Systems Saved Me®

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about why your team isn’t listening to you. Topics: (:30) Intro - System Saved Me Summit (2:35) Listening vs. Communicating (4:54) Onboarding Process (5:46) Expectations (7:31) Consider how/when you work (9:51) Identify (12:08) Check with yourself first Quotes of the Week: “If you don’t even uphold your own expectations, why should your team?”– Jordan “If your team is not listening to you, check with yourself first. How are you saying it’s supposed to be done? How are you showing it’s supposed to be done?” - Jordan Resources: www.systemssavedme.com/waitlist  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about team management practices with Trello. My guest is Natalie Gingrich, who is a certified project manager. Topics: (:31) Intro – Systems Saved Me Summit (1:43) Meeting Natalie (3:05) Kan Ban Method (6:47) Point of overwhelm (9:47) Business breakdown (11:51) Trello set-up (15:05) Tips! (19:57) Advanced Trello users (22:32) Best financial investment (24:41) Worst financial investment (27:41) Finding Natalie Quotes of the Week: “By having this accountability partner and a solid project in place, [project managers] really help to make sure you’re actually implementing and putting things out there because there are a lot of things that paralyze us.”– Natalie Resources: www.nataliegingrich.comPinterest/Facebook: NatalieGingrichPM https://trello.com/   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m going to answer the question: ‘What is business operations?’ Topics:  (:31) Intro (1:04) Systems Saved Me Summit (2:44) Definition (3:08) Saving time, making money (4:40) Front end vs. back end (5:16) Bringing someone in (5:54) Do less (6:30) Bringing costs down (9:00) Spending in the right areas (10:57) Set yourself up for success Quotes of the Week: “The biggest part of my job is subtraction... My job is to do less. Like legitimately take things off your plate, reduce expenses, reduce your time on x, y and z, reduce your energy over here...Reduce, reduce, reduce.”– Jordan “Is free costing you?” - Jordan Resources: Systems Saved Me Summit   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about getting sponsorships and planning successfully for your events. My guest is Laci McKinney, who founded The People’s Voice PR Agency. Topics: (:31) Intro – Systems Saved Me Summit (1:21) Meeting Laci (3:03) Blank slate (4:27) Where it starts (5:24) The event planning process (6:55) Budget talk (7:46) Marketing (9:40) Event planning takes time! (10:21) Getting people to buy in... early (12:08) Utilize event participants (14:09) Sponsorships (18:31) Additional advice (22:00) Attendee perspective (22:48) Tools/software (24:14) Best financial investment (25:13) Worst financial investment (27:11) Finding Laci Quotes of the Week: “If you’re not visible, then you’re not going to get anyone coming to the event.” - Laci “Think of it as a collaboration more than a sponsorship... Make it mutually beneficial” - Laci Resources: Systems Saved Me Summit www.thepeoplesvoicepr.com Instagram: @thepeoplesvoicepr Facebook: The People’s Voice PR Agency See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about if your team can read your mind. Topics: (:44) Systems Saved Me Summit (2:07) Mind reading is possible! (3:25) How? (4:57) Jordan and Chelsea (5:52) Make it easy for your team (6:52) Perfecting the process (10:08) Wouldn’t it be nice? (11:02) Google-able questions (11:53) Team Sanity Blueprint (12:38) Give your mind on a silver platter Quotes of the Week: “It takes time. It takes training. But once your team is used to you, they understand how you want things done.”– Jordan “You need to take things out of your brain and you need to give them to your team in the simplest, most clear way possible.”– Jordan Resources: Systems Saved Me Summit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about onboarding new clients with Trello. My guest is Abbey Ashley, who is the founder of The Virtual Savvy, which helps women launch and grow their virtual assistant business from scratch. Topics: (:44) Systems Saved Me Summit (1:36) Introducing Abbey (2:25) Virtual assistants (2:50) Business before Trello (4:53) Time to upgrade (6:28) Abbey’s process (10:38) Client boards (12:56) Personalize your systems (14:39) Abbey’s board process (17:08) Client onboarding (19:07) Best financial investment (22:16) Worst financial investment Quote of the Week: “It takes time to save time in the long run.”– Abbey “An organizational system isn’t going to work if it doesn’t make things easier for you. If it’s going to take more work because you don’t understand it or it’s not simplifying things for you, then there’s no point in having the system at all.” - Abbey   Resources:   Systems Saved Me Summit www.trello.com www.thevirtualsavvy.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about how you know when to hire. Topics: (:31) Intro – Systems Saved Me Summit (3:00) Hiring quadrant (5:49) 1st vs. 4th quadrant (6:36) When do you hire? (8:00) Look at your time (9:40) Worth the money (11:10) Criteria and value (12:02) Ask yourself (12:34) Jordan’s hires (14:54) Referrals and help   Quotes of the Week: “When you need to hire is when you’re making sales and you don’t have enough time to make more sales” - Jordan “It’s important to have those people in your business so that you can stay in your zone of genius.” - Jordan   Resources: Systems Saved Me Summit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group.   Today, I’m talking about finding creativity with structure. My guest is Jaclyn Mullen, who teaches digital marketing for General Assembly.     Topics:   (:31) Intro–System Saved Me Summit (1:31) Meeting Jaclyn (4:00) Importance of structure (8:12) The perfect storm (10:36) What needs to change? (13:06) Balance (15:17) Use what software works for you (18:43) Reviewing and knowing your business (22:05) Priorities (26:04) Best financial investment (27:28) Worst financial investment (29:01) Finding Jaclyn   Quotes of the Week: “In the creative space, it’s often like ‘well I want to be very flexible and open with my time’ , but you have to be that manager for your time in order for your art, projects, business, [and] vision to be able to grow and thrive.” - Jaclyn “Your business needs to be set up so that if you’ re not involved, it can still run.”       – Jaclyn “Priorities=Prosperity. If I prioritize [certain] things, I’m going to be more prosperous.”– Jaclyn   Resources:   www.systemssavedmesummit.com/waitlist The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron www.jaclynmullen.com Social Media: @jaclynmullen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about my success sabbatical.   Topics: (:30) Intro (:59) Systems Saved Me Summit (2:31) Time for a sabbatical (5:02) Going home (7:06) Biggest takeaway (8:05) Jordan’ s new schedule (10:20) Breaking habits (10:59) Tracking your time (12:30) Shifting your business (14:42) Time and energy over money (16:44) Success sabbatical wrap-up   Quotes of the Week: “I wanted to take the time to go inward and take the time to understand that ‘ today, presently Jordan Gill wants to work this way because this is the way that will serve her the most’ .”–Jordan “It’ s important to shed light on the dark...Let’ s bring it to the light and make the change now.”–Jordan   Resources: System Saved Me Summit See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.

This episode is brought to you by The Kolada Group. Today, I’m talking about how to set up successful mindset habits. My guest is Jereshia Hawk, who is the founder of the Goal Getter Group, which helps women who work a 9-5 build a business on the side. Topics: (1:07) Introducing Jereshia (2:36) Before she created the Hawk Hustle (4:55) For the sake of personal health (7:41) Creating the Hawk Hustle (9:51) Stopping stress (13:43) Meditation and clearing mind (17:24) Higher quality life – C3 principle (23:14) Best financial investment (24:06) Worst financial investment (25:04) Finding Jereshia Quotes of the Week: “It’s all about training your mindset, wanting to become more self-aware of how you tick, how you operate and really what are your unique strengths and how can you authentically operate within that.” - Jereshia Resources:   www.jereshiahawk.com   Social Media: Jereshia Hawk Goal Getter Group See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Would you like to deliver your own private podcast feed to your audience? Sign up for a free trial today at Hello Audio.