Elevated with Brandy Lawson

By Brandy Lawson

If you own a luxury design business and everything gets decided in meetings but nothing gets written down this season fixes that.

Elevated is hosted by Brandy Lawson, founder &

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April 14, 2025 Before You Start: Getting in the Right Mindset
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Brandy Lawson here back with another episode of Elevated, the snackable, weekly podcast helping Kitchen & Bath Designers build a better business. In this episode we're talking about something that might surprise you – it's not about software features, pricing, or even that framework I shared last week.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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April 07, 2025 From Overwhelm to Confidence: Your Software Decision Framework
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You’re listening to Elevated, the snackable, weekly podcast helping Kitchen & Bath Designers build a better business. I’m your host, Brandy Lawson and in this episode I’m shining some light on a problem every business owner has, but few actively understand - choosing software.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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March 31, 2025 The Hidden Costs of the Wrong Software
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I’m Brandy Lawson and this is Elevated, the snackable, weekly podcast helping Kitchen & Bath Designers build a better business. In this episode you’ll learn about the real cost of not using the right software in your business.

📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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March 24, 2025 Why Choosing Software Doesn't Have to Suck
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You’re listening to Elevated, the snackable, weekly podcast helping Kitchen & Bath Designers build a better business. I’m your host, Brandy Lawson and in this episode I’m shining some light on a problem every business owner has, but few actively understand - choosing software.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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March 10, 2025 How to Confidently Choose the Right Software for your Kitchen & Bath Design Business
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Hey there, it’s Brandy, host of the Elevated podcast with a question for you:
Ever feel like you're overrun by information about the latest & greatest app or "game-changing" AI tool, but can't really even find the time and attention to try one, much less choose and use one?

📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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December 02, 2024 Maximizing Trade Show Success: FieryFX's AI-Powered Experience at KBIS
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Hey hey! Welcome to the final episode of Season 6 of Elevated. I’m your host, Brandy Lawson, and in this episode you’ll hear a behind-the-scenes look at how our FieryFX team maximized our experience at 2024 KBIS in Las Vegas using pretty much every AI tool and method we've covered this season.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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November 25, 2024Revolutionize Your Workflow: AI Tools for Easy Information Capture & Sharing
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Master AI Information Capture: 3 Real Scenarios That Transform Your Workflow
Stop losing valuable insights in forgotten notebooks, photographed measurements on scraps of paper, or brilliant thoughts that evaporate before you can write them down. This episode reveals how AI information capture transforms any format—handwriting, photos, voice recordings—into searchable, shareable digital data without manual transcription.
What You'll Learn:
How AI reads handwritten notes and converts them to searchable text (combining cognitive benefits of handwriting with digital accessibility)
Three real-world scenarios where AI information capture eliminates friction
Specific tools for digital handwriting (Noteshelf 3), voice transcription (Otter.ai), and photo text extraction (Google Lens)
Why AI information capture respects how humans naturally work while making data immediately actionable
Real Scenario Walkthrough:
Conference notes: Handwrite on iPad, export as text to share with your team—no manual transcription, no forgotten notebooks
Forgot your tools: Scribbled measurements on scrap paper? Snap a photo, AI extracts the text, team enters it into drawings in minutes
Post-meeting thoughts: Record voice memos driving home, AI transcribes automatically, paste into project files or send to team
The Compromise Eliminated: Traditional methods force you to choose between natural capture (handwriting, speaking) and digital accessibility (searchable, shareable). AI information capture gives you both—capture information however feels natural, then transform it instantly into organized digital systems.
Perfect for: Kitchen & Bath design professionals who take field measurements, attend conferences, conduct client meetings, or process ideas while away from their desk—anyone who's ever lost valuable information because capturing it felt too cumbersome.
Tools mentioned: Noteshelf 3, Otter.ai, Voxer, Google Lens, Microsoft Office Lens. Visit fieryfx.com/resources for direct links.
Part of Season 6 of Elevated, focused on using AI, automation, and systems to build more profitable Kitchen & Bath design businesses.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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November 18, 2024 Overcoming the Challenges of AI Prompt Writing
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If you’ve tried this, you might wonder why it feels so impossible to get what you want from the AI bot? Well, first things first—prompt writing is a new skill. It's much like learning to ride a bike. When kids learn to ride, they either start with a strider bike, focusing on balance, or training wheels to work on balance and pedaling with fewer risks.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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November 11, 2024 Unlock AI Potential: 4 Steps to Write AI Prompts That Deliver Results
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"I tried AI once. Didn't get anything useful."
Sound familiar?
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that only 5% of businesses currently use AI. In construction and design? That number drops to 1%.
But here's what's interesting: IBM found that 35% of businesses globally were already using AI back in 2022. So why is adoption in the U.S.—and especially in our industry—lagging so far behind?
The answer isn't that AI doesn't work. It's that most people don't know how to write AI prompts that get useful results.
There's an old programming principle: garbage in, garbage out. AI is no exception. You need high-quality input to get high-quality output.
In this episode, you'll learn the 4-step framework that transforms vague requests into prompts that actually deliver:
Step 1: Tell AI the role it needs to play - Not just "assistant," but the specific expertise you need (design business consultant, technical writer, sales coach)
Step 2: Give AI adequate context - Feed in brand voice documents, similar examples, constraints, and all the experience you'd normally bring to the task
Step 3: Tell AI the task you want to perform - Be specific and actionable, breaking complex requests into separate steps if needed
Step 4: Ask AI what else it needs - Use AI to tell you how to get better results from AI
The learning curve isn't about understanding algorithms or becoming a tech expert—it's about revealing and understanding your own thinking process.
With practice, you'll build a prompt library and update your processes with which personas to use. Pretty soon, you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.
The construction industry sitting at 1% AI adoption isn't a badge of honor—it's a massive opportunity. While others hesitate, you can be implementing systems that give you back time, reduce errors, and let you focus on the design work you actually love.
Ready to see how AI can transform your business operations? Our AI Meeting Notes Implementation Guide shows you how to capture every client conversation automatically using these exact prompting principles: https://store.fieryfx.com/ai-notes/
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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November 04, 2024How AI Can Transform Daily Operations in a Kitchen & Bath Design Business
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AI Business Automation: A Day in the Life of a Fully Automated Design Business
What if your workday felt less like juggling flaming torches and more like conducting a well-rehearsed orchestra? This episode follows Lisa—a Kitchen & Bath designer turned business owner—through a fully automated day where AI handles routine tasks, information flows seamlessly between systems, and she ends feeling accomplished rather than overwhelmed.
What You'll Learn:
Hour-by-hour walkthrough of AI business automation in action across an entire workday
Specific tools that transform chaos into coordinated efficiency (SaneBox, QuickBooks, MileIQ, Otter.ai, CRM integration)
How to start automation incrementally with your biggest pain points instead of attempting everything at once
The deeper benefit beyond time savings: reducing mental load so you can focus on creative work and client relationships
Lisa's Automated Day Includes:
7:30 AM: Integrated calendar/tasks give complete day view with automated reminders
Morning: AI-sorted email separates priority messages from clutter automatically
Mid-morning: CRM instantly surfaces client history during showroom visit
Field work: Mobile app captures measurements and syncs to project management
Lunch meeting: Otter.ai transcribes conversation; QuickBooks app captures receipt via photo
Site visit: MileIQ tracks mileage automatically in background for tax purposes
Afternoon: Project management auto-updates timelines; invoicing generates from completed tasks
End of day: AI-powered planning replaces anxiety with confident preparation
The Transformation: From manually logging expenses, tracking mileage in notebooks, creating invoices from scratch, and sorting through email chaos to automated systems that handle routine work invisibly—freeing mental energy for design excellence and strategic growth.
Perfect for: Design business owners drowning in administrative tasks who want to see exactly how AI automation works in practice across an entire day, not just in isolated scenarios.
Critical insight: Successful AI business automation happens incrementally. Master one system before adding another—each success builds confidence for the next.
Resources: Visit fieryfx.com/resources for direct links to all tools mentioned in Lisa's automated workflow.
Part of Season 6 of Elevated, focused on using AI, automation, and systems to build more profitable Kitchen & Bath design businesses.
📋 Get the AI Note-Taking Setup Guide — stop relying on memory and start building a searchable record of every client meeting: cabinetnotes.com

🔥 What's Your Sales Superpower? Take the free quiz: fieryfx.com/superpower
🎤 Book Brandy Lawson to speak: brandylawson.com
📖 Get the book — High-er Help: higherhelpbook.com

CONNECT WITH US:
🔗 Website: fieryfx.com
🔗 Instagram: instagram.com/fieryfx
🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/fieryfx
🔗 YouTube: youtube.com/@thefieryfx
🔗 Facebook: facebook.com/fieryfx

#KitchenDesign #BathDesign #KitchenBusiness #AITools #MeetingNotes #BusinessSystems #DesignBusiness #ElevatedPodcast
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FAQs about Elevated with Brandy Lawson:

How many episodes does Elevated with Brandy Lawson have?

The podcast currently has 206 episodes available.