Winning With AI, a Practical Evening in Cedar Rapids
An evening in Cedar Rapids for anyone who runs something. Shops in NewBo, crews based in Hiawatha, offices on Second Avenue, studios in Czech Village, and one-person businesses working out of a spare bedroom in Marion.
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What is the seminar in Cedar Rapids, IA?
Winning With AI is a single live evening in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, open to owners and managers of every kind of local business. It shows, in plain language, how to put AI on customer replies, lead follow-up, quotes and proposals, marketing, scheduling, and everyday written admin. Nothing technical is required and there is no course to buy afterward.
- Shape of it: one live evening in Cedar Rapids, in person, questions welcome throughout
- The room: Linn County owners, managers, and solo operators from every kind of business
- Teacher: Mike Filsaime, 25 years building companies such as Groove, Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar
- Ground covered: replies, follow-up, quotes, marketing in batches, scheduling, standard documents
- Admission: $49 early-bird while available, money-back guarantee
What does the evening in Cedar Rapids actually cover?
Less lecture, more doing. The work brought into the room is real: the inquiry from Sunday, the estimate you keep meaning to price, the newsletter that has not gone out since the summer market season.
A tile setter, a coffee roaster near the NewBo market, a family dentist in Marion, and a two-person video crew get the same core set of uses, because the writing behind each of those businesses looks the same.
Everything happens that night. No follow-on program, no monthly software, and nothing owed once the evening ends.
Is AI worth it for a small business in Cedar Rapids, Iowa?
Look at where a Cedar Rapids week actually goes and most of it is written work. Replies, quotes, reminders, captions, notes to whoever is covering tomorrow. That is the ground these tools cover well.
The evening is equally clear on the other side. Setting prices, sitting with an unhappy customer, anything that ends up in public: that work stays with you and gets talked about as such.
You will know by the end of the night. If it is not for you, say so before you leave and the registration fee is refunded.
Why is this AI seminar built for Cedar Rapids businesses?
Cedar Rapids business sits in pockets. A place in Czech Village, one out on Blairs Ferry Road, and one in Marion pull from different customers and run into the same wall of hours.
This is a city that has rebuilt more than once, first after the river came up in 2008 and again after the 2020 derecho, and the owners here are practical about anything that saves a day.
Most shops in Linn County are small enough that the owner is the bottleneck. The point of the evening is moving work off that one desk without adding to payroll.
What do Cedar Rapids attendees walk away with?
- Weekend questions answered Monday morning. A drafted reply waiting for you instead of a backlog nobody has opened.
- Notes turned into a priced quote. Feed in what you wrote down at the visit and get an estimate you can review and send.
- Weeks of marketing in one sitting. Produce a batch of posts and emails at once rather than starting from nothing each week.
- Follow-up that keeps going. A pattern for reaching back out to everyone who asked about your work and disappeared.
- Written admin off your plate. Summaries, checklists, and repeat documents drafted from the material you already keep.
- What not to hand over. Straight talk about pricing calls, difficult customer conversations, and anything that touches your reputation.
Who is the Cedar Rapids seminar for?
What cedar Rapids owner-operators get out of the Cedar Rapids evening
One to ten people, with the owner still on sales, service, and the paperwork.
- Grow before you hire
- Keep up with inquiries
- Get marketing out on time
What crews working across Linn County get out of the Cedar Rapids evening
Contractors, landscapers, cleaners, movers, and repair or install businesses covering the county and beyond.
- Write quotes between stops
- Chase open bids
- Reduce scheduling messages
What shops, offices, and online sellers get out of the Cedar Rapids evening
Cafes and restaurants, salons, fitness studios, dental and medical offices, bookkeepers, law offices, nonprofits, and online storefronts.
- Answer the same questions instantly
- Write listings faster
- Keep past customers close
How does a live seminar compare with free videos and an online course?
| This live seminar | Free online videos | Self-paced AI course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How it runs | One evening in Cedar Rapids, in person, with room to interrupt. | A solo watch with nobody to ask when it behaves differently. | Modules on your own schedule, which tends to mean rarely. |
| Who it suits | Any Cedar Rapids owner or manager, whatever the trade or headcount. | Made for everyone, usually assuming some familiarity already. | Generic business content that seldom fits a small operation here. |
| Time to first use | The tools get pointed at your own work that same evening. | Everything after watching is left up to you. | Commonly weeks before you reach anything usable. |
| Who else is there | Linn County owners in unrelated lines of work on the same problems. | No local detail and nobody to compare notes with. | Communities exist online, rarely with anyone from eastern Iowa. |
| Cost | $49 early-bird while available, a single evening, money-back guarantee. | Nothing to pay, though filtering the noise costs hours. | Typically a recurring charge that runs whether you use it or not. |
What is Cedar Rapids, IA actually like?
The Cedar River runs straight through the middle of town, with the island downtown, Czech Village on one bank and New Bohemia on the other.
Commerce reaches out along First Avenue, Mount Vernon Road, and Collins Road, then up into Hiawatha and east into Marion where plenty of independent trades are based.
Reputation moves by word of mouth in a city this size, so answering quickly is worth more than most advertising.
How Cedar Rapids businesses are using AI right now
The jobs repeat across trades. Drafting the reply to something that came in overnight. Making a written quote out of a page of notes. Reopening a conversation with someone who asked a price in March. Producing a run of posts from a few photos and a rough plan.
Out of view the same tools boil a long email chain down to what was decided, write the instructions for a new hire, sort a contact list nobody has cleaned in years, and produce the standard letters and forms that never get done.
Who teaches the Cedar Rapids seminar?
The Cedar Rapids evening is led by Mike Filsaime. Twenty-five years of building companies came before any of the teaching, Groove, Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar among them, so what gets shown has already been put through real businesses.
His whole method is plain English. Every technical word gets unpacked the first time it turns up, and nobody has to arrive knowing anything. Describe the job and you can follow the steps.
In Cedar Rapids he does it live at the front of the room, questions and all, so people watch the thing get made rather than hear it described.
What do people who have seen this say about it?
Thank you for your incredible knowledge and insight. It made a powerful impact. I don't take anyone's time lightly, least of all someone with your level of marketing genius.
He'll not only make it simple, he'll make it very profitable.
When I saw what Winning With AI could do, I knew we had to move fast. Work that used to drag out for three months now gets delivered by my team in two or three days.
I'm a tougher critic, but Winning With AI blew me away. One idea showed me how to save thousands of dollars a month.
When is the seminar coming to Cedar Rapids?
We have not set the Cedar Rapids date yet. Pre-register and you will be the first to know when we do, before seats go on sale to everyone else.
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What do people in Cedar Rapids ask about the seminar?
Who is the Cedar Rapids Winning With AI seminar meant for?
Every kind of business owner or manager in the Cedar Rapids area. Trades, shops, restaurants, salons, offices, gyms, nonprofits, agencies, and people working alone.
Do I need to know anything technical before the Cedar Rapids seminar?
Not a thing. Writing a plain email covers it, and there is nothing to install ahead of the night.
What comes out of the Cedar Rapids seminar?
Working ways to answer customers, follow up on leads, write quotes, batch your marketing, settle scheduling, and draft routine paperwork. You try each one during the evening.
Is the Cedar Rapids seminar tied to one kind of business?
It is not. The examples move across many local trades on purpose so the room stays useful to everyone in it.
What is the price of the Cedar Rapids seminar?
$49 early-bird while available, with a money-back guarantee. Say it was not right before you leave and the registration fee is refunded.
When will the seminar be in Cedar Rapids?
The date has not been announced. Pre-registration is open and the list hears about it first.
How do I pre-register for Cedar Rapids?
Use the button on this page to join the Cedar Rapids list.
Who runs the Cedar Rapids seminar?
Mike Filsaime leads it. He put in 25 years building companies, Groove, Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar among them, and he works each example live in plain English.
How long is the Cedar Rapids evening?
One evening only. No preparation before and no program to continue with afterward.
Where does the Cedar Rapids evening sit in the wider program?
The Cedar Rapids room is one stop on Winning With AI with Mike Filsaime, the touring live AI seminar Mike Filsaime teaches one evening at a time in cities across the United States. Same teacher, same demonstrations, same money-back guarantee in every city; the examples change to match the businesses in the room.
Which other Iowa cities have a seminar page?
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