Small-business AI consulting
Practical AI Flows
A consulting practice focused on custom Google Gemini Gems, ChatGPT Projects, AI dashboards, and automated workflows for local businesses.
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John Bernier
Digital marketing strategist, AI practitioner, builder, and lifelong technology enthusiast.
Selected work
Ongoing practice
Digital marketing & applied AI
An evolving practice at the intersection of marketing strategy, search, email, paid media, and practical AI.
What I’m building
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ChatGPT Prompt Generator
A free ChatGPT plugin I built to turn rough ideas, task descriptions, and prompts that aren’t working into clear, reusable prompts.
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Custom workflow assistants
Focused Gemini Gems and ChatGPT Projects designed around brand voice, source material, and repeatable business tasks.
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AI efficiency roadmaps
Practical starting points for identifying repetitive tasks and shaping an AI implementation plan around real operations.
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Practical AI Flows video guides
Short public demonstrations of Gemini workflows, task automation, and ways to reduce routine administrative work.
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Recent notes adapted from public Practical AI Flows guides.
I Asked Two AIs to Challenge Each Other. Here’s What Happened.
I asked ChatGPT Work and Claude to tackle a question together. The back-and-forth changed the recommendations—and made me want to try this on a bigger project.
Read articleWhy Your Smart Home Devices Need 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi
Your phone connects just fine, but your smart outlet refuses. Here is why many smart devices need 2.4 GHz, how mesh Wi-Fi complicates setup, and what my Leviton troubleshooting experience taught me.
Read articleAI Is Supposed to Make Life Simpler, So Why Is It Getting More Complicated?
Agents, skills, projects, modes—and another interface to learn. AI companies need to take responsibility for the whole experience, starting with what people want to accomplish.
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- Building
- A personal digital journal for work, projects, and observations.
- Exploring
- Practical AI systems that reduce repetitive work for small businesses.
- Learning
- AI tools, automation, and the changing relationship between search and useful content.
- Thinking about
- How technology can support better decisions and more time for meaningful work.
Beyond work
A little context
I’m a digital marketing strategist, practical AI adopter, and lifelong technology enthusiast interested in useful systems and thoughtful work.
Practical AI Flows is one part of that exploration: a small-business consulting practice focused on helping people reduce the time tax of recurring administrative work.
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Whether it’s digital marketing, AI, technology, or a project idea, I’d be happy to hear from you.