Take Control With Nicole: Recent Episodes
Nicole Smith
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Episode Title: 12 Tips to Streamline Your Business Operations for 2025 Episode Summary: In this episode of TCWN, Nicole Smith dives into 12 actionable tips to help you streamline and strengthen your business operations as you prepare for 2025. Whether it’s auditing core processes, decluttering your tech stack, or creating a clear quarterly planning rhythm, these practical strategies will set you and your team up for success in the year ahead. With Nicole’s signature mix of insight and empathy, this episode is a must-listen for business leaders ready to take control and create lasting impact. Nicole’s Takeaway: Building a stronger business starts with just one step. Stay curious, take action, and let these small, intentional changes create big results.
Resources Mentioned:
- Link to the Tech Stack Audit resource (mentioned in the episode).
- Tools like Microsoft Teams, Slack, ClickUp, Loom, and ChatGPT.
Connect with Nicole:
- Website: The Artisans Business Solutions
- Instagram: @theartisanssolutions
- LinkedIn: Nicole Smith
Today's episode we're wrapping up 2023 and taking our learnings on board and creating change for a fabulous start to 2024. I'll take you through a health check on your business to see you wrap up your 2023 business year. We dive into: * How often we ask ourselves what do we really want * Aligning the time and space correctly * Updating processes and systems * Marketing & sales opportunities * Creating more efficiencies in your business
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-145/
Today I'm chatting with Google Ads specialist and systems geek, Kaity Griffin about supercharging your business with Google Ads. We dive into: * Creating targeted strategies * Crafting a good ad for your business * What to expect from metrics * When Google Ads aren't the right step
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-144/
In this episode, we're sharing the fabulous stage of a project, the handover and offboarding stage. We dive into: * Breaking down the intentions and milestones * Documenting the key moments of change * Future user experience * Disconnecting from client and service provider
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-143
Today's episode is all about finding the best tech systems for your business. And that all starts with awareness. We'll talk through not using the tech systems full capabilities and finding the right system firt for purpose and connecting that into the wider business. We dive into: * Identifying what may no longer serve the business goals * Understanding the annual investment * Speaking directly with the vendors * Process alignment and future proofing
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-142/
Today I'm chatting with Founder of Story Time Studios, Krystian Ostrowski about tools for scaling your business. We dive into: * The difference between branding and marketing * Getting clear on your message * Using a dashboard for your marketing * Strategy includes what not to do * How Ai plays into marketing
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-141/
In this episode, we'll explore the transition into 2024 and whether it's time to reconsider and adjust the fundamental building blocks of your business for the year ahead. We dive into: * Updating your operations * When the right time is for your update * Finding clarity in a pause * User application testing
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-140/
Today I'm taking you on a new adventure through the land of nurturing your leads and the systems to support this. We dive into: * The ways in which your leads come into the business * Creating templates for consistency and ease * The proposal phase and agreement documentation * Onboarding the new client * The tech considerations
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-139
Today I'm chatting with The Construction Copywriter, Cathy Camera about headache free marketing - music to my ears! We chat about all things content, including why case studies are so effective and how you can use them in your business.
We dive into: * Being clear on your target market * The power of testimonials * Selecting impactful words * Understanding SEO and keyword research * Marketing is much more than social media
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-138/
Today we're continuing our conversation about Standard Operating Procedures, and exploring more from an operational point of view. We dive into: * Communicating tasks and expectations * Providing training and support * Asking for feedback * Creating a positive environment
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-137/
Documenting your fabulous SOPs for your business is one thing, but getting your team on board and using them efficiently is another. We dive into: * What you actually have documented * Communicating the SOPs with your team * Resistance to change from your team * Monitoring the team's use * Encouraging your team
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-136/
Today I'm chatting with Liam Benson on important topics of evolving your tech, like backing up your data and cyber security in your business. We dive into: * Opportunities for building platforms as a small business * Recommendations for small business tech * Data security in your organisation * Human awareness training
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-135/
When we start our businesses, we are in the doing and don't often take time to set our processes up. So, when is the right time to start? We dive into: * The four phrases of business operations * Creating a consistent experience * Signs you're ready to start documenting your SOPs * How to create effective SOPs
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-134/
Today we're exploring into the world of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and why we should be excited about them in our businesses. We dive into: * Understanding the sub processes in your business * Why you should be capturing the information in a central place * Benefiting from less mistakes * Transforming your intellectual property to business property * Tips for creating SOPs
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-133/
Just like we do with our processes, reflecting is so important. And looking back to make more sales is something the fabulous Shannon joins us today to talk about. We dive into: * Understanding your current client journey * Creating referral partners * Sales systems and strategies * Nothing is ever set and forget
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-132/
If you're new in business, you may be finding that the systems you have selected to get started may be hindering instead of helping your day to day operations. We dive into: * What functionalities are available today * Time saving elevations * Securing your data * Aligning with our bigs * Monitoring the progress
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-131
Today we're continuing on the journey of aligning your systems with your business bigs, and diving into how your systems can actually support you. We dive into: * Reviewing any friction * Priorities for the business * Tweaking the tech * Project management adjustments
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-130/
Campaigns are not something that is 101 in the small business world, so my guest today is Mia Fileman aka Campaign Queen to dive into what campaigns are, and how they can work for your business. We dive into: * Why campaigns work * What actually is a campaign * Running converting campaigns * All marketing is, is good listening * Playing it safe is the riskiest strategy of all
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-129
Today we're shifting the focus ever so slightly to look towards, how to know if your business systems and bigs are aligned. We dive into: * Defining your business bigs * Assessing the systems that support the business * The gaps between stages * Managing the project
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-128/
You know that you're wanting to move towards your bigs, you've beautifully designed your marketing strategy and yet, the missing piece is the execution. Today I'm helping you take action to create a system that allows for micro actions to move closer and closer to your bigs. We dive into: * Moving through the blocks * Categorising your tasks * Planning your review * Celebrating your wins
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-127/
Emma Lovell is a coach, speaker and writer specialising in personal brand and has been a business owner for 14 years. We discuss personal branding, building your business with purpose and building your personal brand because it's really not what you know, it's who you know. We dive into: * Pouring from the overflow * Getting clarity to build connection * Building with purpose * Engaging in support
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-126
In creating an experience in our business, we must consider all elements and people involved, and that they sometimes come with levels of resistance. In today's episode, I'm talking about creating a container to support our business, our clients and our people to eliminate the resistance to change that will help everyone transition smoothly.
We dive into: * Being continuously innovative * Handling uncertainty * Leaning in to opportunities * Elements of successful change
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-125/
We're continuing on the adventure of creating a fabulous client experience that aligns with your business and where you're heading, and today we're focusing on the design phase. We dive into: * Auditing the stages of your current client experience * Clear roles and expectations * Capturing the experience * Off-boarding being as important as the other phases * Action items to lean into what can be possible
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-124/
Today I'm chatting (and totally geeking out) with Justin Smith about elevating your business operations using automation, the why, the benefits and the downsides. We dive into: * Creating automation magic * Cost to profit ratio for scaling * Investing in time for growth * Sharing the internal IP * Creating partnerships with businesses
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-123/
In today's episode, I'm talking about all things client experience. It's so important to shape the experience for your clients in alignment to your brand and consider how you want them to feel each and every time they interact with you or a team member. We dive into: * Evolving the way your client experiences your business * Micro moments that you might not think are important * Shaping the level of experience you want for your clients * Understanding the gaps within the process
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-122/
Hello I'm Nicole Smith COO, Operations Specialise and Systems Designer from The Artisans Business Solutions and welcome to Take Control With Nicole. In today's episode, I'm diving into what every business needs, clients. But more importantly, I'm talking to you all about your client experience. We dive into: * Understanding our clients and how we want them to feel * Making your experience unique * Special touch points within the experience * Empowering your team for consistency
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-121/
Today I'm chatting with Fiona Johnston about her love of words and numbers playing together and sharing the intimate details of money. We dive into: * Understanding money stories * camaraderie between small businesses * Getting control of your business finances * When outsourcing is not a good idea * Advancements in software
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-120/
Today I'm chatting about how to know when you've found the right operational human for your business. We dive into: * What to look for in a VCOO * Why experience in different businesses counts * What you should avoid * Looking for connection driven humans
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-119/
We're continuing our conversation around engaging a Virtual COO to support you with the holistic elevation of your operations in your business. Today we talk about the cost investing in your business operations or the cost if you don't. We dive into: * Things to consider when hiring a VCOO * The cost of staying "stuck" * Who will drive the change * What it would look like to be 10% better
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-118/
Today I'm chatting with Shane & Beren about leading internal partnerships and how they've created a fabulous partnership within their organisation. We dive into: * intentional practices * working in alignment * different perspectives for hiring is better * keeping systems simple * cultural leadership
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-117/
Today I'm continuing the Virtual COO journey to share with you what 6 key indicators your business is showing that mean you're ready for that next level support. We dive into: * Recap of what a VCOO does * Knowing you don't want to be doing all the "things" * Setting up the foundations for growth * Engaging a team or specialists for efficient changes * Creating a seamless experience
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-116/
Today I'm chatting about the Virtual COO, what it is, and how they can support you in your business. We dive into: * What a Virtual COO is and how I landed on this title * Supporting you to manage change * Creating fabulous new processes
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-115
Today I'm chatting with Ami about human-focused leadership with managing, delegation while keeping our humans front of mind. We dive into: * Why delegation is the key to business success * The human element of leadership * Management vs Leadership * What to do when change feels challenging
For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-114/
In today's episode, I'm sharing how to create a positive experience for your humans when rolling out a new tech tool or system. We dive into: * How to avoid resistance and pushback * What testing is required before the rollout is complete * Change management with your humans * Creating seamless transitions with documentation
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-113/
Continuing on our Clever Systems Designs theme, we're focusing in our our fabulous humans in our business. We dive into: * How the business thrives when our humans are connected * Our easy ways of working * The systems involved for connection * Evolving the communication strategy * Collecting feedback from 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-112/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media
Today I'm chatting with copy coach, educator & podcast host, Emma McMillan all about how to make our content creation process easier and more sustainable. We dive into: * Outsourcing everything may not be the best idea * Templates that work for you to save time * Creating your master form of content - like our podcast! * Throwing away the "shoulds" * Changing your language to serve your customers
About Emma Copy coach, educator & podcast host Emma believes everyone can write better. As a copy coach, she guides small business owners and others to connect authentically – and consistently – with their audience. A former teacher of 12 years, she’s run a successful copywriting business since 2016. Emma’s unique skill set gives her a deep understanding of both how people learn and the realities of small biz life. As host of the podcast Not Just About Copy, Emma shares inspiring conversations along with practical coaching episodes on how to write better - with more ease, purpose, joy and flow. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Emma on Instagram @emmamcmillancopy Emma's website: https://www.emmamcmillancopy.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-111/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media
Today I'm chatting with about clever system design with the seamless tech connection in the four-phase design. We dive into: * The tech we use everyday to help us run smoothly * What happens when you outgrow tech * Avoiding shiny object syndrome * Automating key parts of your workflows * Reviewing your current tech stack
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-110/
Today I'm talking all about investing in the foundations of your systems design which will allow you to zone into that area of genius that you love to play in. I dive into: * Communication strategies * What design means in the systems and tech world * Automating processes * Creating systems to support your business
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-109/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media
Today I'm chatting with Hareta about the impact you have as a leader and growing a team with beautiful culture. We dive into: * How to step out of the doing and into the leading * Cultivating team culture * Looking after your team members to drive better results * The impact you have as a leader * Creating a people strategy
About Hareta Hareta McMullin is the founder of Third Space People, a leadership mentor and employee experience strategist, shaking up the way we think and feel about HR. She is an award-winning HR professional who helps businesses drive commercial success, by developing confident leaders and reimagining the employee experience. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Hareta on Instagram @third_space Hareta's website: http://www.thirdspacepeople.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-108/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media
Today my business bestie, and friend of the show, Kathy Rast joins me today to talk about something we're working on in my business together, org charts in big and small business-ing. We dive into: * Even as a small business, why we need org charts * Looking at roles with a critical eye * Ranking vs roles * Change in roles during a growth period * Setting foundations for evolution
About Kathy Kathy Rast makes me laugh in between all the business moments I have bridged together to get where I am today....and where I'm going in my tomorrows. She won't take credit for my successes, nor will I give them to her. I will say one thing about her...she's making this business journey one filled with all the joy of the child playing with the business box it came in. You see that while Kathy Rast has a way with words that catch the mind's eye which flips, converts, and seduces a joy and beauty in un-special moment... And... While she's wildly hilarious—especially on Fridays—and beyond clever in ways, I've long since stopped trying to work out how—that's her Tuesdays—Kathy Rast is best enjoyed in the between (business-ing) moments. Those moments that are stalled, stuck or just outright suck all the air out of the room. Kathy Rast has a way to lighten, lift, and love a moment often labelled with layers of heavy hardness in the outside world. Yes, she does it through her wording ways of making the un-workable work, but there are the moments we have not spoken a word, and I have felt [insert your word here Nicole]. Kathy Rast and I have a working relationship many only talk about. Long ago we stop talking about it and started talking it into what we have today. [and yes, Kathy Rast wrote these words and laughed a crying-out-loud laugh filled with wholehearted gratitude and rolling joy of what she created with her words.] Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Kathy on Instagram @kathy.l.rast.linguistiologist Kathy's website: https://www.kathyrast.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-107/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media
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
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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/
Today I'm wrapping up the final episode of 2022 and reflecting on the year that was. We dive into: * The fabulous evolution of my team * What you'd like to hear in 2023
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Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Lori. Lori is a body based practitioner helping people feel less overwhelmed and more self-aware and connected. We dive into: * Our connection to our bodies * Lori's favourite ways to practice mindfulness * Listening to our bodies * Finding the expression of movement that is best for you * Connecting to nature for self regulating
About Lori Lori is a body based practitioner using modalities of remedial massage therapy, movement/yoga and mindfulness meditation to help those she works with feel less overwhelmed more self-aware + connected. Her approach is treating the whole person. She brings her knowledge and understanding of functional movement, movement patterning and thorough understanding of the nervous system into her work and way of life. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Lori on Instagram @the_humble_nook Lori's website: https://www.thehumblenook.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-95/
Today I'm chatting about wrapping up the year and begin to plan for next year. We dive into: * Reviewing what worked and didn't work in 2022 * Planning for 2023 * Change can be challenging, but rewarding * Questions to reflect on in your business
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Today I'm chatting with Facebook Ads Manager, Sam Bright. We dive into: * Money follows when you're purpose lead * Type of Facebook ad campaigns to run for your business * Finding the right humans in your business
About Sam Sam Bright is a certified Elite Ads Manager with a singular passion: elevating business women with life changing Facebook ad returns. With a decades-long career in finance under her belt, Sam turbocharges online businesses with smart, data-driven, sophisticated campaigns. Sam works with digital creators, online educators, coaches, consultants, and marketing professionals to take the WTF out of Facebook advertising. When she’s not eating ads for breakfast, Sam is a chook-loving, dahlia-growing, 80s-loving mum of three. She’s an enthusiastic supporter of women in business and she’s on a quest to make the internet a more positive, productive place.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Sam on Instagram @ads_forbreakfast Sam's website: https://adsforbreakfast.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-93/
Today I'm chatting about being an action taker in all facets of life. We dive into: * Taking action when things don't go to plan * Finding ways to create in times of quiet * Celebrating my birthday in style!
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Today I'm chatting with award-winning lawyer, speaker, trainer and public speaking coach, Theo about standing up, speaking up and making an impact. We dive into: * Communicating our expertise * Your voice has impact * New ways of working virtually * The balance between left and right brain thinkers * Other people's opinions of you, are not your business
About Theo Theo Kapodistrias is a multi-award-winning lawyer, based in Hobart, Tasmania. He is also a speaker, trainer and public speaking coach, running his own business theokap.com.au. He has been recognised for his work in the legal and community space winning the 2017 and 2018 Lawyers Weekly 30 Under 30 Award (Corporate Counsel), the Academia, Training and Education Lawyer of the Year Award at the 2018 Corporate Counsel Awards, the Young Lawyer of the Year Award at the 2020 Law Society of Tasmania Awards, and Excellence Award at the 2021 Australasian Law Awards. He has been identified as a rising star by both the Legal 500 in 2019 and the Australasian Lawyer in 2022. Theo was also named as one of Australia's Most Influential Lawyers in 2022, a finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards and finalist as Speaker of the Year at the 2022 International Coaches Awards. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Association of Corporate Counsel Australia and Business Events Tasmania. In 2021, Theo took on the role as Executive Director and Licensee of TEDxHobart and is the host of a podcast titled ‘Craft Messages That Matter.’
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Theo on Instagram @theokap88 Theo's website: theokap.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-91/
Today I'm chatting about taking the small actions to your building big. We dive into: * Knowledge is nothing without application * Getting to your big with ease * Taking micro-actions * Everybody's easy is different
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Today I'm chatting with AJ Davis. AJ is a Rapid Transformation Hypnotherapist that supports fabulous humans in business to break through limiting beliefs and tackle their mindset challenges. We dive into: * Not passing on beliefs to future generations * Limiting beliefs in business * Taking small effective actions * Interrupting intrusive thoughts
About AJ AJ is a Rapid Transformation Hypnotherapist with years of experience supporting high-profile entrepreneurs in the role of part-Business Manager and part-Therapist. Having moved full-time into the therapy and mindset space, she specialises in helping service-based small business owners to overcome negative, limiting beliefs and self-doubt, and create unshakeable self-belief so they are free to bring their business dreams to life! AJ strongly believes in the power of understanding how our mind works, so we can program it to work in our favour. Her work focuses on overcoming challenges like perfectionism, procrastination and fear of failure, by uncovering the reasons behind them, rather than just addressing the symptoms. With a superpower of making people feel seen and heard, AJ is known for providing a safe space for her clients to get to the root cause of their beliefs, break free of the repetitive patterns holding them back and change their life by changing their thoughts.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with AJ on Instagram @changeyourthoughts_au AJ's website: www.changeyourthoughts.com.au AJ's 7 Minute Pep Talk: https://changeyourthoughts.com.au/silence-self-doubt/ 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-89/
Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Founder and CEO of Essential Shift Consulting, Laetitia who shares how she helps business owners to be blissed out, not burnt out. We dive into: * Building structures for flow * Creating through your uniqueness * The balance of divine feminine and divine masculine * Surrounding yourself with the right team
About Laetitia Laetitia Andrac is an energetics & strategy business mentor (aka a ‘business doula’ as she carved this name for her work). She is the founder and CEO of Essential Shift Consulting Pty Ltd. She helps women leaders & entrepreneurs in creating a soul aligned business, career & life without burning out. She believes that what you think (in your head/mind), what you feel and are passionate about (in your heart/soul), and what you are creating (with your hand and will) are deeply connected, hence the logo of her business Essential shift with the 3 circles, which represent these 3 elements. She is making ancient spiritual wisdom accessible for busy modern-day entrepreneurs. She has a solid grounding in mindfulness (started meditation at 5-year-old) and spirituality (lineage of healers), along with an authentic ‘say it as it is’ approach and impressive business savvy and strategic background. She incorporates her 15+ years in business and leadership to guide women to create soul & business alchemy. Her passion is to bring a sense of the sacred and intentionality to everyday life. She is a mother of two girls and lives in Cronulla Beach. She is attempting to practice what she teaches, coaches and mentors: creating a life that is aligned and sustainable.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Laetitia on Instagram @essential.shift Laetitia's webite: http://www.essentialshift.co Learn the F.L.O.W Method: https://sales.essentialshift.co/Flowinbusinessevergreen?r_done=1 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-88/
Today I'm chatting about discovering something great, that may not be where you find your things usually. I dive into: * Opening yourself up for new opportunities * Looking a little deeper * Reflecting on the systems that may not be serving you
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Today I'm chatting with the fabulous money wizard, Natalie Kidcaff all about the importance of pricing in your business. We dive into: * Changing up the way we look at numbers * Pricing yourself as a startup * Strategic approach to having people within your business * Resources and tips for starting out
About Natalie Hi, I am Natalie, a strategic accountant with a personality [yes, we do exist]! I help business owners link their business strategy with their financials so that they can see sustainable growth, with the numbers to back it up. . I’m dedicated to helping business owners stop stressing about how it all works financially and start focusing on what matters to make their vision a reality. With over 15 years of experience across all levels of business strategy and financial information, I apply proven concepts to support my clients in reaching success in a quicker, more formulated way. The thrill of helping small business owners to understand the big picture, breaking it down into simple bite-sized actionable components and then applying these learnings to their business decisions is what I love most about my work. The feeling of pure joy from creating those AHA! moments for you is why I serve businesses like yours. Whether you’re starting or growing your business, I’m here to help you create a solid financial framework to reach your highest potential and gain the confidence to know how to make the right decisions at the right time.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Natalie on Instagram @beyond_cfo Natalie's website: https://beyondcfo.com.au/ Access your discounted Price Calculator by using the code: THEARTISANS 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-86/
Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Carly Michael all about Bringing Order To Your Photo Chaos. We dive into: * Communicating through visuals * The complex process of digitising photos * Being guilty of not deleting the multiple photos on your phone * Features you may not know about in your phone's photos * How people can access your photos when you're no longer around
About Carly Carly Michael has spent her whole life surrounded by photos having grown up in her family's camera store - Michaels camera video and digital in Melbourne's CBD. When Covid hit, the family decided to close the store so she took the opportunity to become a professional photo organiser - something she had developed a passion for during her time managing the family's photo lab. She now spends her days organising both physical and digital photos, helping people get back in control of their photo mess!
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Carly on Instagram Carly's website www.saveyourphotos.org Connect with Nicole on Instagram Nicole's website Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-85/
Today I'm chatting about investing in the Chanel options for your business, just like I do with perfume. We dive into: * Investing in systems that make you feel great * Not going for the cheaper option as a bandaid * Why I had 6 half empty bottles of perfume
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Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Jenn Donovan about marketing activities that will help your business grow. We dive into: * The power of community * Marketing tips from the pro * The importance of email marketing * Networking with a focus on connection * It's about your clients, not about you
About Jenn Jenn Donovan, is a marketing thought leader, change maker, coach and mentor for small businesses, international keynote speaker, best selling author and podcaster. Jenn is a sought after voice across the small business and start up landscape. Being a rural girl, born and bred herself, she’s sought after for her thought leadership, and knowledge around what it’s like to run and grow businesses in rural and regional Australia, whilst contending with everything that’s thrown at businesses, such as droughts, floods, bushfires, mouse plagues, just to name a few! Jenn is the founder and creator of the extremely successful online community called Buy From a Bush Business (a Facebook group with over 363,000 members) and the co-founder of Australia’s premier online marketplace www.spendwithus.com.au – a marketplace only for rural and regional small businesses and has recently just completed the inaugural Australian Rural Business Awards with business partner Sarah Britz, again celebrating all things rural Australia! Jenn’s impact on Rural and Regional Australia has been enormous. With her social enterprise pumping more than 5 million dollars back into the Australian economy, which enabled the survival of many small businesses during some of the harshest times known to business in the past 50 years. Jenn is a farmer’s daughter and farmer’s wife and has 3 young adult children. Jenn loves her work but her family is her passion and is always her number one love.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Jenn on Instagram @jenndonovan_ Jenn's website: https://socialmediaandmarketing.com.au/ Listen to Small Business Made Simple Podcast Spend with us website and Facebook Group 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-83/
Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Melissa Pepers all about Business Design. We dive into: * Strategy without action * Digging into the foundations of your business * How understanding business design can help your business * Emotion drives everything in business
QUOTE: "There's this idea about the things you find really easy being your superpower. It may even frustrate you that others don't find it easy because it didn't occur to you that it could be something difficult. It's kind of cool because in a way both myself with Turning Points and you Nicole with The Artisans are gifting the superpower of easy to those we work with!" About Melissa Everything I do comes back to transformation. For as long as I’ve known myself, I’ve been obsessed with influence. Why something ends up doing or being something else. You can find me wondering why a bug turned left or why empires rise and fall with equal intensity. I followed this thread of curiosity through a career in design and strategy for the advertising industry. Working on global brand accounts at Ogilvy, Wellcom, and in my own business. Each time I had discovered a new fundamental truth about transformation, a new question would arise. Until one day I had a methodology for unlocking unique business ideas as a way of bringing a better future to now. I see we have a world with no shortage of incredible ideas. Each of those ideas has the promise of what could be. That special thing we sense if the idea came to fruition in its fullest sense. Then there’s the reality of what most ideas are like when they make it out into the world— if they make it out at all. Everything I do is designed to obliterate this gap so we can live in a world experiencing its full potential.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Melissa on Instagram Melissa's website Check out DALL-E AI Connect with Nicole on Instagram Nicole's website Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-82/
Whilst I was making my Vegemite sandwich for lunch, I had a thought. In this episode, I question why we overcomplicate things when we know exactly what we're doing. We dive into: * The endless list when you're starting something new * Making your processes simple * Taking action today
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Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Chloe Porter from Audacious Empires all about the difference between Online Business Managers and Virtual Assistants. We dive into: * Keeping up with tech (my fave!) * Constantly forward thinking and planning * The importance of a two way relationship * Being able to easily adapt
About Chloe Chloe is the Captain of Operations and Business Integration at Audacious Empires. She is the absolute queen of keeping the Audacious Empires wheels spinning. She's got the drive, the determination, capability, and care factor to smash goals and manage the Audacious Empire team. She listens to what you want, and identifies what you need to take your big vision and make it a reality, creating more time and freedom for you to do what you love most, and the reason you started your business in the first place.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Chloe and the team on Instagram Audacious Empires' website Download the 6 steps to becoming a 6 figure OBM guide Connect with Nicole on Instagram Nicole's website Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-80/
Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Sarina Lowe. Sarina joins us for another episode talking about all things marketing and making it easier for your business. We dive into: * Creating a marketing strategy * Building connection and relationships * Non-salesy sales * Details of our upcoming workshop
Get the details on our workshop! Coffee Chats with Nicole Smith and Sarina Lowe About Sarina Sarina Lowe is a creative marketing strategist, sponsorship + partnerships specialist and the founder of consulting agency, The Androsia Connection. I have a passion for creating partnerships with purpose and connecting an organisation's marketing strategy with its business values and objectives. As an experienced facilitator, I love guiding clients through the creative marketing process, finding the untold stories of their business, aligning this with their goals and making marketing easy for them so sharing is now a fun process. Prior to starting my own business, I spent the best part of a decade working in sponsorship, creative marketing, major events, digital strategy and customer experience. I have worked at both Carlton and Essendon Football Clubs, RMIT University and I recently worked on the 2022 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. When I'm not promoting the power of purposeful partnerships, or having fun getting creative in clients marketing strategies I enjoy connecting with new people, especially as a mentor to women in business. And whenever there’s spare time in my week you’ll find me at a yoga or pilates studio just sipping distance from a soy cappuccino.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Sarina on Instagram @the_androsia_connection Sarina's website: https://www.androsia.co/ 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-79/
Today I'm chatting with the fabulous OneRoof Community about SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and why they're so important in your business. We dive into: * Mitigating risk within your business * How to create SOPs * Designing your life and business with intent * Creating freedom and choice
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Today I'm chatting with Small Business Coach, Kristy Robinson. Kristy helps business owners with aligning with not only what they want for their business, but what they want for their life. We dive into: * Identifying what lights you up * Series of educated guesses in business ownership * Having the right support around you * Being okay with failure * Sustainable growth in business
About Kristy Through her coaching programs and the Run Your Business Like a Boss podcast, Kristy helps Small Business Owner’s wade through the messy middle to create a sustainable business, they genuinely love. Kristy is a mum of 2, a wife and founder of two businesses. She knows first- hand the entrepreneurship rollercoaster: Doing all the things and working all the hours, with too much overwhelm and too little fulfilment. She believes who you are as a person and a business owner, are interlinked. Her conversations and strategies help her clients and audience take their business to the next level, without the hustle and burnout! With more than two decades of experience spanning business ownership, operations, coaching and state-level leadership in her toolkit, Kristy helps her clients identify their version of success, set meaningful goals that align with their vision and ultimately grow the business their way with confidence.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Kristy on Instagram Kristy's website Listen to the Run Your Business Like A Boss Podcast Connect with Nicole on Instagram Nicole's website Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-77/
Today I'm chatting with “Chief nerd” as he calls himself, at Lightbox consulting, Kale Munster. Kale and I chat about one of my favourite topics, tech and how we can make it personal. We dive into: * Discovering your solution from the pain points * Automations for the right parts of your business * Backups for your online storage * The testing process for new tech
About Kale Passionate about making tech accessible to non-techy people. Kale is passionate about ensuring that tech runs smoothly, so business owners can sleep at night. He has specialised in helping small to medium business with any tech needs from their day to day niggles, setting up new systems, migrating email and websites and ensuring you can connect with the outside world through internet, wifi and phone systems.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Kale on Instagram @lightbox.consulting Kale's website: lightboxgroup.co Connect with Nicole on Instagram Nicole's website Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-76/
Today I'm sharing some very exciting updates and changes in the world of The Artisans I dive into: * Giving yourself the opportunity to step back and reflect * Taking action from a gut feeling * The evolution of my Step By Step package
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Today I'm chatting with intuitive money and business coach, Alex Harvey. Alex helps ambitious professionals remove the 'should' from their business and enjoy doing what they love. We dive into: * Extra levels of vulnerability when you're doing something you really want to do * Not associating your worth with money * The powerful exchange of money for your service * Quick fixes are not sustainable in business * No cookie cutter approach for your business
About Alex Alex Harvey is an intuitive money & business coach who helps ambitious professionals get paid for their gifts & talents, multiply their income doing what they love & grow their wealth so that they can be the creative game-changing force in the world they wish to be. Alex helps her clients get their first $10k and $20k in the bank and make 6 figures doing what lights them up being their full expression of who they truely are. She does this through online courses, her Sacred Money & Power Membership, her business alchemy mastermind and private coaching.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Alex on Instagram @alexh.co Alex's website: http://alexh.co/ Check out the Money, Sex, Business & Awakening Podcast with Alex Harvey Alex's Free Download - Mindset Resource 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-74/
Today I'm chatting with CEO of The Founders Team, Leanne Webber about combatting loneliness as a founder. We dive into: * Mindset challenges * Finding an accountability and connection * Giving yourself a short amount of time so there's less procrastination * Rewarding yourself after getting a task done that you don't want to do * Taking care of goals and following through
About Leanne Leanne Webber is the CEO of The Founders Team which exists to make business life less lonely and 76,321 times more fun. Right across Australia, growth-minded emerging and established business owners join The Founders Team for community, accountability, support & inspiration. Through digital memberships, masterminds and (nice) networking, we’re a place to mindstorm about your business (without Aunty Marg piping up that ‘maybe you should get a real job’ when times are tough). We work together to make each others ideas stronger. To motivate action. To create change. The Founders Team is a community, a support network and a family. When Leanne isn't supporting her wonderful members and team, she spends time with her high-school sweetheart turned husband and 12 year old Labrador, she loves to create moments of calm amongst the chaos and she's an advocate for creating change and spreading awareness about Endometriosis - a chronic illness she suffers from herself.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Leanne on Instagram. Connect with The Founders Team on Instagram. Leanne's website: https://leannewebber.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-73/
Today I'm taking you into a masterclass in the Member's Lounge about the difference between systems, processes and procedures. We dive into: * Systems equaling outcomes * The difference between your business systems and tech * Transforming inputs into outputs * Structuring steps for the specific activity
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-72/
Today I'm chatting with Founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast at Checklist Legal, Verity White. We dive into: * Why business owners need contracts * How contracts make professional relationships more successful * Automating your business practices * Process mapped out for onboarding contractors, employees and clients * Breaking the contracts up into digestible sections
About Verity Verity White is the founder and Chief Contract Enthusiast at Checklist Legal. Verity is an experienced commercial lawyer with a passion for simplifying legal information and expertise in re-designing contracts for automation, readability, and usability. Verity is also the author of Create Contracts Clients Love, a fun journey through methods for designing delightful, automation-ready legal documents to save you time, delight clients, and elevate brand experience.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Verity on Instagram. Visit Verity's Website. Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's Website. Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here. Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook group here. Join the waitlist for The Members Lounge here. For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-71
Today I'm chatting with Founder & Creative Director of Rabble Rouse Creative, Kate Carman. Kate and I chat about creating conscious brands and how to business consciously. We dive into: * The evolution of business and learning * Leading with integrity and mindfulness * Creating space within your own business * Working with brands that are in alignment with values
About Kate Kate Carman is the Founder & Creative Director of Rabble Rouse Creative, a full-service digital design studio in Melbourne, Australia that creates heartfelt branding, packaging, and website design for purpose-driven brands. Kate is an advocate for conscious creativity, as well as a web dev mentor to graphic designers and is passionate about empowering fellow creatives with the knowledge, resources, and inspiration to realise and achieve their business goals and dreams. Kate applies elements of slow living and mindful design to everything she does because creativity needs space to breathe (and so do we).
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Kate on Instagram @rabblerousecreative Kate's website: https://rabblerousecreative.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-70/
After a fabulous event with some of my favourite women in business, I had a realisation that no one knows what I actually do. So in today's episode, I'm sharing how we work at The Artisans. We dive into: * We're more than just ClickUp * Building out trigger points and automations * Supporting clients with tech stacks * Connecting your team with your tech
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-69/
Today I'm chatting with Rowena Preddy who supports fabulous businesses to stand out from the crowd in their industry, all about How to name, claim and utilise your brand values. "Being who you are is your most valuable asset in your business" We dive into: * Exploring the process to discover your brand values * How to stand out in your industry * Benefits of checking out your competitors * Connecting your values through all elements of your business and life. * How Rowena founded BrandYou magazine
About Rowena Preddy Rowena is all about helping you step up and stand out with raw, real and bold branding to supercharge your business to the next level. How? With strategic solutions and creative creations that will make a fundamental difference to your business. On top of that she wants the process to be fun and informative, what you see, is what you get. And what you get will be AWESOME!
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Connect On LinkedIn Visit Rowena's Website. Book a FREE BRAND CHAT with Rowena and ask all your curious questions and branding queries. Brand You Magazine Brand You Magazine Instagram Visit Brand You Magazine Website Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's Website. Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here. Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook group here. Join The Members Lounge here. For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-68
Today I'm chatting with Branding & Speaker Coach, Suz Chadwick. Suz supports women to go from business confusion to clarity, confidence and CEOing at boss level. Suz and I chat about breaking the mould and being bold. We dive into: * Making intentional decisions in business * Deciding what you want to be known for * Having people who support and challenge you * The difference between your personal brand and your business brand
About Suz With over 15 years as a brand consultant working with global brands and solopreneurs, leadership teams and running businesses, Suz knows what works when it comes to creating a business and brand that stands out. A regular contributor to online publications like Entrepreneur.com and Savvy SME, Suz is also the author of Play Big, Brand Bold, host of the popular Brand Builder's Lab podcast and the creator of Brand Builder's Academy & the Amplify Accelerator. She now works with savvy women in businesses to create confidently bold brands & profitable business without the burnout.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Suz on Instagram. Visit Suz's Website. Suz's Brand Builders Academy. Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's Website. Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here. Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook group here. Join the waitlist for The Members Lounge here. For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-67
Today I'm chatting about connectors and how they can automate processes your business. We dive into: * Tech Stacks to create ease * Setting rules for automation * How Zapier can help you streamline your processes
Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/Action-Taker 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-66
Today I'm chatting with Jaimie Abbott, an award-winning media professional and international keynote speaker teaching people how to be more confident presenters. We dive into: * Being empowered to reach out for help * How to work on your presentation skills with Jamie * Having the confidence to share your voice * Simplifying language for your message to be resonated * Impromptu conversation tips
About Jaimie Jaimie Abbott is an award-winning media professional and international keynote speaker and has spent two decades in the industry working as a Radio and TV Journalist, Political Media Adviser, Managing Director of her own public speaking and media training company and a Communications Adviser for the Royal Australian Air Force. She was an elected Councillor on Port Stephens Council for over 4 years up until 2021. Jaimie is also a Mum to two beautiful boys. In 2011 Jaimie was deployed to Afghanistan where she worked as the Chief Media Trainer in Kabul for six months for Headquarters International Security Assistance Force. In this role, she trained over 100 international General Officers on how to master media interviews. Jaimie began her reporting career at 2GB Radio in Sydney before she moved to Tamworth and spent three years as a News Journalist and Presenter for Prime Television in Tamworth. During this time Jaimie won a highly commended best individual news report at the Northern NSW Journalism Awards. After leaving journalism to pursue new opportunities, Jaimie was the Media and Communications Advisor for an Australian Federal MP who was a Parliamentary Secretary for Industry, Tourism and Resources. Jaimie spent seven years as President of Hunter Animal Rescue and has held board positions on the Worimi Conservations Lands Board, Hunter Young Professionals, Hunter Business Women’s Network and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Support Group. Since setting up her own presentation skills training company, Jaimie has trained senior executives in media and crisis communication from the corporate, government and community sectors. Jaimie has a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Master in Strategic People Management, a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) Degree from Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, is a Graduate of the Company Directors Course by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and has a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Jaimie on Instagram. Visit Jaimie's Website. Jaimie's Public Speaking Pro Course. Check out the Perfect PR Podcast. Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's Website. Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here. Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook group here. Join the waitlist for The Members Lounge here. For more detailed shownotes and a full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-65/
Today I'm chatting with Kate Toon, an award-winning misfit entrepreneur, who works with small businesses and big brands to transform their online presence: through powerful SEO, captivating content and all the right digital marketing moves. Today we're chatting about selling through your business without being sleazy. We dive into: * The evolution of marketing * Getting rid of the "ick" of sales * Breakdown of the sales page * The world of SEO
About Kate Kate is a real-life human, doing her best to help other humans on their merry way to business success. She is all about substance over style. And keeping it real and relatable. Kate is a misfit, a motivator, an entrepreneur and an educator. She wears many hats – and sometimes roller skates – in her business Stay Tooned, and she has built a business empire (more of a cul de sac) over years of hard work, trial and error, learning, and doing the do.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Kate on Instagram. Visit Kate's Website. Join Kate's Facebook Group. Check out Kate's Copywriting Course here. Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's Website. Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here. Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook group here. Join the waitlist for The Members Lounge here. For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-64/
Nicole is used to Taking Control, but today Nicole is letting someone else take control with an interview by her business bestie, Kathy Rast. As a podcast host, you don't really get the opportunity to stand in the spotlight so today Kathy is our host for a hilarious, unscripted chat. We dive into: * Nicole's business vision * Time-saving practices for your business * The architecture of business structures * What's important to Nicole and how she does business
Connecting With Our Host - Kathy Connect with Kathy on Instagram. Visit Kathy's Website. Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's Website. Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here. Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook group here. Join the waitlist for The Members Lounge here. For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-63/
Today I'm chatting with Dawn Jarvis, an in demand public speaker on all things leadership and personal accountability. We dive into: * Women in leadership * Taking responsibility and being prepared * Dealing with imposter syndrome * Controlling what you can control
About Dawn Dawn is an in demand public speaker on all things leadership and personal accountability. She runs a movement called FLAG, Female Leadership and Growth - providing free webinars and content for current, new and aspiring female leaders. After moving to Australia at 50, Dawn still runs her business in the UK as well as on Australian soil, specialising in Executive Team Coaching. As Dawn mentions in the episode, she is half way through her new secret project, writing a book to share her leadership model in collaboration with an indigenous artist.
Connecting With Our Guest Purchase Dawn's Book. Accountability Ladder Download. Connect with Dawn on Instagram. Visit Dawn's website. Connect with Nicole on Instagram. Visit Nicole's website. 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-62/
Today I'm chatting with Cass Ponton, a podcast producer helping ambitious women build community and gain new aligned clients by launching and managing their podcasts. Cass also happens to be my fabulous podcast producer! We dive into: * The magic frequency of podcasting * Not having to break the bank for podcast equipment * How to prepare your guests for guest episodes * Geeking out over our workflow and processes * Connecting and providing feedback to podcast hosts
About NAME Cass is a Podcast Producer, a lover of the beach, vegan donuts and self development books. Cass helps ambitious women in business build community and gain new aligned clients by launching and managing their podcasts. Cass's mission is to make podcasting easy with her blogs, resources and audits to improve the overall look and feel of your podcast.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Cass on Instagram @ecoassistant Cass's website: www.theecoassistant.com.au Launch Strategy Session - https://www.theecoassistant.com.au/packages Repurposing Blog Post - https://www.theecoassistant.com.au/blog/repurposing-content-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-podcast Download the eBook here! 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-61
Today we're talking about creating ease in your business with a communication strategy. We dive into: * Communicating with your team in different ways * Updating statuses to continue the workflow with a team * Having clear and accessible actions for communication
Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/Action-Taker 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-60
Today I'm chatting with soulful website and brand designer for conscious businesses and passionate creatives, Laura Frances. We dive into: * Creating soul lead businesses * Inclusivity with images, colours and fonts * The importance of the 'getting to know you' phase * Taking imperfect action
About Laura Laura is a soulful website and brand designer creating purposeful and strategic brands for conscious businesses and passionate creatives. She focuses on delivering personality-driven websites that are both beautiful and functional, with a particular focus on accessibility and inclusivity. She believes that business can be a force for good and that a successful business doesn't have to be at the expense of people or the environment. Laura is passionate about empowering her community to make slow, intentional choices about their business that drives sustainable growth, while being in alignment with their heart and soul. She believes in taking consistent, imperfect action towards a better world for everyone! Laura works with soulful small businesses worldwide but currently lives in Meanjin, otherwise known as Brisbane, Australia with her incredibly supportive partner and very needy but loving rescue greyhound.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Laura on Instagram @laurafcreates Laura's Website: laurafcreates.com Check out Figma - https://www.figma.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-59/
Today I'm chatting with Feng Shui expert, manifesting magnet, alchemist, healer and real-life Irish Celtic Shaman, Patricia Lohan. Some people call her the “Mary Poppins of Prosperity,” and we spoke about energy work practice for your home. We dive into: * Balancing Yin and Yang in your home * A third of your life being relative to your environment * Looking at your house with fresh eyes * Things within your house being mirrored back to you
About Patricia Patricia is the creator of PowerHouse Feng Shui and Author of The Happy Home: A Guide To Creating A Happy, Healthy, Wealthy Life. She helps entrepreneurs make their homes & businesses magnetic to money, luck, and blessings. She shows you what they don’t teach in business school, what lies between the lines, your top-secret tool for success. She has helped thousands of people across the globe embrace Feng Shui and creates lasting changes in their businesses, homes, and lives. Patricia has seen first-hand the power of the mind, surroundings and inner healing, clearing and aligning everything so it works holistically. She loves entrepreneurship with 15 years of experience running and growing three successful startups of her own. Patricia has been featured in media around the world including The New York Time, CNN, Fox, Forbes, The New York Post, She Knows, Essence, Mind Body Green, USA Today and Elephant Journal.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Patricia on Instagram @peewanderlust Patricia's Website https://patricialohan.com/ Check out Patricia's Free Resources here - https://patricialohan.com/#free-resources-home 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
Today we're talking about if your systems are serving you in this moment right now and what you need for the future. We dive into: * Are you settling on your systems? * Exploring the friction * Providing systems for your business evolution
Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/Action-Taker 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-57
Today I'm chatting with Ellee about how she helps people understand their own Human Design and gain a greater understanding of their birth chart. We dive into: * What human design is all about * How your Human Design chart can help your business * The 5 types in Human Design * Understanding the people around you to benefit your business flow
About Ellee With extensive experience in interpreting languages, spreadsheets, and now birth charts, Ellee utilises her highly analytical mind and strong intuition in her spiritual wellness business, ESP Souls, to work with our innate uniqueness and hold a safe space for guidance and genuine connection. Her understanding of Human Design has gifted her permission to find flow in her own life and business; she feels honoured being able to share that with others.
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Elle on Instagram @espsouls Elle's website: https://www.espsouls.com/ Download an exclusive ebook to discover your own Human Design chart, and explore practical suggestions specific to your design, here: https://mailchi.mp/espsouls/podcast Order a comprehensive, personalised Human Design report here: https://www.espsouls.com/human-design Book a Zoom call to deep dive, ask questions, and gain a greater understanding of your birth chart here: https://www.espsouls.com/alchemy 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-56/
Today I'm chatting with Evan Englezos, a Digital Team Coach all about digital system transformations. We dive into: * Geeking out on tech solutions * Bringing your team on the tech journey * Your digital strategy fitting in to your overall business strategy * Being okay with outgrowing your systems
About Evan Evan has been working in digital development since 2000 across corporate, education, small business, retail, creative and not-for-profit sectors. Highlights include RMIT, CPA Australia & Box Hill Institute. In 2018, Evan began Digital Team Coach to provide high value and sustainable digital solutions, strategies and training that cover all aspects of an organisation’s digital needs for the new era of hybrid work. Like Nicole, Evan is passionate about digital systems that support incredible workflow, efficiency, engagement and ease. When Evan is not immersed in digital systems, he loves spending time with family, playing music and producing community music nights!
Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Evan on Instagram @digitalteamcoach Evan's website: https://digitalteamcoach.com/ Evan's Podcast - https://tomorrowpod.net/ The Task Smasher - https://digitalteamcoach.com/the-task-smasher-time-cost-saving-calculator/ 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
Today we're talking about finding your team and connecting solutions that are the right fit for your business. We dive into: * Finding the systems that not only serve you but your team * Identifying the gaps * Understanding your team communication style * Utilising your project management tool
Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Get the Action Takers Guide to ClickUp here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/Action-Taker 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-54
Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Kathy Rast and we are going to be introducing the concept of Client-ing. We dive into: * The power of words * Shaping our experience through what we say to ourselves * Undercharging services * How clients play their role, and how you play yours * Lightening the conversation of business-ing * Staying in your zone of expertise
About Kathy Kathy Rast is back and talking language-ing again. If you're new to Kathy, she's a Linguistiologist who works with businesses to take what they have and what they naturally do (mostly out of their awareness) and show them ways to leverage what comes easy to them. Once revealed, she helps them with forward-facing words, and then the old feels new, the new is old already, and it just seems to work in the most obvious way that wasn't real until it was. Connect with Kathy on Instagram: @kathy.l.rast.linguistiologist Kathy’s Website: https://www.kathyrast.com/ Listen to Kathy's 'C Word' Podcast Episode: https://www.kathyrast.com/podcast/episode-55-lets-talk-swearing 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-53
Today we’re chatting with Ben Rashleigh, an ex-chef turned passionate Pilates instructor who's sharing tips on how to keep moving even while you're at your desk. We dive into: * Finding movement that is right for you * How our bodies work when we're not moving * The benefits of standing up every 15 minutes * Setting up our desk up in a way that allows you to keep moving
About Ben For the better part of a decade Ben dedicated himself to a career as a fine dining chef, both here in Australia and in Europe. Years of 60-plus hour weeks being hunched over a bench, caused chronic lower back pain and forced him to wear a brace on a daily basis just to accomplish simple tasks. Ben’s physiotherapist recommended he take up Pilates to combat the damage, where he quickly developed a passion for the discipline, which in turn prompted him to enrol at National Pilates Training and obtain his Diploma in 2012. Ben truly believes that every single person deserves a chance at living their best life just like he had the opportunity to do so in 2012, which has led him to help people to participate fully in their own life through the Pilates Method and so over the course of the last few years Ben has developed a multifaceted workspace exercise health program that can be participated in many different workspaces from Hospitality to the Corporate worker. In 2020 Ben also launched The let me take a selfie podcast, which is a self-health podcast purely to enrich and educate the community on a multitude of topics that can improve our health and wellness and not always having to commit more to your day to achieve that. The rest of Ben’s working week is filled out with instructing tailored Pilates sessions at Aligned for Life Pilates Melbourne and teaching the Introduction to Anatomy for National Pilates Training where he looks to teach the basics of Anatomy to future Movement educators through to the most practical way possible. Connect with Ben on Instagram: @bjrashleigh_pilates_movement Ben’s Website: www.benjaminrashleigh.com Check out the Let Me Take A Selfie Podcast @let.me_take.a_selfie_podcast 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-52
Today we're talking about setting up processes to help you tackle the year ahead. We dive into: * Setting up practices for your business to follow for the next 12 months * Making marketing easy with standard processes in ClickUp * Reviewing the systems in your business that may not feel aligned * Finding the tech tools that really work for you
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-51
Today we’re chatting with Sam McFarlane from Sam Says Social about how to reduce overwhelm and keep a fabulous flow with a project management tool, like ClickUp. We dive into: * Being across the right social media channels for your target audience * Reducing overwhelm with scheduling social posts in advance * Keeping track of tasks and progress with ClickUp * Where to start with social media posts to build engagement * How to use LinkedIn effectively * Why reels are getting so much traction
About Sam Content marketing and social media management is vital to business success, however it’s no surprise that online marketing is often neglected in an environment of competing demands. Sam McFarlane from social media and management consultancy, Sam Says, helps busy business owners increase their online visibility and brand recognition by taking the overwhelming task of online marketing off their already swamped to do list. Connect with Sam on Instagram: @samsayssocial Sam’s Website: https://www.samsays.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-50
Today we’re chatting with Jess Williamson, an award winning, passionate business coach and serial entrepreneur. We dive into: * Jess's entrepreneurial journey with multiple businesses * Changing your mind if you're not feeling passionate * Integrating work and personal to create our worlds * Working through strategy & mindset * Setting goals that are true to you, not what you think they should be * Awareness of your limiting beliefs
About Jess Jess is an award winning mindset & business coach and serial entrepreneur having run 4 businesses in the last 5 years… its safe to say, Jess loves to keep busy! Jess has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Channel 9 news and the West Australian, to name a few, for her expertise in growing businesses online. In the last 2 years, Jess has found her true passion in her work as a business coach. Through her 1:1 coaching and Dreamers & Doers Membership she loves helping other female entrepreneurs unleash their potential and believe than anything is truly possible! Combine that with her coaching certifications, experience in business and her innovative strategies for growth, you’re going to get a tonne out of Jess’ presentations today! When Jess isn’t busy supporting her clients and getting them epic results in their businesses… or running her own empires… she loves to explore and go on adventures or relax at the beach! Get Jess's Free Limiting Beliefs Less & Workbook for Mindset -https://www.jessicawilliamson.com.au/limiting-beliefs-signup Connect with Jess on Instagram: @jess.williamson8 Jess’s Website: https://www.jessicawilliamson.com.au/ Tune in to Couch Chats - https://www.jessicawilliamson.com.au/podcast 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-49
Today we're talking about stepping into the new year of 2022 and what big things we want to achieve this year. We dive into: * Team work in business and life * What it means to play big for you * Connecting with the right people * Reflecting on 2021 * Creating a sustainable pace for 2022
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-48
Today we're talking about preparing yourself for the holiday season and saying goodbye to 2021. We dive into: * Reflecting on learnings in 2021 * What in your world is still in alignment * What needs to say thank you, goodbye * Tasks left on your list * Shutting down business operations for the holidays
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Today we’re chatting with Jazz Kalus, a certified meditation teacher with a passion for wellbeing. We dive into: * Discovering the gift of meditation * Giving yourself permission for self care * The benefits of meditation * How to make meditation a daily habit * Learning how to respond instead of react * Busting myths about meditation
About Jazz Kalus
Jazz is a nature and ice-cream lover who is passionate about mental health and supporting people to become empowered. Being a Social Worker, Jazz has become acutely aware of the capacity of the mind to affect an individual's well-being. Jazz's passion for meditation and for the well-being of others led me to become a Certified Meditation Teacher. Jazz hasn't always been a meditator. She didn't always get it. But as soon as she did she knew she had to share it with people.
Connect with Jaz on Instagram: @jazzkalusmeditation Jazz’s Website: www.jazzkalus.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-46
Today we’re chatting with Shay Bianco, Founder of the Kickass Collective, a digital and IRL community. We dive into: * Bringing a fresh pair of ears to a business conversation * The social opportunities in community * How Covid restrictions changed the community dynamic * Being empowered to take action * The value in finding your people
About Shay Shay is the Founder of the Kickass Collective based on the Mornington Peninsula. The Kickass Collective is an IRL and Digital business and social community. Shay's unique vision of connecting and educating women-led business owners on the Peninsula and beyond, has led to a growing community of Kickass women who are building businesses on their own terms. Her open and honest approach about the challenges women in business have, has women supporting and cheering each other on in a fun and uplifting space. Shay believes it takes a community to grow a thriving business and surrounding yourself with heart-fuelled women is key. Connect with Shay on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kickass_collective/ Shay’s Website: https://www.kickasscollective.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-45
Today we're talking about discovering your behaviours. We dive into: * Reflecting on 2021 * Introducing behaviours for ourselves and our team * Realising your current behaviours * Saying goodbye to what's no longer in alignment
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-44
Today we’re chatting with Elana, an award-winning business coach, and founder and managing director or foundher. We dive into: * Being present with ourselves * What success looks like for each person * Reframing the way we give and receive feedback * Supporting women to create boundaries * Reviewing the data on what you spend time on
About Elana Elana Robertson is an award-winning business coach, the founder and managing director of foundher - dedicated to transforming habits and behaviours that lead to sustainable success. Drawing on her experience in systems-thinking and executive leadership, as well as ongoing academic studies and research, Elana equips ambitious leaders creating industry change with the toolkit they need to catalyse powerful results in who they are, for their business and the world. Elana believes that when you connect who you are with what you do, powerful results will follow. Always. Her work focuses on elevating those at the forefront of disruptive industries such as wellness, fashion, hospitality and tech to evolve the behavioural skills needed to navigate uncertain futures and sustain peak performance in challenging times. Elana’s driving conviction is that becoming sustainable as humans is the first step towards creating a healthier planet and more equitable society. Want to see where your time is going? As Elana mentions, you can find her Sustainable Performance Planner here: https://learn.foundher.co/sustainable-performance-planner Connect with Elana on Instagram: @foundher.community Elana’s Website: https://www.foundher.co/ 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-43
Today we're talking about taming your email inbox.
We dive into:
- Having boundaries around your email communication
- How to deal with urgent emails
- Becoming the master of your inbox
- Allocating time to your inbox
- Strategies to help you reduce inbox overwhelm
- How your assistant or team can help you keep your inbox organised
- Why the unsubscribe button should be celebrated
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Today we’re chatting with Georgina Siddall, a corporate climber turned wellness warrior with a penchant for leopard print, spreadsheets and early mornings. We dive into: * How finding a community that supports you is so important * Self care to make you a better business owner * Tips to avoid burnout * Setting your own rules for your business
About Georgina Having experienced physical burnout, anxiety and depression while climbing the corporate ladder, Georgina understands that exhaustion is not a badge of honour and is committed to helping women reclaim their innate sense of vitality. As a Women’s Life and Wellness Coach, and teacher of mindful movement and meditation, she helps busy working women in their 30s, 40’s and 50’s conquer stress, exhaustion and overwhelm, so they can excel in mid-life and beyond. She fuses practical action and accountability with a passion for mindfulness and self care, to create a holistic experience that feels both transformational and fun. Special Offer: PAUSE: 7 days of self care It is so easy to finish a podcast feeling enthusiastic, thinking that you’re going to do all the things. Inevitably that enthusiasm peters out within a couple of days so I’ve created to help your listeners keep the momentum going. PAUSE: 7 days of self care is about taking simple steps, every day for 7 days. I have drawn on all of the tools I used to recover from burnout and tackle everything from sleep to the never-ending to-do list. And because it’s designed with busy women in mind, it isn’t going to take hours. 10 to 20 minutes every day is all you need. I want to get this resource into the hands of as many women as I can so I've got an exclusive discount for your listeners. They can use the code TAKECONTROL to get 20% off, making it an absolute steal at $27 - https://vitalitahealthandfitness.com/pause/ Connect with Georgina on Instagram: @vitalitahealth Georgina’s Website: https://vitalitahealthandfitness.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-41
Today we’re chatting with Andrea Westwood, a mindset and confidence coach for curvy women. We dive into: * Digging deep to discover your dream life * Backing yourself with confidence and internal validation * Tapping into your self worth * Creating positive stories for ourselves * Tips for getting rid of negative self talk * Becoming the leaders of our life to show others how to treat us
About Andrea Andrea is a Mindset and Confidence coach who works with women who are fat, curvy or plus-size; whose bodies don’t fit society’s notion of “ideal” to conquer their fears, negative self-talk and weight-stigma so that they can reconnect to their confidence, super-charge their self-belief and achieve their goals. As a plus-size woman, Andrea has overcome years of weight-stigma and low self-belief to move into her full potential and achieve her career and life goals. Andrea couples her personal experience with her nurturing and encouraging style to help her clients to do the same. Connect with Andrea on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreawestbrookcoaching/ Andrea’s Website: https://www.andreawestbrook.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-40
Today we're talking about top processes for your business.
We dive into:
- How processes organically grow in your business
- Creating systems and processes that help your business flow effortlessly
- Top processes for business success
- What you need in place to create an exceptional client onboarding experience
- Streamlining the delivery process
- How to off-board your clients to leave a lasting impression
- Being open to feedback and making tweaks
- The power of planning and how it saves you time
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Today we’re chatting with Jessica Emily from Moonshot You all about building resilience as a business owner.
We dive into:
- How to combat overwhelm in business and life
- Jessica's 4 step framework to help you overcome challenges
- Tips for building resilience
- Focusing in on the next logical step rather than the big picture
- The power of journalling
About Jessica
Moonshot You is a global organisation dedicated to enabling teens with tools to overcome life’s challenges & build resilience. We help them master their mindset, mental health and make the impossible possible.
Founded by Jessica Emily, a happy Monday kinda girl, people person & Entrepreneur who is dedicated to teaching you the tools to overcome challenges, help you face the world and build resilience.
Connect with Jessica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsmoonshotyou/
Jessica’s Website: https://www.moonshotyou.com/
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Today we're talking about what it really means to be productive.
We dive into:
- The golden question you need to ask yourself to start your week
- The importance of having things to look forward to
- Knowing what to say yes to and what to say no to
- Picking your top three priorities for the day
- Why it's time to stop multitasking
- Scheduling in review time
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Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/
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For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-37
Today we’re chatting with Amy Wyhoon from Sugar Pop Social all about Facebook Ads for Online Courses.
We dive into:
- How Facebook Ads can be used in your business
- What to expect when you're first starting out
- How to build a relationship with your audience with Facebook Ads
- Why testing is so important
- The biggest misconception about Facebook Ads
- Why it's important to not compare your launch to somebody else's
- The recent IOS changes and how it's affecting Facebook Ads
About Amy
Amy enjoys a good cafe feed with the fam and friends [ @inbetweendesserts ], binging the latest Netflix show and sipping quality wines. When she’s not hanging out with her family [hubby and 2 boys] and friends you’ll find her creating pOpping Facebook + Insta strategies and killer Facebook ads for her clients.
She is the founder and owner of Sugarpop Social. As a Facebook ad strategist she helps course creators, coaches and service providers make their brands stand out to the right people and turn followers into loyal customers with Facebook Advertising.
Connect with Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sugarpopsocial/
Amy’s Website: https://sugarpopsocial.com.au/
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Today we're talking about designing your day.
We dive into:
- Questioning the idea of work-life balance
- What designing your day means
- How you can turn your dream day into a reality
- How starting our day and ending our day is most important
- Step by step on how to design your day
- Prioritising yes for you
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Today we’re chatting with Jessica Bilston from Positive HR all about how to set-up your business and support your people..
We dive into:
- How Positive HR is shaking up the HR industry
- The importance of your people
- The four C's of onboarding and why onboarding is so important
- Becoming an employer of choice
- How to find the right team for your business
- Hiring employees vs engaging contractors
- What a HR agency can help you with
- How to performance manage your people well
About Jess
Jessica Bilston-Gourley is the Founder and Director of HR consultancy and outsourcing provider, Positive HR. With a double degree in Human Resource Management and Psychology, Jessica has a strong understanding of what makes people tick. She works with companies holistically to ensure a strong and compliant foundation is built that fosters a positive and connected company culture.
With a focus on HR, employment law, and workplace culture and compliance, Jessica continuously seeks ways to challenge the status quo in HR and delivers a fresh and holistic approach.
Jessica is a speaker at many industry events and in 2017 was recognised for her work in HR after being ranked in the Top 5 HR Professionals on LinkedIn across Australia.
Connect with Jess on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/positivehr_/
Jess’s Website: https://positivehr.com.au/
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Today we're talking about whether you're building a business or a job for yourself.
We dive into:
- The difference between building a business vs creating a job for yourself
- Reflecting on whether your business right now is what you intended it to be
- The three things you need in place to support you in business
- How powerful it is to stay in your zone of genius
- Understanding your why is the first step in creating a business rather than a job
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Today we're talking about CRMs and how to choose the right fit for your business. We dive into: * Why a CRM is important in your business * Different types of CRMs * Understanding what your requirements are * How to choose a CRM that will suit your business
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-32
Today we’re chatting with Sukhy Bansal from Your Soul Biz all about growing your business with flow.
We dive into:
- Sukhy’s journey in business and how she got started
- Creating a business that feels aligned to you
- Embracing running your business ‘outside of the box’
- Masculine and Feminine in business
- Paying yourself in business
- Outsourcing so you feel supported in your business
- Finding your support system and community in business
About Sukhy
As a business coach my mission is to change the way women feel about finances and growing a business. After 15 years as a chartered accountant in various leadership roles I decided to bring my corporate experience to small business.
In my coaching programs I use my signature framework FLOW to help clients set up their business for long term and sustainable growth. It has also been a way to blend the finance & strategy experience I have with the mindset side of business, which goes hand in hand.
Connect with Sukhy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/your_soul_biz/
Sukhy’s Website: http://www.yoursoulbiz.co/
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Today we’re chatting with Mariah MacInnes all about why your health should come first as a business owner.
We dive into:
- What listening to your body actually means
- Giving yourself permission to not ‘push through’ all of the time
- How we can expand our time
- What it really means to love ourselves
- Having awareness of your ego
About Mariah
Mariah MacInnes, the Founder of Content Queen is a passionate traveller, digital nomad, serial rambler and big dreamer with a purpose to inform and educate. Mariah has been in the marketing industry for over 5 years and has a background in Journalism and Public Relations.
A go-getter with huge energy and passion for writing, Mariah has recently found more of a balanced lifestyle after being diagnosed with 2 tumours in her bowel and pancreas. This health scare sent her on a self-health awareness journey, which she is always keen to talk about on social media and other content channels.
Mariah started Content Queen in 2019 after feeling a pull to live a life travelling and exploring what the world has to offer. She now lives the digital nomad lifestyle while building her content marketing agency!
Connect with Mariah on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mariah_contentqueen/
Mariah’s Website: https://www.contentqueenmariah.com/
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Today we're talking about Selecting Your System. Every business has different needs and I share tips on the process on how to select systems that fit right for your business. We dive into: * Finding the purpose of the system you are looking at * Testing functionality * Process for selecting systems * Why you should select systems for your future * How you like to be supported
Get Your Selecting The Right Business System Freebie: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/SelectingSystems Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ 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-29
Today we're chatting with Megan Jaworski all about how to rise through resistance in business.
We dive into:
- Megan's philanthropy work and how it's shaped her beliefs around money
- The power of mindset in business
- Becoming okay with not being perfect
- How Megan went from $100 to five-figures in two months in her business
- The importance of tuning into your intuition in business
- How to move through resistance
- Why not selling is selfish
Megan shared her 10 steps to break through resistance:
#1 Be really clear about what you desire and why
#2 Create an identity that aligns with this.
#3 Implement a growth mindset.
#4 Question your thoughts?
#5 Create empowering beliefs.
#6 Implement habits that support your new identity.
#7 Who do you want to work with?
#8 Have the end in mind. So what is the end result?
#9 Take small steps daily, just keep taking one step in front of the other.
#10 Celebrate your wins,
About Megan
Megan is a mother, a wife, an entrepreneur and a philanthropist. Megan is a lover of ethical fashion, chocolate and the founder of EDGE Foundation.
Connect with Megan on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/meganjaworski.xo/
Megan’s Website: https://meganjaworski.com/
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Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/
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Today we’re chatting with Sarina Lowe all about the power of partnerships.
We dive into:
- How Sarina got started in the Partnerships space
- What is a partnership
- The difference between paid partnerships and unpaid partnerships
- Why businesses should consider partnerships as part of their marketing strategy
- The importance of seeking out aligned, strategic partnerships
- Using partnerships to bring out your business values and tell a story
- How to get started with partnerships
- What's important to consider when it comes to partnerships
- The power of genuine connection in business and partnerships
- How to amplify the message of your partnership in your marketing
About Sarina
Sarina from the Androsia Connection knows all the essentials, tips and tricks of strategic partnerships. She has extensive marketing experience, can give story after story of partnering success, and genuinely loves connecting businesses with real people. Creating a shared moment between the heart of a business and their community. Something that’s best done together.
Connect with Sarina on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_androsia_connection/
Sarina’s Website: https://www.androsia.co/
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Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/
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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/
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Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/
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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/
In this episode, we talk about the passion for helping women in business to design their business systems and structures to suit their life and smash society’s expectations of productivity.
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-16/
In this episode, we talk about the passion for helping women in business to design their business systems and structures to suit their life and smash society’s expectations of productivity.
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-15/
In this episode, we talk about the world of all parents who run their own business while fulfilling their duties as parents.
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-14/
During this special episode, you will hear an excerpt from a conversation with Lane Burdett, Evan Englezos, and Liam Benson where we discuss Top Tech Tips for Small Businesses.
In part three of this conversation, we look at
- IT Security
- Apps that create time in all-day
- Systems and tools that bring efficiency
- Speakers favourite business applications
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-13/
In this episode, I talk about where do I start? The resources I used for me to create time & space, and a world where it was balanced. Invest time in making systems and procedures in place that allow you to make things more simpler and efficient will bring simplicity into your world.
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-12/
In this episode, we speak with the fabulous Vari McGaan. We explore, being courageous, taking the leap into a career of your dreams, embracing confidence, and how to overcome limiting beliefs.
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-11/
During this special episode, you will hear an excerpt from a conversation with Lane Burdett, Evan Englezos and Liam Benson where we discuss Top Tech Tips for Small Businesses.
In part two of this conversation, we look at
- Social media marketing
- Tools to create auto transcriptions
- Connectivity with your community
- Speakers favourite business applications
You will find all the show notes here https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-10/
In this episode, we speak with the amazing May Ponnara. We explore, finding your passion role, maintaining your love for your business when it gets tough, being in a supportive community and the importance of kindness in our world today.
You will find all the show notes here | https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-09/
In this episode, I talk about ClickUp. This is my application of choice for task and project management. What it is about, my top five favourite features and tips on what to do you when you first explore the possibilities of Clickup.
You will find the show notes here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-08/
During this episode, we speak with the lovely Rhyannon Perkins.
We discuss, discovering your dream role, launching a business and the importance of surrounding yourself with your people. Rhyannon shares one of her methods to assist you to build confidence in life and business and the one thing you can do to create more energy during your busy lives.
You can find the show note here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-07/
In this episode, we talk about the process of selecting the right system for your business. The power of the rule of three. Identifying the purpose, user experience, budget and creating your custom process documentation.
During this special episode, you will hear an excerpt from a conversation with Lane Burdett, Evan Englezos and Liam Benson where we discuss Top Tech Tips for Small Businesses.
In part one of this conversation, we look at
- The importance of IT security
- Document storage solutions
- CRMs
- Developing your business processes
- Speakers favourite business applications
In this episode, I talk about business documentation, processes, templates, the benefits of a central storage location and why the introduction of naming conventions is a good thing.
Boring?? Well not at all. By investing time to develop your document strategy will create simplicity and stop you from misplacing that important piece of information.
During this episode, and it's a good one, I speak with the amazing Kathy Rast.
Kathy is a Linguistiologist, Influential Language Coach, Speaker and Facilitator and we discussed: What is a Linguistiologist? The Power of Language, Business and Creativity AND...... We pondered the idea of creating space.
I hope after listening to this conversation you landed on
"Yes: that's what I want, that is what I deserve, that is what we should be aiming for".
To have that happiness, enjoyment and fulfilment in every little element of life is achievable.
Welcome and Hello. Thank you for joining me here, I look forward to supporting you on your journey to discover Space and Time Freedom. In this episode, I am talking about Creating Space for you. The what, how and why it is an important activity to grant yourself permission to introduce this into your daily life. Take a look at the types of activities you are doing each day and ask yourself. Do they serve me? Are these in alignment with where I am heading and the life I want to be living? How amazing will you feel once you have given yourself the time to rejuvenate yourself.
Welcome and Hello. Thank you for joining me here, I look forward to supporting you on your journey to discover Space and Time Freedom.
Tune in each week to explore ideas, hints and tips to introduce into your daily life. Along with solo episodes, I will be joined by experts to discuss all areas of business and life and share with you the ways that have created the life we want to live.
"When we work more efficiently, everything just runs a little smoother, everybody is a little happier."