Effortless Online Systems

Today's episode is a super fun topic, because seriously, who doesn't love giving and receiving gifts.

And given that it's almost the middle of November, an episode about gift giving seemed timely.

I am joined by biz bestie, team member and dear friend, Tania Hall.

Tania is the owner of The Custom Gift Box Co, a small family business based on the Bass Coast of regional Victoria, and they aim to curate gift boxes that collate the best of Victoria. Tania is incredibly passionate about creating carefully curated gift experiences that leave little impact on the wider environment.

With a background in major events (including gifting!), she loves nothing more than seeing how a person’s face can light up with joy when presented with the most unexpected of gifts.

In this episode we want to help you apply the joy that gift giving (and receiving!) brings to your business and just some of the things you can use to create meaningful experiences for your clients and your team.

Tania is also my co host for the Online Entrepreneurs Christmas Party!

If you are base in Melbourne (or you're looking for an excuse for a long weekend away) we would love to invite you to join us in person for canapes, cocktails and music to celebrate the year with like minded coaches, service providers and creatives!

There's less than 2 weeks until we put on our dance shoes and put down our laptops and we would love nothing more than for you to join us.

Tickets and more info at thevirtualchapter.co/christmas



CONNECT WITH TANIA:
Website: www.customgiftboxco.com.au
Instagram: @customgiftboxco


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I am not here to play today.

This is something I care so deeply about and I'm fired up because there are some sh*tty practices in the VA industry and the online business world in general that we need to talk about.

If you're in the online business world, hire virtual team members or are a virtual team member this is a must listen.

*If you've got little ones around or are in an office/shared space, pop your headphones on for this one or come listen later



LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter
Book a call with us: www.thevirtualchapter.co/book

Book your ticket to our in person Christmas event: www.thevirtualchapter.co/christmas

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

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I know it's November and I'm already talking about Christmas, but please don't switch off just yet.

If you want to take a break over this holiday season (or take a Summer break if you're down here in Australia) now is 100% the time to start planning!

In this episode we're going to take a look at what it actually looks like to plan and prepare your business for a break.

These tips apply no matter what time of year you're taking a break. Whether you're going on maternity leave, having a European summer, or just wanting to step away for a period of time, this is going to help you truly switch off and make sure your business comes out the other side.


And I have a cheeky announcement for you!

The Virtual Chapter and The Custom Gift Box Co are hosting an IN PERSON Christmas party specifically for online business owners and entrepreneurs like you, so that you don't have to miss out on having a corporate Christmas party (we all know they're a whole lot of fun!).

I would LOVE for you to put away the laptop, put on your party dress and invite your biz besties, clients, and colleagues to come and mingle with us instead.

We have cocktails, canapes, dancing, a photographer and a place for you.

Tickets and all the details are available here: www.thevirtualchapter.co/christmas


LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter
Book a call with us: www.thevirtualchapter.co/book

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

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If you have ever wondered how to stand out online, this is for you!

I am so excited to introduce you to Bec Sands who is an incredible friend and client of ours. 

Bec Sands is a personal brand and thought leader coach, PR consultant, and online business owner.  Using the power of the personal brand, Bec helps CEOs, professionals, executives and entrepreneurs stand out in a crowded world so they can build careers as industry leaders or businesses that attract a steady stream of clients. 

After 12 years in corporate PR and communications as an award-winning consultant, Bec launched her online business as a coach and consultant and stepped into it full-time in mid-2019. She replaced her six-figure corporate income within 18 months and has created consistent, diverse income streams in a freedom-based business, working less than 30 hours per week. 

And now she helps her clients do the same!


Bec is an absolute master at building personal brands, creating thought leadership and leveraging those brands to build results in business and in corporate.

I am so excited for you to join us to hear:
> Bec's journey in business from corporate to CEO of her own 6-figure personal brand and thought leadership coaching business
> What a personal brand is and why it is so important for CEO's and Entrepreneurs
> Bec's top tips for entrepreneurs looking to start building their own personal brand
> How you can move through imposter syndrome and out the other side
...and so much more!


CONNECT WITH BEC:
Website: www.becsands.com
Instagram: @becsands


LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter
Book a call with us: www.thevirtualchapter.co/book

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

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🎧 Rate & Review: If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate and review us on your favourite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the content we provide.

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When it comes time to hire in your biz, there’s a LOT of decisions to make.

And I've covered off some of the questions that you should be asking when you're looking to hire in previous episodes (check out episodes 5 and 7 for some hints!)

So today I want to address a different question, the question of why hiring through an agency may be better for you and your business than hiring a freelancer.

Since moving the business to an agency model in 2020, I can honestly say it's one of my favourite things about business today, and I get to see DAILY the value of working with an agency that we provide to our clients, so I wanted to share with you the 5 benefits of working with an agency!

And if you want to work with an agency, The Virtual Chapter is now taking applications for Virtual Assistance and Online Business Management packages now and into 2023.

If you're ready to have a chat about the specific ways we can serve you, book a call now at thevirtualchapter.co/book


LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter

Book a call with us: www.thevirtualchapter.co/book

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

👉 Subscribe to the Effortless Online Systems podcast to stay updated with our latest episodes and master your business back-end.

🎧 Rate & Review: If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate and review us on your favourite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the content we provide.

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• https://www.thevirtualchapter.co/
• Shop the Templates: https://thevirtualchapter.co/shop
• Work With Us: https://thevirtualchapter.co/services
• Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualchapter/
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Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We appreciate you!

What does it really take to make over $80k in sales in just one month?

Sofia Rose Bernardi did just that in a very recent month and she is joining me to have a conversation around big income months and what really goes on behind the scenes. This is a really candid conversation about what the business looked like in order to achieve that.

Sofia is a mindset and business coach who helps new and rising coaches master their mindset, create an aligned and profitable strategy and grow a 6 figure business using her Rising Coach Method. She has built a multi-6 figure business at the age of 24 and credits her journey to the discovery of the power of the mind and the process she journeyed in her late teens and early twenties to overcome her own personal trauma and recognise her greatness and potential.

Join as as we discuss:

• Sofia's journey to creating her own multi-6 figure business
• The offers that Sofia had that got her to an $83k sales month
• The behind the scenes work that was going on, including the mindset work that she was doing
• The team she had behind her supporting her to make this happen

If you are growing your business at the moment, I know that this can seem really far away, but I also know how inspiring it can be to hear someone else's journey.


CONNECT WITH SOFIA:
Website: sofiarosebernardi.com/
Instagram: @sofiarosebernardi


LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter
Book a call with us: www.thevirtualchapter.co/book

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

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🎧 Rate & Review: If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate and review us on your favourite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the content we provide.

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Did you know that October is one of the busiest months of the year for businesses, specifically when it comes to hiring?

And because of this, today I'm talking about why October is the month to hire, especially if you're looking into 2023 and you know that a team member is on you radar.

• Why you need to stop future tripping (there's still 3 months left of 2022)
• The 4 reasons why now makes so much sense to be hiring in your business
• What you can do to start the hiring process in your biz now so you can set yourself up for success at the start of 2023

If you want to make the hiring process easier, whether this is your first hire, or you're a seasoned pro at this you can book a call with us at www.thevirtualchapter.co/book



LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter
Book a call with us: www.thevirtualchapter.co/book

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

👉 Subscribe to the Effortless Online Systems podcast to stay updated with our latest episodes and master your business back-end.

🎧 Rate & Review: If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate and review us on your favourite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the content we provide.

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• https://www.thevirtualchapter.co/
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• Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevirtualchapter/
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Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We appreciate you!

I know when the topic of cyber security and hacking comes up it can be really easy to feel like this isn't going to happen to you because you're just a small fish and it has nothing to do with you.

And that's why I want you to listen to this episode!

As a small business owner and CEO cyber security is absolutely relevant to you, and to discuss the importance of this I'm joined by Cyber Expert, Caitriona Forde.

Caitriona Forde is passionate about Cyber Security and its impact on small to medium-sized businesses. As a consultant, Caitriona educates organisations on Cyber Security. She is on a mission to educate businesses and the community at large to have a better understanding of the risk of cyberattacks.

With years of experience working with businesses of all sizes and across many industries, she has a strong understanding of operations and culture. She applies this knowledge when devising and implementing tech solutions, which need to complement and assist the business to maximize profitability and operational effectiveness.

Join us for this episode as we discuss:

• Exactly why you should be concerned about cyber security even if you are running a small business
• The key areas of your business to focus on when it comes to protecting yourself
• How hackers work and what they are looking for when it comes to hacking
• Cait's actionable advice for how you can protect your business baby and your biggest assets

and plenty more!

Make sure you have a pen and paper handy because you are going to want to take notes!



CONNECT WITH CAIT:
Website: www.cait.com.au/courses
Instagram: cait_cybersafe


LINKS:

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

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🎧 Rate & Review: If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate and review us on your favourite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the content we provide.

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• https://www.thevirtualchapter.co/
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Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We appreciate you!

I was recently invited onto a panel interview with some of my peers in the online business space. We are talking some multi-6 and 7 figure business owners who are doing incredible things in the world.

The purpose of this panel interview was to really show you the behind the scenes of what it took for all of us to get where we are today

Tune in to hear:

• Some of the things we've struggled with
• How we deal with mindset challenges so that they don't hold us back
• How we overcome fears (because no matter how successful your business is there are still things that bring up your fears)
• And the things that we would do if we were starting our businesses over again.

These are some incredible coaches in the online space and I just know you're going to get much out of this episode.

This was originally aired over on Rising Coached with Sofia Bernardi, she was the brains behind putting all of this together so please make sure you have a listen to her podcast and give her some love and subscribe.


Connect with these incredible coaches over on IG:
Sofia Bernardi: @sofiarosebernardi
Ellie Swift: @elliehswift
Sas Petherick: @saspetherick
Tahryn Bolt: @thesocialbolt
 

Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

Find out which systems needs your time and energy: The Scalable Systems Quiz

Loved this episode? Don't miss out!

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🎧 Rate & Review: If you enjoyed the show, please take a moment to rate and review us on your favourite podcast platform. Your feedback helps us reach more listeners and improve the content we provide.

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• https://www.thevirtualchapter.co/
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Let's talk about tech overwhelm.

If you're not someone who considers yourself a naturally techie person, having to figure out all the pieces, all the technology that you need to run your online business can feel so overwhelming.

Whether we're talking about your email marketing provider, your course platform, your scheduler or even canva, there is a mountain of systems and software that you're probably using in business.

Tune in for:

• 3 ways that you can overcome tech overwhelm
• How to know when it's the right time to bring people in to help you with your technology

Just because you may be new to using so much tech, doesn't mean that you can't reduce your overwhelm and make the right tech work for you and your business.



Come say hi on Instagram - @thevirtualchapter

Is your next step calling in an epic team to support your business? Book a complimentary discovery call here

Not sure where to start with outsourcing? Download our free guide to over 70 tasks a VA can do for your coaching business.

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Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We appreciate you!