When your phone isn't ringing, it's almost never bad luck. It's one of two things: people can't find you, or they don't know why they should call you.

I've been out training owners on AI, and I keep watching the same arc: connected, competent, then curious, right about when it starts feeling like a video game. That's the fun part, and it's why I do Claude training for small business owners. Then we get into the AI price war heating up between OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok, and a Chinese open-source model that's up 27 times in a week, and why that competition is good news for your budget. In the main event, I answer the question I hear constantly: why isn't my phone ringing? It comes down to whether people can find you and whether you're selling the transformation instead of a laundry list of services.

In this episode:

00:00 - The AI adoption arc: connected, competent, curious

06:23 - The AI price war heating up between the big labs

10:15 - Why Claude Fable going pay-as-you-go matters

12:48 - When you actually need a business lawyer

15:08 - Why your phone isn't ringing

17:15 - Sell the transformation, not your list of services

19:51 - Bring your problem to the Idea Slam

Resources mentioned:

- Athena Legal Solutions: athenalegalsolutionsllc.com

- Automation Bird Dog: automationbirddog.com (code OWNIT)

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