I’ve spent the last few years building AI systems that do real work for real businesses — answering inquiries, drafting content, following up with customers, and keeping the whole operation organized. This week, I put everything I’ve learned into a book.
The AI Marketing Engine: Practical Automations, Agents, and Systems for Small Businesses is now available on Kindle, and it’s free to read if you’re a Kindle Unlimited member.
This isn’t a hype book about the future of AI. It’s a practical guide written for business owners — retailers, online sellers, service providers, and small B2B teams — who want to turn scattered marketing work into clear, repeatable systems.
Across sixteen chapters, the book walks through how to choose a worthwhile first AI project, organize reliable information, connect your tools, and keep control of the results. You’ll learn how to:
Choose between an AI assistant, a fixed automation, and an agent
Build an inquiry-to-draft workflow with review and failure handling
Create better campaigns, improve product information, and plan thoughtful follow-up
Design a bounded customer-support agent you can actually trust
Compare software, estimate the full cost, and measure whether a system earns its place
It also includes three complete workflow specifications, twelve reusable prompts, thirty evaluation cases, owner worksheets, and a ninety-day implementation plan.
If you run a business and you’ve wondered where AI actually fits — not in theory, but in the daily work — this book is for you.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
