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AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
The AI Queens podcast empowers women entrepreneurs to confidently leverage AI and cutting-edge technologies to elevate their businesses. Hosted by AI strategist and branding expert Erika Stanley, Branding and AI Strategist, each episode delivers quick wins, creative tools, and actionable strategies to help listeners explore AI as a playground for growth and innovation. Whether you're AI-curious or ready to rule your industry, AI Queens is your guide to rewriting the rules and making tech work…
Episodes
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Can AI Fix Event Follow-Up? 2 Founders, 2 Systems, 1 Showdown (Part 1 of 2)
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…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Thinking You Need to Code: Build a Real Business Tool With Claude
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…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Your AI Is a Yes Man and It’s Costing You. Here’s Why You Need It to Push Back.
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…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI Events for Women Entrepreneurs This Fall: Where to Learn, Build, and Meet Erika
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…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
She Built an AI Brain So Her Company Runs Without Her (with Alisha Esmail) Guest info: Alisha Esmail
Queens, what would it take for your business to keep running without you in the room? Alisha Esmail spent seven years in international development before she…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Settling for the Number Two Seat: What an AI Founder Wants Women to Know (with Rebecca Liao)
Rebecca Liao has been building AI companies since 2014, back when getting a computer to understand plain language was still a struggle. Today she is the…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Even the Guys Building AI Are Scared: 3 Things You Need to Know Before You Panic
If you woke up to headlines saying AI has a 10% chance of ending humanity, take a breath. This episode breaks down what actually happened: a high-profile…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
ChatGPT Recommended a Deodorant That Doesn't Exist: 4 AI Updates That Change How Your Business Gets Found
Queens, a marketer invented a deodorant brand that does not exist, and three weeks later ChatGPT was recommending it above real products. That story opens this…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Treating AI Like a Search Engine: How to Build With It Instead
Queens, if you're still using AI to check the weather or rephrase an email, you're leaving the good stuff on the table. Sarah K. Heeter of PodFox Media is back…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
5 Apps I Built With Fable 5 That Cancelled $1,200 of Software
Queens, what if you could cancel $1,200 in software subscriptions — not by cutting corners, but by building the replacements yourself? That's exactly what…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
5 AI Connectors That Turn Claude From Chatbot to Second Brain
Queens, if you've been using Claude just to write captions or brainstorm content, you're only scratching the surface. Claude can read your emails, check your…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Creating Lead Magnets That Collect Dust: How AI Transforms Audience Engagement (Bonus Replay)
Your lead magnets are sitting in a folder somewhere, forgotten and unused. We've all been there: spending hours creating PDFs, guides, and freebies that people…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Your Brain Isn't Broken: How AI Supports ADHD Entrepreneurs (Bonus Replay)
AI can be the executive function partner that neurodivergent entrepreneurs have been waiting for. If you've ever felt like traditional business systems just…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
She Used a Claude Skill to Land This Episode: 3 Ways Women Are Building Their Own Rooms (with Janay Trevillion)
What if the way you found your next big opportunity was by building the tool that found it for you? That's exactly how this episode came to be. Janay…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
It's OK to Be Skeptical of AI: Why the Grey Area Is the Smartest Place to Stand
Everybody wants you to pick a team. You're either all in on AI, building bots before breakfast, or you're all out, swearing a robot will never touch your…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Claude Command Center: Stop Drowning in Email, Slack, and To-Do Lists
Queens, this one is all about getting your whole day sorted before you even roll out of bed. Fresh off the Buildathon, Erika walks you through the Claude…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
You In Danger, Girl: What 10 Days in NYC Taught Me About AI & the Future of Work
Queens, I just spent 10 days in New York City, and AI was not just in my phone like usual. It was on every billboard, in every subway car, in the shop windows…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Build Your AI CMO: Turn One Blog Post Into 30 Pieces of Content (Part 2)
Last week you built your AI COO. Now it's time to meet the other half of your executive team. In part two of this series, originally recorded for Jordan Gill's…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Treating AI Like an Intern: How to Build an AI COO (Part 1)
You know you need systems. You've maybe even built a few SOPs. But what if you had a team member who actually ran those systems for you, handled the backend…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI Won't Kill Your Art. It Might Just Fund It (with Blume Bauer)
Queens, my guest today is Blume Bauer, a fine arts illustrator, creative business educator, and founder of The Yellow Studio, where she's spent 30 years…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Burning Through Claude: 12 Smarter Habits for Building with AI
If you've made the jump from ChatGPT to Claude and keep slamming into the token wall mid-project, you are not alone. It's the conversation Erika keeps having…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI Can't Fix a Mess: How to Adopt AI Responsibly (Without Losing Sight of the People You Serve)
This week, Erika sits down with Jasmine Schwarz, founder of Schwarz Strategic Services and an AI stewardship consultant who helps nonprofits adopt technology…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
What Real Businesses Are Actually Solving With AI Right Now (Live From SMMW)
Fresh off the stage at Social Media Marketing World and AI Business World in Southern California, Erika is bringing you straight to the conference floor. In…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Brand Before Bots: The 3-Part Blueprint I Use With Every Client Before We Touch AI
If your AI outputs feel generic, off-brand, or just not quite you, the problem probably isn't the tool. It's the foundation underneath it. In this solo…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Chatting, Start Building: Why Women Need to Build with AI
You've probably used ChatGPT to write a caption or brainstorm some ideas. But are you actually building with AI? There's a difference, and it's a big one. In…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI Doesn't Make You Dumber. Your Lack of Self-Awareness Does (with Vanessa Chang)
What if the problem with AI isn't the technology itself, but how little we know about our own thinking? In this episode, Erika sits down with Vanessa Chang…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Claude Runs My Day: How I Built a Morning Command Center to Stop Holding It All in My Head
If you're running a business, managing a household, and trying to keep up with everything in between, chances are your brain is doing a lot of heavy lifting…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI Won't Fix What's Already Broken: 3 Things to Do Before You Automate Anything (with Rachel Njiru)
If you've been thinking about adding AI to your business, this episode is your permission slip to slow down first. Rachel Njiru, founder of Kavoo Studio, is an…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Your Kids Are Already Using AI: 3 Things You Should Be Teaching Them Right Now (with Stacy Kratochvil)
64% of teens are using AI. But only half of parents know about it. High school teacher, AI consultant, and mom of three Stacy Kratochvil joins Erika to pull…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Waiting to Be an AI Expert: Why Women Need to Lead Now (with Anne Murphy)
Anne Murphy, founder of She Leads AI, joins Erika for a conversation that goes way beyond AI tools. Anne brings three decades of fundraising experience for…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Why I Dumped ChatGPT: 3 Claude Superpowers You're Sleeping On
If you've been wondering whether it's time to make the switch from ChatGPT to Claude, Erika gets into exactly that this week, and she's not just talking about…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Your Voice Matters in AI Policy: 5 Ways to Get Started This Week (with Daisy Thomas)
AI policy sounds like something that happens in boardrooms and Capitol buildings, far away from your actual life. But Daisy Thomas, Director of Advocacy and…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Buying AI Tools: How to Work Smarter With What You Already Have (with Lauren Irving)
You don't need a stack of expensive subscriptions to build something powerful with AI. Lauren Irving, quality and training manager at Zinnia and head of…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Using AI to Scale Solo Without Outsourcing Your Brain (with Pia Silva)
There's a version of using AI that makes you sharper, faster, and more confident in your work. And then there's a version that quietly hollows out the…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
The Super Bowl's $80M Message: Why 10 Companies Want You to Think AI Is Normal Now
This year's Super Bowl wasn't just about the game or Bad Bunny's halftime show. It was about AI companies spending roughly $80 million to tell you that AI is…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI, Propaganda & Why Our Generation Is F**ked: 3 Quick Ways to Use AI to Fight Back Against Misinformation
We didn't get trained for this. Our generation grew up trusting the six o'clock news and checking out library books... and then social media exploded…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Using AI to Heal the Sales Ick Factor: How The Laurens Built a High-Ticket Empire as Digital Nomads
Meet Lauren Shaw and Lauren Capwell—the powerhouse duo known as "The Laurens"—who've spent three years building a high-ticket empire while traveling the world…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Using AI as a Creative Without Feeling Icky, ft. Brand Designer Angela Mondloch
If you've been wondering whether creatives can use AI without compromising their integrity, this conversation with Angela Mondloch from Saffron Avenue will…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
AI Isn't Optional Anymore: The AI Landscape in 2026
Happy New Year, Queens! While you were wrapping presents and eating cookies, the AI world didn't slow down. It accelerated. And if you're still using AI just…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
The Ethical Implications & Challenges of Generative AI (Replay: Big Brave Business with Sarah Heeter)
Earlier this year, I joined Sarah Heeter on her Big Brave Business podcast for a roundtable conversation about something that matters deeply to all of us: the…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Using AI to Unleash Your Creative Magic, with Marisol Rios, The AI Witch
What if AI could help you discover your artistic voice instead of stealing it? In this episode, Erika sits down with Marisol Rios—also known as The AI Witch—to…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
12 AI Hacks for Stress-Free Holidays: Travel, Awkward Dinners & Sanity
Holiday stress doesn't have to be part of the package. Whether you're hitting the road for Thanksgiving or prepping for any upcoming family gathering, AI can…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
5 AI Projects I'm Building Right Now (Apps, Automations & A Digital Book Shelf)
Ever wonder what happens when an AI strategist gets completely obsessed with building apps? This episode pulls back the curtain on exactly what Erika has been…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Using AI to Monetize Your Genius (5 Revenue Streams You're Sleeping On)
What if the income security you've been searching for isn't in a promotion or a raise, but in the skills you already have? In this powerful conversation, Erika…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Build Your First App With AI: The Queen's Guide to Vibe Coding (Even if You're Not Tech Savvy)
What if you could build a custom app for your business in about an hour without writing a single line of code, hiring a developer, or having a massive budget?…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Stop Creating Lead Magnets That Collect Dust: How AI Transforms Audience Engagement
Your lead magnets are sitting in a folder somewhere, forgotten and unused. We've all been there: spending hours creating PDFs, guides, and freebies that people…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Your Brain Isn't Broken: How AI Supports ADHD Entrepreneurs
Season 2 is here, and we're kicking things off with something powerful: a conversation about how AI can be the executive function partner that neurodivergent…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Season two is here!
Season two is here, and it's bigger, bolder, and more collaborative than ever. For the first time, Erika is bringing guests into the mix—brilliant, inspiring…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Google's Nano Banana Is Scary Good (And Completely Free)
If you've been waiting for AI image generation to actually be useful for your business, this is your moment. Google's Nano Banana isn't just another flashy…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
GPT-5 Sucks! (No It Doesn't.) Here Are 4 Ways to Get Your Bestie Back Without Paying More
If you've been wondering why ChatGPT suddenly feels like a boring robot instead of your enthusiastic business bestie, you're not alone. OpenAI overcorrected…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
Replay: Your Personal BS Detector: 10 AI Ways to Cut Through Misinformation
Feeling overwhelmed by the digital chaos? Between viral memes, questionable news stories, and platforms owned by tech billionaires who treat truth like it's…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
From Custom GPTs to Agentic AI: The Systems That Will Define the Next Wave (Replay: My Deep Dive with Emanuel Rose)
This week I'm sharing a replay from my appearance on Emanuel Rose's "Marketing in the Age of AI" podcast - and this conversation goes places most AI…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
The Gender Gap in AI That's Costing Women Their Competitive Edge (Replay: My Real Talk with Lisa Demmi)
Sometimes the most important conversations happen when we're just being completely honest about where we are with AI. This week, I'm sharing a replay from when…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
25: $6,000 in AI Failures - The Most Honest Season Finale Ever
Most business podcasts end their season with highlight reels and success stories. But that's not how we roll at AI Queens. Instead, Erika is sharing her most…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
24: GPT-5 Just Dropped: 4 Ways to Use ChatGPT Like a Strategic Partner (Not Like Everyone Else)
OpenAI just released GPT-5, and while everyone's buzzing about the improvements, most people are still going to use it exactly like they used GPT-4 -…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
23: ChatGPT is Lying to You: What Taylor Swift's Grammy "Win" Taught Me About AI Hallucinations
What happens when AI confidently tells you something that sounds completely plausible, but is totally wrong? Erika's husband discovered this the hard way when…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
22: How to Use AI as Your CFO, CMO + COO (Even if You’re a Team of One)
Most entrepreneurs are amazing at what they do, but when it comes to making big strategic business decisions, they're flying blind. You know you need that…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
21: The $20 AI Hack That Replaces a Whole Research Department
Get ready to level up your business intelligence game. In this episode, Erika reveals how deep research capabilities in AI tools can give you the same…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
20: 20 Real AF Questions Women Are Asking About AI (and What You Actually Need to Know) - Part 2
Welcome back, queens! This is the second part of our milestone 20-question series, and we're diving deep into the career stuff that keeps you up at night…
- AI Queens: Smart AF AI Tools, Automation, & Business Tips with Erika Stanley
19: 20 Real Questions Women Are Asking About AI (and What You Actually Need to Know) - Part 1 of 2
We're celebrating a big milestone as season one comes to an end! In this two-part series, Erika answers the real questions women business owners are asking…