The Visionary Files

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  • Financial Forecasting and Being Smarter with Your Revenue in 2023

    Does money flow in and out of your business and you use the cross-your-fingers method and hope it all works out? Let's talk about how you can start to be more discerning and intentional around how money moves through your business.

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • Developing a financial forecasting model based on historical data
    • How to determine if you have enough money to hire the person / make the investment / do the thing
    • My unofficial “3-6-12 rule” for building a cash reserve
    • Why the best time to start being more intentional with your business finances is TODAY

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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    Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share it with your friends on social, my team will send you a copy of one of our favourite business resources! Take a screenshot and email it over to us at [email protected] or DM it to @sustainablescaling


    This episode was first published at SustainableScaling.co/021

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    18 min
  • Purpose-Driven, Human-Centric Accounting and Business Finances with Keila Hill-Trawick

    Call me crazy, but I find talking about accounting & finances to be really fun. My guest today is Keila Hill-Trawick, the founder of Little Fish Accounting, which works with very small businesses to thrive using a transparent, easy-to-understand approach to accounting. Not only do I think that she makes talking about accounting & finances approachable & informative, but it’s really obvious that she cares deeply about helping business owners & approaches her work from a place that is extraordinarily purposeful, intentional, & is about creating a human-first connection. 

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • Keila’s perspective on boundaries within your business & how there are no work emergencies, just deadlines
    • Realities about hiring an accountant for your business & hiring before you are ready
    • Take a breath & read the letter, learning to not freak out about taxes is key
    • The importance of helping small businesses with accounting needs 
    • Why bookkeeping is imperative to your business and taxes
    • What to remember when filing taxes & deciding to hire an accountant for your business
    • The difference between bookkeepers, CPAs, Accountants, & EAs

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    CONNECT WITH KEILA:

    • Visit Keila’s Website: littlefishaccounting.com
    •  Find Keila on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/littlefishaccounting/ 
    • Follow Keila on Instagram: @littlefishaccounting
    • Click here to find Little Fish Accounting’s Tax Prep Suite, their year round tax service 

    Keila Hill-Trawick knows what it’s like to drop a steady job for a small business dream. Before starting Little Fish Accounting, Keila worked on accounting and auditing projects for various federal agencies. Today, Keila helps small businesses thrive through her transparent, easy-to-understand approach to accounting. In addition to her full-time work with Little Fish, Keila is co-founder of Accountants of Color, a safe space for Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) accountants to engage, grow, and build their firms. She also donates time and support to various charitable organizations, i

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    1 hr 2 min
  • Monday Mindset Magic #5 - December's Challenge + Preparing for the Holidays

    These short mindset episodes are designed to reset and activate you into the new week! On today's MMM episode, let's chat about December's challenge and preparing for the holidays.

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    11 min
  • Crafting Copy and a Client Journey Intentionally in Your Business to Support Your Ideal Lifestyle with Elise Hodge

    The first copywriter I had ever met in the online space back in 2020, is today’s guest, Elise Hodge, and I have loved watching how her business has grown. I am so excited we made this chat happen and excited to share Elise’s story of scaling as a service provider and how her business has shifted to become more intentional and sustainable now that she’s a mom – about to me a mom of two! 

    So many good things in this episode, from how to write better copy, to attracting and taking on better clients, to creating systems in your business that make it work better for you and your life. 

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • Elise’s expertise on finding ideal clients and how to differentiate between the DIY clients and want it done for them clients 
    • Elise’s perspective on consistently learning something new and exposing yourself to others work to see what could work for you and tweaking how you run your business to scale 
    • Figuring out the small scale you need and how that isn’t just about attracting clients 
    • How important it is to create useful systems when scaling your business and making it more self-sustainable
    • Elise’s views on outsourcing copywriting and being clear on your ideal clients and offers 
    • Creating copy templates and how helpful it can be to help people outsourcing copy

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    CONNECT WITH ELISE: 

    • Follow Elise: @connectioncopyco
    • Visit Elise’s Website: connectioncopy.co
    • Click here for Elise’s Content Management & Strategy Service/s 

    Elise is the founder and lead copywriter at Connection Copy Co., where she helps entrepreneurs create a magnetic connection with their dream clients, so they can become their first and only choice. Her boutique agency services include Brand Messaging & Website Copy, Launch Copy, and Retainer Content Management. Elise also supports entrepreneurs who want to take a DIY approach to their copy through her plug-and-play copywriting templates.

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    Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share it with your friends on social, my team will send you a copy of one of our favourite business resources! Take a screenshot and email it over to us at

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    54 min
  • How I’d Start My Business Over From Scratch if I Had To

    Every once in a while, I go on Instagram and post a question box to ask me anything. The last time I did that, someone asked me this question: if you had to start from 0 again today, what would you do?” Here’s how I’d do it!

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • The 6 primary things I’d do if I were starting over
    • The hands down, no questions asked, biggest mistake I made in the first few months of starting my coaching business
    • The pivot I’ve made recently in working with new business owners to help them more sustainably start
    • The mindset shift that will ultimately shape your reality as you start to make money

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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    Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share it with your friends on social, my team will send you a copy of one of our favourite business resources! Take a screenshot and email it over to us at [email protected] or DM it to @sustainablescaling

    This episode was first published at sustainablescaling.co/017 

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    54 min
  • Monday Mindset Magic #4 - An Exercise to Neutralise Your Thoughts

    These short mindset episodes are designed to reset and activate you into the new week! On today's MMM episode, let's chat about neutralising your thoughts.

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    12 min
  • Building a Team and Business Structure That Can Support a 3 Week Unplugged Vacation with Joey C Vitale

    So excited to introduce you to my legal BFF, the lawyer with a soul, Joey C. Vitale! If we have ever been on a call together where anything legal whatsoever has been talked about, then you’ve probably already heard about Joey Vitale, who is my go-to resource – and go to referral – for anything to do with legally protecting my brand, from contracts to trademarks. I was super excited to chat with him for this episode, where we go all over the world around legal stuff, building and managing a team, and creating way more sustainability in your business. 

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • Joey’s perspective on creating a system with your team and how that helps build a business structure that is truly self-sustainable
    • The importance of SOPs and how having your team go through courses when developing is key
    • Reminding yourself that small wins are everything when transitioning your business into self sustainability 
    • Prioritizing trademarks for your business and how it isn’t as easy as you think 
    • How Joey feels about business owners outsourcing their problems vs delegating their solutions 

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    CONNECT WITH JOEY: 

    • Visit Joey’s trademark firm website: indielaw.com
    • Find the Indie Law Facebook page here: facebook.com/indielawfirm
    • Follow Indie Law: @indielaw 
    • Click here for Joey’s Virtual Assistant Finder

    Joey Vitale is an internationally renowned speaker, award-winning attorney, and business growth consultant. He has spoken to tens of thousands of people across the world. Joey has worked with influential brands like Cultivate Advisors, Honeybook, Maximum Lawyer, and The Futur.

    As a trusted business growth consultant, Joey helps mission-driven, service-based business owners who want to achieve exponential growth and transform into recognized thought leaders so they can make a bigger impact.

    His forthcoming book is entitled: The Business Growth Advantage: How to Run Your Business in One Hour a Week, Crack the Social Media Code, and Make Limitless Income & Impact.

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    Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    53 min
  • What Exactly is the Difference Between Marketing and Selling? Let’s Discuss!

    It’s relatively obvious that in your business, you both need to market AND you need to sell. How are they different? How are they similar? Is there overlap? Which should you be using when? All excellent questions we’re going to dive into in today’s episode!

    To clarify, this audio is also a video training, so I was looking at specific visuals and reference what I’m seeing in several places.

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • The difference between marketing and selling and how they each affect the buying process
    • How attraction marketing is it’s own unique type of marketing
    • Examples of what selling, marketing, and attraction marketing looks across various types of business
    • Creating content that is, above all else, intentional based on what it is you’re trying to do with it


    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency


    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

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    Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share it with your friends on social, my team will send you a copy of one of our favourite business resources! Take a screenshot and email it over to us at [email protected] or DM it to @sustainablescaling

    This episode was first published at SustainableScaling.co/015

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    34 min
  • Monday Mindset Magic #3 - Magic vs Logic Brain and Looking for Evidence That It's All Working Out

    These short mindset episodes are designed to reset and activate you into the new week! On today's MMM episode, let's chat about magic vs logic brain and looking for evidence that it's all working out.

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    11 min
  • Delivering an Impeccable Client Experience While Honouring Your Boundaries with Taylor Dru

    In this episode, I’m chatting with Taylor Dru, who is a high-ticket client experience coach and systems specialist, and the founder of Systems Guru, LLC, where she helps coaches and service providers leverage their signature client experience so they can confidently sell their services and programs at a premium price point. We talk a lot about systems and automating your business, and that might not sound like it’d be all that fun, but let me tell you… with Taylor, it IS!

    Quick overview of what we cover: 

    • Taylor’s belief on the importance of building client relationships + connections + how it can help you scale your business
    • Taylor’s discovery of the customer relationship management tool + how it centered around how she built her business
    • Taylor’s perspective on automations + systems + how they need to have process + routine which includes boundaries and rules 
    • Personalization + connection is everything when starting relationships with new clients 
    • How infusing your personality into your business attracts the right people because they know who you are and what you stand for

    RESOURCES: 

    • Click here to join Adriane’s Scalable Foundations Membership
    • Click here to get on the waitlist for Sustainable Growth Lab
    • Click here to work with Adriane and the Soulpreneur Agency

    LET’S CONNECT: 

    • Follow Soulpreneur: @soulpreneur_co
    • Follow Sustainable Scaling: @sustainablescaling 
    • Follow Adriane @adrianegalea
    • Visit the website: soulpreneur.co

    CONNECT WITH TAYLOR:

    • Follow Taylor: @thesystemsguru
    • Visit Taylor’s website: taylordru.com
    • Click here to apply for Taylor’s First Class Experience Academy™ 

    Meet Taylor Dru, founder of Systems Guru, LLC. Taylor is an Atlanta-based High-Ticket Client Experience Coach & Systems Specialist, who helps coaches + service providers build and leverage their signature client experience so they can confidently sell their services and programs at a premium price point to create a lasting legacy and generate independent wealth. Taylor has been a leader in the process improvement industry for over a decade, helping large corporations and small businesses streamline their operations to sustain their growth. Her entire career has been grounded in helping others find more efficient ways to operate so they can increase their mental health capacity, client satisfaction, and ultimately position them to scale to the next level. 

    Loved this episode? If you leave a review or share it with your friends on social, my team will send you a copy of one of our favourite business reso

    Resources:

    • Predictable Sales: a secret podcast around making predictable – even daily – sales
    • Your First 10 Sales: a secret podcast perfect for if you're not making consistent sales yet

    Connect with Adriane:

    • Adriane's Instagram
    • Visionaries' Instagram
    • Adriane's LinkedIn
    • Visit the Visionaries website

    ⭐️ Love this episode? We'd GREATLY appreciate a 5-star review! ⭐️

    1 hr 11 min

About The Visionary Files

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Do you ever hear about a business having wild success or achieving *the coolest* result and think, "how the eff did they do that?" Yeah… us, too! That’s why we created The Visionary Files™ podcast! We…