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Are you a founder dreaming of breaking free from the day-to-day grind?
Or perhaps you're looking to scale your company without burning out?
Welcome to Automate Your Agency with Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson, a podcast dedicated to helping you systemize and automate your business for more efficient, scalable operations that can run without you.
Join our hosts as they share battle-tested strategies and cutting-edge tools that take the guesswork out of systemizing your business. Drawing from their experience of growing their agency to 600+ active clients before their exit, Alane and Micah offer actionable insights on:
✅ Implementing effective software solutions
✅ Leveraging automation and AI to do more with less
✅ Creating workflows and systems that allow your business to run without you
✅ Preparing your company for a potential sale or exit
Each week, they take a deep dive into real-world operational challenges and showcase solutions they've implemented. Whether you want to double revenue without doubling headcount or build a business that runs smoothly in your absence, this podcast is your roadmap to success.
Subscribe to Automate Your Agency with Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson now on your favorite podcast platform and join other forward-thinking entrepreneurs as they transform their businesses into well-oiled machines that are primed for growth and ready for whatever the future holds!
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Send us a text There could be an AI security risk brewing in your business. Your team is already using AI—the question isn't whether they should, but whether you have control over how they're using it. This solo episode with Micah tackles the security nightmare that most business owners are completely ignoring: uncontrolled AI usage across their teams. Employees creating personal ChatGPT and Claude accounts, uploading company proposals and client data, then leaving with all that information s...
Send us a text Your automations are probably more fragile than you think—and costing you way more time than they should. Micah started the year convinced there was no real difference between AI agents and regular automation workflows. He was wrong, and now he's obsessed. In this eye-opening episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah break down the five (plus a bonus) critical differences between traditional A-to-B automation and AI agent workflows that are revolutionizing how smart busi...
Send us a text Alane and Micah tackle one of the most crucial yet overlooked principles in business automation: never automate a process you haven't done manually first. Through real examples from their own business, they demonstrate why the "manual first" approach saves time, money, and prevents costly rebuilds. They share a detailed case study from Alane's podcast guest booking process, revealing how manual work uncovered hidden business value that would have been missed in premature automa...
Send us a text Ever hire someone with great experience, only to watch them struggle with basic tasks in your company? You assume they "should know this stuff," but they're sitting there paralyzed, afraid to make the wrong move. Here's the uncomfortable truth: your training process is broken, and it's costing you more than just productivity. In this episode, Micah and Alane reveal why even the most experienced hires can't succeed without proper company-specific training. Using Walmart's intens...
Send us a text Are you drowning in AI terminology and wondering which tools will actually move the needle in your agency? Custom GPTs, AI assistants, AI agents—everyone's throwing around these terms, but nobody's explaining what you should actually be using. In this episode, Alane teams up with Beau Cunningham to cut through the confusion and give you a crystal-clear breakdown of when to use what. No more wondering if you're missing out on the "better" solution. You'll discover: The real diff...
Send us a text Ever felt like your business knowledge is trapped in your team’s heads—or worse, just yours? In this episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah reveal how to turn live idea sharing into a competitive asset, not just another bullet point in your operations manual. They pull back the curtain on their three-layered approach: real-time sharing in Slack, focused weekly knowledge share meetings, and a killer AI agent that auto-documents solutions and use cases so knowledge beco...
Send us a text While technical skills are a big part of AI implementations a passion for problem-solving might just be what matters most. Alane and Micah dive into the real secret behind successful AI implementations - and it's not what most business leaders expect. After working with 150+ companies over 6 years, they've seen HR professionals become AI champions while seasoned developers resist change. In this episode, you'll discover: The 4 essential roles every AI-powered busine...
Send us a text We've all dreamed of it: feeding our AI all our business knowledge and just asking questions. It felt like science fiction—until now. RAG databases are the breakthrough technology that finally makes institutional knowledge accessible to your entire team in seconds. In this episode, Micah and Beau dive deep into Retrieval Augmented Generation—and yes, they acknowledge it's probably the worst-named technology ever invented. But beneath that terrible acronym lies the solution to o...
Send us a text Your team is probably using AI wrong, and it's costing you time, money, and results. That's the reality Alane and Micah see with most business owners who think "AI" means just ChatGPT—when there's actually a whole garage of different engines to choose from. In this episode of Automate Your Agency, they break down their favorite car analogy that finally makes AI model selection crystal clear. You'll discover why using GPT-4 for simple tasks is like driving a V12 to the grocery s...
Send us a text Your support system is bottlenecked by humans when it doesn't need to be. That's the reality most business owners face every single day, and it's costing them more than they realize. In this eye-opening episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah tackle the most popular AI agent discussion they're having with customers right now: email triage support. They break down how this single automation can transform your entire customer support operation. They dive deep into the th...
Send us a text Password security isn't just about protecting accounts—it's about protecting your business and your revenue potential. Alane and Micah learned this the hard way while managing hundreds of client accounts and dealing with everything from password notebooks to email chains. This isn't another dry security lecture—it's real talk from founders who've made every password mistake in the book. They share the surprisingly simple tools that transformed their business from security liabi...
Send us a text Change is inevitable in business, but employee resistance to said change doesn't have to be. This isn't about forcing compliance—it's about earning buy-in through better communication, smarter timelines, and understanding the human psychology behind organizational change. In Episode 57, Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson share hard-earned wisdom about why teams resist change and the exact framework that can transform resistance into enthusiasm. In this episode, you'll discover: The r...
Send us a text Tired of those dreaded "automation failed" notifications? You've built the perfect workflow, everything runs smoothly for months, and then someone changes a single field name—suddenly your entire system crashes. Sound familiar? Alane and Micah know this frustration all too well, and they're here to tell you there's a better way. Traditional automation with its rigid mapping and brittle connections is becoming a relic of the past. In reality: while automation early-adopters are ...
Send us a text Automation platforms have been evolving rapidly, and just when you thought Make had perfected what Zapier started, N8N enters the scene to change everything again. For business leaders who've felt disconnected from their automation processes, this episode might be the breakthrough you've been waiting for. N8N isn't just another automation tool—it's the first platform that bridges the gap between technical capability and business understanding. Finally, non-technical leaders can...
Send us a text If you're worried that AI is coming for your job, you're asking the wrong question. The real question is: what if AI could eliminate all the tedious work you hate doing so you can focus on what you're actually good at? In this thought-provoking episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah tackle the biggest fear around AI and automation head-on. Yes, some jobs will change. But just like we don't miss phone operators or copying documents by hand, the jobs disappearing are of...
Send us a text If you're constantly jumping between projects, making tiny progress on everything, and finishing nothing—your team probably feels like they're getting spaghetti noodles thrown at them all day long. In this focused episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah tackle the productivity trap that's killing most small businesses: trying to do 20 things at once instead of doing one thing really well. The word "priority" was never meant to be plural. When you have multiple prioriti...
Send us a text If you're still requiring college degrees in your job postings, you're accidentally filtering out some of your best potential hires—and you might not even realize it. In this eye-opening episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah share why they ditched degree requirements over 15 years ago and never looked back. Plot twist: the person with the master's degree still needed training on PowerPoint, while some of their most innovative team members never set foot in a lecture ...
Send us a text If you're drowning in resumes, losing track of candidates, and having scattered hiring conversations in Slack threads, you're making hiring way harder than it needs to be. In this game-changing episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah reveal the exact applicant tracking system they've been perfecting for over a decade—built right inside your existing project management tool (no expensive HR software required). Here's the thing: when you have 100+ applicants, multiple in...
Send us a text If your remote team feels disconnected and your Slack channels are ghost towns, it's not your team that's the problem—it's your meeting strategy. While Alane was captivating audiences on the West Coast, Micah sat down with our behind-the-scenes podcast editor Beau Cunningham to reveal the meeting framework that is transforming our remote team into a collaborative powerhouse. In this episode of Automate Your Agency, they break down how a simple 60-minute Monday gathering accompl...
Send us a text Let’s be honest: you’re probably spending way too much time reinventing the wheel every day-and so is your team. In this episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah get straight to the point. They’re here to show you that templates aren’t just another bland productivity tip-they’re actually the secret sauce behind real business growth and smooth automation. Think about it: How many different ways does your team answer the same client questions? Why does every project kicko...
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