Automate Your Agency
Are you a founder dreaming of breaking free from the day-to-day grind? Or perhaps you're looking to scale your company without burning out? Welcome to Automate Your Agency with Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson, a podcast dedicated to helping you systemize and automate your business for more efficient, scalable operations that can run without you. Join our hosts as they share battle-tested strategies and cutting-edge tools that take the guesswork out of systemizing your business. Drawing from their experience of growing their agency to 600+ active clients before their exit, Alane and Micah offer actionable insights on: ✅ Implementing effective software solutions ✅ Leveraging automation and AI to do more with less ✅ Creating workflows and systems that allow your business to run without you ✅ Preparing your company for a potential sale or exit Each week, they take a deep dive into real-world operational challenges and showcase solutions they've implemented. Whether you want to double revenue without doubling headcount or build a business that runs smoothly in your absence, this podcast is your roadmap to success. Subscribe to Automate Your Agency with Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson now on your favorite podcast platform and join other forward-thinking entrepreneurs as they transform their businesses into well-oiled machines that are primed for growth and ready for whatever the future holds! For more game-changing strategies and resources, visit us at biggestgoal.ai! To access exclusive content, training, workshops, and more, join our Your Biggest Goal Community! Take advantage of our free tools: Free Asana, ClickUp, or Monday.com Selector Tool Get 25 Free Custom Automation Ideas for your Business It's time to work smarter, not harder – let's automate your agency and unlock your business's potential!
Episodes
New AI models drop every week, but the three things that actually matter for AI success haven't changed. Probably won't. Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson cut through the overwhelming pace of AI updates to focus on what really drives results.
While everyone's chasing the latest features and freezing up over platform changes, the fundamentals remain rock solid. If you're tired of feeling behind every ti...
People say they're scared to use AI because it makes mistakes, yet they throw money at salaries for humans who also make mistakes. Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson tackle this fascinating double standard head-on.
If you've ever hesitated about AI adoption because of error concerns, this conversation will shift your entire perspective. The hosts reveal why we've been solving this exact problem since the daw...
When you think about AI workflows, you typically think about achieving success when there are no humans involved. But Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson call this "over automation," and it's costing businesses time, money, and sanity.
The hosts have seen it repeatedly: companies build elaborate "hands-off" AI systems only to spend more time fixing what AI got wrong than they would have spent doing ...
Most people use Claude Cowork like a chat window and wonder why they're not getting results. In this episode, Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson break down the three tools that change everything — Connectors, Skills, and Plugins — and why almost nobody is using them correctly. If you've been frustrated with inconsistent AI outputs or spending too much time recreating the same workflows from scratch, this is the ...
Everyone keeps asking: should I use Cowork or n8n? Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson reveal why the answer isn't either/or, it's both. In this episode, they break down exactly when to use each tool and how they work together to create bulletproof automation systems.
If you've been wondering whether these tools compete or complement each other, this conversation will clear up the confusion. The hosts get re...
Sharing Claude accounts might seem like a money-saving hack, but Alane and Micah discovered it's actually costing you way more than the "savings" are worth.
Their team experiment lasted exactly three days before complete chaos forced them back to individual accounts.
If you've ever wondered whether your team really needs individual AI accounts or if sharing one account could work, this conversation...
What if you stopped hiring people to do tasks and started hiring for what AI can’t do?
In this episode, we break down how using Claude Cowork to automate real work, not just answer questions, is fundamentally changing how businesses hire, train teams, and scale operations in 2026.
From drafting emails and updating CRMs to building reports and eliminating repetitive work, AI is now handling the tasks that used to requi...
Nobody wants to enter data into a CRM, especially founders and salespeople who should be spending their time selling, not typing. Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson share how they eliminated the most painful part of sales with one simple Claude Desktop command.
Deals falling through cracks, missed follow-ups, and account teams with zero context? These problems disappear when your CRM actually gets updated consistently.
In t...
Most founders are the bottleneck in their own company. Your standards, your voice, your client knowledge. It all lives in your head. And AI mirrors the problem when everyone on your team prompts it differently.
A shared Dropbox folder just became the biggest AI breakthrough Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson have experienced since they started using AI.
The discovery? Consistent results aren't about better prompting. ...
Want to ditch the endless back-and-forth cycle of project management and actually get work done?
Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson just redesigned their entire 12-page website in under two hours, without hiring a designer, developer, or agency.
If you've ever felt bottlenecked by the slow cycle of copy revisions, design feedback, and technical implementation, this conversation will change how you think about AI colla...
Stop rewriting the same AI prompts over and over again. Alane Boyd and Micah Johnson reveal why treating AI like a magic wand instead of building a system is sabotaging your results.
If you've been uploading files, writing prompts, and getting inconsistent output every single time, this conversation will change everything. The hosts break down exactly why one-off AI usage creates chaos and how Custom GPTs become...
The AI Automation Graveyard (Why Most Projects Die After Launch)
If your automation hasn't been updated in 90 days, it's probably broken. Alane and Micah dive deep into why automation is actually software and what that means for your business. They reveal why most automation failures aren't due to poor building—they fail because people stop maintaining them. Learn why starting small beats building &quo...
Is the “one-person business” really the dream or just burnout disguised as freedom?
In this episode, the conversation takes a hard look at the rise of solo-operator culture, AI agents, and automation hype. While headlines promise total freedom through one-person businesses powered by AI, the reality is far more complex and often lonelier.
This discussion breaks down why running everything yourself isn’t scalable, sust...
Software needs to talk to each other, that's the foundation of all business automation. In this episode, Alane and Micah break down the three critical ways platforms communicate and why understanding these basics determines whether your business stays competitive or gets stuck in manual mode.
What You'll Learn:
- APIs: When you need to ask for something (get customer data, create invoices, update records)
- W...
Planning season hits different when you realize that a packed plan isn't ambitious, it's confused. Alane and Micah share the uncomfortable truth about their 2026 planning process: they deleted over 50% of their goals, and it was the smartest move they've made all year.
What You'll Learn:
- Why focusing on everything means accomplishing nothing
- The exact 3-meeting process they used to refine their...
Most founders don't fail when trying to sell their company—they fail years earlier by becoming the only person who knows how everything works. In this episode, Alane and Micah explore what it really takes to build an exit-ready business, from documenting processes to leveraging AI for knowledge capture. They introduce the "No Yeah Buts" test and discuss how to transition from being an essential founde...
If your AI agents and automations don't work with your project management system like ClickUp, Asana, or Monday, you're still operating in chaos. Alane and Micah break down the game-changing AI automations they've built that integrate seamlessly with ClickUp.
Key Topics Covered:
- 75% Workload Reduction: How they transformed podcast production from manual ChatGPT prompting to fully automated workflows
- ...
Alane and Micah break down one of their favorite “unfair advantage” tools right now: Gamma.app — the AI-powered way to create slide decks, one-pagers, and client-facing docs without being a designer.
Alane shares how she’s using Gamma.app to turn a simple recording + transcript into a polished “next steps” one-sheet for clients—fast, reusable, and easy to edit. Micah shares how he used Gamma.app (plus voice-to-text) ...
When you’re building AI and automation for clients, the tech is the easy part — explaining what you built is where things bog down. In this episode, Micah and Beau walk through the internal “Tech Doc Agent” they built to turn messy JSON workflows into clean, 7-part client-ready documentation in minutes instead of hours.
They break down how Beau translated real client questions into a repeatable structure, how Micah t...
Most leaders want automation… until they realize their own process is the biggest thing standing in the way. In this episode, Alane and Micah break down one of the most common patterns they see inside companies: trying to force new software to fit an old, overly customized process.
They talk about why leaders get attached to “the way we’ve always done it,” how human teams naturally smooth out messy workflows, and why...
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