Running a business doesn’t mean doing everything yourself. Automation is one of the smartest ways to free up your time, reduce stress, and serve your clients better.

In this episode of The Business Owners Podcast, Linda Reed-Enever shares her go-to strategies for setting up practical automations that save time, minimise errors, and keep your business running in the background.

Whether you're just starting your automation journey or ready to optimise, this episode offers straightforward tips to get you moving without the overwhelm.

Simple Automation Wins for Business Owners

- Start with a list of tasks you dislike, repeat too often, or find time-consuming, these are great automation candidates

- Use tools like Zapier to connect platforms and sync data (e.g. Thinkific, MailerLite, Xero)

Automate content distribution using:

- MeetEdgar for evergreen social scheduling

- Repurpose.io to auto-share videos and podcast episodes

- Quuu Promote to boost reach by having others share your content

- Replace back-and-forth emails with a booking calendar that handles time zones, reminders, and follow-ups

- Add an AI chatbot (like Chatbase) to answer questions and help users engage with your website content

- Document your automations and check in regularly to make sure everything’s working as it should

What to Do Next

Choose one process to automate this week. Set it up, test it, and once it’s working, move on to the next. Start simple and build as you go.

Continue Your Growth Journey

Want more content creation tools and strategies? For more ideas and support, join the Ideas, Impact & Marketing Circle. https://enevergroup.thinkific.com/bundles/MarketingCircle

Ready to grow your business with intentional marketing? Book a discovery call with Linda. https://www.enevergroup.com.au/booking-linda

Need help getting started with automation? Get access to tested workflows, templates, and tools inside the AI Async & Automation Hub. https://academy.enevergroup.com.au/courses/aaahub

Highlights

00:00 Introduction and the Myth of Doing It All

01:05 The Power of Automation in Business

01:43 Essential Automation Tools and Techniques

02:26 Social Media Automation Strategies

04:00 Streamlining Booking and Communication

05:32 Advanced Automation and AI Integration

05:47 Implementing and Maintaining Automations

06:26 Call to Action

Resources

AI, Async & Automation Hub https://academy.enevergroup.com.au/courses/aaahub

Zapier http://snip.ly/zapiereg

Acuity https://snip.ly/acuity

MeetEdgar https://snip.ly/meetedgar

Repurpose.io https://snip.ly/repurposeio

Quuu Promote https://snip.ly/quuu

Thinkific http://snip.ly/thinkific

Mailerlite https://snip.ly/mailerliteeg

Chatbase https://snip.ly/chatbase