Automation

What’s Your Sales Process?

Let’s talk sales… What did you think when I said sales? Did you think used car salesman? I think that’s where most of our brains go, we think things like “Oh, I’m not good at sales. I don’t like sales. Sales isn’t my type of vibe.” But as it turns out, the term “sales” has…

Life and Business as a Business Owner

Let’s talk about life and business as a business owner. As the owner of FieryFX my week actually starts on Friday when I do a debrief of the week before. I take time to reflect on what worked, what didn’t and what I have coming up. Then, over the weekend, sometimes we’re working and playing,…

Avoiding Potholes on the Road to Growth

You’re growing your business. And while we all look forward to that smooth, consistently growing and improving ride, we know that the road to success is a lot bumpier than that. But is there a way to avoid some of those growth potholes? The answer is yes- by harnessing outside expertise. When we talk about…

The Magic of Outsourcing to Tools and Systems

Outsourcing can be magical, especially if you can outsource systems and tools. Tell me if this sounds familiar…you get a calendar invite, but you can’t accept it, or doesn’t go on the right calendar. You have to copy and paste, or you can’t say yes, or interact with it, or it takes four or five…

Getting Started with Business Automation

Business Automation 101

Let’s dive into business automation. Yeah, you probably have heard a lot about marketing automation. Working people through funnels, getting in front of them with the right information at the right time. I really am more interested in talking about business automation today. Making sure that you’re getting not only more things done, but that…

My Favorite 6 Ways To Capture Information

Today, as I was gathering information to do some planning and reviewing my progress, I thought, “I really love it that I can go one place and access all this information quickly.” And then I remembered that it wasn’t always like that. So, I wanted to share with you how I do it in case you don’t…

Which Marketing Automation Tool Should You Use?

Achieving Marketing Nirvana, One Email at a Time

[Updated June 14, 2017] A topic near and dear to my heart has been on the top of many lists recently – email marketing automation. It used to be, there were just a handful of “real” choices when it came to email marketing services – MailChimp, Constant Contact, Aweber and maybe Mad Mimi. But boy-oh-boy,…

Switching “on” Your Automation Mindset

Here’s the low-down on ways to become more aware of ways that you can automate your business (yup, you – no matter what kind or size of businesses). So often we go through our days on “auto-pilot”, doing things the way we’ve always done them without a thought to whether we could be working more…