📸 Tired of blurry selfies, awkward stock photos, or AI images with six fingers? Google’s latest AI update — Gemini 2.5 ‘Banana’ — might finally change the game for small businesses.

In this episode of The Marketing Podcast for Local Businesses, Adam Niazi & Josh Hamit reveal how Gemini Banana can save you thousands in photography costs while making your brand look sharper online.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

🔧 The photo problem in local marketing – why stock images hurt your credibility and pro photos cost too much.

🍌 What Gemini Banana actually does – background swaps, outfit changes, seasonal updates, and product placement that still look 100% real.

🏪 Real business use cases – from cafés creating seasonal lattes to plumbers generating polished headshots without a studio.

⚡ How Gemini compares to ChatGPT, Midjourney, and DALL·E – and why it’s faster, more realistic, and more “business-ready.”

⚖️ The ethical angle – how to use AI photos responsibly without misleading your customers.

👉 If you’ve ever wished you had a professional photographer on call 24/7 — this might be the closest thing to it.

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• Adam (Web Design): hello@websitedesigners.london | www.websitedesigners.london

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