Free Live Long Beach Business Workshop

AI & Commerce - Growing your business with AI

Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how businesses operate, attract customers, and drive revenue. This workshop helps Chamber members understand how AI is changing commerce and what steps businesses need to take.

FREE: May 21st, 2026 @ 3 - 5 PM PST in Long Beach

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Attendees get free coffee & snacks plus a chance for a free AI ecommerce audit.

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Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

1 World Trade Center # 101,
Long Beach, CA 90831

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This workshop is designed to help you understand what's changing and why it matters to your business. Your customers are being influenced by AI every day through search results, recommendations, content discovery, customer support expectations, and buying experiences. If you do not understand how those changes affect your business, it becomes harder to compete.

  • What This Workshop Covers

    • How AI has changed shopping habits across retail and digital channels
    • Where AI is impacting sales, marketing, and customer service
    • What your business needs to not fall behind

  • Who Should Attend

    • Brick-and-mortar retailers and multi-location businesses
    • Ecommerce and omnichannel brands
    • Service-based businesses (fitness, wellness, home services, etc.)

Why This Workshop Matters

Your customers are no longer relying on the same tools and habits they used just a few years ago. AI is changing how they ask questions, how they discover brands, how they evaluate trust, and how they decide where to spend money. Search is changing. Marketing is changing. Customer expectations are changing. Businesses that do not adjust may find themselves harder to find, slower to respond, and less relevant in the eyes of the customer.

AI is changing customer behavior

AI is influencing what your customers see, what they trust, and how quickly they move toward a purchase. Learn how to make your business more AI capabile and discoverable.

AI search matters for your business

Search is no longer just about keywords and page rankings. AI is changing how information and products are recommended to users. Your business needs to think about how customers find you online.

You need to be AI competitive

Your competitors are already using AI to improve visibility, customer engagement and efficiency, so don't stand still. Take the steps required to do business in the new AI centric business environment.

Prepare Your Business for AI

This workshop will help you understand AI and what to do about it. You will learn about the tools and services that fit into real business operations.

  • You will see examples of how businesses can improve their content so it is clearer and better positioned for AI-driven discovery. This includes how to think about your website content, product information, service pages and other customer-facing content that influences how people find your business.

  • You will learn about the tools that businesses are starting to use, how those tools can support visibility and growth and where they fit into real business operations. The goal is to help you move from awareness to action so you can better prepare your business for the way customers now search, shop and make decisions.