Businessing with Pat Miller

Pat Miller
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Solving small business problems so you can be more profitable, with less stress, and run a modern small business. You got into this for freedom. The ability to choose how you work, when you rest, how it all gets done. But then the to-do list took over, the stress crept in, and now you're doing the whole thing by yourself. Businessing is the daily live show for small business owners who want their business to actually work for their life. We talk about what's real: making more money without burning out, getting the right stuff done without losing your mind, and running a business built for 2026, not 2006. Hiring. Marketing. Time. AI. The stuff you're actually dealing with. And every show features the Idea Slam. You come on the air, tell us what you're working on right now, and we make it great together. Live. No net. Nine out of ten social posts are AI-generated now. The feed is full of noise. This show is real conversation with real people solving real problems in real time. New episodes daily at 11 AM Central starting February 2. → Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@SmallBusinessOC → Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 → Get the FridaysOff Newsletter: fridaysoffnewsletter.com

  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    Right Seat, Wrong Person, or Training Problem? | Businessing

    You hired someone full of hope, and now it's not working out. Before you fire anybody, you need to know whether it's a wrong-seat problem, a training gap, or the wrong person, because those three look identical on the surface and they are not the same fix. Today Pat walks you through the three-step diagnosis, the real math on what a struggling hire is costing you every month, and the five-outcomes conversation that tells you in thirty days whether to keep coaching or move on. Then it's Money Monday with Lisa Raebel from Rebel Girl Revenue on the first sales conversation that actually builds trust, an Idea Slam mailbag on what to do when work is pouring in faster than you can deliver it, and an AI story worth your attention: referral traffic from AI chatbots is converting at 20 percent, and it comes down to intent. Grab your coffee, let's get businessing. In this episode: 00:00 - Is it the wrong seat, a training problem, or the wrong person 09:33 - Money Monday with Lisa Raebel: the first sales call that builds trust 24:04 - Idea Slam mailbag: how to know what you can actually deliver 28:54 - Why AI referrals are converting at 20 percent 33:00 - What's happening inside the Small Business Owners Community Resources mentioned: Rebel Girl Revenue (Lisa Raebel): https://rebelgirlrevenue.com Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com The Daily Crown / Crown Room Live (Elzie Flenard): https://joindailycrown.com SBOC Conference, this September: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #Hiring #SmallBusinessTips #AIforBusiness

  2. 5d ago ·  Video

    Clone Your Decisions, Not Yourself | Businessing

    You can't clone yourself, but you can clone your decisions. Pick the five decisions you make every week, teach them to your AI once, and build a second brain that never forgets. Pat Miller shows small business owners how to lower their mental load by turning their most-repeated weekly decisions into Claude skills, so the same call gets made the same way every time, even when you're not the one making it. Then it's Idea Slam tough love: what to do when you have to fire your two best-paid people for cause and lose half your capacity in a single day. Plus two AI stories you can actually use, Google Ads getting easier to run and AI watermarking coming to Claude, Gemini, and the rest. In this episode: 00:00 - You can't clone yourself, but you can clone your decisions 00:37 - "How do I make a second me?" The second-brain question every owner asks 01:25 - The small business labor shortage in real numbers 02:55 - Pick five weekly decisions to hand off first 04:02 - Task vs skill vs scheduled task, explained in plain English 08:55 - Idea Slam: firing your two best people for cause 11:42 - Why access to capital gives you options when people leave 15:19 - AI story: Google Ads is finally getting easier to run 20:10 - AI story: AI watermarking is coming to Claude, Gemini, and more 22:42 - What's happening in the Small Business Owners Community this week Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions, free legal confidence review: https://athenalegalsolutionsllc.com Crown Room Live and The Daily Crown: https://crownroomlive.com SBOC26 Conference: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference Grab an Idea Slam spot: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/idea-slam-pat-miller 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #AIforSmallBusiness #Hiring #SmallBusinessOwner

  3. 6d ago ·  Video

    Your To-Do List Is for Forgetting | Businessing

    Your to-do list has one job, and it isn't remembering. It's forgetting. Today Pat teaches the Forget to Finish system, the way to get everything done without carrying it all around in your head. Running your whole business from memory is why you can't rest and why you feel stuck. In this episode Pat walks through the full framework: dump it all out, cut the tasks nobody actually cares about, hand work to your team or to Claude, turn vague guilt trips into real action steps, and schedule a work date instead of just a due date so you can forget a task until it's time to do it. Then the Idea Slam tackles whether an in-person event is worth charging more than the online version, and two AI stories close the show, including the big change coming to Claude on Friday. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome to Businessing 00:50 - The Forget to Finish system for getting stuff done 03:34 - The six steps to clear your to-do list 13:51 - Idea Slam: are in-person events worth more than online? 24:54 - AI story: Claude turns on auto mode Friday 27:46 - AI story: my call with Anthropic's PR team 29:30 - New member welcome and the SBOC Conference 32:55 - Tomorrow: how to clone yourself Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions: https://athenalegalsolutionsllc.com Crown Room Live and The Daily Crown: https://joindailycrown.com Todoist: https://todoist.com SBOC Conference, September 15 to 17: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #Productivity #Todoist #TimeManagement

  4. Aug 10 ·  Video

    Raise Your Rates, Even If You Lose Clients | Businessing

    The math on raising your rates is not what you think. Bump a price 10%, lose a quarter of your clients, and you still walk away with the same profit and more free time. Today Professor Miller hits the whiteboard to show exactly what a rate increase does to your bottom line, and he hands you the three-sentence email that tells a client the price is going up without a single apology. Then it's the Idea Slam mailbag: a client you actually like is two months late paying and keeps saying the check is coming. When do you stop being nice about it? Plus two AI stories in plain English, ChatGPT dropping its message limits and the models that keep escaping their own sandboxes. It's Your Dream, Don't Grow It Alone.® In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome and what's on today's show 00:46 - The math on raising your rates 02:29 - The whiteboard demo: what a 10% raise really does 06:11 - The three-sentence email that raises a price with no apology 09:18 - Idea Slam mailbag: the client who's two months late paying 12:04 - Late fees, revoking access, and when the relationship is just done 14:58 - Why every business owner needs a contract 16:24 - AI stories: ChatGPT drops its limits, and "Felony Bench" 20:35 - The permission-button pep talk: watch what you approve 24:58 - Friday Finish Line is back, and a new member welcome 27:28 - What's next: Wednesday's show on your to-do list Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com Cruise Planners (Tanya Murphy): https://tripsalive.com Grab an Idea Slam spot: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/idea-slam-pat-miller SBOC Conference, September 15-17: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #RaiseYourRates #PricingStrategy #SmallBusinessTips

  5. Aug 6 ·  Video

    Most Deals Close After 5 Follow-Ups | Businessing

    Only 2% of deals close on the first contact, so if you give up after one follow-up, you're leaving most of your sales on the table. Today's Businessing breaks down why your proposals go silent and what the numbers actually say about closing more of them. Pat covers the five-follow-up rule, why custom proposals beat templates, the images that lift close rates by 72%, and the 24-hour speed window that wins deals. Then an Idea Slam mailbag on a file-naming system that will save you hours, and five questions that get real work out of your AI partner. In this episode: 00:00 - Cold open and today's rundown 00:41 - Why your deals go silent after you send the proposal 02:41 - The five-follow-up rule, and why 44% quit too early 04:09 - Custom proposals, images, and what actually closes 06:37 - Send the proposal within 24 hours 08:00 - The conference sponsor I chased for two years 10:26 - Athena Legal Solutions 13:24 - Idea Slam: a file-naming system that saves you hours 20:03 - Cruise Planners 21:48 - Five questions to get more out of your AI 29:35 - A weekend off, SBOC events, and Monday's show Resources mentioned: SBOC Conference, September 15-17 in Brookfield: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com/businessingwithpatmiller Cruise Planners with Tanya Murphy: https://tripsalive.com Come on the show for an Idea Slam: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/idea-slam-pat-miller 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #SalesTips #FollowUp #AIforBusiness

  6. Aug 5 ·  Video

    How to Name Anything So It Sticks | Businessing

    Most owners name their best offer something boring and forgettable, and it costs them sales. Today I'll show you how to name anything so it actually sticks. Seven hundred-plus Idea Slams in, naming is still the number one question I get. So here's the playbook I use: name the transformation, not the product. Use Cookie Monster language so a normal person gets it the first time they hear it. Lean on alliteration, because the Million-Dollar Mastermind just sounds like a name. Then twist a shared cultural phrase you already know, the way I turned a sales-habit app into the Sailteam. We also run an Idea Slam on killing the awkward first five minutes of a Zoom, and the AI story of the day on why most workers still don't trust AI at work even as more of them use it every day. Sponsored by Athena Legal Solutions and Cruise Planners. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome and the three things we do every day 00:42 - How to name your offer so it sticks (the 4-step playbook) 13:18 - Idea Slam: fixing the awkward first five minutes of a Zoom 19:55 - AI story: why workers don't trust AI at work 29:34 - What's happening in the SBOC this week Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com/businessingwithpatmiller Cruise Planners with Tanya Murphy (travel advisor) Money Masters Bookkeeping: https://www.moneymasters4biz.com/ Bring your challenge to an Idea Slam: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/idea-slam-pat-miller 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #Naming #Branding #AIforBusiness

  7. Aug 4 ·  Video

    Less Friction Means More Sales | Businessing

    Every time you make buying easier, people spend more. Amazon's new Alexa numbers prove it, and it should change how you run your sales process. On today's Businessing, Pat Miller breaks down the Amazon report showing voice shoppers spend 40 percent more per order, and why less friction always means more money. He digs into the Fiserv Small Business Index, where transactions are down but prices are up, and what that means for your rates. Then he builds a networking skill in Claude live on the show, announces his second TEDx talk, and shares an AI story about Grok Imagine keeping video characters consistent. Practical, fast, and built for owners who want to sound like the most informed person in the room. In this episode: 00:00 - Welcome and a second TEDx talk 04:49 - AI is a lie detector: when building gets frictionless 08:49 - The next big thing that keeps staying 12 steps away 12:06 - Alexa, voice shopping, and why less friction means more spending 16:46 - The Fiserv index: fewer transactions, higher prices 20:37 - Building a networking skill in Claude, live on the show 31:38 - AI story of the day: consistent characters in Grok Imagine 34:06 - Claude training today and this week's Idea Slam Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com/ Cruise Planners with Tanya Murphy: https://tripsalive.com 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #AI #Sales #VoiceCommerce

  8. Aug 3 ·  Video

    Stop Telling Customers You Use AI | Businessing

    The more your customers use AI, the less they trust it, and a new Gallup poll says that's a warning shot for anyone bragging about AI in their marketing. Thirty-nine percent of Americans now have a negative view of AI, up from thirty-one percent a year ago, and only twenty-seven percent think business owners will use it responsibly. So on today's show we dig into the question a lot of owners are avoiding: is telling your customers "we use AI" helping you or quietly hurting you? Use it behind the scenes to explode your productivity, sure. Just be careful about flaunting it. Plus monthly guest Michael Rampolla on why you start with the what before you ever get to the why, the news you need to know, two AI stories of the day, and the one sign that summer is officially over. In this episode: 00:00 - Why bragging that you use AI can cost you customer trust 03:42 - Michael Rampolla on starting with the what before the why 15:57 - The news: Iran talks cool off and a Spider-Man surprise 19:16 - What Snickers hiring a chief online chill officer teaches your marketing 24:29 - AI story of the day: the platforms crack down on AI slop 31:02 - OpenAI cracks decades-old math problems for two grand 36:17 - The sign summer is over: the pumpkin spice latte is back 37:32 - SBOC Conference last call and Mike Michalowicz Resources mentioned: Athena Legal Solutions: https://www.athenalegalsolutionsllc.com/businessingwithpatmiller Cruise Planners with Tanya Murphy SBOC26 Conference (September 15-17, Brookfield): https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conference 🎙️ Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?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 #AIMarketing #SmallBusinessMarketing #AITrust

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Solving small business problems so you can be more profitable, with less stress, and run a modern small business. You got into this for freedom. The ability to choose how you work, when you rest, how it all gets done. But then the to-do list took over, the stress crept in, and now you're doing the whole thing by yourself. Businessing is the daily live show for small business owners who want their business to actually work for their life. We talk about what's real: making more money without burning out, getting the right stuff done without losing your mind, and running a business built for 2026, not 2006. Hiring. Marketing. Time. AI. The stuff you're actually dealing with. And every show features the Idea Slam. You come on the air, tell us what you're working on right now, and we make it great together. Live. No net. Nine out of ten social posts are AI-generated now. The feed is full of noise. This show is real conversation with real people solving real problems in real time. New episodes daily at 11 AM Central starting February 2. → Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/@SmallBusinessOC → Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109 → Get the FridaysOff Newsletter: fridaysoffnewsletter.com

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