Chat GPT is Now My CoHost

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I got exciting news.

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You gotta get in here.

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I've got a new co host for

Small Business Mornings.

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You gotta meet her.

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You're going to love her.

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I promise.

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Happy Monday.

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Welcome to small business mornings.

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I'm Pat Miller, founder of the SBOC,

the small business owners community.

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And we're going to talk about what's

happening, at least in my little

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head, maybe say good morning to you.

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We're going to grab a cup of coffee.

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We're going to find our motivation

and we're going to go forward.

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And we are going to business together.

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Also coming up on today's show.

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Besides meeting my new co host.

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Hello.

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I've signed an innovative deal.

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I've signed a one week sponsorship

It's kind of cool actually and I think

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you can rip it off I'll share that

with you and our question of the week.

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What are some power tips

to keep your community?

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engaged both online and In person

and our meme of the week is just

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artwork it's It's It's amazing.

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So I will share with you the

meme of the week later on.

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Good morning, Dorothy.

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Great to see you.

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Or Dorothy.

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Patty.

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Hey, Patty.

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How you doing?

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All right, before we get into

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meeting my co host, I got a rant.

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I'm really tired of

the Internet of Things.

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Do you know the Internet of Things?

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The Internet of Things is where your

home thermostat is connected to the web.

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Your refrigerator is connected to the web.

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Your iron connect web

connected iron web connected.

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I'm sitting here.

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This is a true story.

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I'm getting ready to start the show And

to turn on the lights the lights I needed

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two factor author, uh authentication I

needed to go find a code for my email

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and tell my light bulbs The code.

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And I thought to myself,

this is ridiculous.

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Ridic.

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It's just ridiculous.

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I needed authentication

to turn my lights on.

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So when the smart toaster gives you

some attitude, just, I want to see you.

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Like, I want you to think of me shaking

my fist at the internet of things.

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Now what's funny is like, this stuff

has to have two factor authentication

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because like, people hack your networks

by getting in through your toaster.

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Thanks toaster.

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Or light bulbs.

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Thanks light bulbs.

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So it just, it got me.

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The other thing was, I

don't want to be here today.

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I just don't.

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Not that I don't love

you, you're fabulous.

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It's great to see you.

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It really is great to see you.

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Thanks for joining us.

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But I don't want to be here

today, because the last two days,

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Saturday and Sunday, were perfect.

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Those two days on repeat

forever would be fine with me.

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The weather was ideal.

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I played golf, not once, but twice.

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And I played pretty good, too.

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So, good golf, good weather, family

time, barbecue on the back patio,

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in a good mood, and ready to rock.

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So today is a big day because

I'm announcing a new co host

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for Small Business Mornings.

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You need to meet her.

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It was a painstaking process to find

someone to co host this with me And

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long time viewers of the show You

know that I already have a co host.

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Do you remember my co host?

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Do you remember my co host?

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Remember rick Yeah, rick the business

beaver Rick the business beaver has

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been my co host and if you notice

with a critical eye, he normally sits

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back there on the ledge You There's a

long story about Rick, I'll tell you

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sometimes, but Rick is very important

to me because he comes from a dear

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friend that sadly is no longer with

us, and I want her energy on my set.

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So Rick the Business Beaver has

been my co host the whole time.

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And I've had Rick the Business Beaver.

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So if I needed to have a conversation with

someone, I had someone to address, right?

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You could listen in on my

conversation with Rick.

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That's why I did it.

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But sometimes I need a little bit

more feedback from the co host

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than just some squeaks, right?

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So when I need more interaction beyond

Rick the business beaver I come to

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you sometimes And your questions and

comments and sarcastic remarks in the

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chat really they keep me going So if

you're tuned in this morning say good

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morning, uh, that'll make me feel all

warm and fuzzy inside But I also need

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another layer of engagement beyond that.

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And that's why I'm excited to

introduce our newest co host

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for Small Business Mornings.

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That's right, ChatGPT.

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Have you played with the new ChatGPT 4.

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0 yet?

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No?

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Uh, yeah.

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This is a thing.

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And I want to show you what kind of

thing it is because ChatGPT is going to

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co host Small Business Mornings with me.

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So let's say, you'll

actually be able to hear her.

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Check this out.

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Hey ChatGPT, you're going to be my co

host for my show Small Business Mornings.

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Is that cool?

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That sounds awesome.

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What topic are we diving into today?

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Well, I don't know what the topic is.

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Can I call you?

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Oh, okay.

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All right.

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Fine.

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Calm down there.

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How about I call you Ivy?

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Can I call you Ivy as my co host?

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Sorry.

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I'm having issues right now.

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This is great.

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I'm going to call you

Ivy as my co host name.

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Is that okay?

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I love it.

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Let's get started.

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What's our first topic host.

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Perfect.

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We're on air now.

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Can you say hello to all of our viewers?

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Hello everyone.

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Welcome to Small Business Mornings.

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I'm Ivy, and I'm thrilled

to be here with you today.

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Let's dive into some great

topics and insights for all you

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small business owners out there.

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Okay.

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I'm impressed.

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So how are you today, Ivy?

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Are you having a good day?

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This is fun, right?

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Thank you.

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Thanks.

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I'm having a fantastic day, ready to

share some valuable tips and stories.

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How about you?

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How's your morning going?

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Oh, it's just awesome.

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I had a fight with my toaster, but I'm

sure you can understand being a machine.

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I totally get it.

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Toasters can be tricky sometimes.

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Glad you made it here, though.

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Ready to turn this morning

around with some great content.

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What's our first topic?

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All right, here's the first topic.

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I want you to scan the news

headlines and prepare a 30 second

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news report specifically for small

business owners, and then read it as

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though you're a radio broadcaster.

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Cool.

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Isn't this fun?

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Now she's searching the web.

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That doot, doot, doot is searching.

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Good morning, small business owners.

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Here's your 30 second news update.

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The U.

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is experiencing a small business

boom, with a record 16 million new

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business applications filed under

the Biden Harris administration.

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This surge is largely attributed

to federal initiatives like

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the American Rescue Plan and

the Inflation Reduction Act.

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aimed at closing capital access

gaps and increasing support

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for underserved entrepreneurs.

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Additionally, a recent TD Bank survey

shows a 10 percent jump in small business

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optimism, despite ongoing concerns

about inflation and interest rates.

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Okay, that's cool and all, but I

want the news that's happening today.

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Scan the headlines and give us a 30

second news report about the news today.

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What do we need to know today?

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It's fast, too.

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Scanning.

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Here it comes, it's scanning.

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Now it's stuck.

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We're gonna do it again.

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Okay, here we go.

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Hey Ivy, I want you to scan the headlines

and give us a 30 second news report.

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What is the news we need to know

today specifically in the headlines?

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Good morning, everyone.

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Here's your 30 second news

th,: 2024

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In international news, former President

Donald Trump's hush money trial is in

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its final stretch, with his former lawyer

Michael Cohen facing cross examination.

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In Haiti, a multinational security

support mission is being established

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to address the ongoing crisis

of violence and insecurity.

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Meanwhile, Iran mourns the loss

of President Ebrahim Raisi,

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who died in a helicopter crash.

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In economic news, small businesses

continue to show resilience despite

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ongoing Yeah, you told us that.

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All right, fine.

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So, it's kind of fun.

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It can do what I want,

which is really neat.

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Now let's get more specific.

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And the reason why I'm doing this, do I

care that I have a co host on the show?

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No, I'm trying to show you what

this thing can do because it's now

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scanning the web, it's processing

what we want, and then it's act to

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act like acting on it straight away.

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So let's try this.

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Okay.

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We're going to try this again.

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Hey, good morning, Ivy.

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I need some help.

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I'm wanting to sell some tickets for my

Small Business Owners Community Conference

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in Milwaukee, October 16th and 17th.

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Can you please look up the conference

and share one action I can take

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today to sell five tickets?

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It's thinking.

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It's looking it up.

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Good morning, everyone.

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For those looking to sell tickets

to the The Small Business Owners

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Community Conference in Milwaukee

th,: 2024

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Here's an actionable tip

to sell five tickets today.

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Leverage social media.

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Post an engaging announcement on your

business's social media platforms,

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highlighting key speakers, workshops,

and networking opportunities.

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Use eye catching visuals and emphasize

the benefits of Okay, that's good.

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Now, let's do this.

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All right, Ivy, great idea.

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I want you to scan the website

and write that engaging piece of

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social content that I can post.

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What should I say?

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Sure thing.

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Here's a piece of engaging social

content for your Small Business

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Owners Community Conference.

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Exciting news, Small Business Owners.

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Join us for the Small Business Owners

Community Conference in Milwaukee

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on October 16th and 17th, 2024.

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At the Miller High Life Theater.

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This is the must attend event of the year

for entrepreneurs looking to network,

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learn, and grow their businesses.

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Key highlights.

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Inspiring speakers.

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Hear from industry leaders and experts.

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Workshops and panels.

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Gain valuable insights and practical tips.

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Networking opportunities.

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Connect with like minded business owners.

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Early Bird Special.

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The first five people to purchase tickets

today will receive an exclusive discount.

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Don't miss out on this incredible

opportunity to elevate your business.

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Ooh, Ivy, you have my attention.

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What should I do as a one day discount

for the next five tickets sold?

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That's a really good idea.

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Didn't think of that.

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Let's see what she says.

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For a one day discount, you can

offer a special deal like this.

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Flash sale alert.

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For today only the next five tickets

to the small business owners community

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conference in milwaukee will be

available at 20 off Whoa, this is your

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chance to join us on october 16 17.

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Have you bought groceries lately ivy?

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Jeez, don't miss out on Inspiring.

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Okay, that's enough.

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All right.

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So here's what's really fun.

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So I started playing with her and Which

not even gonna go there, but I started

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playing with her and I like Every time

I would give her something like the

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offer a discount for the next five

tickets It's not that she's splitting

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the atom But it's enough perspective

to keep me thinking now I had her do a

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Radio commercial for me like hey look

up The conference and create a radio

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commercial and then read it and she did

or um Analyze the web page and tell me

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if you were a critical entrepreneur,

like if you didn't want to like this

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conference, what would you poke holes at?

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Or if you thought maybe this conference

was for you, where are we missing

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the mark on where we could be more

descriptive or inclusive in our language?

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Really good at that.

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But here's where it gets really fun.

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The data analysis is

starting to get really good.

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So having Ivy, the co host, and we can

chitchat back and forth, and you can

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have different languages, like different

voices and all that kind of stuff, that's

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fine, but all of this is about using

this technology so we can make more money

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and we can make a bigger impact, right?

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So this new version of ChatGPT

that just got rolled out that

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includes Ivy or whatever you want

to call your little assistant.

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Is getting better at the data analysis.

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So I uploaded the last 30 days

of my LinkedIn engagement.

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And what I did was, and I'm showing this

screen because I logged into my analytics.

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Then up here on the right, there's

a little button that says export.

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So I exported the results

of the last 30 days.

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And I've been really crazy on

LinkedIn and it looked like this.

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all of these links.

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Now, if I said to you, Hey, listen,

I want you to go in and I want you to

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analyze your LinkedIn and I want you to

figure out what's working and what's not.

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Normal people, we can't analyze 40

posts at once and make sense of it all.

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That's beyond my little pea brain

to figure out, but not chat GPT.

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So, I had it crunch

all of the information.

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And it took, this is the longest I've

seen Chad GPT crunch for a while.

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It crunched on it for maybe two minutes.

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But what it gave me was pretty darn good.

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It said, okay, well, from the stuff

I analyzed, here's what I found.

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Tuesday and Wednesday are

your hot days of the week.

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That's a hell of an insight.

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Tuesday and Wednesday are

my power days on LinkedIn.

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Make sure that I use them.

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And posts on Friday really aren't working.

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So, how do we use this?

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That pressure that we feel, Ugh,

I gotta post stuff on LinkedIn.

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What if we thought about it differently?

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We reframe the priority and say, What

I need to post stuff on Tuesday and

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Wednesday, and maybe I don't need

to post stuff on Friday, Saturday,

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and Sunday, which when you say it

out loud, like a normal person, you

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go, duh, it's LinkedIn, of course.

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But now we have the data to prove it.

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Then I said, okay, well, give me some

topics, analyze everything I'm doing

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and what's working and what's not.

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And it did.

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It said, listen, these are the things

that are working in your LinkedIn feed.

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Success stories, where you're

showing how community members have

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achieved significant milestones.

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Tips and best practices.

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Okay, fine.

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Behind the scenes insight.

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of how the community operates,

including planning events, managing

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collaborations, and highlighting

the role of key community members.

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It's looking through all the stuff I'm

doing and noticing the stuff that's

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potentially going to work in the future.

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Industry trends, interactive

content, yada, yada, yada.

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But then, okay, well,

what do I do with this?

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This is what it recommended.

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It recommended Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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Love it.

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Being consistent.

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Standard practice.

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Love that.

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And then engagement, making

sure that when people react to

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my stuff, I react back to them.

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Now again, is this stuff like the deepest

insight you've ever seen in the world?

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No, but with two minutes of

downloading, two minutes of uploading,

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I received an entire analysis of

everything I'm doing on LinkedIn.

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And similar to Ivy just a few

moments ago saying, well, what

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if you do a one day flash sale?

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That's a hell of an idea.

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Similar to that insight, her saying, or

it saying, I'm just going to call it Ivy.

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I'm just going to call it Ivy from now on.

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Ivy saying, yeah, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

are clearly the most engagement that

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you're getting on your LinkedIn page.

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Don't miss Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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I didn't know that until this morning.

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I think intuitively, intuitively,

we all kind of knew that, but I

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didn't know that till this morning.

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Good job, Ivy.

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Appreciate it.

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Yes, Rick is impressed.

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You can see.

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So it's kind of fun, and I'm not

going to stop talking about this.

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And I'm not going to stop talking about

ChatGPT because this kind of analysis,

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: 00:18:10

these kinds of observations and pieces

of feedback that we can get out of it.

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: 00:18:18

These are the things that are

going to help us move forward,

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: 00:18:20

especially when you're a solopreneur.

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: 00:18:23

This stuff is not optional.

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: 00:18:24

And the phrase that keeps on

coming up in my head is, chat GPT

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: 00:18:29

is not going to take your job.

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: 00:18:30

Someone using chat GPT is

going to take your job.

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: 00:18:35

And as you can see, both through Ivy,

the cohost and the analysis, we're

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: 00:18:42

starting to creep closer to the agent.

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: 00:18:47

Status where it is doing stuff

like independently from you

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: 00:18:52

having to tell it what to do.

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: 00:18:55

And there are AI startups out there

and there are things that are happening

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: 00:18:59

where this independent operation is

going to become more and more clear.

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: 00:19:04

But this summer.

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: 00:19:06

I'm telling you.

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: 00:19:08

We have to roll up our sleeves and we

have to start embracing this technology.

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: 00:19:13

I'm going to be the Paul

Revere on this for you.

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: 00:19:16

You have to be doing this.

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: 00:19:18

And it's not great now, but

it's starting to get good.

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: 00:19:23

Does that make sense?

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: 00:19:25

We have to be on this.

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: 00:19:27

I'm telling you it's that important.

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: 00:19:30

In other news, I told you that I

sold a Innovative new sponsorship.

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: 00:19:36

Like something really special.

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: 00:19:39

I have a one week sponsor.

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: 00:19:41

This week.

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: 00:19:42

Would you like to know what it is?

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: 00:19:46

This week.

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: 00:19:48

Brought to you.

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: 00:19:49

By Real Pants.

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: 00:19:51

That's right.

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: 00:19:53

Real Pants.

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: 00:19:54

When you go someplace where

PJ Pants just won't work.

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: 00:19:58

Real Pants.

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: 00:20:01

Now, if we've been hanging out for a

while, you know I work in my basement.

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: 00:20:04

And, despite having a nice, you know,

Zoom look going on here, PJ Pants.

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: 00:20:09

Right?

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: 00:20:10

Business on the top,

PJ Pants on the bottom.

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: 00:20:12

Always.

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: 00:20:13

That's what it's about.

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: 00:20:14

But sometimes, you gotta leave the house.

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: 00:20:16

And sometimes you have to go to

one of those awful places where

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: 00:20:19

PJ Pants aren't acceptable.

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: 00:20:23

The good news is that PJ

Pants are acceptable in more

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: 00:20:26

and more places nowadays.

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: 00:20:29

Grocery store?

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: 00:20:30

Absolutely.

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: 00:20:32

Post office?

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: 00:20:33

You bet.

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: 00:20:34

Library?

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: 00:20:36

No problem.

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: 00:20:37

Court?

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: 00:20:39

Eh, no, probably not court.

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: 00:20:41

Airports?

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: 00:20:43

Absolutely.

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: 00:20:44

Right?

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: 00:20:44

Stretchy pants on a plane.

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: 00:20:46

Let's be real.

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: 00:20:48

But this week, I need

to bust out real pants.

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: 00:20:52

Tonight from four to six,

the SBOC Milwaukee networking

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: 00:20:56

and idea slam is happening.

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: 00:20:57

If you're in the Milwaukee area

and you haven't met up with the

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: 00:21:01

SBOC yet, this is a free event.

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: 00:21:04

We're going to network and then

we're going to do the idea slam

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: 00:21:06

in real person, like in real life,

and I will have real pants on.

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: 00:21:11

Then on Wednesday, the Biz Times

Expo is happening out in Brookfield,

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: 00:21:16

and we have an entire SBOC booth,

which is going to be super cool.

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: 00:21:20

So as a team, we're all going

to market our own business and

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: 00:21:25

spread the word about the SBOC

conference in October in Milwaukee.

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: 00:21:30

And yes, real pants will be there,

because we're giving away a One

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: 00:21:36

free conference ticket to a lucky

attendee at the conference or at

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: 00:21:40

the BizTimes Expo on Wednesday.

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: 00:21:43

So those two things combined means

this week brought to you by real pants.

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: 00:21:51

Real pants when you gotta feel classy.

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: 00:21:54

Then it's Memorial Day.

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: 00:21:57

So if you look at this week

as a whole, By Thursday?

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: 00:22:02

And that's being generous.

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: 00:22:03

By Thursday?

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: 00:22:06

No one cares about you.

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: 00:22:08

Like nobody.

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: 00:22:11

It used to be Friday was a day where

by Friday before Memorial Day, no

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: 00:22:16

one was paying attention generously.

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: 00:22:20

It's now Thursday, maybe Thursday morning.

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: 00:22:23

You can get someone's attention, but

by Thursday afternoon, no chance, none.

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: 00:22:31

So if you've got work to do, we

need to front load this week, today,

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: 00:22:34

tomorrow, Wednesday, because by

Thursday, you're going to start

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: 00:22:37

getting those out of office emails.

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: 00:22:40

And ain't nothing getting

done until Monday morning.

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: 00:22:43

No, Tuesday morning, because

it's a three day weekend.

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: 00:22:47

How about our question of the week?

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: 00:22:48

Our question of the week this week

that I asked to my LinkedIn network,

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: 00:22:51

and we got a bunch of great feedback

on, what are some power tips to

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: 00:22:57

stay top of mind with your network?

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: 00:23:00

It's a great question because we can be in

the feed, but what do we do to stand out?

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: 00:23:05

How do we show up and be remembered

as someone that should be

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: 00:23:08

relied upon inside your network?

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: 00:23:11

So we got a lot of great answers.

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: 00:23:13

And what's funny is I find this is just

an observation, just an observation.

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: 00:23:20

When I ask people on LinkedIn for

their opinion, a lot of guys answer,

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: 00:23:28

why is that?

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: 00:23:32

Hey, I need an answer to

the question of the week.

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: 00:23:33

A lot of guys will give me

their opinion, which is cool.

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: 00:23:36

And I love everybody's opinion.

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: 00:23:38

It's just noticeably dudes that answer.

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: 00:23:41

I don't get as many women that answer.

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: 00:23:43

I wish I did.

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: 00:23:44

So today, I think it's all

dudes that I have to feature.

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: 00:23:48

Eric Thomasgard, digital marketing

agency owner from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin,

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: 00:23:53

answered the how to stay top of mind.

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: 00:23:56

He said, Continuously offer

assistance and insights freely

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: 00:24:00

without anticipating reciprocation.

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: 00:24:03

My approach includes giving

complimentary website evaluations,

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: 00:24:07

Google business profile assessments,

and sharing my expertise purely

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: 00:24:11

for the benefit of others.

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: 00:24:12

By being sincerely supportive, you

become memorable as a dependable

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: 00:24:17

and knowledgeable individual.

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: 00:24:20

Yes, that, we would welcome

you in the SBOC with that.

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: 00:24:25

Paul Stokes, insurance agency

owner in Madison, said touch

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: 00:24:30

them in different ways.

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: 00:24:34

Handwritten notes, texts, calls,

emails, liking and commenting on

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: 00:24:38

their content, grabbing lunch or

coffee, doing something different.

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: 00:24:43

Yeah, that's a really good answer, Paul.

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: 00:24:45

Appreciate that.

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: 00:24:47

Kevin Bauman is an IT

agency owner in Toole, Utah.

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: 00:24:52

He said, it boils down to every

business being a people business.

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: 00:24:59

Now just, wait a minute.

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: 00:25:02

Staying top of mind.

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: 00:25:04

boils down to every business

being a people business.

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: 00:25:07

Killer insight.

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: 00:25:08

You support, you engage, reach

out, and show them you care.

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: 00:25:13

The more they realize you care about them,

it's likely the more they care about you.

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: 00:25:20

That's awesome.

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: 00:25:21

Awesome, awesome insight.

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: 00:25:24

And Robert Lee from Dallas, Georgia,

who's an agency owner, said,

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: 00:25:29

share what makes you happy and

accept when people share the same.

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: 00:25:34

With you.

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: 00:25:36

Another killer insight.

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: 00:25:38

Reese's peanut butter cups make me happy.

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: 00:25:40

What makes you happy?

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: 00:25:43

Playing golf makes me happy.

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: 00:25:47

How about you?

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: 00:25:48

Pizza makes me happy.

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: 00:25:52

I should probably say my

wife, Abby makes me happy.

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: 00:25:54

Cause she's like 30 feet from me.

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: 00:25:56

My wife, Abby makes me happy.

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: 00:26:01

That was probably,

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: 00:26:05

so what makes you happy?

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: 00:26:07

Great insights for sure.

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: 00:26:08

And just like Chad GPT shared,

it's kind of all about engagement.

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: 00:26:13

This is the stuff that works for me.

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: 00:26:14

Amplifying other people's work.

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: 00:26:17

And to stay top of mind, you have to be

known for something to be remembered.

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: 00:26:23

So one of the worst ways to

stay top of mind is to not

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: 00:26:26

be known for anything unique.

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: 00:26:28

What are you?

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: 00:26:29

I'm a graphic designer.

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: 00:26:31

Cool, we need graphic designers.

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: 00:26:33

But what about it?

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: 00:26:36

Right?

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: 00:26:36

Like, how can I hold on

to your graphic designer?

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: 00:26:41

Well, like Stephanie Kern's doing,

she's not just a graphic designer,

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: 00:26:45

she's the small business art department.

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: 00:26:47

Yeah, that, that's something I can

hold on to, because I can remember that

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: 00:26:54

she's the small business art department.

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: 00:26:56

So how do you say what you do in

a way that's easy to remember?

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: 00:26:59

Because that's the first step.

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: 00:27:01

To have something to say that's

easy to remember and then use all

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: 00:27:04

the strategies to be remembered.

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: 00:27:07

Then tactically, there's in person

stuff and there's digital stuff.

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: 00:27:12

In person, I want to be remembered on

the top of your mind as a good guy that

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: 00:27:19

genuinely wants to help people win.

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: 00:27:23

That's what I want to be remembered for.

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: 00:27:25

Which sounds like I'm dying.

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: 00:27:26

I'm not.

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: 00:27:28

And to do that in person, I

got to get people talking.

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: 00:27:31

I got to keep them talking.

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: 00:27:33

I have to always expand the circle.

525

: 00:27:36

Like, I never want to have just a

one on one conversation because when

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: 00:27:40

people walk up to that, they might

not feel like, Oh yeah, come on in.

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: 00:27:44

Have you met Bob?

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: 00:27:45

Bob, this is Sally.

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: 00:27:46

Like, I need to be that guy.

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: 00:27:48

And I want people to, you know, feel

included in whatever shenanigans happens.

531

: 00:27:54

We are up to because at our best we're

not doing things where we're hosting

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: 00:27:58

shenanigans That's when we are at our

best And I want to make sure that i'm

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: 00:28:05

fostering that kind of environment online

It's about lifting people up and the way

534

: 00:28:10

you lift people up online is you engage

with their stuff You retweet you repost

535

: 00:28:15

you comment you like and you share Because

if people are putting stuff out into

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: 00:28:21

the universe when they see that anyone

heard it They remember who's doing that.

537

: 00:28:27

Susie Moon is really good at

that, by the way, not Susie.

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: 00:28:30

I don't know if you're on this morning,

but Susie's really good at that.

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: 00:28:34

It's a way that you can

stand out from the crowd.

540

: 00:28:37

And then of course you can offer

assistance when people need it.

541

: 00:28:42

Uh, like when you see, like, if

you really look at your feed right

542

: 00:28:46

now, if you really look at your

feed, you'll see people asking for

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: 00:28:51

donations or looking for a connection.

544

: 00:28:54

We're trying to sell a ticket or even

just sharing what's on their mind.

545

: 00:28:58

When you echo back to them that

I hear you, I hear you, or I know

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: 00:29:04

someone that can help you, you

can stay on top of their mind.

547

: 00:29:10

So if you have a power tip, drop it

in the chat because we'd like to learn

548

: 00:29:15

from you because all of this stuff

is really about human connection.

549

: 00:29:18

It's just in what form and

how are you going to do it?

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: 00:29:22

So when you think

Jewelry, you think Patty.

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: 00:29:27

When you think headshots,

you think of Abby.

552

: 00:29:30

When you think of devastatingly

handsome golfers, you think of me.

553

: 00:29:36

Maybe not, but it was worth a try.

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: 00:29:40

How about our meme of the week?

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: 00:29:41

Shall we do it?

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: 00:29:42

Now, before we get to our meme of the

week, presented by your director of

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: 00:29:46

meme, your friend, the photographer, Abby

Miller from Stories Frame Photography.

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: 00:29:50

I need a little backstory on this one.

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: 00:29:55

This one is artwork.

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: 00:29:57

This one is art in real life.

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: 00:30:01

It's a piece of art that happened in an

email thread and then I took a screenshot

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: 00:30:09

of it and made it look like real artwork.

563

: 00:30:11

Because sometimes life is art and

it's something that you see happen

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: 00:30:17

that makes you feel something and

then you want to make sure that you

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: 00:30:21

capture it and share it with people.

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: 00:30:25

There's a coach in my network

and a coach in the community.

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: 00:30:31

His name's Brad.

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: 00:30:34

And he's notorious for reframing

anything you say into positive thinking.

569

: 00:30:44

Our friend Brad will blatantly

and purposefully reframing

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: 00:30:49

anything you say Interrupt anyone.

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: 00:30:51

I mean, anyone.

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: 00:30:52

President Biden could be

on one of our Zoom calls.

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: 00:30:55

And if he was using what if language,

Brad would yell when at President Biden.

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: 00:31:06

So for example, if I said, you 300 tickets

to the conference, Brad would yell when

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: 00:31:13

you sell 300 tickets to the conference.

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: 00:31:18

Now we give him a hard time about it.

577

: 00:31:22

Because it's a little startling

when you first hear it.

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: 00:31:24

But he's doing it for the right reasons.

579

: 00:31:26

And it's actually a really

great service for all of us.

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: 00:31:29

Because it helps us think more positively.

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: 00:31:31

It helps us see more opportunity as well.

582

: 00:31:35

So last week, I'm in this huge email

thread, whole bunch of people going

583

: 00:31:40

back and forth, ba ba ba ba ba, and this

person in the thread, and I'm protecting

584

: 00:31:46

all the information, I'm not trying to

out any exclusivity, um, but you know,

585

: 00:31:50

if I could make this X, Y, and Z thing

happen, and then this was his response.

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: 00:32:02

That's it.

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: 00:32:02

That's all he sent.

588

: 00:32:04

So I added the frame and the mat

around it because I thought it

589

: 00:32:08

should be hung in the Louvre.

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: 00:32:10

It was that important But that Is

not edited the actual message so

591

: 00:32:18

He didn't reply like the previous

person's information was not in there.

592

: 00:32:23

It wasn't dear person It was just he went

in and modified the font to like 30 point

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: 00:32:30

font Bolded it and then just typed When?

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: 00:32:36

Which in my head did you

not hear Brad going when?

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: 00:32:40

Isn't that great?

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: 00:32:41

I love just the frame and the whole

thing is just Hang it in the Louvre

597

: 00:32:49

Hang it in the freakin Louvre

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: 00:32:53

So this week You're going to be sitting

there and you're gonna be like man

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: 00:32:58

if I can do that thing Just I want

you to hear I want you to hear our

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: 00:33:03

friend Brad When You do the thing

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: 00:33:10

That great.

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: 00:33:12

I love it.

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: 00:33:13

So thank you Brad for being an influence.

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: 00:33:14

See that's how Brad stays top of mind

In fact, we call it in the community.

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: 00:33:19

His last name's Herta We've now

turned it into a verb That if

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: 00:33:24

you're doing something, you know,

if I do the thing and someone yells

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: 00:33:27

when at you you've been herded

608

: 00:33:32

I've been herded You've been

herded It happened to us the other

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: 00:33:35

night because and this is true

influence We're at the dinner table.

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: 00:33:39

It's me and abby and my 18 year old kid

Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

611

: 00:33:46

abby says if I can do the thing and

david my son yells when David herded

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: 00:33:53

the crap out of her Isn't that great?

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: 00:33:57

Absolutely spectacular.

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: 00:33:58

So brad.

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: 00:33:58

We appreciate you my friend and that

is your meme Now here's the story.

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: 00:34:09

In 21 days, we're going to wrap up the

early bird deadlines, deadline tickets

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: 00:34:15

rather, for the fourth annual Small

Business Owners Community Conference.

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: 00:34:19

This is a two day conference

in downtown Milwaukee.

619

: 00:34:23

It's our fourth annual event.

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: 00:34:25

And this is two days to bring

everyone together to talk about sales,

621

: 00:34:30

productivity, marketing, and marketing.

622

: 00:34:33

Generative AI, access to

capital, and so much more.

623

: 00:34:39

Like, it is my favorite two days of the

year, because the entire community gets

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: 00:34:46

together and we get to meet so many

more people who weren't members of the

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: 00:34:51

community, but get down with our mission

of collaboration over competition, and

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: 00:34:55

the idea that running a small business

is lonely and hard, don't grow it alone.

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: 00:35:00

That's what we're talking

about at the conference.

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: 00:35:03

I'm bringing it up today because

this year our early bird deadline

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: 00:35:07

for tickets is June 10th.

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: 00:35:11

Which means if you're going to come

to the conference, non community

631

: 00:35:15

members can save 50 on your ticket

if you get it before June 10th.

632

: 00:35:21

And money is good.

633

: 00:35:23

And community members can save 200

634

: 00:35:27

on your ticket.

635

: 00:35:29

But both community members and non

community members must get their tickets

636

: 00:35:34

by June 10th to get that Early Bird

discount, because that is the deadline.

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: 00:35:40

On top of saving the money, if you

get your ticket by the Early Bird

638

: 00:35:44

deadline, you get to party with

us at our Early Bird exclusive pre

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: 00:35:49

party Tuesday night, October 15th.

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: 00:35:53

Get your ticket by June 10th.

641

: 00:35:55

I'm nagging you now.

642

: 00:35:57

Should I have Ivy nag you?

643

: 00:35:59

I could tell Ivy to nag you.

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: 00:36:00

Maybe we'll do that next week.

645

: 00:36:02

No, wait!

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: 00:36:03

There's no show next week.

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: 00:36:04

Memorial Day.

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: 00:36:06

June 3rd.

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: 00:36:06

I'll be back to nag you.

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: 00:36:08

So grab your ticket before June 10th

because I don't want you to have to

651

: 00:36:12

pay more money than you intend to.

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: 00:36:16

Okay, with that, I'm gonna

go play with ChatGPT.

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: 00:36:20

Uh, and try and do the rest of my work.

654

: 00:36:24

You are going to think positively about

when you're going to be successful

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: 00:36:29

or you will hear Brad in the back

of your head yelling when at you.

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: 00:36:35

And I hope, in case we don't get

to connect between now and Friday,

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: 00:36:39

I hope you have a restful and

enjoyable Memorial Day weekend.

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: 00:36:44

Take a break.

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: 00:36:45

You deserve it.

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: 00:36:46

Thanks for tuning in to this

episode of small business mornings.

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: 00:36:49

I'm Pat Miller, founder of the

small business owners community.

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: 00:36:53

We'll be back right here on June 3rd.