The podcast was blessed today to have Christa Hutchins as our guest! Christa is an accountability coach who helps busy leaders reach their goals. Our discussion today gives realistic ways to reach goals when we are surrounded by a world, and circumstances, that we often can’t control. Christa’s approach to setting and achieving goals is flexible and realistic and offers a great approach that is fitting for the busy world we live in today. As an entrepreneur, freelancer, VA, OBM, or online business owner, these tactical steps will give you a refreshing way of approaching and reaching your goals ..read more

Managing finances can be challenging as a freelancer when your income fluctuates. Our discussion today is about how to create a financial plan and manage your money to prepare you for the ebb and flow that can happen as a freelancer. We discuss how to create a solid financial plan, a process to make sound money decisions, and we review tools you can use to make the process a lot smoother. As a freelancer, virtual assistant, or work-from-home business owner, this episode will give you tools to empower you to make a financial plan that supports your business and your life. In today’s episode you ..read more

Hello, friends! It's a New Year... and this is a new show! Welcome to the Business Operations Simplified Podcast. Today's show is a quick update on where the podcast is going in February. Thank you for listening, stay subscribed to get new content coming out in February.  ..read more

Hey Freelancer! Today’s episode covers a critical topic, your portfolio! There are five sections a portfolio needs to have to make it stand out from the crowd and showcase your talent. Having a portfolio is essential to any freelancing, virtual assistant, or work-from-home career, especially for copywriters. If you are new to copywriting and you're adding this as a signature service to your VA or freelancer business, this episode will help you create a portfolio from scratch in no time, even without a ton of experience. In today’s episode you’ll learn: The five sections you should include in ..read more

I’m wrapping up for the year, friends! The podcast will be back in January 2022. I can’t wait to share new content with you. I’m taking the next few months to enjoy time with my family, pray and strategize about my business and get some much-needed rest. I can’t put into words how much it means to me that you listen to the show. Thank you. I pray it continues to bring you value and I pray you have a blessed end to your year. I look forward to hanging out with you again in January!   Find Resources from today's show HERE ..read more

Entrepreneurs naturally have a lot of ideas, and staying on track can be difficult, especially when you’re creating content or preparing for a launch. Today’s episode provides valuable tips from Angel McElhaney from the Control The Chaos Mama podcast to organize all ideas, tackle them intentionally and get through busy seasons like launching when you have your highest energy. Angel discusses helpful tips on starting with the bigger vision and backing up the process into small steps, Facebook group engagement, and repurposing content. There’s a ton of gold in this episode for you! As a freelanc ..read more

With so many options for freelancing and online businesses today, it can be difficult to know what signature service is best for your business. In today’s episode, we highlight some of the most popular signature services that you can do for your work-from-home, freelancer, or virtual assistant business. Having a signature service gives you a path to becoming a specialist as a freelancer. It can help you increase your income, niche your services, and improve your marketing. If you’ve thought about adding a signature service to your business, but you aren’t sure what your options are, this episo ..read more

Many entrepreneurs struggle with creating effective lead magnets. Having a process for niche research ensures that your lead magnet attracts the right customers and provides enough value for your customer to want to give you their email address. When your lead magnet is valuable, clear, and effective, you grow your email list faster and have a pool of customers you can sell to. Our guest today, Barbara Carneiro, is a communication and branding strategist who talks about how to research to create an effective lead magnet and the key ingredients in a lead magnet that will increase your visibilit ..read more

Do you ever find yourself looking back at the end of a busy day, wondering what you did all day? If your to-do list never ends and your Trello board is working on overdrive, you’re going to love this episode with Kristi Veitenheimer. Kristi is a fellow podcaster and the owner of Simplicity For Solopreneurs. She’s a time-management and business strategy guru, and today she’s sharing her best-kept secrets for truly prioritizing your schedule and finding the accomplishment in your day that you’ve been yearning for. This episode is tactical, fun, and inspirational. Grab that laptop or pen, it's co ..read more

Today’s episode is all about helping you set up your copywriting business for success as a freelancer. Before you jump into taking on clients, having these ten things set up early in your business will help you run your client journey more efficiently. These ten steps are not the most exciting when it comes to business, but they are very necessary. They will help you set up your business the best way possible now, so the essentials are taken care of before you get busy with your copywriting clients! In Today’s episode we cover: Tips for setting up your business entity Setting up a payment, in ..read more