How to Get AI to Recommend Your Business | Businessing

Somebody in your town is getting recommended by AI right now, and there's a good chance it isn't you. There's no magic to how it picks. It reads what the web already says about you, then answers three questions: can it find you, can it trust you, and can it quote you. Pat walks through what actually moves the needle on each one. The Google My Business profile nobody updates, claiming Bing in fifteen minutes, getting your name said in rooms you're not in, and putting the answer in the first paragraph of a blog post instead of burying it. Then the piece he didn't see coming: describing yourself the exact same way everywhere on the web, because years of old titles and old brands turn you into a jumbled up mess an AI can't trust. And the reality check, Google still sends 89% of the traffic and AI chatbots send about 1%, so you're not behind. Idea Slam Mailbag takes a question straight out of the community. Somebody's thirty minutes late to your meeting, so how long do you wait? Pat's answer is ten minutes and an instant reschedule, plus the line that changed how he shows up: your punctuality is directly proportional to how important you think the meeting is. The last story is the NFL playing in Australia tonight, which is a lookalike audience play you can run at your size, without a stadium. Businessing is the daily live show where small business owners figure out what to do next. Hosted by Pat Miller, founder of the Small Business Owners Community: owners only, nobody pitching, $9 a month. In this episode:00:00 - Nobody taught you how to run a business, and today it's getting found by AI00:41 - How do you get your business recommended by AI01:51 - SEO, AEO, GEO, and why the letters barely matter02:39 - You're not behind, Google is still 89% of the traffic03:30 - The three questions: can it find you, trust you, quote you04:13 - Can it find you, and the Google My Business profile nobody updates05:24 - Can it trust you: reviews, citations, and other people's pages07:06 - Can it quote you: put the answer in the first paragraph10:14 - The trust signal nobody mentions, describe yourself the same way everywhere12:12 - Here's the homework, go search yourself in an incognito session13:06 - Google Search Console now shows which AI are recommending you14:32 - Money Masters Bookkeeping16:20 - Idea Slam Mailbag: they're thirty minutes late, how long do you wait17:45 - The ten minute rule, then it's an instant reschedule18:30 - Your punctuality says what you think the meeting is worth20:57 - The NFL is playing in Australia tonight, and it's a business decision21:48 - Foureva Media24:03 - Lookalike audiences, and how to run one at your size25:45 - Partner up, change the geography, productize the side thing29:29 - This week in the SBOC, and tomorrow we build a conference Resources mentioned:Claude training for small business owners: https://ai.smallbusinesscommunity.comSBOC26 Conference, September 15-17 in Brookfield: https://event.smallbusinesscommunity.com/26conferenceMoney Masters Bookkeeping: https://www.moneymasters4biz.com/Foureva Media: https://fourevamedia.com Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessingShow?sub_confirmation=1Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/businessing-with-pat-miller/id1870663109Listen anywhere: https://businessing.captivate.fm/listenFridays Off Newsletter: https://fridaysoffnewsletter.comSmall Business Owners Community: https://smallbusinesscommunity.com