Introducing the Strategic Series: AI Guides Built for Your Profession, Not Just Your Industry

Most AI advice is written for one of two audiences: developers who want to build things, or executives who want to sound informed at board meetings. The Strategic Series is written for everyone else — the business owner running a 12-person dental practice, the CPA trying to figure out which AI tools actually apply to tax work, the real estate agent who keeps hearing about AI but doesn't know where to start.

These are professionals with real jobs to do. They don't have an IT department. They don't have time to sift through vendor marketing. They need to know what works, what doesn't, what the legal exposure looks like, and exactly how to get started — in their industry, for their workflow, right now.

What the guides actually are

Each volume in the Strategic Series covers one specific profession, end to end. Not a survey of AI tools. Not a general productivity guide with your industry's name swapped in. A genuine deep dive into how AI applies to the specific workflows, compliance requirements, client relationships, and competitive dynamics of that profession.

Every guide includes:

• Industry-specific legal and compliance framework — HIPAA, FINRA, fair housing, EEOC, SEC, state licensing boards — whatever applies to your field, explained in plain language
• Workflow-by-workflow AI application — not abstract concepts, but specific use cases mapped to how you actually work
• 60+ ready-to-use prompts — written for your industry, your terminology, your use cases. Copy, paste, get results.
• Tool recommendations with honest assessments — what's worth paying for, what free tools do the same job, what to avoid
• Quarterly updates — as AI evolves, as new industry-specific tools launch, as the legal landscape shifts, the guide updates. Your subscription stays current.

What makes these different

The differentiator isn't the format. It's the depth and the honesty.

These guides are written from 32 years of enterprise technology experience and a decade of working directly with SMB and mid-market operators across industries. The legal frameworks aren't boilerplate — they're researched and specific to each profession. The prompt libraries aren't generic — they're built for the actual language and workflows of each field.

And unlike most AI content, there's no upsell. No course. No coaching program. No "community" requiring a monthly membership. You buy the guide, you use the guide, you get quarterly updates included.

Who this is for

The Strategic Series is built for SMB and mid-market professionals who want to use AI strategically — not just experiment with it. If you're running a business without a dedicated IT team, without an AI consultant on retainer, and without the time to figure this out from scratch, this is the shortcut.

We currently publish guides for small business owners, individual professionals, MedSpa operators, CPAs, dentists, chiropractors, veterinarians, attorneys, nurses, marketers, developers, restaurant operators, real estate agents, home services businesses, insurance producers, wealth managers, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, data analysts, product managers, IT project managers, and HR professionals — with more in development.

How it works

Every guide is available two ways: a one-time purchase for the current version as a download you keep, or an annual subscription that gives you online access and includes every quarterly update automatically. Pricing ranges from $27 to $57 depending on the guide, with subscription access at $60/year across all subscription titles.

Browse the full library and find your guide at strategicseries.ai.

Further reading

Why I wrote the Strategic Series — Jesse Myers on the gap he saw in the market and the experience behind the guides.

The publishing thesis at 2057 Holdings — the portfolio context and why the quarterly update model matters.

From the guide to implementation — if you want to go further than the guide takes you, Safire Business Services works with SMB and mid-market operators on AI implementation.

Browse the full Strategic Series library at strategicseries.ai.