68% of small business owners are using AI, but only 15% have installed it into their regular workflow and are actually getting the benefits. Pat says the gap comes down to one reframe: stop treating AI like software you have to learn and start treating it like a junior employee.

This one's for the owner who's been tinkering with ChatGPT and Claude, writing a few social posts, and wondering where all that promised productivity went. Pat breaks down why the AI teachers keep getting small business wrong, then hands you a 20-minute pen-and-paper exercise to figure out exactly what to hand off to your new junior employee first. He also pulls a pricing lesson out of Tidal's new direct-to-artist music model and challenges you to charge for your work in a way that removes objections and pays you more. Plus the SBOC Awards open for nominations, and Pat levels up his Wisconsin card at a polka wedding.

In this episode:

00:00 - Why only 15% of small businesses are getting results from AI (Big Story)

04:52 - How to treat AI like a junior employee instead of software

08:01 - A 20-minute brainstorm to decide what to hand off to AI

11:16 - How to change the way you charge customers (Tidal's new pricing model)

16:49 - Pay-for-results pricing for coaches and consultants

26:48 - Why the newest AI models aren't available to small businesses (AI Story of the Day)

38:26 - How business awards help you win more clients (SBOC Awards open)

Resources mentioned:

- Athena Legal Solutions (Carolyn Jahnke) - free confidence review for show viewers

- Crown Room Live with Elzie Flenard - https://crownroomlive.com

- The Daily Crown - https://joindailycrown.com

- Small Business Owners Community Awards nominations - https://smallbusinesscommunity.com

- SBOC live check-in map - https://live.smallbusinesscommunity.com

- Money Masters Bookkeeping - https://moneymasters4biz.com

- Crash Design Co

- Claude Cowork

- Tidal

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