Take Control With Nicole

Today we're talking about how workflows can help you to breathe ease into your everyday and help you to save time in your business. We dive into:

• What is a workflow
• How to plan out a workflow
• What is a trigger and why it's important
• Mapping out your customer journey
• Deep diving into the blocks in your process

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join The Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-26

Today we're chatting with Lee Doherty all about the secret superpowers of VAs and how hiring VAs can help you to create time freedom in your business.

We dive into:

• How hiring VAs can help you create more time freedom
• Blocks that stop VAs from being able to work effectively for you
• What you need to be across in order to start outsourcing a task
• Creating time boundaries and being organised to save you time
• Planning for tomorrow as a way to sleep better
• Letting your team members support you by talking to them about where you're at
• Getting clear on whether you're looking for a VA vs an OBM
• Understanding that different VAs specialise in different areas

About Lee

Lee Doherty is an Online Business Manager/Strategist leading a Virtual Assistant Team, a netball tragic, main income stream for local drive-though coffee establishments on the Surf Coast and proud wifey and mum to 3 teen girls.

Connect with Lee on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/adminandco/

Lee's Website: https://www.adminandco.com.au/

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions

Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/

Join The Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-25/

Today we're talking about focus and how by setting your most important task as your top focus each day you can feel more at ease. We dive into:

• Setting your most important task as your focus
• Why closing down all other distractions is important
• Using the Pomodoro Technique to take action on your top focus to maximise your time

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join The Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-24

Today we're chatting with Kathy Rast all about her experience learning and implementing ClickUp into her business and how it's made running her business easier.

We dive into:

• What it's like to be introduced to ClickUp
• How powerful customising ClickUp for your business can be
• Why it's important to map out your process before setting up your system
• How to set up systems and processes in your business so it runs without you
• Using ClickUp templates to save you time
• What the learning process looks like
• How to know if you're ready to streamline your systems and processes and why where you're at is okay

About Kathy

Kathy is a Linguistiologist which means she knows natural language patterns. Kathy looks at the human at work. Taking them on behind-the-scenes tours of their messages and showing them words that are blocking their success and how to move them out of the way.

Connect with Kathy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kathy.rast.linguistiologist/

Kathy's Website: https://www.kathyrast.com/

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions

Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/

Join The Member's Lounge here: https://theartisans.com.au/a/new-membership/

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-23/

Today we're chatting with Jude Stevens from Styling By Lumiere all about her favourite personal style tips and how style effects our confidence.

We dive into:

• How Jude went from Accountant to Stylist
• How different phases of our life can affect our style
• The 3 biggest ways a personal stylist can help you
• How your body shape, personality, budget and lifestyle come into personal styling
• How to invest in the right items so you don't blow your budget
• Tips for slowly adding colour to an all black wardrobe
• How style empowers you and help you too feel confident in your body

About Jude

Jude is the founder of Styling by Lumiere - a Melbourne-based business offering personal styling services. She works with men and women from all different backgrounds and helps everyday people gain confidence in their personal style.

Connect with Jude on Instagram @stylingbylumiere

Jude's Website: https://stylingbylumiere.com.au/

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions

Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/

Join The Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-22/

Today we're chatting with Stephanie Menere from Penny School all about making money and managing your finances and cash flow in business.

We dive into:

• Understanding your numbers and cash flow
• How to keep the numbers in mind while you do the work you love
• Why you need a financial forecast in place
• Top tips for streamlining your finances and stressing less!
• Tech recommendations to help you streamline your bookkeeping
• Knowing which experts to invest in to help support you in your business
• How to know how to price your services
• How to know how much to pay yourself
• How your self worth can affect your business success and finances

About Stephanie

Stephanie is a cash flow specialist who started her business because she saw a worrying trend. Talented, inspired women growing their creative and innovative businesses to a point where they were drowning in their finances. She saw women losing their passion because of the stress of keeping on top of their financial obligations. Stephanie enables women to get back to the work they love through automated and understandable financial strategy, so they can Make Money Beautiful.

Stephanie has helped many businesses realise their financial goals and free themselves of financial stress. She does this by analysing business performance and implementing improvements that make immediate impacts.

Check out Xero here: https://www.xero.com/au/

Join the waitlist for The Penny Membership: https://www.subscribepage.com/pennymembership

Connect with Stephanie on Instagram @penny_school www.Instagram.com/penny_school

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions

Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/

Join The Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-21/

In this episode, I explore planning. Should we plan, won't I feel stuck, where do I start?

Let's talk about why planning your day is a good idea and how by creating this as part of your daily and weekly routine you will experience newfound space and ease in your world.

We dive into:

• The benefits of planning
• How to plan effectively
• How to schedule in time to do the most important tasks
• How planning can give us the freedom to do more of what we love outside of business

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions

Nicole's website https://theartisans.com.au/

Join The Member's Lounge here https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-20/

Today we're chatting with Chloe Bright, an Online Business Manager and Marketing Strategist from Strategy x Soul, all about outsourcing and delegation. We dive into:

• Loving what you do in business and in life
• How an OBM can help you turn your big vision into a strategic action plan
• The difference between inspired challenges vs unexpected challenges
• How being in your zone of genius helps you achieve your goals faster and love what you do
• How technology can help you to grow and choosing what technology to use for your biz
• And so much more..

Join the waitlist for The Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-19/

Today we're chatting with Lizzie from Write It Copywriting and Get It Done Retreats.

We dive into:

• Lizzie's business journey and how she got started
• How to navigate the conversation of starting a business with family or friends who aren't on board with the idea
• What exactly copywriting is and why businesses need it
• How to leverage your time and zone of genius
• How Lizzie helps business owners find their big voices
• Being authentic and expressing your personality in your copy and how it helps in growing your business

Lizzie also tells us all about the Get It Done Retreat - An upcoming retreat for business owners to get focused on what they need to get done to grow their business and time to actually do it!

Learn more about the Get It Done Retreat here: https://write-it.com.au/get-it-done-retreat/

For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-18

In this episode, I talk about a topic that is frequently being discussed in business - Scaling.

You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-17/