🎙Avoid the nightmare of lost data by ensuring you backup your content, data and tasks effectively. Plan for all the disasters that can happen and put your mind at rest with unlimited zoom cloud storage for free! Steve gives you all you need to know to achieve this and provides some of his cautionary tales to incentivise you to start regular backups of your business. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Save yourself the stress, and back up all your data, including all your task management data. 💡 Zoom allows you ...
Mar 29, 2023•24 min•Ep. 114
🎙 In this episode of the Systemize Your Success Podcast, Steve will take us on the behind-the-scenes of how he recruits new staff for his business. When is the right time to hire new people, who should you employ, and what work should you give them? This hiring process works for all businesses and all types of roles, and getting this right the first time is a massive advantage for any company, big or small, new or established. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 The signs that you may need a new staff in your com...
Mar 23, 2023•32 min•Ep. 113
🎙 When communicating a product, service, idea, or presenting oneself to a listener, it is best to keep the description simple, concise, comprehendible and relevant. An Elevator Pitch is the industry name for an introduction or opening gambit, your initial conversational selling point during a social or networking engagement. Steve’s guest in this episode, Mike Verret, has spent over 25 years in the brand marketing business, and the hallmark of his career is his ability to understand an audience...
Mar 16, 2023•41 min•Ep. 112
🎙 If you have sites, data and software that you need to protect, then it is crucial to have strong passwords to circumvent modern decryption and hacking software and prevent anyone from guessing your password. In this episode, Steve will explain why you need to perfect your passwords and how to do it and pass on some practical and simple advice on password creation. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Remembering multiple passwords for various apps and sites can be a nightmare; writing and listing all of them dow...
Mar 09, 2023•18 min•Ep. 111
🎙 Steve interviews William Buist, speaker, business mentor and author of “Intentional Mastery: Step Beyond Your Expertise and Build a Better Business”. He is a keen photographer, walker and skier. William enables business owners to become the masters of their markets, operate more effectively, and stand out from all their competitors. William has been running his business for 20 years. He has a lot of insight into finding the right clients for your business and effectively utilising your skill ...
Mar 02, 2023•43 min•Ep. 110
🎙 Steve reflects on the time off taken over the Christmas period and pinpoints the benefits and the cost of downtime. He consults his staff on what vacation means to them and shares his feelings on the eighteen days off work he took. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Even if you take time off, as business owners, some form of communication is typically left open to troubleshoot or provide decisions, especially during extended periods. 💡 The lead-up to time off can often be busier because of tasks required to f...
Feb 23, 2023•22 min•Ep. 109
🎙 Steve interviews Daniel Viduya. As an adolescent, sleeping on park benches and eating out of trash bins was the norm for Daniel, who learned the importance of hard work and determination while growing up with hardships in the Philippines. Now living in Mexico, Daniel has mastered the art of Customer Service and Sales for over a decade. For years he worked under sweatshop-like conditions in call centres and is passionate about educating brands on how to scale high-performing teams in both an e...
Feb 16, 2023•55 min•Ep. 108
🎙 In this episode, Steve interviews one of his clients, London Estate Agent Georges Verdis, who has reduced his workweek of 50-plus hours to approximately 10 hours, leaving him more time to spend with his friends and family. As a true example of how to Systemize Your Success, Georges operates his remote team to facilitate his newfound freedom and is here to talk to Steve about creating bonding and celebratory experiences for your team that can make all the difference to their working dynamic. K...
Feb 09, 2023•24 min•Ep. 107
🎙 This episode's guest is Richard Evans , founder of Awaken 2 Business, through which he provides a range of solutions and services to help entrepreneurs and SMEs take their businesses to the next level. And VaVaVoom , a Virtual Assistant company providing skilled personnel sourced from the Philippines to small businesses to help them systemize and free up their spare time. Steve and Richard discuss the advantages of hiring VAs from The Philippines, the common mistakes made when using a Virtual...
Feb 02, 2023•48 min•Ep. 106
🎙 In this episode, Steve introduces Apps that completely change how you consider and approach social media and content creation. This astounding breakthrough technology will transform your handling of all online content, from Facebook posts to podcasting. This is a live scripting of a potential podcast episode to demonstrate the abilities of two incredible Artificial Intelligence (AI) apps. Prepare to be amazed as this technology is like the ones you see in sci-fi novels and movies! KEY TAKEAWA...
Jan 26, 2023•20 min•Ep. 105
🎙 Steve has a new method of holding company meetings that have had excellent results bringing his team together and keeping them goal-driven and motivated. It also highlights possible changes that can be made to streamline his systems further. Even though he has been utilising this method for only a month, it has been so successful that he will share the details with you in this episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Each week, set aside a portion of your meeting for Value-Based Accountability. Each person ...
Jan 19, 2023•14 min•Ep. 104
🎙 Steve interviews Michael Bereslavsky, founder of Domain Magnate, a Private Equity firm with a 15-year history of buying, optimizing and selling profitable online businesses. Michael helps sellers exit their businesses quickly and efficiently and allows investors to invest in this new industry of online businesses and revenue websites, with high potential and high returns, through a reputable and experienced firm. Michael also has his podcast, The Domain Magnate Show, through which listeners c...
Jan 12, 2023•35 min•Ep. 103
🎙 Steve talks to Alan Brunton, the Visionary and Developer of the software platform Cymatrax, which enhances digital audio files to remove frequencies that interfere with the brain’s decision-making function and increases others that improve focus, and energy and reduce stress. It has various applications, including podcasts, music, corporate training, online education, audiobooks, and many others. Cymatrax is already being used in healthcare to treat PTSD and Autism and is aimed at enhancing o...
Jan 05, 2023•30 min•Ep. 102
🎙 In this episode, Steve will share cost-saving tips when using apps for business use. Most apps have a lower cost level of access, often free, for light users, so the service costs can dramatically increase when more business-level software aspects are required. These costs can all add up, especially as you scale up or utilise a large staff team. Keep your outgoings down by using these tips. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Acquiring access for all your staff members when required can add up to multiple payme...
Dec 29, 2022•10 min•Ep. 101
🎙 Following the previous episode on time tracking (Episode #092), Steve refers to real-life examples of tracking staff's time to demonstrate the advantages of doing this and responds to an online troll who was tempted out from under their internet bridge. Far from being a bind to your staff, time tracking is an efficient way of freeing their time from low-value tasks to more exciting and lucrative jobs which make you more money and keep them happier in your employment. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Steve’s ...
Dec 22, 2022•12 min•Ep. 100
🎙 Systemize Your Success is in the top 3% of all podcasts globally. A considerable part of that success comes from having a consistent plan and method for getting content published across different Social Media platforms. In this episode, Steve will detail the systems used and how to effectively utilise a Virtual Assistant to ensure that your Organic Social Media Marketing is as widespread and consistently presented as possible. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Steve produces a podcast recording, and his team ...
Dec 15, 2022•31 min•Ep. 99
🎙 Grammarly is an app designed to monitor your copywriting as you work and make suggestions to grammar, syntax and structure to make your communications and presentations the best they can be. It works across all platforms, including email, Word and Pages, and Social Media. Steve explains how it works and its advantages to your business. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Grammarly sits on top of all your other apps, software and browsers and watches everything you are writing, making corrective and grammar sugg...
Dec 08, 2022•11 min•Ep. 98
🎙With text messages, emails, and social media or instant messaging, communication within a company can quickly become complicated and confusing, with decentralised conversations resulting in missed information and time-consuming trawls through apps to keep up with ongoing interactions. Steve is here to show you his method of keeping things simple and easy to follow. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Have a standardised, central place to delegate tasks. In this manner, you can communicate about the task within t...
Dec 01, 2022•17 min•Ep. 97
🎙 Jane Bayler is a brand and business growth expert. Her Company empowers consultants and experts to stand out for their difference and create relevant, exciting offers. With a 20-year global brand marketing and media history, she grew London's brand identity business from £1m to £6m, quadrupling profits and selling to a US communications group. Jane is a breast cancer survivor. She is passionate about connection - transforming purpose into passion, creating relevant, engaging offers and attrac...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 96
🎙Steve explains Virtual Private Networks and how they can prevent you from getting banned on Facebook. They are apps or software on your browser that tricks the internet into thinking you are located somewhere you are not. The advantages of this, aside from keeping your location secret, are numerous. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡VPNs encrypt all the data that you send from your device. This is an extra layer of security in countries where a standard level of security is unavailable. 💡Facebook detects your ...
Nov 17, 2022•11 min•Ep. 95
🎙This episodes guest is Sebastian Schaffer, founder of Dofollow.io , a company helping Business to Business companies build links on the most desired publications in the world. They build links that not everyone can acquire and which pass through an editorial process to help create long-term measurable growth. With a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and software development industry, Sebastian has developed strong business development professional skills in Link Building, Search...
Nov 10, 2022•51 min•Ep. 94
🎙 If you are in business, you will most likely have several apps you use for your daily operation. With the proliferation of functional business apps on the market, paying for all the ones you need for your staff can become complicated and expensive. Steve explains how to get the best out of your business apps to get all the features you need to make your operation run smoothly without ending up paying a fortune for individual licences for each staff member. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 One of the main pro...
Nov 03, 2022•18 min•Ep. 93
🎙Is time tracking the right thing to do with your staff? Regardless of whether they are remote or local, what approach should be taken, if at all? Should you be tracking clicks, time, shifts or projects? Steve has tried a number of approaches to this problem and this episode will share with you his experience and successful solutions. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡Many feel that tracking a staff members time can result in a loss of trust and that the finished project and result is more important that countin...
Oct 26, 2022•27 min•Ep. 92
🎙 Following on from the last episode in which Steve informed you how to create a bonded, united remote team that cares about each other and your company’s values with a simple meeting hack, in this episode, he will share the actual meeting itself. With this behind-the-scenes episode, you can see the evidence of how applying simple changes to your weekly meeting can improve communication, relationships and function of your team while ensuring all are pulling towards the same shared goal. KEY TAK...
Oct 19, 2022•17 min•Ep. 91
🎙In this episode, Steve explains how to dramatically increase your morale, teamwork and collaboration amongst your staff, even if you never actually meet each other, other than virtually. This simple hack will ensure that you are all focused on the common goal you work towards as a business and thus increase your productivity and profits. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡A daily meeting can increase communication on ongoing tasks and updating but offers no time or opportunity for social interactions that can ca...
Oct 19, 2022•22 min•Ep. 90
🎙 When a staff member is not doing their job properly, how do we fix the problem without undermining trust in the team and pointing fingers while achieving the desired result of the work being completed in the way you intend? Steve takes an in-depth look at this common problem and explains his company's steps to rectify the situation. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 You need to standardise procedures across your business so the expectations of your clients are met consistently. One way to address staff you fe...
Oct 12, 2022•33 min•Ep. 89
🎙 Steve explains three mistakes he made when he started outsourcing and how they cost him dearly in money, time and opportunities. Listen in as he explains how to avoid these pitfalls, from expensive staff to costly software. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Never assume that it is quicker and easier to complete tasks yourself. As a business owner, your time is incredibly valuable, and you are your business’ best employee. 💡 Delegate your low-value tasks to people in your organisation, and dedicate your time ...
Oct 05, 2022•17 min•Ep. 88
🎙 Do you live in fear of key staff leaving the organisation or feel you cannot promote the best people due to the void they will leave in the main volume of your core work? It could be that the business you created to give you the lifestyle you truly deserve may actually be keeping you trapped. In this episode, Steve will explain how to get more out of your existing team and find and promote the best employees to amplify the great work being done. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Like an orchestra tied togethe...
Sep 28, 2022•17 min•Ep. 87
🎙 Steve has spent well over £100,000 on courses, training and books and has been running his courses for over six years. During all that time, he has learnt a few lessons, which he will share with you in this episode. Set up this systemised approach to getting the most out of the money spent on courses, books and coaching programs. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Being able to make the most out of courses, coaching and training require a mindset shift. You have to realise that it does not mean that you have t...
Sep 21, 2022•57 min•Ep. 86
🎙 Steve explains how relying on people can sometimes become a pitfall that slows down your business. By recounting his own early experiences with delegating and the failures of doing so, Steve illustrates how systems can be much more efficient and freeing when used efficiently. KEY TAKEAWAYS 💡 Steve did not ask his first assistant to document everything she did while she was working. So when she left, Steve was back to square one, doing all the tasks himself. 💡 Get your staff to document each...
Sep 14, 2022•11 min•Ep. 85
