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By Enzo, Founder of Prism
July 14, 2025
If you're a small business (opens in a new tab) owner juggling an outdated website (opens in a new tab), scattered photos, blog posts, and media files, you're not alone. Transitioning to a new site often means manually downloading and organizing content – a time-sucking process that leaves valuable raw materials underutilized. But what if AI could change that? In this post, I'll show you how tools like Grok 4 can help you extract all your old website content with just a few simple commands, building a powerful content flywheel to supercharge your marketing (opens in a new tab). Whether you're in brick-and-mortar or online, this approach solves the headache of content migration and burnout, letting you focus on growth (opens in a new tab).
As the founder of Prism, where we build websites and apps for small businesses, I've seen it countless times: Existing websites packed with gold – photos from past shoots, blog posts full of insights, videos that tell your story. But extracting this raw content for a new site or marketing system? It's a nightmare. You end up copying text manually, downloading images one by one, or relying on limited scraping tools that only handle single pages.
This leads to bigger issues:
The good news? AI is flipping the script, turning one piece of content into a "flywheel" that automates posting and curation across channels.
AI isn't just for big tech – it's a game-changer for small businesses like yours. Here's how to rethink it:
AI as Your Limitless Coach: Tools like Grok 4 connect to vast knowledge, guiding you through complex tasks. Don't know code? Ask it to teach you step-by-step.
Focus on Systems, Not One-Off Tasks: Build a "content flywheel" or "waterfall system." Input raw content once, and AI automates distribution – turning a single photoshoot into blog posts, social media updates, local listings (Google, Yelp), and ads.
Overcome Hallucinations and Imperfections: Earlier models like GPT (opens in a new tab) or Claude (opens in a new tab) had issues with accuracy. Newer ones like Grok 4 minimize this by cross-referencing and providing verifiable methods.
Empower Non-Developers: You don't need to be a coder. AI can give you terminal commands or scripts to automate what used to be manual.
Scale with Raw Content: Store everything in the cloud (infinite storage!) and let your team mix/match for creative outputs. This keeps marketing fresh without constant creation.
By viewing AI as a partner in system-building, you gain efficiency, reduce burnout, and accelerate growth. It's about knowing every part of your business deeply – no excuses anymore.
Here's the breakthrough that transformed how we at Prism handle client migrations. Using Grok 4 (which just launched and is incredibly powerful), I discovered a simple way to download every image, video, blog post, and text from a public website – all organized into folders on your local machine.
Ask the Right Question: I started with: "Is there an easy way to download all images from a public website?" Grok 4 searched Reddit, Chrome extensions, and more, suggesting options like command-line tools.
Iterate for Perfection: It wasn't one-and-done. I sparred back: "Does this get the entire site's content?" Grok refined it to a terminal command using tools like wget or httrack (install via your package manager if needed).
Run the Command: Something as simple as:
wget --recursive --no-clobber --page-requisites --html-extension --convert-links --restrict-file-names=windows --domains example.com --no-parent https://www.example.com/
This pulls down the whole site – hundreds of blog posts and photos – in bulk.
Process with Claude: Once downloaded (often into a single TXT file), feed it to Claude AI to extract, reformat, and clean up. Verify completeness by asking Grok to cross-reference the live site.
This method avoids hallucinations from direct AI extraction – you do it accurately yourself, guided by AI. For one client with hundreds of pages, it took minutes instead of days. Now, that content fuels their flywheel: Auto-posting to social media, updating listings, and running ads.
Pro Tip: Always respect website terms and robots.txt for ethical scraping. This works best for your own sites or public ones with permission.
In today's algorithm-driven world, consistency wins. A content flywheel using AI ensures your efforts compound: One input creates endless outputs. No more overwhelming posting schedules – just smart automation.
At Prism, we've used this to help brick-and-mortar shops and online founders ramp up marketing without extra hires. It's massive for scaling in bulk, especially when raw content is your secret weapon.
If you're tired of manual content hassles and want to leverage AI for real business growth, try Grok 4 today. It's a complete game-changer. Or, if you need help building custom websites, apps, or marketing systems, get in touch with Prism (opens in a new tab). We're here to make tech work for you.
What do you think? Have questions about using Grok 4 or content extraction? Drop them in the comments below – I'll respond!
Watch the full video where I dive deeper into this process:
(Video transcript and details available on request.)