QUESTION 12
You're Behind On AI. Good. That Puts You At The Top Of The Mountain, Staring At Fresh Powder.
Everyone in Silicon Slopes is talking about AI. It's the second largest tech corridor on the West Coast, behind only Silicon Valley, and it's sitting right next door to you. So if the question is whether your small business is already behind, given how fast that scene moves, here's the unapologetic truth: yes. You are behind, and you need to get it together fast. AI in some form has been around for three years now, and it has gotten better, and better, and better, while you were still deciding whether to take it seriously.
That's the truth. If you haven't started, you're not a little behind. You're a lot behind.
Everyone Around You Is Already Using AI. Almost Nobody Is Using It Right.
Now, here's a silver lining, even though you probably don't deserve one because of how long you waited. Most of the people who did start used AI incorrectly, for the wrong thing, in the wrong way, and they're now habituated to the mediocrity of the results they're getting. There hasn't been a clear leader in the AI community with real marketing and business experience behind them, so in the absence of leadership, the mob follows anyone loud enough to sound confident. And follow they are.
You Should Already Be Out Of The Game. You're Not.
So the truth is, you're behind, and by the math you should already be out. The reality is the opposite. There has never been a better time to start. You're at the base of the wave. You're standing at the top of the mountain staring down at fresh powder, and the conditions are perfect, if you know how to ride it. And you do, or you're about to. We're going to talk about the source of truth, your Brand Guide, your Avatar, your Brand Voice, and the AI skills that scare the crap out of marketing agencies. That's the good stuff, and it's sitting right there for you to build or take.
The DIY Instinct That Built Utah Is The One Thing That Can Sink You Here
Everyone in Utah is part of the do-it-yourself culture, and that might be one of the biggest challenges you're facing right now. AI isn't like when social media hit, where you could hand your Facebook page to your kid and it wouldn't do much for you, but it wouldn't hurt you either.
Putting an inexperienced marketer in front of AI moves you further from the goal, not closer. This isn't a figure-it-out-as-you-go tool. This is trillions of CPUs converging at once to hand you an answer that might make you smile and still never make you a dollar.
Money is never a guarantee in business. Losing it is the safer bet. Nine out of ten businesses don't make it past ten years. The odds are forever in the house's favor, and even the businesses that do make it, most owners can't leave. They are the team. They are the bottleneck.
Two Reasons Mindset Marketing Academy Exists
That's exactly it. Mindset Marketing Academy exists for two reasons: to supply real, effective marketing answers, and to get the owner's head back in the game to win. Not someone else's head. Yours. The source of truth, the Brand Guide, the Avatar, the Brand Voice, the AI skills that make agencies nervous, that's the actual path down the mountain, and it's built for someone who knows the terrain, not a kid running your Facebook page or a mob following whoever's loudest this week.
If you want to do this the right way, start with the free working session: ninety minutes, live, no charge.
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For those who want to go deeper
Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore: on early adopters versus the mainstream market, and why "behind" is usually the wrong frame for where you actually stand on a technology curve.
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber: on why the owner becomes the bottleneck, and what it takes to build a business that doesn't need you standing in the middle of it forever.
Atomic Habits by James Clear: on how people get habituated to mediocre results without noticing, and what it actually takes to reset the pattern.
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