Your Next Business Idea Will Fail Without This

About this episode

Cody McGuffie discusses how to effectively use AI to grow an online business while avoiding distractions from new trends and tools.

How do you use AI to grow your online business faster without getting distracted by every new tool, trend, and shiny opportunity? For that and more, follow us here and subscribe to our YouTube channel ! In this episode of Built Online, Cody McGuffie unpacks why so many creators stay busy but never build real momentum, how shiny object syndrome keeps people stuck, and what it looks like to use AI as leverage instead of letting it pull you off course. If you have been feeling behind, scattered, or tempted to start over again, this is a sharper way to think about focus, execution, and long-term progress. If you are building something online and want tools to help you move faster, we invite you to try EverBee and EverBee Store for product research and launching your own brand, plus the YouTube tool we use, VidIQ. ------------ RESOURCES: - EverBee Store: https://everbee.io/store/ - VidIQ: https://vidiq.com/builtonline ------------ 🎙️ Check Out the Built Online Podcast — Hosted by EverBee Founder & CEO Cody McGuffie 💥 100+ Episodes Featuring Top Creators & Online Business Experts ✅ 40,000+ Monthly Downloads ▶️ YouTube…

People in this episode

Host: Cody McGuffie

Topics covered

• AI in business
• online business growth
• shiny object syndrome
• focus and execution
• long-term progress

Keywords

• AI
• online business
• shiny object syndrome
• focus
• execution
• EverBee
• VidIQ

Sponsors

EverBee Store, VidIQ

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EverBee, VidIQ, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts

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