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Guest Readiness SOP: Get Booked on Podcasts Without Needing Oprah
Victoria Bennion has booked experts on podcasts since 2019 and turns away the ones who are not ready. Her seven-step readiness check, from the hold-off gate to counting the host as the first win. Free printable PDF, no email gate.
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Insider Hire SOP: Staff Your Service From Inside the Building You Already Serve
Leveling the Fields does not recruit outside volunteers to run its programs inside elementary schools. It hires the school’s own teachers and pays them, which puts money in a teacher’s pocket, pre-establishes authority with the kids, and gets classroom-management skill for free. Here is the 6-step SOP for staffing your service from inside the building…
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AI Paste Audit SOP: Know What You Are Giving Away Before You Hit Enter
A public AI tool is two problems at once: a place your unreleased idea gets described, and a record someone else may later be entitled to read. IP attorney Richard Gearhart of Gearhart Law lays out both on the Unscripted Small Business podcast. Here is the six-step paste audit you can run this week.
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Founder’s Prenup SOP: Have the Hard Conversation Before You Sign
A downloaded operating agreement that was not one nearly cost a founder $50,000. Six steps to settle with a co-founder before any paperwork exists.
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The 1% Rollout SOP: Stop Swinging for the Fences With AI
Brett Schklar’s Moneyball play for small business AI: get every person 1% better each week instead of taking one big swing. Six steps, a printable PDF, no email gate.
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Influencer Pre-Flight SOP: Fix Your Site Before the Creator Posts
Sherri Langburt’s six-check pre-flight for influencer campaigns: criteria, inventory, geos, landing pages, promo consistency and the search result — everything you verify before a creator posts. Free printable PDF, no email gate.
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The Clarity One-Pager SOP: Map It Before You Build It
Dr. Julika Novkova’s pre-building step: put the role of every asset, the client journey, and what you are NOT on a single page before you build, rebuild, or automate anything.
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AI Guardrails SOP: Write Down What Your AI May Never Say
A free, do-this-today SOP from James Ernst of Core Order: capture your red lines in discovery, write them into an instruction file the system reads every time, and add a second agent whose only job is checking the output against them.
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Speed-to-Lead SOP: Stop Lighting Your Marketing Budget on Fire.
A free Small Business SOP from Cameron Tope: assign someone to answer and close inbound leads fast, before you spend another dollar on marketing. 6 steps + printable PDF.