This simple step by step guide helps construction business owners save 5+ hours every week on admin using AI tools.
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Is This For You?
This is for you if...
- You run a small to medium trade business
- You are great on the tools but feel suffocated doing admin
- You have packed up on site at 4:30pm but still have invoicing, quoting and paperwork to do
- You want less stress
- You want your business to grow
- You don't want to hire office staff yet
This is NOT for you if...
- You do not run a trade business
- You run a big corporate company
- You want everything done for you
- You want to waste time using pen and paper
- You refuse to use a mobile phone or computer
- You won't spend 10 minutes investing in your future
How To Use The Guide
Pick the problem. Find the tool. Copy the text. Done.
Step 1
Pick What's Slowing You Down
- Too many emails
- Quotes taking too long
- Too much paperwork
Step 2
Find the Tool for the Job
- Open the guide
- Find the section you need
- Choose the tool
Step 3
Copy and Paste the Text
- Copy the prompt
- Follow the setup steps
- Run the tool
Step 4
Finished
- Less admin
- More paid work
- More time back
Whats included in the guide?
Everything you need to use AI to save 5+ hours on admin every week.
I’ve spent 7+ years in the construction industry and the last 3+ years studying and using AI. I’ve worked alongside construction companies testing what actually works, and what doesn’t. The AI Toolkit for Trades is a clear step by step guide for saving time and growing your business.
C H A T G P T
•How to Use ChatGPT in the Real World page 1/2
•The In-Depth Guide to Prompting ChatGPT page 1/2
•How to structure a prompt (CRISPE)
•Secret sauce techniques
•Building Code & Compliance Checker page 1/2
•ChatGPT incognito mode
C A N V A
•How to Use Canva in the Real World
•How to use Canva AI
•Creating a free instant quote calculator for your website page 1/2/3
•Creating business content with Canva
•How to create graphics using Canva page 1/2
•Canva Pricing Breakdown (What to Use & When)
C L A U D E
•Claude Vs ChatGPT vs Gemini
•How to Use Claude in the Real World
•How to Use Claude
•Creating a custom AI Copywriter Tool for Trade Businesses page 1/2
•Creating an Interactive Materials Comparison Tool
•Troubleshoot when using Claude AI Code
G E M I N I
•How to Use Gemini AI
•Find Unanswered Quotes with a Gemini Prompt
•Find Unreplied Leads & Missed Emails Prompt page 1/2
•Detect jobs ready for review page 1/2
•Automatic Email to Calendar Setup
•Gemini + Google Calendar Mini Prompts
•Gemini’s Automatic Scheduling Prompt
•Google Gemini Nano Banana
T H E U L T I M A T E Q U O T E
•The Ultimate Quote page 1/2/3
M A I L M A E S T R O
•Introduction to MailMaestro
•How to use MailMaestro
J U S T C A L L . I O
•Introduction to JustCall.io
•How to use JustCall.io
•Setting up JustCall.io Page 1/2/3
F I N A L S T E P S & W H A T ’ S N E X T
•A Real Week Using These Tools
•My Top 3 Integrations as a Trade Business
•The Future of AI & What’s Next
•Coming soon
What if I don’t understand AI?
Don’t understand AI?
This guide is dummy proof. I explain what each tool does, why it helps a trade business, and give you simple step by step guides with pictures plus copy and paste text to get going.
What if I don’t have time to set it up?
Most of the tools take between 5 to 10 minutes to set up but can save you hours every week.
I don’t want to read a book
These are simple step by step guides with pictures, or you just copy the text and paste it. That’s it.
I don’t want to learn new software
These are not complicated software tools. They are simple websites and tools that fit into your normal day to day work.
If you charge $70+ an hour, this guide pays for itself in under 20 minutes but saves you 5+ every week.
How you will save 5+ hours every week
- Create accurate quotes in seconds using a copy and paste prompt in ChatGPT.
- Create marketing content for your business using simple templates.
- Write and reply to emails in seconds using ChatGPT.
- Schedule your week automatically using Gemini.
- Get more leads through your website using Claude and Canva tools.
- Receive an email with customer job details after phone calls so you don’t forget information.
- Find building rules, codes, and standards instantly instead of searching through hundreds of pages.
100% Money Back Guarantee No Questions Asked
Try the Toolkit completely risk free for 30 days. If you implement the systems and send us a short honest video review showing how you used it in your trade business, we’ll refund 100% of your purchase price.
Simply email your video review along with proof of purchase to Contact@tradesmadesimplehq.co within 30 days of purchase to qualify.
No scripts. No complicated process. Just real feedback from real trade business owners helping others work less, earn more, and grow faster.
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Get back 5 hours a week with this simple guide.
The Toolkit gives you copy-paste quoting templates, admin workflows, lead-generation tools, and weekly planning systems you can use straight away.
No setup. No learning tech. Just tools that give you your time back.
Got Questions?
Here’s what fellow trade business owners wanted to know before they started.
What’s the difference between the Free Guide and the paid Toolkit?
The Free Guide is an introduction to the world of AI for trade business owners. It shows you how AI can save time and includes ready to use ChatGPT prompts you can instantly apply to quoting, admin, and basic marketing. It also introduces a few extra AI tools, explains what a “waste prompt” is, and why asking the right way matters if you want useful results. The paid Toolkit goes much deeper. It’s a full, in depth breakdown of six tested AI tools you can actually use in your business, with clear explanations on how to set them up and implement them properly. Each tool includes demos, real examples, and use cases so you can see how it works before relying on it. You’ll also get: Copy and paste prompts for faster, more accurate quoting Tools to generate lead capture systems for your website An instant building code and compliance checker for on the spot answers Practical workflows you can plug straight into your business The Toolkit is constantly updated, tested, and improved as tools change. Think of the Free Guide as the introduction, the Toolkit is the full system.
Is this just ChatGPT prompts?
No. Prompts are only one small part of it. The Toolkit is built around real workflows trade business owners use day to day. It gives you practical systems and templates to help you quote faster, reduce admin, write clearer messages, plan your week, and stay organised. It also includes five other key AI tools that are just as important, and in many cases more useful, than ChatGPT, depending on what you’re trying to do in your business. The goal isn’t to “learn AI”. It’s to use the right tools in the right places to save time and reduce stress.
What is AI and how can it help my trade business?
AI is a tool that helps you write, organise, and speed up the admin you already do.
For trade businesses, that means faster quoting, clearer client messages, follow ups, planning your work week, and creating marketing content without spending hours on it.