Streamlined Solopreneur: Easy Productivity & Tech Systems for Solopreneurs

It would be a dream of mine to grow a newsletter from 0 to 8,000+ in less than 6 months. But that’s exactly what Chenell Basilio did. The way she did it? Deeply researched, super-helpful content. See, she teaches people how successful creators grew their newsletters to 50,000+ subscribers. And today, she’s going to tell us all about her process. And in How I Built It PRO, we talk about money and goals for the next 6 months.

Top Takeaways

• Creating unique, long-form content can be a boon to your website or newsletter; people want something good and helpful! 
• Quick capture is important. Chenell uses Apple Notes because that allows her to quickly open and dictate notes while she’s listening to podcasts.
• Chenell will only do deep dives on creators who’ve built an audience since 2018. That way she can cover techniques that still work today, making the content relatable.

Show Notes

• Growth in Reverse
• Chenell on Twitter
• Chenell on Linkedin
• How the best newsletter operators grow to 50K+ subscribers
• Podchaser
• Listen Notes
• TweenMax
• Readwise
• Github: Video Speed Controller
• Chrome Video Speed Controller

Sponsored by: 

• Brevo: Get 50% off your first 3 months with code JOE 
• Gapscout: ChatGPT insights, but for market research

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

There are LOTS of great tips on LinkedIn these days, especially in the carousels. But the problem: you can’t easily get data out of the carousels. That means you can’t put them in your notes app, or even click on the links for more details.

Here are 2 ways you can do it: one using macOS’s native image-to-text feature, and one using a great shortcut by David Sparks. 

Links

• YouTube Video
• Blog post on MacSparky

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Streamlined Solopreneur helps solopreneurs stop doing it all themselves, with simple systems that give them their time back.

Each week, Joe Casabona shares one practical idea — a system, tool, or strategy to help you get your time back without having to make another decision, hire employees, or sell your soul to AI.

Looking for a place to start? Take the Solo Systems Starter Quiz. 60 seconds, 8 questions, and I will tell you what system you should build first, and exactly how to build it (so YOU don't need to make another decision). https://streamlined.fm/quiz 

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

Pitching the media is tough. After all, you’re competing with basically anyone who has something to say. So how do you make yourself stand out? That’s what Christina Nicholson is teaching us today. She’ll cover everything from coming up with an idea to landing the media spot to converting those viewers to your audience. This one is a MUST listen. 

Top Takeaways

• Pitch your story by following the “new, now, next” framework. You should be able to answer what’s new about your story, why it needs to be covered now, and what’s coming next to pitch effectively
• This is a long game. Earned media is not about immediate ROI, because earned media is forever. So think of this as a long-term investment, not a get-rich-quick scheme. 
• Every time you go into an interview, you need to think of the end goal. What you want will determine not only your CTA but also what kind of media you’ll pitch.

Show Notes

• Christina Nicholson
• Christina on Facebook
• Christina on Instagram
• Christina on Twitter
• Christina on Linkedin
• Christina on YouTube
• Christina on TikTok
• BecomaAMediaMaven Podcast
• MediaMaven on IG
• Boomerang for Gmail
• How To Build a $1000/year Membership with Jay Clouse
• earnmedianow.com
• Media Mentoring Program

Sponsored by: Gapscout | TextExpander

Sponsored by:

• Brevo: Get 50% off your first 3 months with code JOE
• TextExpander: Save 20% off your first year 
• Gapscout: ChatGPT insights, but for market research

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

In Part 3 of my Stream Deck Series, I'm covering Page 3 of my Stream Deck XL. Let's Dive in! 

- Screenshot of Stream Deck XL Page 2
- eCamm Live
- How I've Configured my Stream Deck
- Get Your Own Stream Deck

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Streamlined Solopreneur helps solopreneurs stop doing it all themselves, with simple systems that give them their time back.

Each week, Joe Casabona shares one practical idea — a system, tool, or strategy to help you get your time back without having to make another decision, hire employees, or sell your soul to AI.

Looking for a place to start? Take the Solo Systems Starter Quiz. 60 seconds, 8 questions, and I will tell you what system you should build first, and exactly how to build it (so YOU don't need to make another decision). https://streamlined.fm/quiz 

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

A Rube Goldberg machine is an overly complex device that performs a simple task through a series of chain reactions. If you’re not familiar with automation, it can often feel like building a Rube Golberg machine. But it doesn’t have to! Today, I’m going to tell you how automation can be simple, and give you 12 examples from my own life that prove the point. In the PRO show, I tell you all about why I moved to Thrivecart, and how my “writing on Medium” experiment is going.

Top Takeaways

• The point of automation is to do things so you don’t have to do them. That makes simple tasks the perfect candidates for automation. 
• Voice and text expansion can be great ways to get started automating for capturing and writing
• Trigger emails based on status changes in Airtable or Google Sheets are slightly more complicated, but the concept is simple and the time savings are great!

Show Notes

• Automation can be Simple
• Automation is Iterative
• Make.com
• noodlesoft.com with Hazel
• TextExpander
• Airtable

Sponsored by: Gapscout | Sendinblue

Sponsored by: 

• Brevo: Get 50% off your first 3 months with code JOE 
• Gapscout: ChatGPT insights, but for market research

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

When I went back to Twitter, one of the first things I wanted to look into was how I can easily post…most ideally across multiple platforms.

And as I’m using these channels to grow my own audience, I always want features like auto-DM and auto-plug. 

Hypefury fits the bill perfectly.

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Streamlined Solopreneur helps solopreneurs stop doing it all themselves, with simple systems that give them their time back.

Each week, Joe Casabona shares one practical idea — a system, tool, or strategy to help you get your time back without having to make another decision, hire employees, or sell your soul to AI.

Looking for a place to start? Take the Solo Systems Starter Quiz. 60 seconds, 8 questions, and I will tell you what system you should build first, and exactly how to build it (so YOU don't need to make another decision). https://streamlined.fm/quiz 

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

To grow your podcast you need…Facebook?! That’s what Philip Better, self-described podcast mogul, says. But that’s just one piece of advice he offers, as we exchange notes and thoughts on things like YouTube, lead generation, and growing your podcast audience. In the PRO show, we talk about automation on social media!

Top Takeaways

• Don’t limit yourself to just one platform. Be on all the big ones like Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and Google/YouTube to maximize your podcast’s reach.
• Get people in your newsletter, and grow your podcast by sharing the top takeaways and what’s in the pro show instead of just announcing new episodes.
• Have a Facebook group and join groups in your niche to promote your podcast organically and get ideas for content.

Show Notes

• Philip Better
• Philip on Instagram
• Mr. Beast Turned Down a $1 Billion Offer for His Channel
• The YouTube Formula
• Podopolo
• Do we REALLY Need to Own Our Platform?

Sponsored by: GapScout | TextExpander

Brought to you by GapScout and TextExpander

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

Today I'm tackling Apple Music vs. Spotify, and why I seemingly inexplicably use both!

https://casabona.org/2023/04/using-spotify-more/

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

In my opinion, there’s nothing better than brainstorming ideas with a fellow Automator, and that’s exactly what today’s episode is all about. Chris L. Davis is a marking automation expert, and he’s done a few things that have wowed and inspired me. Today, we’re breaking down what exactly email automation is, and how everyone can leverage it to understand and grow their business. In the PRO show, we espouse our love for Airtable.

Top Takeaways

• There’s a difference between email marketing and marketing automation. One is about list management. The other is about contact management. 
• Use UTM tags! Never posting a naked URL on social media. You want to know how effective your various channels are so you can double down on the right one.
• Chris has a FANTASTIC workflow for his webinars. Listen in to learn about it.

Show Notes

• Chris Davis
• Chris on Linkedin
• Chris on YouTube
• Why You’re Leaving Money on the Table with Email Automation with Kronda Adair
• WP Fusion
• Presto Player

Sponsored by: Gapscout

Brought to you by GapScout

Listen to the Reading and Writing Podcast

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

In Part 2 of my Stream Deck Series, I'm covering Page 1 of my Stream Deck XL. Let's Dive in! 

• Screenshot of Stream Deck XL Page 1
• How I've Configured my Stream Deck
• Get Your Own Stream Deck

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health. 

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/