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Automate Your AgencyChatGPT vs Claude vs Perplexity: Which AI engine powers your business best?Send us a textYour 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 store—overkill and expensive—while using the wrong model for co...2025-07-2813 minAutomate Your AgencyTurn Customer Support Chaos into Organized AI WorkflowsSend us a textYour 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 three main channels where AI triage excels: email support, support ticketing systems...2025-07-2117 minAutomate Your AgencyPassword Management that works.Send us a textPassword 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 liability to bulletproof operation.From landing a $19 billion client partly because of their security practices to protecting 600+ Instagram acco...2025-07-1416 minAutomate Your AgencyChampions vs. Saboteurs: Mastering Organizational ChangeSend us a textChange 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 real reasons your team dreads new systemsHow to identify and leverage your championsThe proven timeline that actually works fo...2025-07-0729 minAutomate Your AgencyWhy your Zapier workflows keep breaking (and why upgrade to AI Agents instead)Send us a textTired 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 maintaining technical debt with 75+ fragile automations, newer businesses are starting AI-agent first. They're building flexible systems th...2025-06-3019 minAutomate Your AgencyBeyond Zapier and Make: Meet N8NSend us a textAutomation 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 actually see and comprehend what's happening in their AI workflows, ending the black box mystery that has plagued automation for ye...2025-06-2320 minAutomate Your AgencyWill AI take you job?Send us a textIf 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 often the ones that were keeping us from...2025-06-1616 minAutomate Your AgencyWhy only focusing on one idea can help you prioritize progressSend us a textIf 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 priorities, you actually have zero priorities. And when your team gets scattered directions every da...2025-06-0915 minAutomate Your AgencyWhy we stopped requiring college degreesSend us a textIf 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 hall.The reality is simple: whether someone has a diploma or no...2025-06-0210 minAutomate Your AgencyThe exact hiring system we've used for over 10 years!Send us a textIf 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 interviewers, and hiring managers across different departments, a spreadsheet just doesn't cut it. You need visibility into wh...2025-05-2621 minAutomate Your AgencyHow to run team meetings that create resultsSend us a textIf 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 accomplishes what endless Slack messages and one-way leadership announcements never could—creating actual team connection, idea...2025-05-1917 minAutomate Your AgencyTemplate everything!Send us a textLet’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 kickoff feel totally different depending on who’s in charge...2025-05-1222 minAutomate Your AgencyHow to automatically turn client meetings into instant actionsSend us a textIf you're leading a team or running a service-based business, you know meetings are a necessary evil for building relationships and keeping things moving forward.Truthfully, the worst part about having a meeting is not the meeting itself, but having to summarize it, delegate tasks, send follow-ups, and somehow keep everyone aligned afterward.In this episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah share how AI meeting tools are doing the heavy lifting—turning conversations into clear summaries, action items, and providing the key details you need to quickly dr...2025-05-0517 minAutomate Your AgencyTop 5 ways to automate sales in May 2025Send us a textLanding that big client feels amazing—but you know what feels even better? Making that sale without sacrificing half your profit margin on endless sales calls, proposal drafting, and all those other non-billable hours.In this episode of Automate Your Agency, Alane and Micah reveal how they've transformed their sales process using AI, allowing them to pursue more opportunities while spending dramatically less time on each one. The result? Higher margins, less busywork, and a sales system that practically runs itself.You'll discover:A fresh approach to...2025-04-2819 min