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Your Next Million

Your Next Million

By: Frank Kern
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New Frank Kern Podcast with stories, a Frank Kern book, AI Copywriting training, new branding class, client stories, AI ad examples, AI sales letter examples - and more! Frank Kern Mass Control 2026? Maybe. Frank Kern has been advising entrepreneurs like you all day, every day, since 1999. This is his podcast. More at FrankKernPodcast.com. Brought to your by https://ojoy.aiFrank Kern Economics Marketing Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • How To Sell Anything (Klassic Kern)
    Mar 13 2026

    Frank breaks down the psychology of the offer using a desert analogy: If you are an unattractive, "vile" person with a terrible personality, but you're selling hot dogs to 100 starving people in the middle of the Sahara, your sales skills don't matter.

    Key Takeaways
    • The Offer is King: If the proposition is awesome enough, your personality or lack of "salesyness" won't stop the deal.
    • Take Away the Pain: Success comes from finding out what people really want and removing the friction of making the decision.
    • Qualify to Win: Frank declines about 65-70% of people who want to talk to him. He only speaks with businesses that are already successful ($500k+ yearly) to ensure he can actually deliver results.
    • The "Rainmaker" Close: Stop pitching and start helping. Identify the "one big thing" the client needs and simply ask, "Want me to help you with that?"
    The Rainmaker Process
    1. Get in front of the right people: Target those who meet specific criteria (successful businesses with deployable assets).
    2. Offer free help: Set aside time to solve a problem for them for free to prove your value upfront.
    3. Reverse the Flow: Let the results of that free help be the driver for why they want to pay you.

    Episode Results: By using this method, Frank acquired 43 private clients paying a collective $1.3 million per year—all without "chasing" a single one.

    Visit FrankKern.com/class for more insights on high-level business strategy.

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    11 mins
  • Who Are You? (Klassic Kern)
    Mar 10 2026

    A personal story about grandfather Raymond Smith, and the valuable lessons he learned from him about work ethic and success. Using his grandfather's 1983 Jeep Scrambler as a backdrop, Frank explores the importance of being someone truly impactful to your audience and customers.

    Episode Highlights
    • Introduction: Frank introduces his grandfather, Raymond Smith, a self-made millionaire and former Jeep dealer with an eighth-grade education.
    • The Jeep Scrambler: Frank showcases his grandfather's restored 1983 Jeep Scrambler, which holds deep personal value and serves as a reminder of his grandfather's legacy.
    • Lessons in Hard Work: Frank recounts his teenage years working for his grandfather, who would pick him up early in the morning and task him with manual labor, such as knocking down walls with a sledgehammer.
    • Work Ethic and Value: Through these experiences, Frank's grandfather taught him that success is earned through hard work, creating value, and perseverance.
    • Connecting with Your Audience: Frank emphasizes the need to be "monumentally impactful" to followers and customers, creating a lasting association with transformation and benefit.
    • The Core Question: Frank poses the essential question: "Who are you to the people that follow you?" and challenges listeners to consider who they want to be and can be to their audience.
    Key Takeaways
    • Success isn't about doing a million things; it's about finding and leveraging one big thing.
    • A strong work ethic and the ability to handle difficult tasks are fundamental to achieving your goals.
    • Building a meaningful and impactful relationship with your audience is key to long-term business success.

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    8 mins
  • Why The AI Apocalypse Can Make You RICH
    Mar 6 2026

    Let's pull back the curtain on the "AI gold rush" to reveal a staggering reality: last year alone, businesses lost $285 billion on failed AI initiatives. While social media is flooded with "get rich quick" app builders, the corporate world is facing a massive ROI crisis.

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    The Trillion-Dollar Opportunity in 2026

    We are currently standing at the precipice of an AI Apocalypse. But for those who know how to navigate it, this represents the single greatest economic opportunity in history. As traditional job markets face a "tsunami" of disruption, a new class of AI Producers is rising to claim the future.

    Key Highlights From This Episode:
    • The Failure Rate: Why 95% of the $300 billion spent on AI last year failed to produce a return on investment.
    • The 2025-2026 Layoff Wave: Analysis of the 1.17 million U.S. layoffs in 2025 and why companies like Amazon and Meta are pivotally shifting toward AI-integrated roles.
    • The 0.05% Club: Why only 1 out of every 2,000 people actually knows how to build consistent, functional AI applications.
    • The "Magic Trick" to Prompting: Why you should stop telling AI what to do and start asking it how to train itself.
    • Trillion-Dollar Projections: Why the IDC and Pearson project up to $6.6 trillion in losses for the U.S. economy due to AI illiteracy.
    Critical Stats & Data Mentioned: StatisticSource/Context$285 BillionTotal money lost on failed AI projects last year.1.17 MillionU.S. workers laid off in 2025 (Challenger Gray Report).2.5x ProfitabilityIncrease in revenue for companies properly using AI (Accenture).$300 MillionMeta's contract offers for top-tier AI talent. "AI is hitting the labor market like a tsunami, and most countries and most businesses are not prepared for it." — International Monetary Fund (IMF) The Producer vs. The Consumer

    By 2027, if you haven't mastered the ability to make AI work consistently, you risk becoming irrelevant in the white-collar workforce. This episode breaks down how to move from a Consumer—someone who just uses ChatGPT for recipes—to a Producer who can build automated workflows, research tools, and content engines.

    What's Next?

    Are you ready to join the 0.05%? Stop watching the "30-second app" tutorials and start learning how to think differently about human-AI collaboration.

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    11 mins
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