As a brand ambassador coordinating multiple agency bookings while potentially managing a full-time job or balancing college studies, finding ways to save time and reduce mental strain can be invaluable. Prioritizing efficiencies helps maintain your well-being and gives you more control over your work-life balance.
If used properly as a tool in your professional toolbox, AI apps and platforms can effectively support your endeavors to save time and maximize efficiency.
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3 Areas AI Can Support Professional Brand Ambassadors
1. Communication: Enhance Your Professional Presence
- Effective communication is a must to maintain a polished, professional reputation. As a brand ambassador, you’re likely communicating virtually throughout all phases of the hiring process. The lack of tone in virtual communication requires extra attention to clarity in messaging. These AI tools can support your communication efforts
- Grammarly: Advertised as the only AI writing partner specifically designed to address your biggest communication challenges, this tool can be incredibly helpful in digital communication. Grammar, writing, punctuation, and tone are crucial to professional communication. Whether you are emailing staffing management, writing a cover letter to apply for a job, or submitting a recap, Grammarly will ensure your grammar is correct and your messaging is clear.
- Claude and ChatGPT (AI Chatbots): These are designed to generate “human-like” dialogue through AI. When working on text or email communication, you can ask AI chatbots to restructure the information with a certain tone or streamline it. Part of being a professional and communicating well is inserting your own “voice” into your communication. These tools can provide a jumping-off point for you to elaborate and edit using your creativity. Written communication is one basic usage of AI Chatbots. You can use these tools in a number of ways.
- Pro Tip: Use AI to save time drafting responses, but always review and customize messages to maintain your unique voice.
2. Organization: Get Your Business in Order
- Working freelance requires organization. Being responsible for all aspects of your business can be overwhelming. Getting just a few systems in place will help alleviate the anxiety around managing your professional life. AI-powered organizational tools simplify these processes:
- Notion: Create a virtual pinboard or task tracker to log bookings, agency contacts, payment schedules, and event details. These tools ensure you have everything in one place, reducing mental load.
- Calendly: Schedule interviews, in-office workdays, or client meetings efficiently without the back-and-forth.
- FlyFin: Track expenses and deductions for taxes. This AI tool helps freelancers manage finances with CPA support for tax preparation.
- Pro Tip: Set up systems that work for your workflow and personality. This will motivate you to stay organized.
3. Get Hired: Build and Manage Your Professional Profile
- Standing out in a competitive job market means showcasing your experience and staying active online. AI tools help you streamline these tasks:
- Canva AI: Utilizing Canva’s AI tools to design a general professional portfolio that includes a resume, bio, list of events and brands you’ve worked with, event photos, headshots, etc., can help your profile stand out to agency reps. You can also use Canva to design social media content, such as photo slideshows, videos, pro tips, etc., to promote your skills and support self-branding as a brand ambassador.
- Jasper AI: Generate social media captions, email subject lines, marketing materials, blog content, etc., to keep your online presence fresh and engaging.
- Teal: Optimize your resume, cover letters, or agency profiles to improve visibility and secure higher-paying gigs.
- Pro Tip: Use AI to help compose the content, but be sure to edit according to your personality and creativity so it doesn’t sound robotic.
The Takeaway
AI tools can be powerful “assistants” for freelancers seeking to manage their time and energy better. Utilizing these tools to handle mundane tasks frees up mental space to leave room for what you deem valuable. Explore AI tools that resonate with your specific needs, and don’t forget to test and tailor them to your workflow.
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