Build Your Record Revenue Year at #SBOC25

See our Keynote Speakers and get a BONUS with your ticket this week only!

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Anne & Pat Miller
April 29, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Welcome to our 1,302 readers including our latest subscribers:
Alan, Leanne, Jennifer, Matthew, Debbie, Katie and Conner

Welcome back to the Small Business Summary… Today is just an AWESOME day. Earlier this morning, I hosted the SBOC Virtual Summit presented by Horicon Bank and I was able to have a conversation with Seth freaking Godin! What a moment. And now, I get to share the 2025 SBOC Conference with you. The lineup is great but the mission of this year’s conference is urgent…see all the details below.

In this week’s episode:

  • A 90% chance of a recession? Uh-Oh

  • The True Cost of a Cyber Breach (loads and loads)

  • The launch of the new Small Business GPT…it’s like ChatGPT but way better

  • AI knows how to ROCK…who knew?

Announcement
BUILD YOUR RECORD YEAR AT #SBOC25
September 16-19, 2025
Brookfield, WI

The 5th Annual Small Business Owners Community Conference presented by Horicon Bank is leaning into the moment by focusing on what matters: Revenue. This year, we’re addressing all of the inputs that make you money: mindset, rates, sales technique, time, meaning, business development and more. The economy is a little bumpy at the moment and below you’ll see one economist predicting a 90% chances of a recession.

If the economy went south, are you just going to roll over and take it?
Or, are you going to fight for your dream? I thought so.

With that theme in mind, check out our unbelievable faculty this year:

  • Jesse Cole - Founder Savannah Bananas - Putting Your Customer First

  • Carl Gould - Back by Popular Demand! - BizDev Done Right

  • Sahil Bloom - NYT Bestselling Author - Meaning, Purpose and Money

  • Pat Miller - (yeah, me!) - Quit Charging Too Little, a Workshop to Raise Rates

  • Precious L. Williams - Returning to Host the 2nd Annual SBOC Awards

  • And much more…

Get your ticket in the first 100 hours for a string of BONUSES including a chance to pitch your business on the conference Main Stage!

See the full lineup and get your ticket here: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/25conference

A HUGE thank you to our major sponsors: Horicon Bank, Money Masters, Athena Legal Solutions, Magnolia Tax, and Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative

(Let’s Go BANANANANANANANNANANAAS!!!!!!!!)

Empty shelves are coming, Apollo economist says — and so is a 'voluntary' recession

Why This Matters: If this economist is right, our businesses will face a different landscape later this year. The reasoning is sound in this article…let’s just hope he’s WRONG.

Major retailers will soon file for bankruptcy as a recession takes hold, economist Torsten Slok predicts

qz.com/empty-shelves-bankruptcy-recession-coming-economist-1851778079

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Did you Take the Sales Activity Challenge?

FEEDBACK REQUEST: Did you take the 51 Challenge from last week’s email?
Right after last week’s email I received this:

“Okay WAY TO HIJACK MY AFTERNOON! I just sent 30 emails out and now I'm gonna take a walk, haha. Can't back down from a challenge!”

- Chuck

Did YOU get after your sales activity last week? If not, why not dig into it this week! Remember, we eat what we kill. Go sell something.

The True Cost of a Cyber Breach | Talk Business

Whether it’s stolen data, lost income, or reputational damage, a cyber breach can be debilitating for any business. Read on for more.

www.talk-business.co.uk/2025/04/28/the-true-cost-of-a-cyber-breach

TWEET OF THE WEEK

The Top 10 Rock & Roll Bands of All Time According to AI

WTM: Who knew AI rocked? This article asked AI to rank the top 10 rock bands of all time and I must say…it nailed it. (Although, I would swap Metallica for Nirvana.) Enjoy! 🤘 

www.allbusiness.com/top-10-rock-and-roll-bands-of-all-time

NEW: I’m SO excited to release our custom GPT specifically for Small Business Owners! Get all the features of the new ChatGPT 4.1 customized just for Small Business Owners like you with the Small Business GPT. I’ve been working on this product for months and our latest upgrades are just incredible:

  • All of the SBOC Content and my podcasts uploaded and indexed for quick search

  • Custom onboarding sequence for SBGPT to quickly learn about you and your business for optimal answers

  • Privacy: Your data stays your data

  • Top notch Image Generation

  • And, it’s only $15/month (vs. $20 for Chat GPT) during our beta test launch.

80’s Song of the Week:
Joe Jackson - Steppin’ Out

WTM: Synth Heaven, Singing is Required, A Name You Don’t Remember…what an 80’s song from Joe Jackson!

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