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Welcome to the 10th episode of The Huddle podcast with Ceri Gillett and Aby Moore.
Today is all about Outsourcing.
Outsourcing scares people, as they think it’s going to cost a lot. People also think that they can do it themselves, so maybe they should just keep doing it themselves..
Often people don’t like investing before they are making money in their business.
You either pay with your time or your money
For it to be a business you have to treat it like a business.
You couldn’t even start a hobby without investing in something.
2 main issues:
Finding someone Then loosening the reins enough to let someone help you.We chat about bartering and getting started on Fiverr to dip your toes on the outsourcing water!
We have both had various things done from people at Fiverr - logos, editing, graphics, jingles, research for blog posts.
Outsourcing can be such a weight off your shoulders.
What we outsource - social media scheduling, engagement, graphics, research, running groups.
Strategic things we will do ourselves.
We also cover how to actually hand tasks over to a VA and ways to get started and set up for success.
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In this episode we talk about why business planning is a MUST!
Aby admits to not having a business plan when she started. It was just a hobby when she started and it just evolved. The ladies discuss, why we have certain goals, rather than think about what does that money means? They chat about the money hang ups we can have.
They discuss Ceri's favourite resource for business planning and also delve into reverse engineering and using both business plan and properly formulated goals to get you where you want to go.
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Why you need to know your figures and not be scared of money
The ladies discuss why you may need less than you think and the importance of figuring out what you need to earn each month as a baseline.Don't leave this money stuff to chance.
They also cover diversifying your income streams and the importance of networking to bring in the dollars!
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Real life tips to help you cope with juggle. In this episode we chat about the importance of focus. How to reverse engineer from your end goal to ensure you're working on the right tasks. We chat about 'the one thing' and introduce context switching. Aby's favourite Parkinson's Law makes an appearance and we chat about the importance of being your own boss in terms of setting deadlines and boundaries. Sharing our views on batching and automation, plus other processes and systems which get us through our busy days.
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Join us as we welcome you to The Huddle Podcast! Each week will be bringing you tips to boost your online biz. Helping you become more visible, build an audience and make ultimately make more money. We're both Mamapreneurs and so we will also be throwing in to the mix our advice on how we cope with the juggle. Solid business advice, from mamas running real business. Our motto is is might be messy but it'll get done.
Aby Moore started her online empire with a family lifestyle blog youbabymemummy.com. Aby started blogging as a way to record all those memories that you think you may forget due to baby brain. She has recently launched themamapreneurrevolution.com.
Blogging turned out to be Aby's thing. Within four months she was making money from her blog and within fifteen months she was earning more than she'd ever earned before.
Aby now teaches people how turn their blogs into their full time jobs. She writes courses, does 1-1 coaching and runs a membership site.
Ceri Gillett is a business obsessive and serial entrepreneur. She has been self employed for over a decade. Around five years ago she discovered online business and it blew her mind. She learned everything she could in the hopes of applying what she learned to her bricks and mortar business. Ceri went virtual in 2012 and has been telling everyone to start an online business ever since.
Ceri is certified business coach and is passionate that every one of us has a business inside of us. She specialises is business building blocks (getting the ground work right) and turnaround tactics beating the dreaded platau).
Ceri and Aby met online and quickly saw the benefit of their online mastermind sessions and The Huddle podcast was born because they both realised that working at home can be lonely and online BFFs are always needed.
