Take Control With Nicole

Today I'm chatting about continuous improvement in business and the fact that nothing is set in concrete. We dive into:

• Empowering our teams to thrive
• Assessing all areas of the business
• The who, the what, the where, the why
• Different ways of working and collecting data
• Creating a seamless process for your team

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-106/

Today I'm chatting with Bestselling Author & Interior Designer, the fabulous Emma Blomfield. We dive into:

• Emma's love of The Sims and how it led to her career
• Moving through difficulties with clients
• When the right time is to seek help with design
• Listening to your gut when you think something is wrong
• Creating space for family and warmth

About EMMA Interior designer, stylist and author, Emma Blomfield's interior design studio specialises in creating beautiful and real homes and spaces for homeowners, renters and commercial spaces. We pride ourselves on our practical yet colourful spaces and listening to our clients needs before tackling the project. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Emma on Instagram @emma.blomfield Emma's website: https://emmablomfield.com Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-105/

Today I'm chatting with Remi all about increasing visibility and brand awareness through Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). We dive into:

• Where to start with SEO
• What keyword research you should be adding to your website
• How podcasting can help with your digital PR
• Why starting with a blog is the best first step
• How to measure SEO success

About Remi Remi Audette is a former corporate SEO lead turned agency owner who is passionate about empowering SMEs to take control of their SEO. Her passion for search engine optimisation (SEO) stemmed from her career working for major Australian brands like Officeworks, Kmart and Telstra. As an award-nominated search professional, Remi has seen the positive impact a holistic SEO strategy can have on a business first-hand and has helped numerous small to medium businesses across Australia in the hospitality, FMCG, retail, health and wellness, education and professional services sectors (just to name a few) to increase their online visibility through SEO practices. Check out Remi's SEO Sunday Sessions Hack Your Own PR with Odette Look in to SEO Minion Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Remi on Instagram @sundaybestdigital Remi's website: https://www.sundaybestdigital.com.au/ Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-104/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media

Today I'm shedding light on IDOARRt meetings, how they work and how they can be implemented into your meetings. We dive into:

• Tips for creating meetings that are effective
• Structured meetings for success
• Creating purposeful agendas
• Valuing the humans in our team
• Rules of engagement in meetings

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-103/

Today I'm chatting with Kate and Gerri about such an important topic - SLEEP! We dive into:

• Helping people start healthy sleeping habits with their babies
• Tips for busy parents and kids sleep
• Creating healthy sleeping patterns
• Caring for the relationship of parents and kids
• Valuing your own needs

About The Sleep Collective Co-founder of The Sleep Collective, Gerri has over a decade of experience in education and curriculum design and development. Working in schools, Gerri knows first-hand how essential quality and restorative sleep is for the developing brain and unfortunately how sleep deprivation can impact a child's learning and behaviour. It is her hope that through building awareness, education and a foundation of healthy sleep habits that she can create sustained improvements in the education and health outcomes of children. At the start of her own parenting journey, the shock of sleep deprivation hit hard, and Gerri struggled to accept that disrupted sleep was the status quo for parents. Conflicting advice from well-meaning family and health care professionals only made the sleep situation more difficult to navigate. It was a week-long stay in a maternal health unit at a private hospital that helped to turn things around. Gerri was supported and educated on how to guide her child's sleep and was empowered to achieve that in a way that was not only matched to her parenting style but also built her confidence as a mother. The parenting experience became so much more enjoyable once everyone was getting the rest they needed. Through this experience, Gerri discovered a desire to use her skills in education in a whole new way. She wants to help parents learn what healthy sleep looks like and how they can promote that in their own children. Gerri has an approachable and non-judgmental nature which helps parents to feel like they can be open and honest about their worries, concerns and limitations. With a 15-year career as a Registered nurse, it is no surprise that Kate is driven by a need to help and care for others. Having a background in medicine and health, Kate co-founded The Sleep Collective with the goal of assisting families to achieve better sleep for the improvement in family harmony and the immediate and long-term health benefits of restorative sleep. Working the last decade in Intensive Care Units in Melbourne, it was Kate's own fragmented sleep patterns from night shift, alongside raising two daughters that kindled her passion to help infants, children and adults get more sleep. Kate's sleep journey began in early parenthood through reactive co-sleeping with her first born. Whilst enjoying the closeness that results from co-sleeping, her family was ready for more restorative and independent sleep and so began her education into the science of sleep. After researching best practice and seeking support, she was pleasantly surprised to learn how much a consistent, predictable routine could change their lives. Continuing what she had learnt about infant sleep with her second child however was not smooth sailing and medical issues had to be addressed before sleep would fall into place for her second baby. Kate's infant sleep journeys were very different and demonstrated to her how important a holistic approach is to creating a positive sleep experience. With renewed energy and empowerment, Kate wants to be that agent of change for other struggling families and to fill the gap in pre-natal education for newborn sleep. Kate's career in supporting, caring and educating people through life's greatest health challenges has prepared her well to work with a range of families in need. She is driven to support families with openness, empathy, tenacity and a sense of humor to achieve well-rested and thriving family units. Jodi Mindell's Research around Bedtime Routines The Sleep Collective Packages Download the Rested App Download the Better Sleep App Connecting With Our Guest Connect with The Sleep Collective on Instagram @thesleepcollective_au The Sleep Collective's website: https://thesleepcollective.com/ Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-102/

Today I'm chatting with Darby Lyndon about all things brand strategy and how to build a business that is irresistible. We dive into:

• Collaboration over competition with other businesses
• The difference between marketing and brand strategy
• How creating a brand story helps you connect with your audience
• Is niching something that needs to happen
• Brand strategy framework

About Darby Darby is a brand strategist and content marketer, passionate about turning great businesses into irresistible brands. Throughout her career, Darby has worked on marketing and brand strategies for some of Australia's leading travel, property, and retail brands. A hurdle she continued to face in the marketing world was trying to support clients who were unclear on their brand strategy. They were unsure of their target audience, confused about how to communicate and didn't know what made their brand unique. Now in her consulting business, Darby helps her clients get crystal clear on their brand strategy so that they can create effective marketing campaigns, connect with their audience on a deeper level, and have fun doing it! Grab Darby's Free Brand DNA Work Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Darby on Instagram @darbylyndon Darby's website: https://www.darbylyndon.com/ Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-101/

We made it! 100 episodes of Take Control with Nicole, can you believe it? Today I'm sharing my process of how I plan my podcast episodes. We dive into:

• Opportunities for growth
• Creating conversation containers
• Connecting with enjoyable and relatable topics
• Designing a process you love

Thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey! Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-100

Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Hienna all about being an Online Business Manager and designing a business that makes sense for you. We dive into:

• Really understanding your clients
• Perfecting the two way relationship
• OBM vs VA
• Connecting with the RIGHT people
• Setting up your business for success

About Hienna Heinna is here to make your burning desire to be the best OBM you can be become reality. As a mentor, she becomes your biggest cheerleader, your bounciest sounding board, your ultimate pusher for you to find the best way to serve you and your client's businesses. She gets it, as she has been there too. Having worked in corporate to starting out her business as a VA, she always knew there was more to what she can do to help others. And so… she created a space for business owners who genuinely want to flourish – alongside their clients as well, of course. As someone who has been on all sides as the business owner, OBM, client and juggler of life, she wanted to share what she has gathered and learned being in this journey to others. There is nothing more rewarding for her than seeing others succeed. Maybe it's just the empath in her but she's seriously set on others success. She wants to join you in your journey that she has been through herself. She knows first-hand how it is to go back forth of 'can I', 'should I' or the best of the best quote she USED TO tell herself is 'Am I good enough?' So, developing OBM Assembly Program was a must. She knows she's not the only one who has gone through this journey and want to help others find their way. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Hienna on Instagram @obm_assembly Hienna's website: https://www.obmassembly.com Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-99/

Today I'm chatting all about async working is and how to create a successful aysnc operation. We dive into:

• What exactly is asynchronous working?
• Async working may not be for everybody
• Choosing project management tools that work for YOU
• Different ways to communicate and collect data
• Empowering people to want to show up

Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-98

Welcome to the first episode of 2023! In today's episode I'm running you through some fabulous ways to set yourself up for success for the year ahead. We dive into:

• Celebrating 3 years of The Artisans Business Solutions
• Setting yourself up for success in 2023
• Creating space for ways of working
• Email Unsubscribing

Check out the subscriptions download and Kathy Rast's Out of Office Service Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 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-97/