

Make it Hard for Your Team to Fail with Sam & Josh Ovett - Part 2
Mar 26, 2021
37:55
Main Topic Notes
- Professional Whitewater Kayaking Athlete?
- You work with a family member, how is that going?
- What is business process mapping and how do you incorporate marketing?
- Please tell us more about your tagline “Be Human otherwise Automate!” Why is this your tagline?
- What made you realize that “the Human” aspect was so important in automation? How do you apply this to your business?
- What do you think is coming up in the field of automation for sales and marketing?
Recap / Takeaways
- Whatever you're doing in life, pay attention and you'll find parallels to running a business
- Saying "we've always done it that way" kills businesses
- It may be worth it to bring in a consultant (a fresh pair of eyes) to identify waste
- Implement something in your business for continuous improvement (Kai zen)
- Goal with creating processes is to make it hard for people to fail at their job (not just to save time or money)
- Keep asking how you can eliminate yourself
- Lead generation
- Conversion
- Delivery of promise
- Delighting afterward
- Ask for referrals
- If you have a company that requires your time do this:
- Ask people what you're doing for people
- Charge more for your time
- Create some type of digital knowledge product that will scale without you
- When you're trying to accomplish something, don't ask how to do it, ask who can do it for me
Action Item
- Record what you do every 15 minutes for 3 days
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