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Category: Small Business Blog

Plain-English answers for people who own a small business: sales, pricing, hiring, time, money, and keeping going. From Pat Miller and the Small Business Owners Community.

How do I read my numbers?

How do I read my numbers? The Six Questions, Small Business Owners Community

Three numbers, once a month, before your accountant tells you in April.

How to build a small business collaboration that works

How to build a small business collaboration that works, Businessing with Pat Miller

A small business collaboration is two non-competing businesses that serve the same audience swapping customers instead of buying ads.

How to get found in AI search: GEO for small business

How to get found in AI search: GEO for small business, Businessing with Pat Miller

GEO is making your business easy for AI tools to know, trust, and quote when they answer a customer’s question. Google no longer sends everyone to a website.

Why working for yourself beats a job

Why working for yourself beats a job, Businessing with Pat Miller

The biggest advantage of working for yourself is control. You decide when you work, who you work with, and what your day looks like.

Strategic quitting: how to cancel a meeting that stopped working

Strategic quitting: how to cancel a meeting that stopped working, Businessing with Pat Miller

Strategic quitting is deliberately ending commitments that no longer move your business forward. Start with the recurring meeting nobody attends.

How to find customers who already need you

How to find customers who already need you, Businessing with Pat Miller

Go where the problem you solve is actively happening, instead of waiting for the right person to stumble onto your ads. Show up there and be useful.

AI content crackdown: what it means for your marketing

AI content crackdown: what it means for your marketing, Businessing with Pat Miller

Social platforms have started demoting fully AI-generated posts and videos. AI-assisted still works. Fully AI-made gets buried.

How to reduce friction in your sales process

How to reduce friction in your sales process, Businessing with Pat Miller

Sales friction is every step between a customer wanting what you sell and paying you. Remove one step this week and more people will finish buying.

What AI changes for small business owners

What AI changes for small business owners, Businessing with Pat Miller

AI is a lie detector for a business owner. As it removes money, labor, and time as reasons you haven’t built the thing, what’s left is whether you wanted to.

How to name your product so people remember it

How to name your product so people remember it, Businessing with Pat Miller

Name the transformation your customer gets, not the item you hand them. Then use plain words, try alliteration, and borrow a phrase people already know.

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