Systems Saved Me®

By Jordan GillBusiness Entrepreneurship

Systems Saved Me® episodes

July 24, 2017053: What Is Business Operations?
This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group.

Today, I’m going to answer the question: ‘What is business operations?’

Topics:

(:31) Intro

(1:04) Systems Saved Me Summit

(2:44) Definition

(3:08) Saving time, making money

(4:40) Front end vs. back end

(5:16) Bringing someone in

(5:54) Do less

(6:30) Bringing costs down

(9:00) Spending in the right areas

(10:57) Set yourself up for success

Quotes of the Week:

“The biggest part of my job is subtraction... My job is to do less. Like legitimately take things off your plate, reduce expenses, reduce your time on x, y and z, reduce your energy over here...Reduce, reduce, reduce.”– Jordan

“Is free costing you?” - Jordan

Resources:

Systems Saved Me Summit

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15 min
July 19, 2017052: Laci McKinney; Getting Sponsorships for Your Events
This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group.

Today, I’m talking about getting sponsorships and planning successfully for your events.

My guest is Laci McKinney, who founded The People’s Voice PR Agency.

Topics:

(:31) Intro – Systems Saved Me Summit

(1:21) Meeting Laci

(3:03) Blank slate

(4:27) Where it starts

(5:24) The event planning process

(6:55) Budget talk

(7:46) Marketing

(9:40) Event planning takes time!

(10:21) Getting people to buy in... early

(12:08) Utilize event participants

(14:09) Sponsorships

(18:31) Additional advice

(22:00) Attendee perspective

(22:48) Tools/software

(24:14) Best financial investment

(25:13) Worst financial investment

(27:11) Finding Laci

Quotes of the Week:

“If you’re not visible, then you’re not going to get anyone coming to the event.” - Laci

“Think of it as a collaboration more than a sponsorship... Make it mutually beneficial” - Laci

Resources:

Systems Saved Me Summit

www.thepeoplesvoicepr.com

Instagram: @thepeoplesvoicepr Facebook: The People’s Voice PR Agency

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29 min
July 17, 2017051: Do You Want Your Team to Read Your Mind?
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Today, I’m talking about if your team can read your mind.

Topics:

(:44) Systems Saved Me Summit

(2:07) Mind reading is possible!

(3:25) How?

(4:57) Jordan and Chelsea

(5:52) Make it easy for your team

(6:52) Perfecting the process

(10:08) Wouldn’t it be nice?

(11:02) Google-able questions

(11:53) Team Sanity Blueprint

(12:38) Give your mind on a silver platter

Quotes of the Week:

“It takes time. It takes training. But once your team is used to you, they understand how you want things done.”– Jordan

“You need to take things out of your brain and you need to give them to your team in the simplest, most clear way possible.”– Jordan

Resources:

Systems Saved Me Summit

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15 min
July 12, 2017050: Abbey Ashley; Onboarding New Clients with Trello
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Today, I’m talking about onboarding new clients with Trello.

My guest is Abbey Ashley, who is the founder of The Virtual Savvy, which helps women launch and grow their virtual assistant business from scratch.

Topics:

(:44) Systems Saved Me Summit

(1:36) Introducing Abbey

(2:25) Virtual assistants

(2:50) Business before Trello

(4:53) Time to upgrade

(6:28) Abbey’s process

(10:38) Client boards

(12:56) Personalize your systems

(14:39) Abbey’s board process

(17:08) Client onboarding

(19:07) Best financial investment

(22:16) Worst financial investment

Quote of the Week:

“It takes time to save time in the long run.”– Abbey

“An organizational system isn’t going to work if it doesn’t make things easier for you. If it’s going to take more work because you don’t understand it or it’s not simplifying things for you, then there’s no point in having the system at all.” - Abbey

Resources: Systems Saved Me Summit www.trello.com www.thevirtualsavvy.com
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26 min
July 10, 2017049: How to Know When It's Time to Hire
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Today, I’m talking about how you know when to hire.

Topics:

(:31) Intro – Systems Saved Me Summit

(3:00) Hiring quadrant

(5:49) 1st vs. 4th quadrant

(6:36) When do you hire?

(8:00) Look at your time

(9:40) Worth the money

(11:10) Criteria and value

(12:02) Ask yourself

(12:34) Jordan’s hires

(14:54) Referrals and help

Quotes of the Week:

“When you need to hire is when you’re making sales and you don’t have enough time to make more sales” - Jordan

“It’s important to have those people in your business so that you can stay in your zone of genius.” - Jordan

Resources:

Systems Saved Me Summit

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17 min
July 05, 2017048: Jaclyn Mullen; Find Creativity with Structure
This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about finding creativity with structure. My guest is Jaclyn Mullen, who teaches digital marketing for General Assembly. Topics:

(:31) Intro–System Saved Me Summit

(1:31) Meeting Jaclyn

(4:00) Importance of structure

(8:12) The perfect storm

(10:36) What needs to change?

(13:06) Balance

(15:17) Use what software works for you

(18:43) Reviewing and knowing your business

(22:05) Priorities

(26:04) Best financial investment

(27:28) Worst financial investment

(29:01) Finding Jaclyn

Quotes of the Week:

“In the creative space, it’s often like ‘well I want to be very flexible and open with my time’ , but you have to be that manager for your time in order for your art, projects, business, [and] vision to be able to grow and thrive.” - Jaclyn

“Your business needs to be set up so that if you’ re not involved, it can still run.” – Jaclyn

“Priorities=Prosperity. If I prioritize [certain] things, I’m going to be more prosperous.”– Jaclyn

Resources: www.systemssavedmesummit.com/waitlist The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron www.jaclynmullen.com Social Media: @jaclynmullen
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31 min
July 03, 2017047: Success Sabbatical
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Today, I’m talking about my success sabbatical.

Topics:

(:30) Intro

(:59) Systems Saved Me Summit

(2:31) Time for a sabbatical

(5:02) Going home

(7:06) Biggest takeaway

(8:05) Jordan’ s new schedule

(10:20) Breaking habits

(10:59) Tracking your time

(12:30) Shifting your business

(14:42) Time and energy over money

(16:44) Success sabbatical wrap-up

Quotes of the Week:

“I wanted to take the time to go inward and take the time to understand that ‘ today, presently Jordan Gill wants to work this way because this is the way that will serve her the most’ .”–Jordan

“It’ s important to shed light on the dark...Let’ s bring it to the light and make the change now.”–Jordan

Resources:

System Saved Me Summit

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18 min
June 26, 2017From The Archive - Jereshia Hawk; Create Successful Mindset Habits
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Today, I’m talking about how to set up successful mindset habits. My guest is Jereshia Hawk, who is the founder of the Goal Getter Group, which helps women who work a 9-5 build a business on the side.

Topics:

(1:07) Introducing Jereshia

(2:36) Before she created the Hawk Hustle

(4:55) For the sake of personal health

(7:41) Creating the Hawk Hustle

(9:51) Stopping stress

(13:43) Meditation and clearing mind

(17:24) Higher quality life – C3 principle

(23:14) Best financial investment

(24:06) Worst financial investment

(25:04) Finding Jereshia

Quotes of the Week:

“It’s all about training your mindset, wanting to become more self-aware of how you tick, how you operate and really what are your unique strengths and how can you authentically operate within that.” - Jereshia
Resources: www.jereshiahawk.com Social Media: Jereshia Hawk Goal Getter Group
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27 min
June 19, 2017From The Archive - Stephanie Nickolich; Build Your First Sales Funnel
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Today, I’m talking about sales funnels. My guest is Stephanie Nickolich, who teaches entrepreneurs how to create sales funnels and passive revenue.

Topics:

(1:08) Introducing Stephanie

(2:26) Before the first sales funnel

(6:07) Fear led to change

(7:21) The sales funnel system

(11:49) Pricing

(12:22) Converting clients

(15:24) Small, valuable opt-ins

(18:10) Levels

(20:07) Recommendations

(23:44) Best financial investment

(24:33) Worst financial investment: falling for guarantees

(26:57) Finding Stephanie

Quotes of the Week:

“[Sales funnels] are truly where your freedom awaits” - Stephanie

“When you put up a sales funnel, and specifically when you’re using systems to monitor your results, you can see exactly what’s working and what’s not. You have complete control over getting the result you desire.” - Stephanie
Resources: www.stephanienickolich.com Facebook: Stephanie Nickolich
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29 min
June 12, 2017From The Archive - Mallie Rydzik ; To-Do Lists That Don't Suck
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Today, I’m talking about bullet journaling. My guest is Malle Rydzik, a business strategist and coach to creative entrepreneurs, specifically those transitioning from solopreneurs to CEOs.

Topics:

(1:05) Introducing Mallie

(2:09) Before bullet journaling

(3:24) Giving it a try

(4:21) Mallie’s bullet journaling basics

(6:39) When new items come up

(7:43) Symbols

(8:13) To-done list

(9:41) The case for paper over digital

(11:21) Paper tracking

(14:03) Customer relationship management

(14:41) The big takeaway

(15:17) Best financial investment

(16:18) Worst financial investment

(17:36) Finding Mallie

Quote of the Week:

“It sounds like this big huge giant system... but the important thing is learning what the system is and then adapting it to what works for you.” - Mallie
Resources: www.mallierydzik.com Social Media - @mallierydzik
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19 min

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