Rochester, Minnesota, Meet Winning With AI
Wondering whether any of this applies to your line of work? It does. Owners fill the room from Historic Third Street, from job sites out toward Byron, from Kutzky Park studios, from downtown offices, and from kitchen tables.
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What is the seminar in Rochester, MN?
Winning With AI is a one-night, in-person seminar in Rochester, Minnesota for owners of every type of business, from trades and shops to offices and one-person operations. It teaches, in plain language, practical AI for follow-up, quotes, marketing, scheduling, and written admin, with no coding and no prior experience assumed.
- Format: A single live evening in Rochester, in person, laptop optional
- Who fills the room: Local owners and managers from every line of work, solo included
- Taught by: Mike Filsaime, who has built companies for 25 years, including Groove, Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar
- What gets covered: Customer follow-up, quotes, marketing batches, scheduling, everyday paperwork
- Cost: $49 early-bird while available, with a money-back guarantee
What does the evening in Rochester actually cover?
It is a working session, not a lecture. You bring real jobs: the question that has sat unanswered since Tuesday, the estimate you keep meaning to write, the newsletter last sent in spring, the appointment that took eight messages.
Trades get mixed deliberately. A framer, a salon owner, a bookkeeper, and somebody running a storefront online all find the same three or four uses worth keeping, because the paperwork underneath is nearly the same.
Nothing follows the evening. No modules, no required software, no monthly charge, and nothing you need help maintaining.
Is AI worth it for a small business in Rochester, Minnesota?
Owners here are short on hours, not ideas. What backs up is written: messages, estimates, posts, notes, standard documents. That is the exact category these tools are strongest on.
The evening is just as plain about where they do not belong. Pricing decisions, the relationship with a regular customer, anything reputational, all of that stays with you.
You decide before you go home. Attend, and if it is not right for you, say so in the room and the registration fee is refunded.
Why is this AI seminar built for Rochester businesses?
Downtown pulls people in from a wide radius, so local businesses serve a steady blend of regulars and first-time visitors. A newcomer with a short window and several options tends to go with whoever answers first.
Away from the center, the business base spreads through the northwest neighborhoods and out to Byron, Stewartville, and Kasson, much of it two people handling the work and the paperwork both.
Hiring in a market this size is slow and costly. Most owners who show up are not trying to build a staff, they are trying to keep pace without one.
What do Rochester attendees walk away with?
- Nobody waits days to hear back. Answers to overnight questions drafted while the customer is still comparing options.
- Estimates finished the same day. Notes from a call or a site visit turned into a quote you can review and send.
- A month of marketing at once. Posts, emails, and descriptions built in a batch so publishing stops waiting on a free afternoon.
- Follow-up you do not have to remember. A simple system for circling back to people who asked once and then went quiet.
- Written admin cleared out. Recaps, instructions, and the standard paperwork every business keeps putting off.
- The jobs to keep away from it. Straight talk on the calls and conversations that should never be handed off.
Who is the Rochester seminar for?
What owner-operators in and around Rochester get out of the Rochester evening
Between one and ten people, with the owner running sales, service, and paperwork.
- Keep up with inquiries in a busy week
- Get marketing out on a schedule
- Take back some evenings
What trades and mobile crews get out of the Rochester evening
Contractors, cleaners, landscapers, and repair or installation crews covering the county.
- Quote from the truck instead of at midnight
- Chase estimates that went quiet
- Coordinate the schedule with fewer messages
What shops, studios, offices, and online storefronts get out of the Rochester evening
Retail, salons, restaurants, gyms, dental and medical offices, accountants, nonprofits, agencies, and anyone selling online from Rochester.
- Answer repeat questions without retyping
- Write listings and descriptions faster
- Stay in touch with past customers
How does a live seminar compare with free videos and an online course?
| This live seminar | Free online videos | Self-paced AI course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | A single live evening in Rochester, with questions answered on the spot. | Watched alone, with nobody to ask when your screen looks nothing like the demo. | Modules at your own pace, which means they compete with a full week. |
| Who it is for | Any Rochester owner or manager, whatever the trade or the size of the operation. | Aimed at a general audience, often already fluent with these tools. | Broad business training that may not match how a small local shop runs. |
| Getting started | The tools go on your own work during the evening, not later. | The distance between watching and doing is yours to close. | Usually weeks of lessons before you reach something usable. |
| Local peers | A room of southeast Minnesota owners from different trades on the same problems. | No local context and no one to compare results with. | Online communities exist, rarely with anyone from this part of the state. |
| Cost and commitment | $49 early-bird while available, one evening, money-back guarantee, nothing ongoing. | Free, though the time spent filtering advice is not. | Often a monthly charge whether or not you finish. |
What is Rochester, MN actually like?
The Zumbro River runs through southeast Minnesota and through this city, with Silver Lake north of downtown and Soldiers Field to the south. Historic Third Street, the Chateau Theatre, and Peace Plaza anchor the center.
Byron, Stewartville, Kasson, and Pine Island belong to the same local economy, and a good share of independent businesses in the area are based out there rather than downtown.
Steady visitor traffic and a loyal local customer base at once is an unusual pairing for a market this size, and it rewards owners who answer quickly.
How Rochester businesses are using AI right now
What people actually use it for has nothing to do with any one trade. Answering the question that came in overnight. Writing an estimate from four lines of notes. Circling back to somebody who asked about availability last month. Producing captions and posts in one batch.
Out of sight it summarizes long email chains, drafts instructions for a new hire, cleans up a drifting customer list, and writes the standard documents nobody enjoys starting. None of that calls for software you do not already have.
Who teaches the Rochester seminar?
The instructor is Mike Filsaime. He put 25 years into building companies, including Groove, Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar, before he began teaching owners how to use AI on ordinary work.
Plain English is the whole method. No jargon, no acronyms left undefined, and no assumption that you have used any of these tools before walking in.
He works the examples live in Rochester rather than describing them, stopping for questions from the people in the seats. That part does not translate to video.
What do people who have seen this say about it?
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.
I had no coding experience. No technical background. Nothing. After seeing how to use AI in plain English, I built software and workflows that completely changed my company.
My project lead was wearing too many hats, and the team felt it. This one event showed us how AI could take that work off people's plates. The impact on our sanity has been massive.
When is the seminar coming to Rochester?
We have not set the Rochester 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 Rochester ask about the seminar?
Who should come to the Winning With AI seminar in Rochester, MN?
Owners and managers of any local business. Contractors, shops, restaurants, salons, gyms, repair crews, offices, nonprofits, agencies, online sellers, and people running everything alone all belong in the same room.
Do I need experience with AI tools to attend in Rochester?
No. Plenty of people in the room have never opened one. The evening starts at the beginning and never leaves plain language.
What can I do after the Rochester seminar that I could not before?
Write replies and follow-ups quickly, turn rough notes into estimates, build marketing in batches, trim scheduling messages, and get routine paperwork drafted. You try each one that night.
Is the Rochester seminar built around a single industry?
No. It is designed for a mixed room, and the examples run across many different local trades.
How much is a seat at the Rochester seminar?
$49 early-bird while available. Attend, and if it is not right for you, say so before you leave and the registration fee is refunded.
When is the Winning With AI seminar in Rochester, Minnesota?
The date is not public yet. Pre-registration is open, and the people on that list hear the date and venue first.
How do I get on the pre-registration list for Rochester?
The registration button on this page adds you to the Rochester list.
Who is teaching the Rochester seminar?
Mike Filsaime, whose 25 years of building companies includes Groove, Kartra, WebinarJam, and EverWebinar. He teaches without jargon and builds every example live.
How long does the Rochester seminar run?
One evening. Nothing is required beforehand and no course follows it.
Where does the Rochester evening sit in the wider program?
The Rochester room is one stop on Winning With AI live seminars, 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 Minnesota cities have a seminar page?
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