben Connor, AI Automation Consultant · March 2026

A practical guide for Australian business owners who know AI could help — but don't know where to start. Four chapters. Zero fluff. Walk away with your top 3 automation opportunities, ROI calculations, and a 90-day implementation plan.

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What's Inside

The Full Breakdown

01

The Automation Finder

A structured audit of your daily operations. Score every task by time, frequency, and error rate. Walk away with your top 3 automation opportunities ranked by ROI.

02

ROI Calculator Worksheet

Plug in your numbers and see exactly what each automation is worth. Hours saved, dollar value, break-even timeline. No guesswork.

03

Implementation Roadmap

A 90-day plan from choosing your first automation to measuring results. Includes a vendor briefing template and build-vs-buy decision framework.

04

Common Traps to Avoid

Five mistakes that kill automation projects before they start. Real examples, real fixes. Save yourself months of trial and error.

Who It's For

Built for Business Owners, Not Developers

Trades & Construction

Plumbers, electricians, builders running 5–50 person teams. Quoting, scheduling, and follow-ups eating your week.

Professional Services

Accountants, lawyers, consultants drowning in client admin. Documents, emails, and reporting that should be automated.

Healthcare & Allied

Clinics, physios, dentists juggling bookings, reminders, and patient communications manually.

Retail & Hospitality

Shops, cafes, venues managing inventory, rosters, and customer follow-ups by hand.

The Real Cost of Guessing

Without a plan, AI becomes expensive guesswork

The average Australian SMB wastes 15+ hours a month on tasks AI can handle. At $50 an hour, that's $9,000 a year — and it compounds. Every month without a clear automation plan is another month of paying people to do work a system could do in seconds.

But the bigger cost isn't the hours. It's the bad decisions. I've watched businesses spend $12,000 on AI consultants who delivered a slide deck that never left the inbox. Others bought off-the-shelf tools that nobody on the team knew how to use. The problem was never the technology — it was starting without a practical plan.

That's why I wrote this playbook. Not theory. Not a sales funnel for a $10K engagement. Just the decision framework I use with every client, distilled into something you can work through over a weekend and act on Monday morning.

What You'll Walk Away With

Clarity, Not Confusion

3 automation opportunities ranked by ROI
5 common automation traps covered — so you don't learn them the hard way
90 day implementation timeline you can start Monday
1 vendor briefing template that saves hours of back-and-forth
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  • 30+ page practical guide
  • Automation audit worksheet
  • ROI calculator spreadsheet
  • 90-day implementation plan
  • Vendor briefing template
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Serving Australian businesses in trades, healthcare, and professional services.

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