AI Plus Your Judgment Pays 34% More | Businessing

Bring Back What You Used to Sell | Businessing

You don't always need a brand-new product. Sometimes the smartest move is bringing back the one you used to sell. Panda Express and KFC are printing money doing exactly that, and you can too. Today Pat digs into the nostalgia trend that's got fast food brands reaching into their catalog, and why your best "new" offer might be something you already crushed and quietly stopped doing. Then bookkeeper Barbara Fausett of Money Masters joins to share what she's seeing across her whole book of clients right now: steady revenue, faster expectations on return, cautious AI spending, and not one client who's cut a job because of AI. Plus the news you need to know, a ransomware attack on a dairy company, what Domino's s'mores lava cakes teach us about presentation, and the story of how the SBOC crew got Pat good at last night's meetup. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome and today's rundown 01:37 - Why fast food brands are bringing back fan favorites 03:28 - What you used to sell that you could re-release 06:32 - What a bookkeeper sees changing in small business right now 11:51 - Are small business owners getting a return on AI? 12:55 - Is AI cutting jobs? What one bookkeeper is seeing 18:26 - Why every small business needs a lawyer before trouble hits 20:13 - Gas hits $4 a gallon and what it signals 21:51 - The Fairlife ransomware attack and backing up your business 23:37 - What Domino's s'mores lava cakes teach about presentation 26:28 - Getting the tribal knowledge out of your head 28:52 - The SBOC meetup story that got me good Resources mentioned: - Money Masters Bookkeeping (Barbara Fausett): moneymasters4biz.com - Athena Legal Solutions: athenalegalsolutionsllc.com - Automation Bird Dog (use promo code OWNIT) - Check in on the live map: live.smallbusinesscommunity.com Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PatMillerFridaysOff?sub_confirmation=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 Listen anywhere: https://businessing.captivate.fm/listen Fridays Off Newsletter: https://fridaysoffnewsletter.com Small Business Owners Community: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com

AI Plus Your Judgment Pays 34% More | Businessing

We were told AI was going to crush small business owners and make all our experience worthless. The new Upwork numbers say the opposite. Pair AI with your judgment and you earn a 34% premium per hour. Just run it through the robot with no judgment of your own and you make 13% less. It's Money Monday, so I brought on Lisa Raebel from Rebel Girl Revenue to talk about the money you make while you're onboarding a client, and why onboarding really starts in that first conversation, before anybody signs anything. We also get into the news you need to know, a new open source AI model called Kimi K3 that could change what you pay for AI, and an Idea Slam for the owner who hits three networking events a week and still isn't getting hired. Short version: it's not the room's fault if you're in the wrong room. Sponsored by Athena Legal Solutions and Automation Bird Dog. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome to Money Monday 01:10 - AI plus your judgment earns a 34% premium 04:52 - Money Monday with Lisa Raebel of Rebel Girl Revenue 06:43 - The five revenue stages in your business 08:03 - Why client onboarding starts in the first conversation 11:26 - Underpromise and overdeliver: setting expectations 17:03 - Does onboarding ever really end? 23:30 - Athena Legal Solutions 25:06 - News you need: the Iran war, oil, and the World Cup 29:03 - Tropical Storm Bertha and hurricane season 30:07 - The Kimi K3 open source AI model explained 35:19 - Automation Bird Dog 37:42 - Idea Slam: everybody knows me but nobody hires me 42:19 - Free Claude webinar and today's SBOC meetup Resources mentioned: - Lisa Raebel, Rebel Girl Revenue (Money Monday guest) - Athena Legal Solutions: athenalegalsolutionsllc.com - Automation Bird Dog: automationbirddog.com (promo code OWNIT) - Free Claude webinar, Tuesday at 1pm CT 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PatMillerFridaysOff?sub_confirmation=1 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 🌐 Listen anywhere: https://businessing.captivate.fm/listen 📬 Fridays Off Newsletter: https://fridaysoffnewsletter.com 👥 Small Business Owners Community: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #PatMiller #MoneyMonday #ClientOnboarding #AIforSmallBusiness

You Have One Job: Sell Something | Businessing

You have one job as a business owner, and it's selling. Everything else, the website, the social media, the funnels, comes second. Three million Americans started a business in the first half of this year, and Pat says if you just joined the cool kids club, there's one law of the universe you have to accept: you're in the sales business first, and the provider of whatever you actually do second. From there he runs two Idea Slam questions, one on delegating without losing your mind, and one on whether to fire a client who pays well but sucks the life out of you. Plus the news you need this morning, the Iran conflict and what the markets are really saying, Canada's wildfires wrecking the air across the upper Midwest, and Argentina and Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. He closes with why every business owner needs a coach, even the coach. In this episode: 00:00 - Good morning, and why more people are starting businesses than ever 01:08 - 3.1 million new business owners, up 17 percent this year 03:38 - The one law: you're a salesperson first 05:14 - Ask someone for money every single day 09:31 - The news you need: the Iran conflict and the markets 11:25 - Canada wildfires and the worst air quality on record 15:22 - World Cup final: Argentina vs Spain on Sunday 17:26 - Athena Legal Solutions 19:44 - Idea Slam: you delegated it and they blew it 23:27 - The apprentice handoff that actually works 26:09 - Idea Slam: firing a client who pays well but drains you 30:44 - Automation Bird Dog 33:15 - Why every business owner needs a coach 36:33 - What's happening this week Resources mentioned: - Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell - Athena Legal Solutions: athenalegalsolutionsllc.com - Automation Bird Dog (use promo code OWNIT) Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PatMillerFridaysOff?sub_confirmation=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 Listen anywhere: https://businessing.captivate.fm/listen Fridays Off Newsletter: https://fridaysoffnewsletter.com Small Business Owners Community: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com

How to Handle Bad News in Your Business | Businessing

How you handle bad news in your business is one of the differentiators between the owners who make it and the ones who don't. The trick is a four-step move: pause, get objective, act swiftly, then reflect. Bad news is coming. A client fires you, a deal falls through, the letter shows up in the mail. React emotionally and you make bad decisions right when you can least afford them. Pat walks through the exact way he handles it now: pause before you respond, get objective about the job that actually has to get done, act swiftly once you're clear, and save the reflecting for after the heat has passed. Along the way, the daylight saving time change that could reshape your winter mornings, and a Claude move that turns your whole business into something your AI actually knows. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome to Businessing 01:28 - How to Handle Bad News in Your Business 03:36 - Make More Good Decisions Than Bad Decisions 03:59 - Pause Before You React to Bad News 05:20 - Get Objective About the Job to Be Done 07:01 - Act Swiftly, Then Reflect 10:04 - News You Need to Know: Iran and Oil Prices 11:37 - Permanent Daylight Saving Time and the Sunshine Protection Act 16:29 - How to Prepare Your Business for Darker Winter Mornings 20:47 - Athena Legal Solutions 22:49 - Giving Your AI the Full Picture of Your Business 30:47 - Automation Bird Dog and Tribal Knowledge 33:17 - Why the Small Business Owners Community Is Worth It Resources mentioned: - Athena Legal Solutions (show sponsor): https://athenalegalsolutionsllc.com - Automation Bird Dog (show sponsor) - free automation readiness session, promo code OWNIT - Free Claude webinar for small business owners - happening next Tuesday Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PatMillerFridaysOff?sub_confirmation=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 Listen anywhere: https://businessing.captivate.fm/listen Fridays Off Newsletter: https://fridaysoffnewsletter.com Small Business Owners Community: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com #SmallBusiness #Entrepreneurship #PatMiller #DaylightSavingTime #AIforBusiness #SmallBusinessTips

Your AI Emails Sound Too Much Like You | Businessing

Two friends told Pat they couldn't tell his emails from AI anymore, and now he's having an identity crisis. If your AI writes exactly like you, how does anyone know it's really you knocking? Pat opens with the "we're not fooling anyone" problem: Claude's ghostwriting has gotten so good that his own contacts can't tell his voice from the AI's, and it's injecting real doubt into email. He walks the junk-mail progression we've all lived, asks whether email is dying (sick, not dead), and weighs what could replace it. Then the news: inflation cools to 3.5%, Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, and a produce parasite making people sick. Plus ChatGPT's new voice that listens and talks at the same time, and why that matters when robots come home. In this episode: 00:00 - Your AI Emails Now Sound Exactly Like You (Big Story) 01:58 - The Junk Mail Progression We've Seen Before 03:43 - How Do You Prove a Real Human Sent It 06:26 - Is Email Dying? Sick, Not Dead 08:31 - What Could Replace Email 09:42 - News: Inflation Cools to 3.5% 11:04 - Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, and Oil 13:52 - Healthy Food Is Making People Sick 16:35 - How to Protect Yourself From Contaminated Produce 19:08 - Athena Legal Solutions 21:16 - AI Story: ChatGPT Voice That Listens While It Talks 24:16 - Why This Matters When Robots Come Home 25:05 - The AI Haters Riff 26:50 - Automation Bird Dog 30:20 - Free Claude Training Webinar Next Tuesday Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions: https://athenalegalsolutionsllc.com Automation Bird Dog: https://automationbirddog.com (promo code OWNIT) Start Here Claude Training webinar, next Tuesday at 1pm: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/aitraining Small Business Owners Community: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PatMillerFridaysOff?sub_confirmation=1 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 Listen anywhere: https://businessing.captivate.fm/listen Fridays Off Newsletter: https://fridaysoffnewsletter.com