Your 30-Day AI Implementation Plan

🔄 Quick Recall: Over the past seven lessons, you’ve learned AI systems for editing, client management, pricing, marketing, SEO, social media, and business operations. Now you’ll prioritize and sequence these into a realistic 30-day implementation plan.

The photographers who succeed with AI aren’t the ones who try everything at once — they’re the ones who implement systematically, prove results at each stage, and build on what works. Your 30-day plan starts with the highest-impact, lowest-risk system and adds complexity only after each previous system is running smoothly.

30-Day Implementation Roadmap

Phase 1: Editing Workflow (Days 1-10)

Editing is the largest time drain and the most immediately impactful AI implementation.

Phase 1 success metric: Editing time reduced by 50%+ per event.

Phase 2: Client Communication (Days 11-20)

With editing time recovered, invest it in the client systems that book and retain clients.

Phase 2 success metric: Inquiry response time under 2 hours; proposal sent within 24 hours of qualified inquiry.

Phase 3: Marketing Foundation (Days 21-30)

With editing and client systems running, build the marketing that feeds your pipeline.

Phase 3 success metric: Google Business Profile optimized, 1 blog post published, 2 weeks of social content scheduled.

Course Review

Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Weekly Check-in Template

Use this template every Friday:

Week of: _______________

1. Editing: Events processed with AI this week: ___

   • Average time per event: ___ (vs. previous: ___)
   • Quality satisfaction: ___/10

2. Client Communication: Inquiries received: ___ | Responded within 2 hours: ___

   • Proposals sent: ___ | Booked: ___
   • Follow-ups sent to past clients: ___

3. Marketing: Blog posts published: ___ | Social posts scheduled: ___

   • Google reviews received: ___
   • Website/GBP inquiries: ___

4. Revenue this week: $___ | Year-to-date: $___

5. Biggest win: ___

6. Focus for next week: ___

Key Takeaways

• Implement ONE system per phase, starting with AI editing (highest time savings, immediate measurable impact) — the 30-day plan adds complexity only after each system runs smoothly
• The learning curve for AI editing takes 5-10 days — expect calibration issues early, which resolve with targeted feedback to the AI (specific examples of corrections for problematic lighting conditions or skin tones)
• Two well-functioning AI systems (editing + client communication) are worth more than five half-implemented systems — focus on making each system excellent before adding the next
• Measure three metrics weekly: editing time per event, inquiry response time, and revenue — if you can’t measure improvement, you can’t prove or replicate it
• Your 30-day plan is a foundation — at the day 30 checkpoint, evaluate what’s working, fix what isn’t, and plan Month 2 based on real data from your business

Congratulations on completing the course. The systems you build in the next 30 days will transform how you run your photography business — giving you back hours for creative work, improving your booking conversion, and building the sustainable business your talent deserves. Start with day 1 tomorrow.