The Productivity Pod(cast)

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How would you feel if you had more time for Family, Self Care, Creativity and Passion Projects? What about if your business was making the income and impact to allow you to have financial freedom to Travel and Feel stress free? The Productivity Pod(cast) is here to share quick tips, behind the scenes, stories and guest interviews to show you how to create productive daily routines that allow you to make an impact in your zone of genius while creating the income and freedom that you crave in your personal life. Join The Productivity Pod Community for even more support and accountability to create your life by design through routines and working smarter not harder. www.theproductivitypodcommunity.co

Episodes

EP: 38 Lessons Learned From Lost Clients

There is always a lesson to learn from lost clients. These are often reasons clients move on to someone else: Gut feeling - something might not work or fit What are those signs? Did you ignore them? Be honest with yourself Misunderstandings - expectations, lack of understanding on what they should do v. you Call/email schedule (strong communication) Be the leader and put your foot down regarding decisions Set boundaries around every situation, be clear and upfront Try and end everything amicably...

Mar 11, 2020•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 37 Templates & Checklists Oh My!

How are business owners so productive? All owners become productive because they have a system and processes in place to get things done, and Templates and Checklists are at the foundation! Benefits of having Templates & Checklists: Work faster Produce more Have higher quality (fewer mistakes) Easily outsource Grow and scale your business Templates & Checklists I use daily: Email communications, contract, and proposals Checklists Keep on track with tasks for new clients Status updates with daily...

Mar 04, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 36 Cocktails & Organizing with guest Christy Lingo

Today's guest is Christy Lingo, host of the "The Cocktails & Containers" podcast. Christy started her business, where she organizes her clients' homes to remove the clutter. She is now starting a coaching business to help Mom's focus on being entrepreneurs while still being a Mom. Controlling the Control Freak: Christy is trying to let go of her "control freak" and bringing on processes so she can grow her new business. Having these processes will help you hand off these items to a Virtual Assis...

Feb 26, 2020•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 35 Are you the bottleneck?

The first thing is to look at things differently and identify what’s your bottleneck, what’s holding you back? It doesn’t matter the size of your company; these same things can hold anyone back. Common bottleneck locations: 1. Don’t have enough processes (usually smaller businesses) 2. Confusing processes, unclear or not detailed enough (for customers) 3. Poor communications, managing tasks (team and/or yourself) 4. Too much work, too few people 5. Lack of strategy or plan, what now? 6. Lack of ...

Feb 19, 2020•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 34 Digital Detox

Are Google Drives, PDF's, Emails, and other digital clutter overwhelming you and consuming your time? You could be spending up to 2,500 minutes looking for your files a year. The results of digital clutter result in: You feel bad when someone sees your desktop Time loss Frustration for you and your clients Procrastination because you know it's a mess Six Tips for your Digital Detox Clean out your bookmarks Delete Discourage "Unsubscribe" Delegate "Pass it on" Deadline Document Cleaning out your ...

Feb 12, 2020•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 33. 5 Tools You Must Have & Why

As an entrepreneur, you are constantly being targeted for new software and tools that you MUST have in your business. Sometimes it’s really hard to say no or even decide what’s best for your biz! I am all about streamlining, but I also believe that less is almost always more. So for this episode, I have compiled a simple list of 5 must-have tools to not only run your business but also prepare to scale! GSuite-(Or any document storage and digital creation and collaboration tool) Project/Task Mana...

Feb 05, 2020•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 32 Be a Better Gatekeeper

As an entrepreneur, did you know that you are the primary gatekeeper to your own business? You are the one who gives the yes or no to everything you invest your time, energy, or money in. But I am here to remind you that you need to stop letting in all the things that don’t serve your goals. In 2019, I learned this lesson the hard way. There were so many things I was doing because someone said I was “supposed” to be doing them. Yet when I evaluated the ROI on many of those things, I realized it ...

Jan 29, 2020•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 31 Plan for Profit

If you’re as pumped as I am for the start of 2020, I bet you’ve set some pretty big audacious goals for your business. You also know that you’ve got to be working towards those goals every single day, but how do you achieve these goals without an action plan? Simple answer: you don’t. So let’s nip this one in the bud and get a plan in place, shall we? Today I will be helping you understand exactly how I set out to achieve my big goals by walking you through my own Planning for Profit Process for...

Jan 22, 2020•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 30 Fear Based Decisions (and Turning 30!)

Would you believe me if I told you that there was something so fulfilling about being able to sync up the release of my 30th episode and my 30th birthday? I am a planner, so it may come as no surprise but I am so excited to celebrate with you, my amazing listeners today! I am wrapping up this season by getting vulnerable with you and talking all about how I’ve been navigating a season plagued by some fear and insecurity in my business. It’s when comparisonistis hits, I’m overthinking things, and...

Dec 11, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast

EP: 29 Minimalism in Business

Starting a business can be exhilarating and fun, but it’s also really hard. So why do we have the tendency to overcomplicate the process and make it even harder? Perhaps you’ve read an article or even watched a documentary about minimalism as it applies to a lifestyle. It’s a pretty transformative concept. Though I am not here to convince you that you need to live in a tiny house, I do want you to understand that when it comes to business, less is almost always more. When you are moving in fewer...

Dec 06, 2019•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast