Business Story and Campaign Goal
A clear company narrative, differentiation, target audience, and measurable campaign objective.
FALL 2026 OMAHA COHORT - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN
Build an AI-Powered Marketing System for Your Omaha Business in 8 Weeks
Train AI to understand your business, strengthen your message, create branded content, support lead generation, and help you execute a real marketing campaign - without needing a technical background.
Omaha AI for Marketing Accelerator
An 8-week business growth program powered by 5 STAR BDM and BizHack Academy
Live instructionTwo participants per businessReal campaign assetsCustom AI assistantSponsored Omaha seats available
Applications are now open. Final class dates and the weekly schedule will be provided to accepted applicants.
8 WeeksLive Instruction
2 ParticipantsPer Business
Real AssetsBuilt in Class
No TechnicalBackground Required
The Business Problem
Turn Fragmented Marketing Into a Repeatable System
Many small businesses know they need stronger marketing but lack the time, capacity, and connected workflow to move from ideas to consistent execution. Messages, content, lead capture, and follow-up often live in separate tools or depend on one overloaded person.
The Omaha AI for Marketing Accelerator helps you connect your story, customer insight, campaign strategy, branded content, and lead workflow into one practical system your team can implement with human review and approval.
Participant Transformation
What Participants Will Build
Leave with a working, launch-ready AI-assisted marketing system for creating content, supporting lead generation, and producing branded campaign assets - with the review rules and human oversight needed to use it responsibly.
Ideal-Customer Research
AI-assisted customer insight covering needs, language, objections, and buying triggers.
Campaign Strategy
A campaign concept, offer, message hierarchy, channel plan, and success measures.
Custom AI Assistant
A custom workspace with reusable prompts, brand guidance, and review rules.
Implementation Curriculum
The Eight-Week Implementation Journey
Every week connects a business objective to a practical classroom activity and a completed participant output.
Week 1
Clarify Your Business Story
Define the company narrative, differentiation, audience, and measurable campaign goal.
Output: A clear business story and campaign goal.
Week 2
Understand the Ideal Customer
Use AI-assisted research to sharpen customer needs, language, objections, and buying triggers.
Output: An ideal-customer insight brief.
Week 3
Build the Campaign Strategy
Create the campaign concept, offer, message hierarchy, channel plan, and success measures.
Output: A complete campaign strategy.
Week 4
Train Your AI Assistant
Develop reusable prompts, brand guidance, review rules, and a custom AI workspace for the business.
Output: A configured custom AI assistant.
Week 5
Create Branded Visual Content
Produce campaign-ready images and branded assets with quality control and human approval.
Output: A branded visual asset library.
Week 6
Create Video and Audio Assets
Develop short-form campaign content and repurpose core messages across media formats.
Output: A campaign-ready multimedia content set.
Week 7
Build the Lead Workflow
Connect content, calls to action, lead capture, follow-up, and responsible AI-assisted workflow steps.
Output: A documented, human-reviewed lead workflow.
Week 8
Launch and Present the System
Finalize the campaign, demonstrate the workflow, and leave with a 30-day implementation plan.
Output: A launch-ready campaign and 30-day plan.
Completed Business Assets
Eight Practical Deliverables
Business Story and Campaign Brief
Your narrative, differentiation, audience, and campaign goal.
Customer Research Brief
Customer needs, language, objections, and buying triggers.
Campaign Strategy
Offer, message hierarchy, channels, and success measures.
Custom AI Assistant
A configured AI workspace with prompts, brand guidance, and review rules.
Branded Visual Asset Library
Campaign-ready images and reusable branded assets.
Video and Audio Asset Set
Short-form content adapted across appropriate media formats.
AI-Assisted Marketing Workflow
Build a repeatable workflow for creating content, supporting lead generation, and producing branded campaign assets with human review and approval.
Launch-Ready Campaign and 30-Day Plan
A finalized campaign, demonstrated workflow, and practical implementation roadmap.
Participant Proof
Practical Skills Applied to a Real Business
“I never knew how to make slides or commercials. Through this program, I created a character, a commercial, and content that boosted my business visibility. Now I can pitch Fortune 500 companies with proposals I never could have created before. I have a marketing team, and it's called AI.”
Elliot Durant III
Pure Water Factory - BizHack AI Marketing Accelerator Graduate
Results reported by the participant and presented for illustrative purposes. Individual outcomes vary based on business model, execution, market conditions, and use of the program materials.
Leadership
Meet Your Program Leaders
Grant McGaugh
Omaha Program Director and Business Strategy Lead
Grant McGaugh is the founder and CEO of 5 STAR BDM and an Omaha-rooted business development, branding, and technology strategist. With more than 25 years of experience helping leaders and organizations translate ideas into market visibility, strategic relationships, and revenue opportunities, Grant serves as the program's local business-outcomes coach. He helps participants connect the AI tools and campaign assets to a practical growth strategy they can execute after the cohort ends.
Dan Grech
Curriculum Creator and Lead AI Marketing Educator
Dan Grech is the founder and CEO of BizHack Academy and the creator of the AI Marketing Accelerator curriculum. He leads the practical instruction that helps small-business owners apply AI to customer research, messaging, content production, campaign development, and repeatable marketing workflows.
Fall 2026 Omaha Cohort
Eligibility, Sponsorship, and Investment
Applications are now open.
Final class dates and the weekly schedule will be provided to accepted applicants.
Final class dates and the weekly schedule will be provided to accepted applicants.
Who Should Apply
Apply if you operate an Omaha-area small business, have a defined product or service, can commit to the full eight-week program, and are ready to implement an AI-assisted marketing system. Priority sponsored-seat consideration may be given to qualifying North Omaha, South Omaha, minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, and underserved businesses, subject to approved funding criteria.
Sponsored Omaha Seat
$0 tuitionfor approved qualifying businesses
Sponsored access is limited and subject to program eligibility, application review, attendance expectations, and funding availability.
Check Eligibility for a Sponsored SeatStandard Business Enrollment
$2,500per business
Includes live instruction, two participants from the same business, campaign assets, a custom AI assistant, implementation support, and the complete program resource library.
Apply for Standard EnrollmentProgram Partner
5 STAR BDM
Program Partner
BizHack Academy
Funding Partner
Omaha 100
Frequently Asked Questions
Application Questions, Answered
What are the exact program dates?
The Fall 2026 Omaha cohort is accepting applications. Final orientation, class, and graduation dates will be provided to accepted applicants.
What day and time are classes held?
The approved weekly day, start time, end time, and time zone will be included in enrollment information before accepted applicants commit.
Is the program online, hybrid, or in person?
The final delivery schedule and any approved Omaha venue information will be provided to accepted applicants.
How much time should I plan each week?
Plan to attend each live session and complete implementation work between sessions. The final weekly time expectation will be included with the accepted-applicant schedule.
Do I need technical experience?
No technical background is required. Participants should be comfortable using a computer, browser, email, and basic business software.
What software or subscriptions are required?
Required accounts, paid subscriptions, and anything included in tuition or sponsorship will be disclosed before enrollment.
Can two people from my company attend?
Yes. Enrollment includes two participants from the same business. Attendance expectations will be confirmed during enrollment.
Who qualifies for a sponsored seat?
Sponsored access is limited and subject to approved geographic, business-stage, ownership, attendance, application-review, and funding criteria. Applying does not guarantee funding.
What happens if I miss a class?
Attendance, make-up, recording, and sponsorship policies will be provided before enrollment so applicants can make an informed commitment.
Who owns the content and AI tools created?
Participant ownership, curriculum licensing, platform terms, and use of reusable templates will be explained in the program agreement before enrollment.
How is business information protected?
Participants learn responsible data handling and must use human review and approved platforms. Confidential or regulated information should not be entered into AI tools without organizational authorization.
What happens after I apply?
The program team reviews your application. Selected applicants complete a short readiness conversation. Eligibility and available sponsorship are confirmed. Accepted businesses receive enrollment and orientation instructions, then complete technology setup before the first session.
What support continues after graduation?
Any included resource-library access, office hours, community, coaching, or alumni support will be stated in the final enrollment agreement.
Fall 2026 Omaha Cohort
Build the Marketing System Your Business Can Actually Use
Applications are now open for the Omaha AI for Marketing Accelerator. Apply for standard enrollment or request consideration for a limited sponsored Omaha seat.
After You Apply
- The program team reviews your application.
- Selected applicants complete a short readiness conversation.
- Eligibility and available sponsorship are confirmed.
- Accepted businesses receive enrollment and orientation instructions.
- Participants complete technology setup before the first session.
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