Learn how to automate daily tasks to boost your business productivity.

Business Productivity: Episode Summary

Productivity is the speed of your business. How quickly do you deliver products to be sold? And, is it a repeatable process? When you look at it this way, increasing your business productivity is a crucial key to success.

Jen McFarland and Shelley Carney discuss how to automate daily tasks to boost your business productivity. We'll go over all the things you can do to automate, providing amazing ideas you can implement now to save you time and money.

Words of WisdomRemember when we talk about productivity and we talk about efficiency, we're always, especially as small businesses, balancing that out. What makes us more productive so that we can get products out the door? Sitting on social media isn't going to do it. — JenThere are certain things that you really want to be automated because you do them all the time. You don't want to have to keep doing it all the time when a machine can just take care of it for you. — ShelleyCan't Miss Resources

• Women in Podcasting Book: 18 Episodes and a Book in a weekend
• Find the Right Marketing Tools for Your Small Business
• Relaxing Affirmation Meditations Playlist

Show Notes

0:00 Music and Intro

01:02 Productivity, Efficiency, and Automation

10:15 Pinterest In-App Checkout and Pin Sharing Across Platforms

12:44 Weekend Update, Van Gogh and Skating with Podcasters in Centralia

• Shelly enjoyed the Beyond Van Gogh 
• Immersive Experience
• Jen has a concussion (but doesn’t regret roller skating!)

17:11 How Shelley Uses Automation

19:07 Is a Social Media Scheduler a Good Idea? (Hint: Yes)

32:40 We Wrote the Book on Writing Books Fast

• Women in Podcasting Book: 18 Episodes and a Book in a weekend

34:40 Increase Business Productivity with the Right Software

• Find the Right Marketing Tools for Your Small Business

36:40 Listen to Shelley's Soothing Voice

• Relaxing Affirmation Meditations Playlist

37:30 Happy St. Paddy's Day: How Irish Are These Lasses?

42:44 Google Slides FTW!

• Google Slides - Comprehensive video tutorial to learn Google Slides

43:58 Ghosting Can Be a Good Thing

• Ghost

48:56 Make Your Business Journey a Beautiful One

• “If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.” –Epictetus

Related Episodes

• How Productivity is Calculated: Smart Tips to Save You Time
• Why is Productivity Important in Business?

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• Podcast hosting: Captivate (affiliate link)
• Livestream: StreamYard (Shelley's referral link)
• Music: Uppbeat.io

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