Business Made Easy Podcast

Business Burnout is real, it creeps up on you, it can strike without warning and when it does it can be detrimental to your business and more importantly to your health.

We have a good look at business burnout this week to identify what causes it, the effects it can have on your business and your health.

Learn 15  practical action steps you can do to avoid business burnout in your business.

In this episode we cover

• What causes Business Burnout
• Signs you are suffering from Business Burnout
• 15 practical tips to prevent and solve burnout in your business

When it comes to choosing the best accounting software for small business there is a multitude of options from basic cashbook solutions to enterprise level solutions with all the bells and whistles.

So how do you choose the right solution for your business?

In this episode of the Podcast, we explore how to find the best accounting software for your needs and we look at the various features of today's accounting software that can add streamlined efficiency to your business reporting and accounting systems.

You will learn

• What questions to ask when assessing accounting software for your business.
• What key considerations should you be thinking about before committing to buying accounting software?
• What functionality & tools are available to help you with efficiency and cash flow in your business.
• Learn about electronic document storage solutions to remove your paperwork clutter.

It is common this time of year to set New Years Resolutions.

But what about new year business resolutions?

Your business is the machine that fuels your lifestyle and life goals. With the start of the fresh new year in your business now is an excellent time to set some new year resolutions to improve your business and give your self every chance of further business success in 2019.

In this episode, I share with you 10 practical resolutions you can look to make in your business and help yo make 2019 your best year in business yet.

In this episode we cover

• Why it’s important to set New Year Business Resolutions.
• 10 Resolutions you can implement now in your business that will help you succeed in 2019 and future years.

Many people think of success as a straight line that goes from point A to Point B. But unfortunately, this is not the case and couldn’t be further from the truth.

The path to success looks more like a line that starts off straight and turns into a squiggly line like the diagram below.

You can, however, take action and put steps in place to straighten that line out as best as possible and give your self every chance to succeed at your chosen path.

In this episode, I give you 10 actionable steps to strengthen your path to success in business and in life.

These 10 steps will equip you with the tools you will need to not only ensure your success but ensure you achieve it in the straightest possible path.

In this episode, you will learn

• Why the path to success is a straight line
• Why clarity and vision are important to your success and how to achieve it.
• The enemies of success and how to avoid them
• The practical steps to practice and implement to ensure your path to success is as smooth as possible.

There is no question that email and messaging is one of the fastest and most efficient ways to communicate in your business.

While it may be a fast and efficient way to communicate, is it actually the most effective way to communicate with your customers.

It is far to easy to bash out an email response to a customer and move onto the next task of the day. But have we really built and developed a deeper engaged relationship with that customer or are we just reacting to a situation with the customer instead of being proactive?

In this episode, we explore:

• Why email is not always the best way to communicate in your business.
• The benefits of picking up the phone and having a human to human conversation.
• How picking up the phone and having a real conversation can build trust and rapport with your customers.
• The downside of email communications in your business.
• A simple set of rules you can build in your business around identifying when to pick up the phone and have a real conversation with your customer.

In this episode, I give you the tools and a framework to start your year new off on the right foot.
It is common for people to not worry about their New Year planning until after the New Year has started.
The problem with this approach is that January is nearly over before you gain any traction and start moving towards your goals.

I provide you with a system and framework that I use to turn this approach on its head and start your planning process now for the new year you have momentum when the New Year kicks off.

In this Episode, you will learn

• Why it’s important to start your New Year Planning Now
• How to start your planning now to give your new year every chance of being your best yet
• A framework and System that I use and you can adopt to easily get started now.

Is your thinking above or below the line?

We all have things that happen to us on a daily basis. Somethings are a result from our own decisions and actions others are totally outside our control and we can’t change them.

What we can change though are our choices and the way we respond to the things that happen and it is the sum of these choices that determine our end destination in business and in life.

This week we discuss a mindset tool that will help you to change the way you think of problems and situations when they arise and guide you to make more clear and better decisions.

In this Episode, you will learn:

• To identify your thinking when situations arise
• A mindset tool you can implement to make better decisions.
• The distinct difference of thinking above the line or below the line when it comes to problems.
• The benefits of implementing this level of thinking in your life.

Lack of time to get things done is one of the most common frustrations and complaints from business owners. There just never seems to be enough hours in the day and the things to do list just keeps growing.

In this episode of the podcast, I discuss how you can solve this perpetual problem in your business and we take a good look at practical solutions such as outsourcing business processes to help you focus on the important things that need doing in your business.

I will share with you

• The difference between working in your business versus working on your business.
• How to create productivity blocks of time in your week.
• A practical system to identify the valuable work you should be doing and the time zapping work you shouldn’t be doing.
• The importance of outsourcing business processes to create capacity and how to go about it.

The director of first impressions is arguably the most important role in any business.

It takes 7 seconds to make a positive first impression with any potential new customer. It is the director of first impressions role to shine your business in the best possible light with any potential new customer, so they must use this 7-second timeslot effectively in order to create a great first impression and a positive relationship momentum with your business.

If they get it wrong and don’t form a great first impression it can be very difficult to recover from and in a lot of cases, it’s impossible to recover from. If the potential customer does become a customer then it puts a lot of pressure on the rest of your organisation to build the relationship back up.

In this episode you'll learn:

• What the director of impressions role is in your business.
• Why it’s the most important role in your business.
• What happens when your director of first impressions gets it wrong.
• How to get it right.
• Metrics you can put in place with your director of first impressions to measure effectiveness and performance in the role.

Communicating with your customers is one of the most important things you can do to grow your business.

When you communicate better with your customers you leave them feeling in safe hands every step of the journey with you.

You trust and rapport with them and if you do an excellent job you turn them into raving fans of your business and brand.

In episode 65, we discuss the importance of effective communication with your customers and systems you can implement in your business to achieve this no matter how big or small your current business.

Learn:

• The importance of effective communication in your business.
• How to identify exactly what your customer needs to know
• How to set clear expectations for your customer every time.
• Systems to implement consistent and effective communication with your customers