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What does it mean to work smarter, not harder? Frankly, I think it is all hard work. But today I want to help you make that effort (aka hard work) go further. And make sure you are working hard in the right places. The places that will help you reach more people, serve your community better, and make you more money. To me, that is how you work hard in a smart way. I'll share why it is important to track your numbers and note what you are doing that connects with potential clients. This will form the basis for creating content and products going forward. Instead of throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks, we are noting which techniques make the noodles the stickiest and building on that. -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

It is officially the holiday season...And I figured it was a perfect time to revisit the final question I ask all my amazing mom entrepreneur guests. Today I've compiled all of their answers to "What is your best advice for balancing business and home life or creating intentional family time?" These mamas have great ideas to help you complete your work tasks AND spend plenty of quality time with your family.  Looking to connect with one of my guests? Here is a list of the Season 1 guests for "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur" in order of appearance... Laura McLean from Small Business Moms Minimalism Coach Rose Lounsbury Financial Coach Leah Ellis of Endeavor Financial Coaching SEO Expert Caitlin Strempel of Rising Ranks Digital Professional Organizer  and Author Morgan Tyree of Morganize with Me Digital Marketing  Strategist Jennifer Hatton Operations Manager and Efficiency Coach Brittany Dixon of Process for Profit eCommerce Entrepreneur and Founder of Start Your Boutique Jenelle Augustin Ashton Brackett of Homegrown Momma Digital Marketing Specialist Christen Schneider of Coffee Break Marketing Business Operations Strategy Consultant Kass Fogle of Vim and Vigor Business Operations Consulting Online Boutique Owner Demaris Young of Kids B.A.L. Health and Fitness Coach Nicole Simonin of Shape it Up Entrepreneur-Speaker-Bestselling Author Amy Banocy Artist and Accessory Designer Jen McRae of McRae Design Personal Stylist Amy McBride of Closet Confidence You can find full episodes and additional links to my guests at www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Did you jump into the entrepreneur game so you could control your schedule? Maybe spend more time with your family? And do you find it difficult to pull yourself away from the daily tasks of running a business? Yep. Me too. Well, I used to. I've spent the last few years practicing strategies to step away and make good on controlling my schedule and spending more time with my family. With the holidays just around the corner (Thanksgiving is literally 2 days away when this episode debuts), I want to share some of the tactics I've employed to take days, weekends, even weeks off from my business without feeling a bit of guilt. And I want you to have the hap-hap-happiest holiday season too! -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

It's the final new "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur" interview for season one. And today I am talking with fellow Columbus, Ohio based mompreneur and personal stylist Amy McBride of Closet Confidence. Amy helps busy women find their confidence and simplify their lives via their closets. She has always loved fashion and it became a confidence tool as she navigated a corporate finance career and motherhood. Now Amy works with other women (and men!) to create wardrobes that empower them to confidently focus on the things they are most passionate about. She offers both in-person and virtual services including closet edits, personal shopping, and personal styling.  Amy believes that confidence starts from within and a confident closet is a vessel to allowing your best self to show from the inside out.  That’s why her work starts with who her client is as a person and creates a wardrobe that serves her…her body and her life. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Ever find yourself thinking "there is no way I could take time off for (insert life event, emergency, or pleasurable experience)!" Yeah. I hear that a lot from mom entrepreneurs. But I'm sharing a bit of a secret sauce today. You can and absolutely take time off. Whether it is for yourself. Or to care for a loved one. Or the holidays. Or just because. Your business will continue. Your clients and potential clients will still be there. And bonus...you can take the time guilt-free. It just takes a tiny bit of planning. That's why I sharing 3 super simple steps you can take to create your own "if life gets in the way" plan. It will keep your business moving forward while you take the time off that you need. -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Just in time for holiday shopping, I sit down with artist and jewelry designer Jen McRae of McRae Design for "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur." Jen is a mom of two boys, 11 and 14 and three crazy pups! She creates accessories to wear as tiny works of original work art in her studio in North Carolina. Each piece is one of kind and thoughtfully crafted just for you to shine! Jen’s work can be found online and is featured in over 15 galleries and boutiques in North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and more coming soon. And was just named one of top 40 North Carolina gifts to give by NC Tripping. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Give me a 🙋‍♀️ if you've felt a little stressed lately? Maybe it's the global pandemic? Maybe the upcoming holidays? Or the recent election? Maybe all of the above?!? Sometimes we feel the best answer to stress is to lean in and work harder. But what if, instead, we unplugged. We stopped. Or at the very least took a break. What could that do for our stress levels? Our productivity? Or well being? That's why today, I'm diving deeper into how to identify you are heading for burnout AND how to create a stress strategy before it's too late.  Additional episodes to help with burnout: How to Choose Your Priority Tasks https://www.businesssavvymama.com/choose-your-priority-tasks/ Why You Need to Set Work Boundaries https://www.businesssavvymama.com/set-work-boundaries/ 10 Free, 10-Minute Self Care Ideas for Moms https://www.businesssavvymama.com/10-free-self-care-ideas/ -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com  Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

I am so happy it's Thursday and I have another "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur" to share with you. And if you've ever wondered "Is happiness a choice?", my guest today, Amy Banocy, says, "YES!" And she has the professional success and personal story to prove it. Positive, relatable and authentic, Amy doesn't just view life as a glass half full; she sees it as overflowing with abundance. Amy worked hard to cultivate a happiness mindset, rejecting the toxic work environments of her past, and choosing instead to seek out business opportunities that allowed her to support and uplift others. Emotional Intelligence informs Amy's work as a bestselling author and successful entrepreneur. She's proof that our thoughts and feelings create our beliefs; our beliefs create actions; and our actions lead to outcomes. This Happiness Guru is on a mission to help women ignite their passion, cultivate a happiness mindset and live in abundance. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

When can you teach kids about time management? And how would you even start? That was the question posed to me on Instagram from a mom entrepreneur struggling with her tween. That is exactly why we are talking about kids and time management today. I'll give you strategies to introduce the basic building blocks for managing time, share why it's important to practice the skills, and share how learning them can benefit your kids and you! You can see all six tips in the show notes at businessssavvymama.com/teach-kids-about-time-management  -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

It's Thursday and that means we are back with another "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur" featuring my friend and fellow mompreneur Nicole Simonin. Since 2006, Nicole has been helping women lose weight for the last time. Nicole is an ACE Personal Trainer, ACE Health Coach, host of Shape It Up Over 40 podcast, founder of Shape It Up, LLC, author of “The No Fuss, No Mess Shape It Up Cookbook”, licensed Physical Therapist Assistant and former professional ballet dancer. Nicole has been featured in Rachel Ray in Season, Bicycling Magazine, Real Simple, MSN and recently at the TEDx Cape May event. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com  Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Do you spend too much time on urgent and not enough time on what’s important??? Today we are exploring the Eisenhower time management matrix to help you define your urgent versus important tasks. Learning to determine the difference between what is urgent and important and all the various combinations of urgent, not urgent, important, and not important, will help you define the priority tasks you need to focus on. If you can use the tactics we talk about today with your to-do list to determine which quadrant of the matrix your task falls into, you can manage your time better, complete the tasks with due dates that require your expertise, schedule the tasks that are important for you (your family, your growth, and your mental health), and determine what you can delegate or eliminate when you feel stressed or your schedule feels full. Want to see a picture of the Eisenhower time management matrix? Visit the show notes at businesssavvymama.com/urgent-and-important -------------------- Want to learn more about creating a custom system to make your work or home life easier? Visit businesssavvymama.com/intensives for more info. Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

I'm back with another "5 Questions with Mom Entrepreneur". This week I am chatting with Demaris Young, owner of Kids B.A.L. (Beyond Any Limitations), an online boutique for boys in sizes 2-10. She was inspired to start Kids B.A.L. as the mother of twin boys. She wanted to provide boy moms with a variety of clothes they love. And most importantly, she wants boys to feel confident and present in what they wear. In her free time, Demaris enjoys spending time with her family and looking for cool trendy clothes for boys. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Mom entrepreneurs have so much on their plates. All the family stuff. All the home stuff. Oh, and all the work stuff. So many balls up in the air. Where should you even begin when it comes to your infinitely long to-do list??? Well, my amazingly talented mompreneur friends, that is precisely what we will discuss today. I'll introduce you to the 4 D's of Time Management and show you how using my TRIM Your To-Do List Flowchart can help you determine which tasks you need to do and which you can delegate, delay, or delete all together (aka NOT do.) -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe including a printable version of the TRIM Your To-Do List Flowchart and all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

We have another "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur" today...and my guest is Business Operations Consultant Kass Fogle. Kass is the CEO of Vim & Vigor Business Operations Consulting and podcast host of The One Burning Question Microcast.  As a consultant, she helps small businesses build strategic plans that help increase revenue and reduce stress. She also provides consultation in project management and human resources, along with keynote speaking on a variety of business and leadership topics. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

For years we've been rewarded for multi-tasking to get more done in less time. And now we come to find out...it's not so great for productivity. In fact, we were never actually performing multiple tasks but actually switching from task to task, losing time and quality along the way. So how does one retrain their brain to uni-task? And is there ever a time we can multi-task? Join me today as I give you a step-by-step method to start developing your uni-tasking skills. -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

For today's "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur", we chat with Christen Schneider of Coffee Break Marketing. Christen helps coaches and creative businesses like you finally get the email marketing and sales funnel you want, to reach clients you love, all in the time you actually have. She believes that if you tell the right stories to the right people at the right time, you can have a huge impact. She was a teacher in a past job life, and it’s her purpose to show as many good business owners, leaders, and change-makers as possible how to teach people to care and build a movement that sticks. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ __________ Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Have you heard of the Pomodoro Technique? On today's episode, we deep dive this tomato timer based time management technique. And we talk how working in short, focused bursts may just be exactly what mom entrepreneurs need to get more done in less time. -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com  Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

We are heading into Q4 of 2020 and I want to set you up for success. Today I'll give you my exact 4-step process to set up your most productive days, weeks, months, and quarters. The best part? When you work in this focused, priority-driven manner, you get more of the important stuff that grows your business, community, and revenue done in less time. Which means more time for all the Fall fun with your family! Need more information on my one-on-one virtual intensives? Go to https://www.businesssavvymama.com/intensives -------------------- Pick up your FREE Priority Recipe with all the ingredients you need to create a productive to-do list by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Today I'm chatting with the delightful Jenelle Augustin... Jenelle is an eCommerce entrepreneur, business development coach, and founder of Start Your Boutique for the mom who wants to FINALLY start the online boutique of her dreams so she can work from home & make an income doing what she loves. Jenelle is also mom, wife, and lover of all things pink. Wanna check out past episodes of "5 Questions with a Mom Entrepreneur"? Go to www.businesssavvymama.com/5-questions-with-a-mom-entrepreneur/ For more information on my "Independence Skills for Independent Kids" course, go to independentkids.businesssavvymama.com __________ Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast Grab my free mini-course “10 Tips for Working While Kids are Home” here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message

Do you set solid boundaries with your clients? Your kids? Yourself? If you are struggling with why you need boundaries or how to set them, today's episode is for you. We chat about how to identify the triggers that indicate you need to set a boundary and help you on the path to setting a healthy mindset around setting boundaries (hint: you are not letting anyone down). You can pick up a free printable copy of "Your Priority Recipe" by visiting priorities.businesssavvymama.com For more information on my "Independence Skills for Independent Kids" course, go to independentkids.businesssavvymama.com __________ Check out the show notes and past episodes at businesssavvymama.com/podcast Grab my free mini-course “10 Tips for Working While Kids are Home” here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/businesssavvymama/message