The Bean Ninjas Podcast: Recent Episodes
Meryl Johnston: Bean Ninjas CEO, entrepreneur and accountant
The Bean Ninjas Podcast takes listeners behind the scenes and deep inside the company. Discover insights on how they're growing a global 'bookkeeping and financial reporting' business. The podcast will help founders of both product and service businesses to grow their business and find freedom.
How does a 7-figure DTC swimwear brand like Vetchy engage customers and achieve exceptional growth? Join us in this episode as we sit down with Shaaz Ahmed, the mastermind behind Vetchy, to uncover his unconventional strategies to scale his brand and create a buzz in the fashion industry. From his unique career transition to the […]
How does a 7-figure DTC swimwear brand like Vetchy engage customers and achieve exceptional growth?
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Shaaz Ahmed, the mastermind behind Vetchy, to uncover his unconventional strategies to scale his brand and create a buzz in the fashion industry.
From his unique career transition to the secrets of customer engagement, get ready to dive deep into the world of Vetchy and gain valuable insights for your own eCommerce journey.
[0:00] Meet Shaaz Ahmed: Ecom Insights
[2:40] Shaaz's Journey with Bean Ninjas and the Impact
[3:25] From Fashion to Ecommerce: Shaaz's Unconventional Path
[5:20] Lessons for Successful Launch
[9:47] Unconventional Strategies for Growth
[15:52] Harnessing Influence: The Dynamic Duo of Influencers and Customer Advocates
[21:02] Starting Your Influencer Program
[24:17] Importance of Word-of-Mouth Marketing
[28:42] Time Management Tips from Shaaz
With 18 years of experience in the fashion industry, Shaaz has built a strong background in designing and manufacturing swim and activewear for well-known mass-market retailers such as H&M and Target.
In 2020, Shaaz decided to venture into entrepreneurship, launching his own brand alongside his wife, who handles design and the creative aspects.
Drawing from their extensive knowledge and insights gained from working closely with various retailers, they launched Vetchy with an aim to offer styles, fits, and colors that resonate with their target audience.
This podcast episode is brought to you by sponsor A2X: automated e-commerce accounting.
References and links mentioned * Vetchy: https://vetchy.com/ * Download our free Xero or Quickbooks e-commerce toolkit: https://beanninjas.com/toolkits
Interesting quotes and takeaways from the episode "We measured the customer return rate, and we found that over time up to 30% of our customers return and make a second purchase within a 60-day period from their initial purchase. This allows us to understand the value of acquiring a new customer, and by knowing this number, we can calculate the cost of acquiring a new customer and using the necessary resources and marketing to attract and retain the customer”
“Another important aspect of our growth strategy is the power of influencers and customers as influencers. We actively encourage and engage our customers to share photos of themselves wearing our swimwear. We call it Vetchy Sunday, so if you tune in to our Instagram Sunday Morning, you’ll see a lot
Are you an e-commerce owner wondering how to prepare your business for a successful exit? Wayne Richard interviews guest Mark Botha, a successful seven-figure Amazon store owner and entrepreneur. They discuss the importance of proper financial preparation for a successful business exit, Mark’s journey as an entrepreneur, and his latest venture into software and services.Along […]
Have you ever wondered what it takes to launch multiple successful brands in just a few years? In this episode, host Wayne Richard sits down with 7-figure entrepreneur (and Bean Ninjas client) Phil Van Treuen to discuss the secrets behind his incredible success. Phil shares his experiences launching 4 brands in just 6 years, and […]
Michael Wark & Anfernee Chansamooth provide a year-end review, with details on their top 3 projects including the lessons and challenges they learned and how the COVID-19 lockdown impacted their productivity. They also give us a glimpse of what they’re preparing for the first quarter of 2022. Discussion Points: [1:06] Michael’s first project – Refining […]
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The Bean Ninjas Podcast co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston are back and live at the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand offices in Brisbane. In this episode, Matt and Meryl give us a recap of the early stages of Crossbeam; from its infancy as an idea to building the initial version of the app. They […]
The Bean Ninjas Podcast co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston are back and live at the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand offices in Brisbane.In this episode, Matt and Meryl give us a recap of the early stages of Crossbeam; from its infancy as an idea to building the initial version of the app. They also answer some interesting questions from a live studio audience.
The Bean Ninjas co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston are back today walking us through Crossbeam’s progress in recent weeks and they share the excitement of collecting their first recurring payment. They then move into some topics around work-life balance and how they each ensure they are able to run successful businesses and have great […]
The Bean Ninjas co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston are back today walking us through Crossbeam’s progress in recent weeks and they share the excitement of collecting their first recurring payment.
They then move into some topics around work-life balance and how they each ensure they are able to run successful businesses and have great family - and personal relationships outside of work.
The Bean Ninjas co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston are back today catching up on the progress Matt has made in the beta testing of Crossbeam. Meryl asks Matt to share some insights on when it might make sense to move from beta to paying users and she also picks his brain about the way […]
The Bean Ninjas co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston are back today catching up on the progress Matt has made in his beta testing of Crossbeam.
Now that we’ve opened up Crossbeam to beta users we are facing a challenge. We are receiving great feedback and feature requests from beta users, but we need to balance that with a tight June 2021 launch date. It isn’t possible to build every requested feature in time for the launch, so we need to […]
Now that we’ve opened up Crossbeam to beta users we are facing a challenge.We are receiving great feedback and feature requests from beta users, but we need to balance that with a tight June 2021 launch date.It isn’t possible to build every requested feature in time for the launch, so we need to make some difficult choices.Join co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston for this ‘working in public’ series focused on building a SaaS.
Getting traction with any new business is a challenge. That is why selecting the right problem to solve for the right market is so important. Join co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston for this ‘working in public’ series focused around building a SaaS. “Software that isn’t shipped isn’t useful to anyone’ Matt Stubbs In our […]
Getting traction with any new business is a challenge. That is why selecting the right problem to solve for the right market is so important.Join co-hosts Matt Stubbs and Meryl Johnston for this ‘working in public’ series focused on building a SaaS.
Meryl shares their experience in dealing with and making business decisions during the time of COVID-19.
Making business decisions during normal circumstances can be challenging enough. With coronavirus (COVID-19), many small businesses have had to change their plans and Bean Ninjas is no exception.In this episode Meryl Johnston shares her thought process behind a couple of recent business decisions - pausing the education business unit, and switching to a new format for the podcast.Listen in to hear about the challenges and opportunities that have been presented to us during this pandemic.
Anfernee and Michael share their work experiences, wins, challenges, and how these have all changed in this not-your-normal business as usual situation
In this episode we share some of our top product launch lessons.This is part 5 of our 5-part "Finding Product Market Fit" series, where Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead Anfernee Chansamooth and Financial Coach Michael Ward share how they're going about launching their 2 respective Bean Ninjas businesses - Bean Ninjas Educ8tion and Bean Ninjas Money Mindset.We believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. In fact, Bean Ninjas was actually started with a 7 Day Launch process.As well as sharing our journey whilst it’s happening, including what’s working and what’s not. This is us “working in public”, and something we’ve been wanting to do since our 2019 "Product Development Process" series.Want to learn more about what Bean Ninjas is working on, and more importantly how we’re doing it? Well, this episode is for you.
Want to go some networking tips to make the most of business networking events?This is part 4 of our 5-part "Finding Product Market Fit" series, where Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead Anfernee Chansamooth and Financial Coach Michael Ward share how they're going about launching their 2 respective Bean Ninjas businesses - Bean Ninjas Educ8tion and Bean Ninjas Money Mindset.We believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. In fact, Bean Ninjas was actually started with a 7 Day Launch process.As well as sharing our journey whilst it’s happening, including what’s working and what’s not. This is us “working in public”, and something we’ve been wanting to do ever since we shared our income reports in the early days of the business.Want to learn more about what Bean Ninjas is working on, and more importantly how we’re doing it? Well, this episode is for you.
Anfernee and Michael share their work experiences, wins, challenges, and how these have all changed in this not-your-normal business as usual situation
Anthony and Michael share their work experiences, wins, challenges, and how these have all changed in this not-your-normal business as usual situation
Want to go behind the scenes and learn how we're generating leads for 2 new Bean Ninjas products?This is the part 3 of our 5-part "Finding Product Market Fit" series, where Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead Anfernee Chansamooth and Financial Coach Michael Ward share how they're going about launching their 2 respective Bean Ninjas businesses - Bean Ninjas Educ8tion and Bean Ninjas Money Mindset.We believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. In fact, Bean Ninjas was actually started with a 7 Day Launch process.As well as sharing our journey whilst it’s happening, including what’s working and what’s not. This is us “working in public”, and something we’ve been wanting to do since our 2019 "Product Development Process" series.Want to learn more about what Bean Ninjas is working on, and more importantly how we’re doing it? Well, this episode is for you.
What does the business growth journey of a 5-year old company look like? You're about to find out.In this special episode, Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston and Direct of Global Operations Wayne Richard felt it would be interesting for listeners to get an insight into how Bean Ninjas has evolved as a business since launching in 2015 with $1000, and a dream of changing the global bookkeeping game.Wayne and Meryl reflect on what it means to "work less and earn more", themes of Momentum and Focus, Balance and Growth, and the various stages of business growth that the company went through in order to arrive at where it is today - as a leading company in the global bookkeeping and accounting space.Wayne and Meryl also discuss how how the company has evolved in terms of vision, mission, purpose, team, marketing, leadership, decision making, and key projects along the way.
Want to go behind the scenes and learn how we're identifying customer needs for 2 new Bean Ninjas products?This is part 2 of our 5-part "Finding Product Market Fit" series, where Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead Anfernee Chansamooth and Financial Coach Michael Ward share how they're going about launching their 2 respective Bean Ninjas businesses - Bean Ninjas Educ8tion and Bean Ninjas Money Mindset.We believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. In fact, Bean Ninjas was actually started with a 7 Day Launch process.As well as sharing our journey whilst it’s happening, including what’s working and what’s not. This is us “working in public”, and something we’ve been wanting to do since our 2019 "Product Development Process" series.Want to learn more about what Bean Ninjas is working on, and more importantly how we’re doing it? Well, this episode is for you.
Want to go behind the scenes and learn how we're finding product market fit for 2 new Bean Ninjas products?This is the first of our 5-part "Finding Product Market Fit" series, where Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead Anfernee Chansamooth and Financial Coach Michael Ward share how they're going about launching their 2 respective Bean Ninjas businesses - Bean Ninjas Educ8tion and Bean Ninjas Money Mindset.We believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. In fact, Bean Ninjas was actually started with a 7 Day Launch process.As well as sharing our journey whilst it’s happening, including what’s working and what’s not. This is us “working in public”, and something we’ve been wanting to do since our 2019 "Product Development Process" series.Want to learn more about what Bean Ninjas is working on, and more importantly how we’re doing it? Well, this episode is for you.
How do you prepare for uncertainty? It's alll about Mastering Timing and Change according to James Schramko, Founder of SuperFastBusiness.com.As the ex-Sales Director for Mercedes Benz Australia, James realised that he could earn a lot more money and lead a less stressful lifestyle by building online businesses.In this episode, James shares how he started his own business and quit employment in the 2008 crisis, and de-risked himself and his clients ever since. James also shares why relying on a single source of income is the riskiest strategy any individual can have for themselves and their loved ones.James also shares business models that he believes are real opportunities right now, and his #1 tip for entrepreneurs to improve cash flow over the next 90 days.
In this week’s episode, we celebrate hitting a massive milestone - 100 episodes of the Bean Ninjas podcast!We wanted to make this episode useful to our listeners so Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston and Global Director of Operations Wayne Richard discuss expectations going in when we launched the podcast, outcomes, wins, a recap of our favorite episodes, and what we’re planning next for the podcast.So whether you’re also planning a podcast or well on your way, you’ll learn more about our experience and get some useful takeaways for your own business. Enjoy!
Dream of traveling the world as a successful Shopify eCommerce entrepreneur?In this episode, Bean Ninjas COO Wayne Richard chats with Ronnie about his journey building a successful Shopify ecommerce business and living the life as a digital nomad.
Thinking about launching a side hustle or turning one into a profitable business in less than 2 years?Davis Nguyen, Founder of My Consulting Offer, has helped over 400 people land their dream consulting jobs at some of the most prestigious firms including McKinsey, Bain, and BCG.In this episode, Davis shares his journey of launching a side hustle and turning it into a $100K per month business in 2 years - with no website, no existing product, and no email list.
Want to learn about automating sales processes and closing more deals?Bean Ninjas COO Wayne Richard talks with Adam Hempenstall, CEO and Founder of Better Proposals, about automating sales processes, creating winning business proposals, business automation, and closing more deals.Having helped his customers at Better Proposals win $120,000,000+ in one year only, he has launched the first Proposal Writing University where he shares business proposal best practices. He's also a goalkeeper and huge fan of music festivals.
Wondering how to start a startup when you already have an existing business in place that's doing well?Financial Coach Michael Wark will take you behind the scenes of the launch of Bean Ninjas Money Mindset (BNMM), a new Bean Ninjas entity.This podcast will be helpful to business owners who are looking to build a new revenue stream leveraging their existing assets.And also to team members who are interested in working with their employer to take an equity stake and build an asset.
What is Profit First? What are the benefits and challenges of implenting it in your business? In this episode Financial Coach Michael Wark gives you the low down of why Profit First is important, and what you need to know to make sure that it's right for your business.
Spending too much time managing your team? Wondering about effectively scaling your online business to free up your time to focus on the important things, and without breaking what's already working?Kat is founder of Your Online Team, a boutique Online Business Management Agency.Having lived and breathed online business since 2012, Kat has been that entrepreneur drowning in all the things and getting nowhere. Her mission is to help Entrepreneurs remove themselves from their business operations so they can get back to doing what they do best... being CEO.Meryl Johnston catches up with Kat to discuss her mission, and how she's helping online businesses with her agency.
What's the one formula that founders must understand for eCommerce growth?In this episode, Taylor Holiday shares his secret eCommerce growth success formula with Wayne Richard.Taylor Holiday is a former athlete who lucked into entrepreneurship. He believes the internet is an incredibly powerful way to sell products, you can find him spending most of my time helping people do that as Managing Partner at CommonThreadCo. Taylor’s team empowers eCommerce companies to reach new levels.
How can you make a living doing work that you love? This is the question and challenge that drives Nathan Barry of Converkit.In previous careers Nathan Barry has been a designer, author, and blogger. After learning the power of email marketing he gave up a successful blogging career to build ConvertKit. Outside of work Nathan spends his time playing soccer, woodworking, and chasing after his three little boys.In this episode, Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead Anfernee Chansamooth chats to Nathan about his journey from creative to CEO of SaaS company Convertkit. From humble beginnings as an introvert who was forced to learn how to do direct sales, to leading a fully remote team through business growth and times of crisis. This episode was recorded soon after COVID-19 hit the globe, and Convertkit launched a $50,000 fund to support creators.Nathan also gives some insights into how and why Convertkit decided to launch a new free plan for users, as well as a landing page product.
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What can you do to scale up your e-commerce business and selling on Amazon? In episode 90 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Wayne Richards chats with Kiri Masters about setting up a business for scaling success, self-publishing books, and awesome tips on establishing your business. [00:46] The story of how Kiri got started with Amazon […]
Wondering how to scale up an ecommerce business and sell on Amazon? In this episode, Wayne Richard chats with Kiri Masters.Kiri Masters is the Founder & CEO of Bobsled Marketing, a digital agency created to help consumer product brands grow and protect their Amazon marketplace channels.After a successful career as a commercial banker at JPMorgan Chase, Kiri launched her first e-commerce business on Amazon. Recognizing the enormous potential of the channel, it wasn’t long until Kiri decided to build a team of true Amazon experts and provide a platform for brands that were looking to grow.Her entrepreneurial mind and passion for ecommerce, allowed Kiri to become a strong voice in the Amazon world. Today she is the author of ‘The Amazon Expansion Plan’ and a contributor on Forbes.com where she writes about Amazon from a brand’s perspective.Kiri is also featured on the RetailWire panel of retail experts, a co-host of the Ecommerce BrainTrust podcast and the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award for Young Female Entrepreneur of the Year.
How can eCommerce businesses better manage their accounting and eCommerce sales at the same time? In this episode of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Wayne interviews Paul Grey of A2X on the big topic of Amazon, Shopify and eCommerce profits. A2X is an automated accounting software for Amazon Marketplace sales, fees, cost of goods sold, and […]
Can you still make money on Amazon FBA in 2020? What are some things happening at Amazon that sellers should really be paying attention to now? What about Shopify?Paul Grey's career includes founding two successful software companies in A2X and Peace Software, in addition to founding an international Amazon merchant business.Bean Ninjas COO Wayne Richard chats with Paul about the state of Amazon FBA, Shopify and e-commerce. As well as Paul's back story and approach to building A2X.
When does it make sense to create or launch a new and separate business unit to your core business? This is the question that Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston and Anfernee Chansamooth, Bean Ninjas Learning & Community Lead, answer in this episode of the Bean Ninjas Podcast. Bean Ninjas have offered courses since January 2019 […]
When does it make sense to create or launch a new and separate business unit to your core business?This is the question that BN CEO Meryl Johnston and Anfernee Chansamooth, BN Learning & Community Lead, attempt to answer in this episode.Some of the points discussed include education as a form of marketing, community as a global trend, and the rationale behind spinning off an education business from the core Bean Ninjas bookkeeping business.Education is part of our DNA and Always Growing is one of our core Bean Ninjas values.Anfernee also shares his transition from marketing coordinator to heading up Bean Ninjas Education, and what that's been like.So if you're thinking about when it might make sense to create a new business from your existing business, make sure you listen in.Grab our free Xero Toolkit at http://bit.ly/32tX4RWCheck out the Bean Ninjas How to Do Your Bookkeeping in Xero course http://bit.ly/2SZkuvx
Entrepreneurs Natalie Alaimo and Mel Telecican share their experience building their financial literacy skills using Xero. Hear about the benefits of learning how to set up Xero effectively and how it can help to grow your small business. In episode 85 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we’ve invited 2 course completers of the Bean Ninjas […]
What are the benefits of learning how to effectively set up and use Xero for growing your small business?If you run an online business, and you want to get a better handle on your finances, then this episode is for you.Using sound bites of interviews and case studies of Mel Telecican & Natalia Alaimo, graduates of our How to Do Your Bookkeeping in Xero course, Meryl Johnston talks through the various benefits of an effective Xero setup.As well as some of the common challenges and pitfalls that small business owners face trying to set up Xero and when doing their own bookkeeping.So if you're lacking confidence with Xero or your business finances in general, this episode will give you some case studies of how other small business owners have been able to overcome their challenges.Check out the Bean Ninjas How to Do Your Bookkeeping in Xero course http://bit.ly/32tSOSQ
Are you using Xero for your business accounting the right way? Here are some common Xero mistakes for you to avoid. Episode 86 is a solo episode with Meryl Johnston, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Bean Ninjas, where she talks about 9 common Xero mistakes in the areas of Xero set up, admin, […]
Whether you’re considering moving to Xero cloud accounting system or you’ve already taken steps, here are 9 common mistakes or pitfalls you want to avoid.Meryl Johnston talks us through common Xero mistakes related to getting Xero setup, the administrative side of Xero, and reconciling transactions. As well as chart of accounts, bank statements, and Xero bookkeeping tips that can save your small business time and money.Grab our free Xero Toolkit at http://bit.ly/32tX4RWCheck out the Bean Ninjas How to Do Your Bookkeeping in Xero course http://bit.ly/2SZkuvx
Did you know that you can use your content in different ways to sell your online products? In episode 85 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Matt Wolfe of Evergreen Profits and the Hustle and Flowchart Podcast (which he co-hosts with his business partner Joe) joins us as we talk all about marketing. We talked about […]
Wondering how to sell online products through content and affiliate marketing? Matt Wolf is here to tell us all about it!Matt Wolfe has been running online businesses since 2005. He got heavily into content marketing and affiliate marketing in 2009 after getting confident enough with it to quit his job and go all in. Matt started podcasting in 2010 and got hooked on it.Today, Matt and his business partner, Joe Fier, are co-founders of EvergreenProfits.com and co-hosts of the popular Hustle & Flowchart podcast. They put all of their focus purely on podcasting, affiliate marketing, and growing their physical newsletter business.When he's not creating epic content, Matt is a husband and daddy of two amazing humans.
In this episode, Wayne Richard talks to Twyla Verhelst about cash flow forecasting through automation. Twyla Verhelst is the Co-founder of Helm, a cash flow forecasting app and the Co-founder of Twenty Eighty, an accounting advisory firm in Calgary, Alberta. Twyla has broad entrepreneurial experience in both accounting software with an underlying passion to help others discover what lights them up. Twyla is committed to empowering bookkeepers and accountants to create the business they desire using tangible tools such as apps and workflows along with the most invaluable and intangible tool, their authentic self.
Want to get more sales online, and improve your automated marketing funnel?John runs Data Driven Marketing. They help info product businesses to make more money from their existing visitors and leads by building, fixing and optimizing automated marketing and sales funnels.John's been building automated marketing funnels for over 10 years.In this episode, John shares his 3-step process for how to make more money from your existing visitors and leads through some simple tweaks to your existing funnels.
Interested in transitioning from your current business and making an investment the right way? Read on as Dan Norris walks us through the obstacles he faced.
What do you do after you sell your online business with an annual run rate of over $1m AUD to GoDaddy? Why start a local craft brewery of course! Dan Norris is a serial entrepreneur, award-winning content marketer, international speaker and the author of 5 business books.With over 70,000 copies sold, Dan’s books have been translated into 13 languages and inspired thousands of people around the world to launch their businesses, with many resulting in 6 and even 7 figure businesses.Dan is also the co-founder of Black Hops Brewing, an award-winning craft beer brewery located on the Gold Coast, Australia. Black Hops was Australia’s first brewery to launch via crowdfunding, Australia’s first brewery to close an equity crowdfunding round and the 2018 Champion AIBA Small Brewery and 2019 RQFWS Champion Brewery.
Want to increase your leads and sales with online ads, but not sure where to start? Meet Ilana Wechsler and learn all about pay per click advertising.
Want to increase your leads and sales with online ads, but not sure where to start?Meet Ilana Wechsler, Founder of Green Arrow Digital and Teach Traffic.Ilana is a Google & Facebook Ads (PPC) Expert who has been invited to speak at a number of international conventions, such as Social Media Marketing World, Ontrapalooza, Sellers Summit and SuperFastBusiness.
Patrick Manosca started in public accounting and saw an opportunity for software as a tool to help firms become more efficient and profitable. He then went to work for that same software company implementing tools and best practices to take firms paperless and more profitable. Now Patrick is at Xero; working with enterprise firms to implement online accounting software.
Patrick Manosca started in public accounting and saw an opportunity for software as a tool to help firms become more efficient and profitable. He then went to work for that same software company implementing tools and best practices to take firms paperless and more profitable. Now Patrick is at Xero; working with enterprise firms to implement online accounting software.In this episode, Wayne Richard chats with Patrick Manosca about how Xero approaches selling, community and advocacy in order to build a leading global brand.
How to go from $0 to $33K in six months with a productized service business, featuring Jake Jorgovan
Learn about the different types of video content marketing and how, with the right strategy, your business can grow exponentially
Want to launch or scale your productized service? Jake Jorgovan is an entrepreneur and founder of Lead Cookie & Content Allies. Lead Cookie is a done-for-you Linkedin Lead Generation service that guarantees results in 30 days or your money back. Content Allies turns consultants into thought leaders through content marketing.
Want a proven video content strategy to increase your Influence and income online, but feeling overwhelmed or not seeing the results of all your efforts? BN Marketing Coordinator Anfernee Chansamooth talks to Tyler Basu about his winning video content strategy. Tyler Basu is Co-Founder of Influencer Studio, and is a Content Strategist that specializes in helping personal brands and online entrepreneurs scale their business.
Tim Jones, B Corp Ambassador and founder of Grow Good, helps organisations unleash their human potential. He does this by helping them to define their big-picture purpose, and how they can grow positive change in the world through business.
Interested in doing business in China? Tune in as business expert Jons Slemmers takes us over the Great Firewall and then guides us through the forest of the Chinese digital ecosystem.
Considering doing business in China? Jons Slemmer is a serial digital entrepreneur based in Chengdu with on-going adventures in China, Hong Kong and Estonia. Jon help global businesses launch and succeed in China by increasing digital marketing exposure and sales on the Chinese internet, and all the Chinese social platforms.
Wondering how to use virtual summits to grow your business? Bailey Richert hosted her first virtual summit, the now-annual Infopreneur Summit, in 2016. She's now has a signature course, Virtual Summit School. In this episode Bailey shares the steps required to be successful with virtual summits.
Want to grow your business using virtual summits? Bailey Richert shares her expert tips.
Anxious about starting your own business? Learn about the benefits of working for yourself from author Robert Gerrish.
Want to ditch your job and work for yourself? This interview is for you. Robert Gerrish supports individuals starting, growing, fine-tuning or exiting their business. He founded the Flying Solo online community, co-wrote the bestseller of the same name, and in mid-2018 launched his latest book, 'The 1-Minute Commute' with publisher, Pan Macmillan. He's a podcaster, speaker and works one-on-one with a small group of independent professionals.
How to find an ideal employee? Listen in as Meryl Johnston and Barbara Turley discuss finding high-quality workers.
Wondering how Agile sprints might be useful for scaling your business? Learn from someone who’s doing it.
Barbara Turley is an investor, entrepreneur, and Founder & CEO of The Virtual Hub. Her leading company recruits, trains and manages virtual assistants in the digital marketing and social media space for businesses who need to free up time and energy so they can go to the next level. In part 1 of this series, Meryl and Barbara share their experiences with sprints, metrics, onboarding and sales as part of their journeys building global businesses.
Do you struggle with perfectionism? Author and keynote speaker Lynne Cazaly shares some insights around the disease called perfection.
What happens when striving for the best becomes something more ... the pursuit of perfection? In this podcast author Lynne Cazaly shares a healthier and more effective alternative to chasing perfection.
Scott Gellatly of Scale My Empire shares the metrics that actually matter for scaling your agency business.
Want to know the Key Metrics Every Agency Should Be Tracking & Why? BN client Scott Gellatly is the Founder of Scale My Empire, and he join us on the podcast to share his insights. Scott's mission is to help double the rate of small businesses that successfully transition into the mid market by leveraging the 'great multiplier' - Systems and Technology platforms.
Discover what makes a business partnership successful: Wayne Richard shares what he came to learn in his 1st year of running Bean Ninjas alongside Meryl.
Wayne Richard and Meryl Johnston share their lessons and insights from their 1st year working together since Wayne signed on as a business partner.
Do you dream about hitting 7-Figures with your eCommerce business? Andrew Youderian shares his lessons from building and selling multiple e-commerce businesses. >> Listen now.
Wondering how to build a 7-figure e-commerce business? Andrew Youderian, founder of eCommerceFuel.com, has started and sold numerous eCommerce stores which have collectively generated over $7 million in sales. Andrew is particularly experienced with bootstrapping stores to seven figures, business exits, SEO and community building. In this episode, Wayne Richard asks Andrew to share his success tips as well as some interesting e-commerce trends from the 2019 State of the Merchant Report.
Want to learn how to create a brand identity & stand out from your competition? Leading marketing strategist Franziska Iseli shares her business journey and best tips on what its mean to be “talkaboutable” and how to get your small business to stand out from the crowd. Franziska is the founder of Basic Bananas, Oceanlovers, The Business Hood & Moments of Humanity.
What if you could flex your entrepreneur muscles whilst still working for an employer, and getting their full support? Well that's exactly what Kate Walsh Rose did with Rex Plumbing. Kate is one of our graduates from the Bean Ninjas Financial Literacy Training for Xero Users. In this podcast Kate shares her journey and how she built a 6-figure business within 6 months, with full support from her directors. Learn more about our financial literacy training: https://beanninjas.com/course
Want to gain your employer’s support to start a new business? Here’s how Kate Walsh Rose did it.
Want to create a life and business that allows you to live and work from anywhere? Andy willis has made it his life mission to help other successful business operators to transition their business to work from anywhere. So they too can spend more time living life outside of their business.
Dreaming about working from anywhere? Andy Willis found a way to work from the French Alps a few weeks a year. Now you can learn how to do it too.
Curious about finding high quality Eastern European freelancers, or building a team in Eastern Europe? Join us for a conversation with Jobrack.eu CEO Noel Andrews. Noel shares his journey and experience with helping businesses to hire high quality Eastern European remote workers.
David Jenyns fired himself from his business, then tripled his bottom line. Here’s how he did it.
Wondering how to systemise yourself out of your business? In 2016, David Jenyns successfully systemised himself out of the business, hired a CEO and stepped back from the daily operations. Through this process he become a systems devotee – founding systemHUB & SYSTEMology. Today, his mission is to free all business owners worldwide from the daily operations of running their business.
Want to learn how to generate social media sales? Social media marketing is a powerful way for businesses of all sizes to reach prospects and customers, but how do you turn social media attention into sales? Kelly Roach is known as The Business Catalyst, helping business owners achieve million dollar + breakthroughs in their business.
Want to improve your social selling ability and generate new business on Linkedin? Meet Brynne Tillman.
Struggling to get your head around social selling and how to generate leads and sales through Linkedin? Our guest Brynne Tillman is a successful sales professional, sales trainer and coach spanning over 3 decades who has unlocked the power of LinkedIn for Sales and Business Development Professionals. Tune it to listen to Brynne's expert tips for using Linkedin for business.
Want to get your event marketing right? Here are some valuable insights from expert event planner Catalina Alvarez on her interview with Bean Ninjas.
Learn about how to use events to grow your business, team retreats, and remote working with Catalina Alverez. Catalina is Community manager and event planner for the Dynamite Circle. The Dynamite Circle (“the DC”) is a private online community for location independent entrepreneurs.
Want to build successful e-commerce businesses? Mike Michelini shares how he’s done it on his interview with Bean Ninjas.
Mike Michelini is an owner and advisor to a handful of Amazon brands and founder of Cross Border Association. Mike is passionate to help global business owners expand their reach and grow their brands. In this episode, Mike shares his experience and tips around finding strategic partners and investors for your ecommerce business.
Want to learn a different approach to business systems? Meet expert Justine Pattantyus.
Are you ready to have your business systems systems run more smoothly, with better organization, so you don't have to be "ON" all the time? On this episode, Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston and business systems expert Justine Pattantyus jam on mapping and developing processes. Justine also shares her unique approach to building business systems.
Wondering how to achieve financial freedom through business?
In Episode 56 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston tackles this common question.
What is financial freedom, and how can your business help you achieve it? Find out the answers to these questions and learn about the framework Bean Ninjas uses with our clients to help them create freedom.
Learn why Soft is the new Hard from communication expert and author Leah Mether. How soft skills can help your business grow.
Do you find improving your soft skills hard? Is the toughest part of your job the ‘people’ bit? Do you wish you could better deal with the communication and workplace challenges you face? Our guest Leah Mether, author of "Soft is the New Hard: How to Communicate Effectively Under Pressure", shares her insights on how to level up your communication skills at work.
Want to create a powerful personal brand and become a visible leader in your industry? Jade Green, Founder of Business:Engineered and the Global Brand Ambassador for Entrepreneur Resorts, shares her top tips to creating a compelling personal brand.
Wondering how to build a personal brand that opens doors, wins you clients, and attracts high-quality staff to your business? Find out in this podcast interview with Jade Green.
When and how do you bring on a new business partner? Check out how Tommy did it on his interview with Bean Ninjas.
How do you bring on a new business partner when the business is already running? Clickminded founder Tommy Griffith shares his story from from side hustle to full-time business owner, and how be broung on a co-founder 4 years into the business. Tommy previously managed SEO at Paypal and Air BnB.
Want to know the secret to building a million dollar coaching business? Taki Moore, Author of Million Dollar Coach, and Creator of the World’s #1 Marketing System for Coaches & Consultants, shares how he and his clients use content and frameworks to grow successful coaching businesses.
How are million dollar coaching businesses built? Taki Moore teaches us what’s working for him and his clients. In Episode 52 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Meryl Johnston talks to Taki Moore about how to build million dollar coaching businesses using content and frameworks. How Taki Moore transitioned from ‘marketing guy’ to maker of […]
Want to become an online influencer and write for publications like Forbes? Meet Josh Steimle.
Want to know how to become an influencer and write for major publications like Forbes? Meryl talks with Josh Steimle about the process he went through to become an online influencer and grow his digital agency
Curious about scaling remote teams? Meet Carrie McKeegan, CEO of a 10-year-old, fully remote US Expat Tax Services company.
Greenback Expat Tax Services co-founder Carrie McKeegan shares her journey building a US Expat Tax Services business, scaling a remote team, working with her husband David and more.
Want to prepare your business to run without you? Meet Angela Henderson. Learn how you can build a business and earn money even while you are asleep.
Guest Angela Henderson shares her journey from mental health clinician to small business consultant, and the 16 days in hospital that taught her all about preparing your business to run without you.
Find out how the Merrymaker Sisters turned their healthy lifestyle into a profitable business. In Episode 47 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston talks to the Merrymaker Sisters about their incredible journey from a “safe” government office job to creating their own company. Back in 2012, Emma and Carla Pappas were […]
Want to build a profitable online business that create a massive impact at the same time? This week we interview Bean Ninjas clients the Merrymaker Sisters - Emma and Carla Pappas. They share how they completely 180'd away from an idea that was working to an idea that lit up their hearts. And how as a result, their business (and health) is now doing better.
Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston talks to cloud accounting expert Heather Smith about how you can automate your business through Xero add ons.
Want to make it easier for customers to pay you, so that you can achieve the holy grail of recurring revenue? In this episode, Heather Smith - author of the Xero for Dummies series and Learn Small Business Start Up in 7 Days - shares the best Xero add ons and tools for getting paid, managing receipts, and paying overseas suppliers.
What innovative accounting businesses are out there? You’re about to discover one. In Episode 45 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston talks to Heather Smith about her Innovative Accounting business. From Traditional Accounting to Innovative Accounting Heather is a recognized book author, with a strong YouTube presence. She runs a community […]
What if you could run an innovative accounting practice from your handbag and travel around the world at the same time? This week's guest Heather Smith, author of the Xero for Dummies series and Learn Small Business Start Up in 7 Days, shares how she's been able to transition from accounting practise to digital nomad serving clients all around the world.
Wondering how to create an online course successfully? Course expert Paul Thomson shares what it takes to create, launch and promote an online course.
Wondering how to create and launch a profitable online course? In this episode, online course expert Paul Thomson shares his story and tips for designing, launching and promoting online courses successfully.
Want cool software as a service examples? Here's how Jason Atkins went from accounting to building his software as a service (SaaS) business Cake Equity.
Want some software as a service examples, or curious about transitioning from a service business to a SaaS business? Jason Atkins, of Cake Equity, joins the show to share how he went from providing accounting services to juggling multiple SaaS businesses.
Want to increase productivity and focus at work? It's time to harness your intuitive leadership! Intuitive coach Michaela Light shares her tips.
Want to increase productivity and focus at work? It's time to harness your intuitive leadership! Transformational Coach and author Michaela Light helps us connect to our intuition, and asks "What Would It Take to create the results we actually want?"
How important is feedback in learning? In Episode 41 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Bean Ninjas CEO Meryl Johnston and Partner Wayne Richard continue to go behind the scenes of 2 Bean Ninjas product launches. Wayne and Meryl discuss lessons and challenges related to collecting feedback, and how that can impact product launch and product development. […]
How important is feedback in learning? in part 5 of our Product Development Process series, Meryl Johnston and Wayne Richard go behind the scenes of 2 Bean Ninjas product launches - a new Xero Foundations online course, and a Virtual CFO offering for small business. In this episode we discuss lessons and challenges related to collecting feedback, and how that can impact product development.
Want some deep work tips so that you can focus without distraction? Meryl and Wayne share their productivity insights in this week's podcast.
This is part 4 of our Product Development Process series. Meryl Johnston and Wayne Richard go behind the scenes of 2 Bean Ninjas product launches - a new Xero Foundations online course, and a Virtual CFO offering for small business. This week the key discussion is around deep work, practicing patience and how to improve productivity.
Want to learn from our new product launch strategy? This week Meryl Johnston and Wayne Richard share lessons, challenges and wins from launching 2 products.
This is part 3 of our Product Development Process series. Meryl Johnston and Wayne Richard go behind the scenes of 2 Bean Ninjas product launches - a new Xero Foundations online course, and a Virtual CFO offering for small business. This is us "Working in Public", as we believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. As well as sharing our journey whilst it's happening, including what's working and what's not.
Want to go behind the scenes of our product launches? This is part 2 of our 5-part behind-the-scenes product development podcast series.
This is part 2 of our Product Development Process series. Meryl Johnston and Wayne Richard go behind the scenes of 2 Bean Ninjas product launches - a new Xero Foundations online course, and a Virtual CFO offering for small business. This is us "Working in Public", as we believe in applying startup methodology to launching products quickly. As well as sharing our journey whilst it's happening, including what's working and what's not.
Want to go behind the scenes of an actual product development process? This is the first of our Product Development Process series. Meryl Johnston and Wayne Richard go behind the scenes of 2 Bean Ninjas product launches - a new Xero Foundations online course, and a Virtual CFO offering for small business.
In episode 36 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we are joined by Wayne Richard of Bean Ninjas as we talk about the new projects that the company is launching.Want to learn more about what Bean Ninjas is preparing for you?Know more about what the team is brewing and keep yourself updated of what’s to come.This week, Wayne and Meryl will be sharing more about 2 projects that they have been preparing to help more clients run their businesses with ease. They will share the background and status of the projects as well as the challenges and learnings they’ve had along the way.* Their brand new plans and services for Bean Ninjas. * Wayne’s project on the public accountability podcast series. * Value-added services that they will be offering. * Meryl’s project on developing a training program for clients. * A short background on the course. * The statuses and timelines of Wayne and Meryl’s projects. * Challenges that they’ve faced in their projects. * Lessons learned from their projects.
Curious about Productized Services and how to make them successful? This week we talk to Brian Casel of Audience Ops, a successful productize content service.
In episode 36 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we are joined by Brian Casel of Audience Ops, a successful productize content service.Curious about Productized Services and how to make them successful? Listen in to know more about creating a productized services business in this episode.This week we pick Brian’s brain about how productized services can fill a market need, and his experience with building teams and systems. We also get his tips on bootstrapping your business.* Brian’s career backstory. * His transition from freelancing to starting businesses offering productized services. * What inspired him to sell his business? * Deciding on his next business venture. * His journey to building his business and team. * Managing the company’s cash flow especially in hiring team members. * The importance of managers in their team and how they manage the deliverables of managers and team members. * The state of Audience Ops in the first 12 months of the business. * More information on the Productize course and community. * How his work week looks like in Audience Ops and his other projects. * His latest projects - Sunrise KPI and Process Kit. * His work week structure approach to accomplishing tasks and deliverables.
Links:Brian Casel WebsiteBrian Casel TwitterAudience Ops WebsiteSunrise KPI Website
Struggling to free yourself up from day-to-day operations? This week Bean Ninjas founder Meryl Johnston shares her thoughts and tips on how To Build A Business That Can Run Without You.
In episode 35 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Anf interviews Meryl about building a business that can run without you.Looking to have more time and financial freedom as an entrepreneur like Meryl?It wasn’t an easy and smooth road, but as systems were implemented, everything fell into place.In this podcast, Meryl shares about her 3 year journey on getting to where Bean Ninjas is today. She shares her role as a CEO and the functions she has played and systems they prepared along the way. We will learn more about how she handled this transition at Bean Ninjas.* Meryl’s story about why she wanted a business that could run without her. * The definition and function of a CEO in Meryl’s words. * Books and resources that have helped develop her leadership style. * Key challenges and blocks she experienced and her 3 year journey to get to this point. * Getting a consultant, steps for setting up training systems and tools used to prepare the business for systemization. * The reason for switching their project management tool. * Finding and hiring quality talent to join your team. * Word of advice for people who are feeling a bit stuck.
When does it it make sense to go from Entrepreneur to Intrapreneur? Meryl interviews Bean Ninjas' new marketing coordinator Anfernee Chansamooth about his process of joining the team. We also discuss the prospective employer's perspective, and the risks they need to be aware of when recruiting entrepreneurs and how to mitigate those risks.
When might it make more sense to park the entrepreneur hustle and become an intrapreneur? What do you need to know about hiring an intrapreneur?In Episode 31 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we are joined by Anfernee Chansamooth who has recently joined the Bean Ninjas Team as Marketing Coordinator. We talk all about his leap from being an entrepreneur to becoming an intrapreneur.Interested in taking the intrapreneur leap too?There's a lot written about the transition from corporate to entrepreneur, but what would motivate someone to shift from the apparent freedom and mobility of entrepreneurship to then working for somebody else?Listen in to find out.Now if you're an employer, you may have read about some of the great examples of innovative and creative individuals who helped steer the direction and success of the companies they worked for.So how do you ensure that hiring an intrapreneur is going to work for you, and how do you create an intrapreneurship environment in your workplace?In this podcast, we talk about the difference of being an entrepreneur versus an intrapreneur, the thought processes in shifting careers, and the advantages and disadvantages of having an intrapreneur join your workforce.Anf shares the interesting story behind his decision to work for the Bean Ninjas team.* Anf’s backstory on his work experiences in the last 5 years. * The thought process he went through in deciding to become an intrapreneur. * The framework he follows to allow himself to create space within his week for self reflection. * His criteria for finding a role or job in a company to gain the stability and family time he wanted. * Advice for business owners on the advantages, risks and risk mitigation of hiring individuals with entrepreneurial capabilities and experience. * A discussion on mothers in the workforce. * His first week at Bean Ninjas. * Anf’s advice for entrepreneurs.
Meryl chats about her favourite books and how they have helped shaped her thinking in business and in life
In episode 33 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Meryl shares with us some podcast, blog and book recommendations that have helped run her business.Looking to learn and educate yourself more through these resources?Read on to get Meryl’s top recommendations.In this podcast, Meryl gives us a rundown on the top podcasts, blogs and books that she listens to and reads. Every phase and stage of business needs a different set of books and learnings, and here, Meryl shares top takeaways from her favorite books and how she uses these in running Bean Ninjas. Topics range from values, mindset, business philosophy, leadership, human resources, productivity, and a lot more.PODCASTS* TropicalMBA * Startups for the Rest of Us * Built to Sell * Jocko Podcast * Amy Porterfield
BLOGS* Brian Casel - Productize and Scale * Russ Perry * Brennan Dunn - Double Your Freelancing
BOOKS* 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss * 7 Day Startup by Dan Norris * Built to Sell by John Warrillow * Start With Why by Simon Sinek * Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink | Summary * Principles by Ray Dalio | Summary * Deep work by Cal Newport * Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg Mckeown * Traction by Gino Wickman | Summary * The Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes | Summary * Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street | Book review | Summary
Meryl chats about some common questions she gets asked about Bean Ninjas and business in general.
In Episode 32 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Meryl Johnston lets us in on the questions she gets asked the most about Bean Ninjas and how she runs the business.Are you curious about how you can run your business and team better?Learn how Meryl successfully leads the Bean Ninjas offices and teams in 3 different countries:In this podcast, Meryl shares her knowledge and learnings about running a business and how she particularly runs Bean Ninjas and her teams. She discusses the most common questions and issues that businesses have and how they addresses these situations for the benefit of everyone on the team.* The qualities that make a good team leader and how he/she compares to a sports coach. * Having well defined roles for your team members in the organization. * The process of creating roles in their business. * Handling maternity breaks and the transition of these women coming back to work. * Learnings from hiring their first internal marketing role. * What does the business need more - a strategist or someone who executes? Learn why you need to identify this in your business. * Tips on how to measure the success of content marketing.
We sit down with Kevin Basham from the Crypto Pulse podcast to discuss the latest news and trends going on in the world of blockchain and crypto and how you can benefit.
In Episode 31 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we chat with Kevin Basham of the Crypto Pulse podcast about the latest news and trends going on in the world of blockchain and crypto currency.Curious to know more about crypto currency, blockchain and bitcoin?Kevin gives valuable information and insight on crypto currency:In this podcast, Kevin explains what crypto currency is and how it can be used to help businesses make transactions easier and faster. He gives us an idea of what we can expect in the world of crypto currency and its features we can take advantage of.* Kevin’s journey from university, getting his first job, running and growing his first business and how he transitioned to what he’s doing now. * Kevin gives us a backgrounder on crypto currency and shares information about bitcoin as a stored value and investment. * Things to consider for choosing the best crypto currency to use. * The difference between blockchain and crypto currency and how it can be used in many ways including raising money for your business. * Ideas on how we can plan and schedule our week from Kevin’s perspective.
Links:Crypt Pulse podcast
We sit down with Christopher Silvestri, a SaaS Copywriter & Sales Messaging Engineer, who turned his side hustle into a successful business.
Bean Ninjas Podcast - Episode 30 - Christopher Silvestri In Episode 30 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Christopher Silvestri, a SaaS Copywriter & Sales Messaging Engineer, shares his experience in transitioning from a corporate job to a freelance business. Bean Ninjas sponsored Christopher’s attendance in the recently held Dynamite Circle Austin. Are you burnt out and tired of being a corporate employee day in, day out?Learn how Christopher successfully made it from being a corporate employee to a traveling freelancer:In this podcast, Christopher shares his interesting journey from packing up and leaving his hometown, completely changing his career and becoming a freelancer. He shares valuable information about what has done and the things he has gone through to get to where he is today.* Christopher shares the reason he decided to take that leap of faith to focus on his business full time. * The steps he took before becoming a full time freelancer from saving, educating himself, and building his online profile & skill set. * The things he prepared and did during the first 3-4 months of transitioning and starting his business. * How his business shifted gears after the DC Austin event. * What’s next on the horizon for Christopher? * The difference between copywriting and conversion optimization. * His biggest realization and his tips for people wanting to transition from employment to freelancing.
Brigit joins us to discuss the importance of focusing on a niche, as well as her recent book launch.
In Episode 29 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we chat with a Bean Ninjas client, Brigit Esselmont from Biddy Tarot, an online learning community for people who want to read tarot and get into their intuition. What does it take to have a niche business and a published book?Brigit shares her experience on building her niche business and publishing her book the traditional and non-traditional way.In this podcast, Brigit shares with us how her hobby turned into a business and how it grew to what it is today in terms of vision, team management, structure and products.* Brigit’s background and the story of how she turned her hobby into a business. * Biddy Tarot’s growth story. * The evolution of their team, team management structure and their vision for the business. * Deciding on the departments of their business * Their process for hiring team members. * Brigit’’s weekly work structure. * Their experience on traditional and self publishing.
Links Mentioned In The ShowBiddy Tarot WebsiteEveryday Tarot
Jennifer Anderson was sponsored by Bean Ninjas to attend the Dynamite Circle Austin conference. We sit down and chat about her recent experience of acquiring a business.
In Episode 28 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, we are joined by Jennifer Anderson as she shares the story of her recent business acquisition. Jennifer was sponsored by Bean ninjas to attend the Dynamite Circle Austin.Is buying a previously owned company viable for you?Jennifer shares her experience on acquiring a business:In this podcast, Jennifer walks us through how she acquired her new business, the steps she took and the due diligence she performed before finally making the purchase. She also gives us tips on how to find the right business to acquire.* Jennifer shares her story about her career and transition to running her own business. * The backstory on her newly acquired business. * The things to look at and the approach to take and consider when buying the right online business for you. * The process of due diligence she did before making the acquisition and the negotiations that happened. * The first things she focused on after buying the business. * Where she sees the future of the business going.
LinksScrapbooking Store Website Scrapbooking Store InstagramScrapbooking Store FacebookScrapbooking Store Pinterestjennif102@gmail.com
In this episode, learn how to protect your business and your brand with Sarah from Destination Legal.
In Episode 27 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Sarah Kornblet of Destination Legal joins us to talk about all things legal. Do you want to protect your business from legal dangers and risks?Sarah shares her knowledge and expertise on the Intellectual Property Law:In this podcast, Sarah discusses several things that business owners should look at and consider for their business, especially for those who are just starting. She gives concrete examples and ideas of what you should and should not do including legal considerations you should be aware of in specific areas of your business.Join us in this episode as Sarah discusses the following topics:* Sarah’s background and journey to where she is today. * Lessons she learned from her former businesses. * Case study on a coach starting a business. * Knowing the most important things you should prepare and be aware of before starting. * Legal considerations for a business website and the risks that you may face without these. * Legalities to consider when using images on websites, blogs, etc. * Getting copyrights and trademarks for your business. * Contracts for liability issues that should be considered for live events. * A typical schedule for Sarah in running her business.
Links:Destination Legal WebsiteDestination Legal FacebookDestination Legal Instagram
In this solo episode, Meryl discusses her thoughts on leadership and communication from management as well as taking some listener questions.
In Episode 26 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Meryl as she talks about two of the most important topics in leadership that business owners deal with on a daily basis: team management and communication.Have you ever struggled with these in handling your own business?Meryl shares her knowledge on team management and communication in business:In this podcast, Meryl shares her tried and tested methods and frameworks that she uses for her business. She gives us clear and concise examples of problems and issues that have arised in her own business as well as others that may arise in a company and how to handle and provide solutions for these.Join Meryl as she shares her knowledge on the following:* An update on the Bean Ninjas Team on their plans and preparations for the holidays including leaves of team members. * The importance of team members taking holidays and the systems needed to make smooth transitions for this. * Discussion of a framework that could help in issues with team members not being able to complete given tasks. * Handling solutions for clients in the best way possible by providing complete and clear explanations including the price. * How to deal with looming due dates when the client isn’t providing information. * Methods on creating accountability for all team members involved in a given task. * Learning how to communicate with team members clearly and effectively.
Aaron Birkby discusses the Peak Persona program and some techniques to help you be the most effective, productive human that you can be
Our guest for Episode 25 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast is Aaron Birkby, Founder of the Peak Persona Program. He shares his expertise on the programs he runs to coach business owners:Aaron gives us a an idea of what the Peak Persona Program is and shares some techniques to help you be the most effective, productive human you can be.Join us as Aaron helps us engineer our mindsets to be able to balance work and personal life. * Aaron’s backstory and what led him to where he is now. * What is the Peak Persona Program and what inspired him to start it? * A discussion on a key element in the program that can help set up your day. * Surprises coming out of the program in terms of feedback on the 30-day shift * Key techniques and strategies on time management and decision making. * Benefits of running the program in his personal life. * A sneak peek into a day in the life of Aaron. * Tips on maintaining routines during travel. * One key thing about the Peak Persona Program.
Links mentioned in the show:Peak Persona WebsiteAaron Birkby TwitterAaron Birkby InstagramAaron Birkby Email
Mario Lucibello joins us to discuss important aspects of US sales tax that could apply to your business and how to plan for tax to save your business money.
Mario Lucibello, also known as “The Tax Guy”, is our guest for Episode 24 of the Bean Ninjas Podcast. He is a US-based CPA from the firm Greenhaus, Riordan & Co.Mario shares his knowledge and expertise on US taxes:He has helped clients all over the world with their US tax problems such as structuring new businesses, buying and selling businesses, handling tricky individual tax questions and so much more. Listen in as Mario tells us what to expect and consider based on different business situations. He answers the most common tax questions businesses have today.* Understanding sales tax and tips on complying with tax rules of multiple states. * Mario shares the common problems and questions on taxes, tips, tricks, ideas for saving taxes, things to consider, and a lot more in 3 different case studies: * 1st Case Study: Start-up entrepreneur based in San Francisco selling on Amazon * 2nd Case Study: Digital nomad health coach with a team in another country * 3rd Case Study - Digital agency turning over a million dollars a year with 2 founders with US employees and contractors * Tax Planning tips for saving yourself or your business from paying too much tax * Why you need to consider using accounting softwares.
Links mentioned in the show:* Mario Lucibello LinkedIn * Greenhaus, Riordan & Co, LLP * TaxJar * Avatax
In this solo episode Meryl talks through some ideas around leadership and time management she has found useful whilst growing Bean Ninjas
In this solo episode of the Bean Ninjas Podcast, Meryl shares time management and leadership skills that she has used in growing Bean Ninjas. She gives us a peek on how she organizes her week and creates time to commit doing personal and professional tasks. Meryl shares her thoughts on time management and getting things done:She has experimented, read a lot of books and attended courses on the topic and has figured out what works best for her over the years. She discusses these with us today and focuses on 3 areas under time management. Listen in and let Meryl guide you on how to manage your time wisely and effectively today:* Strategies and examples on finishing your tasks on a daily basis. * Her best practices on scheduling tasks and using spreadsheets to save time. * Running client queries and meetings efficiently and effectively. * How to schedule your tasks to avoid overscheduling yourself. * A sample of how Meryl schedules her tasks over the week. * Using Wrike for their internal management System. * Tips for daily time management.
Links:WrikeSlack
Mandi, from the Hands Off CEO discusses how to scale a service business and the challenges and problems you should consider
Mandi Ellefson, founder of The Hands-Off CEO, shares tips with us on how business owners can manage and run their businesses while having the time to spend with family and the things that matter the most. Paul shares his stories:* The story what led Mandi to build her current business, The Hands-Off CEO * What does it take for a business to run without the owner? * What makes a service business difficult to scale? * Finding the right employees to fill a business owner’s technical role. * Tips and examples for business owners on managing and freeing up time; working on and leading teams; and scaling and leveraging your business. * The 5 steps to scale your business and make it run without you and the 5 stages of the Hands-off CEO growth.
Links mentioned in the show:Hands-Off CEO Roadmap
Bean Ninjas, Wayne Richard and Michael Wark, share their learnings from this years iconic DCBKK event.
Wayne Richard and Michael Wark, team members of Bean Ninjas who have both attended the DCBKK event in Bangkok recently, shares their learnings from the event as a sponsor and attendee. We talk about all things event sponsorship - their takeaways, strategies, tips and reflections on sponsoring and attending live events.Wayne Richard gives us an idea of what goes through the background of sponsoring events:* 4 key takeaways on why entrepreneurs should invest in attending live events. * The reasons and benefits of sponsoring events. * How to select the best team members to attend events and represent your brand. * Tips on things to consider on pre-planning, preparation, and coordination to have an effective sponsorship. * Preparing and delivering content when speaking in events. * Takeaways from the Bean Ninjas presentations and meet-ups in DCBKK 2018. * Evaluation and reflections on the event and plans for sponsorships moving forward.
Michael Wark shares his learnings and tips from the event:* Michael’s top 2 takeaways from DCBKK. * Strategies and tips on networking and making the most out of events like DCBKK.
In Episode 20, Paul Higgins, the founder and head coach at Build Live Give Community, talks about tips and tricks on transitioning from corporate work to managing our own business.
Paul Higgins, the founder and head coach at Build Live Give Community, joins me for Episode 20 of the Bean Ninjas podcast as we talk about tips and tricks on transitioning from corporate work to managing our own business.Paul shares his stories:* Paul’s work history and why he got into business. * 3 key lessons for people who are transitioning from corporate work to business. * Tips on how to set your business expectations and numbers, especially in the first year. * The story of how his products and services developed and transitioned from his first year of business to present. * 5 profit drivers or small business owners to improve their bottomline and create more freedom in their lives. * Paul shares personal productivity methods, online tools he uses, and tips for new business owners in managing their finances. * A peek on how Paul educates himself.
Links mentioned in the show:Paul Higgins LinkedInBuild Live Give WebsiteTech Stack documentLastPassXeroThrive CartStripePaypalTransferwiseZoomSlackAsanaCopper LinkedInDowncastWay of Life AppMessengerBonjoroVideo Speed Controller for ChromeDivvy
In Episode 19, David Ruddick, a cyber security expert, as we talk about the guidelines every business needs to protect themselves from technology risks and problems.
David Rudduck, a cyber security expert and owner of Insane Technologies, joins me in Episode 19 as we talk about protecting your business from technology risks and problems. He shares his insights on password solutions, cyber insurance, data protection and so much more. David shares his knowledge on:* The story of how his business started, what they do, the challenges they went through and how they found their niche in cyber security. * Examples of cyber security problems and how to prevent these situations. * Educating staff about protecting business data. * The importance of cyber health checks. * Interconnecting systems and platforms for businesses. * Tips and programs to use for the most common tech risks and problems.
Links mentioned in the show:David Rudduck LinkedInInsane Technologies WebsiteLastPassHave I Been PwnedAzureOktaYubikeySophos
A solo epidode by Meryl, who reflects on the last month, including how she finds perspectiive in life when making decisions about work vs family time
In Episode 18, Meryl tells us a personal story on the importance of family and relationships in her life. She shares a thought-provoking article which has pushed her to re-examine her closest relationships, especially with her dad.Regrets of the DyingIn this podcast, she challenges us to reflect on our lives and apply what we’ve learned in the hopes of improving our relationships with family and friends.Meryl shares her stories and insights on:* How busy the previous month has been for her. * Her LinkedIn post about her ski trip with her dad and brother. * 5 key points on the Regrets of the Dying article. * The importance of freedom and time. * A challenge she puts out to us.
Remember to listen weekly to learn more of Meryl’s extraordinary tips for growing your business fast.Want more accounting advice from Meryl Johnston? Check out these blogs next;* What Happens if You Neglect Your Bookkeeping? * How Business Processes Give Your Business Freedom to Grow * Working with a Bookkeeper: How to Get the Most Value Out of Your Bookkeeper
Meryl talks through what a week at CEO of Bean Ninjas is like, including the problems and challenges that are faced.
Episode 14 is a break from our usual bookkeeping talk and, instead, is going to be an interesting sneak-peek into the day-to-day work life of Bean Ninjas CEO, Meryl Johnston. A Week in the Life of a CEOIn this podcast, Meryl explains the course of her week and shows us what it’s like to be the head of a global bookkeeping and financial business.Meryl shares her stories and insights on:* Scheduling her week * What she’s working on now * The role of the CEO * Room for improvement * What’s going on in the business * How her tasks relate to the business and strategy * Things to focus on as a new business
How to make the most of every conference you attend, and tips for maximizing opportunities for your business.
From Office Job to Working From Home; What One Bean Ninjas Remote Employee Has Learned Along the Way
A first-time investor reveals how he found his ideal first startup investment opportunity
Startup Accounting is the one topic nobody ever talks to entrepreneurs about; but, why?
Startup Accounting is the one topic nobody ever talks to entrepreneurs about; but, why?
Many companies are hiring remote team members, but are they making it profitable and reducing employee attrition? Bean Ninjas is! Find out how.
In Episode 5 of The Bean Ninjas Podcast, Meryl Johnston, Co-founder of Bean Ninjas, takes me into her company's accounting department to reveal their processes, reporting, and internal controls. Bean Ninjas accounting practices Many of us have the story of the plumber with the leaky taps... but at Bean Ninjas there are no leaky taps. [...]
How Bean Ninjas started their business in just 7 days; what worked and what they'd do differently if they could.