Getting booked on more stages starts with the one thing almost nobody does, which is asking. Pat runs a conference, so he sits on the other side of that inbox, and today he walks through what makes him say yes to a speaker and what gets the email deleted. Point of view, the takeaway for the audience, video of you speaking, references from other organizers, and a weekly system so the asking actually happens. Then the Idea Slam mailbag on what you should have stopped doing months ago, and the AI story of the day: Claude Opus 5.5 landed, and the new Projects changed how Pat works in a single afternoon.

Businessing is the weekly show where small business owners figure out what to do next. New episode every Monday morning. Hosted by Pat Miller, founder of the Small Business Owners Community. The Small Business Owners Community is where small business owners get help from other owners: every week, a room full of owners works your problem with you. Owners only, nobody pitching, $19 a month. Any member can bring any business owner to one Idea Slam as their guest: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com/idea-slam/

In this episode:

00:00 - Cold open and welcome

01:01 - Big story: how to get booked on more stages

02:08 - Nobody is going to chase you, so ask

03:20 - Have a point of view, not just a topic

04:34 - Tell the organizer what the audience walks away with

05:31 - Have video of you speaking

07:41 - References from other event organizers

08:24 - Systematize the ask and collect testimonials

11:39 - Idea Slam: what you should have stopped doing months ago

13:25 - Prune the rooms and events you go to

15:17 - AI story: Claude Opus 5.5 lands

17:15 - Claude Projects, live show and tell

24:45 - What is coming next in AI

26:36 - New members and this week in the community

28:24 - No show next week, back October 5th

Resources mentioned:

Talkadot - https://talkadot.com

Wispr Flow - https://wisprflow.ai

Claude - https://claude.ai

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