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Design Pickle Review: My Experience, Advice & Honest Opinion

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Julia • 0 Comments

Ever hired a pickle? I have! Tired of doing all my own graphics (badly), I hired Design Pickle to help. Here’s my honest review!

Why Robots Can’t Take Over Your Business

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Julia • 4 Comments

There’s something about your business that Robots will never replace… and it’s important to keep in mind when building workflows that leverage your time!

The One Daily Task You MUST Give your VA

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Julia • 5 Comments

There is one task that I make sure every single one of my clients assigns their VA. It’s an easy and quick task, but I’ve found it’s instrumental in creating a valuable long-term relationship with your VA, and also helps them support your brand better and better over time. So what is it?…

Fizzle.co: What it is, Why I joined, and How to get the most out of it

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Julia • 2 Comments

Fizzle.co is supposedly a “training” resource – but for me it’s all about the community. Why I joined Fizzle and Tips for using the Community to save time – not waste it. Full disclosure: I am a member of Fizzle.co, (and plan to stay that way for a long time!) Check out my honest review…

Monthly Broken Link Check: The Tiny Workflow

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Julia • 5 Comments

There are a lot of little “Maintenance” tasks that need to happen to make sure our blog stays healthy. And yes, I could do them all myself – because most of them are quick. But the fact of the matter is, every additional thing on my “list” takes energy and adds both the time to…

Automatically Log Global iTunes Reviews to a gDoc – for Free!

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Julia • 4 Comments

Say you have a podcast about hamsters. And things are going pretty well. You keep an eye on your Hamster Podcast reviews by checking out the iTunes store periodically and manually copy-pasting the reviews into a spreadsheet so you can refer back to them later without futzing with iTunes. It’s kind of annoying, with your…

Documentation IS Delegation: Embracing your Inner Goldfish

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Julia • 6 Comments

I have the memory of a goldfish. As a result, most of my adult life has been spent trying to find ways to “outsource” my brain to more trustworthy places to store information. In college, I’d be the one whose notes everyone copied. At work, I was always the one furiously typing notes in meetings. And…

Virtual Assistant Agency or Independent VA: Which is better?

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Julia • 4 Comments

So you’ve decided to hire a VA. Awesome! You go to Google and type in “Virtual Assistants” and hit “enter” Hoo boy. There are ads everywhere for VA agencies and Freelance-finding services. There are blog posts about “How I outsourced my whole life and now live in a Hammock in Costa Rica.” There are other blog…

How Andy Perdue’s VA Helped Bring in 6 Months’ Revenue in One Week

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Julia • 5 Comments

[su_note note_color=”#ffffff”] Story Time! You may not know this about me, but I LOVE STORIES. There are so many incredible people working with teams to grow their businesses, and if I have my way, I’ll be featuring every single one on this blog! For today, I’d like to an awesome story about my friend Andy Perdue –…

The 7 Laws of Delegation

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Julia • 4 Comments

Delegation is easy! All you have to do is tell someone what to do! Right? Well, technically yes. But if you want to delegate well, (and not constantly be hiring new people), there are some important “rules of the road” that will make your life (and your delegate-ee’s work) much, much better. …

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