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. 

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...

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...

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...

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...

Getting your content found is an important piece of building your business and growing your audience. In today’s show, we speak with podcast strategist and coach, Wren Robbins, about the best way to create content that serves your audience and get it found online. Wren gives specific statistics around blogging and podcasting and explains why podcasting is the best way to get your message to the masses and the strategy behind how to do that successfully! More About Wren Robbins Wren...

Are you looking for a signature service? Or a unique way to work with nonprofits and for-profit organizations? Today’s guest tells us all about what it’s like to have grant writing as a signature service. Eliana Echavarria brings energetic, cool-girl vibes to the driest of topics- GRANT WRITING (enter the yawns)! As a grant writer and freelance coach for Christian entrepreneurs, Eliana teaches aspiring freelance grant writers how to launch and scale their business with a Kingdom-focused...

Instagram is an amazing tool and the reach you can get to grow your business and community can be tremendous. It can also be exhausting. Do you feel that way? I do. So, I sought out someone who we can learn from to use Instagram for the effective tool it can be, but who I thought could help us do this in a way that wouldn’t make us feel like we had to spend all of our time on the platform and go insane with keeping it up. Sound good? If you’re nodding your head, you’ll love today’s guest as...

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...

I love a good resource or a tool that saves me time and makes life, and business, a little easier. In today’s show, I share the top tools I use and love that organize my business. We cover organizing a to-do list, setting up a budget, making sense out of an overwhelmed inbox, and getting contracts in order for your business… and more! These tools will help keep you organized and keep your business running smoothly. Resources From Today's Show: Book A Call With Amber...

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...

Sales funnels and copywriting don’t have to be complicated. It’s usually when we try to make these complicated that they don’t convert. Copy that’s clear and concise to your customer, and simple sales funnels that serve your audience and give them a clear direction will win over complicated messages every time. I hope after listening to today’s episode, you gain confidence in knowing that simple and straightforward will convert more customers than complex and complicated. In today’s episode...

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,...

If you’ve ever found yourself afraid to speak up, or unsure how to use your voice and stand up for yourself, you’ll know how after today’s episode! My guest today is Karen Laos. Karen is a keynote speaker and communication coach who equips women to stand out with confidence. She helps women channel their fear and quiet their self-doubt. Karen champions female business leaders to own their value and find their voice to be seen and heard. Karen’s style is fun, encouraging, and results-oriented....

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...

Are copy and messaging the same thing? What’s the difference? Today’s episode answers these questions and reviews how copy and messaging are different. We talk about what copy and messaging are, where and when to use them, and how they complement one another in your business. If you’ve ever felt like your message is “fuzzy” or sense that it may be confusing to your customers, today’s episode will teach you how to use copy appropriately to build a clear message every time. In today’s...

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...

Prioritizing yourself, running a business and the demands of everyday life are tricky to balance. This is especially true when overwhelm has caused you to lose sight of yourself, what you want, and where you’re going. Marla Beech, owner of Hunkeedori and the host of the Overburdened No More Podcast is on the show today to walk us through her signature process that will help you get back to you, what you want, and help you create priorities and processes that will help you, “keep it all...

Do you know the story your brand tells? Does your brand tell a compelling story that makes customers want to do business with you? If not, you need a BrandScript! A BrandScript is a StoryBrand term, and I’m your StoryBrand guide here to help you create the foundation of a message for your brand that will compel your customers to do business with you again and again. Your BrandScript will help you when you get stuck writing your copy for sales pages, your website, a lead magnet, social...

If you want to add copywriting to your business as a freelancer, but you feel like you aren’t sure if you’re a gifted writer, then listen up! Today’s episode is for you! In today’s show, we discuss (and debunk) the myth that you have to be a gifted writer to add copywriting as a service as a freelancer or virtual assistant. Maybe you’ve thought about copywriting or content marketing because you want a flexible schedule, you want to work from home, or you want a signature service you can...

The phrase “passive income” gets thrown around a lot today. Is it possible to create a business with passive income? Can you do it with something you were called to do? It is possible, and today’s guest, Stefanie Gass, walks you through how to do it step by step! Stef’s programs help you identify your calling and purpose and create a business and a message with it to make an impact…and an income! Stef is a fantastic business and podcast coach (I know from personal experience), and she’s a...

It’s Freelancer Friday! Do you follow up with your existing customers consistently? Do you have a process to follow up with incoming leads? Or a follow-up process after you’ve sent a proposal for services? Whether you do or you don’t, today’s episode will cover the basics of how to set this up or improve upon an existing system that can make or break you as a freelancer. Having a solid strategy to communicate well with your customers and leads is important for every freelancer. It can be the...

Branding your brand is imperative in today’s online business environment. You spend time and money building it, so your customers remember you, and what you do. At least that’s the goal, right? How do you build a brand your customers will not only remember, but refer to? That’s what we’re covering in today’s episode. In Today’s episode you will learn: The four foundations your brand needs to be successful How to get your customers to memorize your brand message How to increase your...

Hey Freelancer! So, you’re thinking of adding copywriting and content marketing services to your business…but how do you charge for this? What are your options? How much money can you make? Great questions! You’ll find the answer in today’s episode. Copywriting and content marketing are incredible services to offer as a freelancer. They can help you maintain your time flexibility, you can work from anywhere, and it’s a business you can make a great living at. In Today’s episode you will...