Send us a text In this episode, Alane shares how joining the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program completely reshaped the way she approaches business growth—and why no founder should try to build alone. What started as a 12-week crash course on scaling a company became something far more powerful: a network of entrepreneurs who understand the highs, lows, and relentless pressure of running a business. From presenting on stage in front of thousands to finding real friendships that ext...
Send us a text In this solo episode, Micah breaks down the ten most practical and high-impact ways companies are using AI and automation to save time, reduce bottlenecks, and scale faster. From writing project estimates to improving onboarding and automating client handoffs, he walks through real-world examples that any growing business can apply today. You’ll hear: How to use AI to write accurate project scopes and proposals in minutesSmarter ways to automate onboarding, training, and intern...
Send us a text In this episode, Alane and Micah tackle one of the biggest misconceptions about AI agents — the idea that they can magically fix broken workflows. They unpack why automation only works when the underlying process is solid, clear, and well-defined. They share real stories from their own experience, including how strategy and design make up 80% of the work in building automated systems, and why slowing down to document and standardize your processes can actually make you move fas...
Send us a text In this episode, Micah and Beau share the behind-the-scenes changes that reshaped how their team manages client work. After years of juggling multiple projects, they decided to shift their entire production and implementation process into one-week sprints using ClickUp. They walk through how their system works. From organizing client folders, using parent and sub-tasks to keep ownership clear, and relying on sprint reports to plan, forecast, and manage workload in real time. Th...
Send us a text What if you could describe a process and have a working Monday.com system appear—complete with connected boards, forms, sample data, and dashboards? In this episode, Micah and Beau dive into Monday Magic (monday.com/magic), a free tool that turns prompts into fully built Monday structures. You’ll hear a live walkthrough—from first prompt to preview video—plus candid pros/cons on where it shines and where you’ll still want an implementation specialist. They cover limitatio...
Send us a text Many founders approach automation with a single idea in mind: “If I just automate this one thing, everything will get better.” But the truth is, businesses aren’t built on one system—they run on dozens of interconnected ones. In this episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah challenge the “one workflow” mindset and show why real freedom comes from systemizing the entire business, not just automating a single task. They share stories from their own experiences—mergers, ex...
Send us a text In this episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah dive into one of Google’s most exciting new AI tools: Nano Banana (yes, that’s its real name). They share how they’ve been using it to create professional-quality images, fix bad speaking photos, merge visuals, and even iron out wrinkles — all in seconds. But that’s not all. They also reveal how pairing Nano Banana with Hailuo AI Video can bring still images to life, letting you create unique animations for content, prese...
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 ...