Kate's Take

In this episode we're going to dive into the 5 Phases of Reflection, and by the end of these 5 phases, you'll have at least 2 to 3 goals set for yourself for the year ahead. Ever have trouble setting goals? Not sure where to even start? Tune in to this episode to get your very own goal setting guide. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/season1 Set and Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal!

In the second episode of Season 1 here on Kate's Take, we're going to dive in to why accountability is integral to accomplishing your goals - and how you find your very own accountability partner today. Tune in to get the step-by-step, actionable advice you need in order to make consistent progress towards accomplishing your biggest goals. Call to action: Ready to set and accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days? Head over to TheFreedomJournal.com to grab you own copy today!

In Episode 1 of Season 1 here on Kate's Take, we're going to dive in to the specific steps you can take today in order to set and accomplish your biggest goals. This starts with reviewing the 5 Phases of Reflection, then confirming that our goals are SMART goals, and finally, following 4 to-do's that will become our plan for accomplishing our goals. Tune in to get the step-by-step, actionable advice you need in order to make consistent progress towards accomplishing your biggest goals. Call to action: Ready to set and accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days? Head over to TheFreedomJournal.com to grab you own copy today!

On Season 1 of Kate's Take we're going to be focusing on how to set and accomplish your biggest goals. We'll start with exactly that: how do you set and accomplish goals? Over 10 episodes, we're also going to be covering topics like: Why accountability is so integral to accomplishing your goals (and how to find your own accountability partner who can help); How to set SMART goals (Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant and Time-bound); What types of check points and review periods you can set for yourself in order to consistently be making progress towards your big goals; and so much more! Tune in to Season 1 on Kate's Take for 10 episodes that will take you through goal setting - step by step. Actionable advice every time; that's my guarantee. Call To Action: Are you ready to set and accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days? Head over to TheFreedomJournal.com and grab your own copy today!

A LOT has happened at the EOFire studio in 2015 - we've experienced some huge wins, and also some big losses. As a result, we have some great lessons learned we can carry with us into 2016. In this episode I not only share some of our biggest lessons learned in 2016, but in the process I also walk through the 5 phases of reflection: a step-by-step guide to helping you set S.M.A.R.T. goals for 2016. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode144 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take! Set and Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal!

Wondering what conferences you should attend in 2016? Step 1: Make sure you have at least 1 S.M.A.R.T. goal set for your business, because this is what will help guide you in making smart decisions around the conferences you attend (those that will help you get closer to your S.M.A.R.T. goal!) Step 2: Review the conferences in this episode (and in the post that accompanies it) to decide which conferences are the best for YOU! The top conferences referenced in this episode are ones we've personally attended, and so we speak from experience when we say they're great events. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode143 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take! Set and Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal!

I remember it so clearly: the day I decided I would leave my 9 to 5. It was in April of 2011, and I was just told that I wasn't going to get a promotion I thought was in the bag. What followed is what I like to refer to as the 3 phases. These 3 phases allowed me to accomplish my goal of leaving my 9 to 5, and if they helped me without me even realizing that I was going through the phases, then I know they can help you, too. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode142 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take! Set and Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal

When it comes to excuses - and feeling overwhelmed - there's one person to blame: ourselves. YOU are in control of your schedule and how you chose to spend your time. Want to see a change in your day-to-day? Make it happen. In this episode I share 3 steps I've just followed in my quest for No more excuses: How to stop feeling so overwhelmed and start getting more done. Will you join me on this quest? Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode141 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take! Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal

How do you know when it's time to move on or pivot? We all face this question at one point or another on our entrepreneurial journey, most of us more than just once. If we're lucky, the answer is clear, black or white, yes or no. But more often than not, the answer isn't that clear - unless we know how to figure out whether or not it's time to move on or pivot. In this episode I share 3 steps you can follow in order to figure out whether or not it's time to move on or pivot. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode140 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take! Accomplish Your #1 Goal in 100 Days with The Freedom Journal

What's it like to set SMART goals? How does one go about actually starting - how do you know what your SMART goals should be? In this episode I talk about just that, and I include a specific set of questions you can ask yourself in order to get to your SMART goals (Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant and Time-bound). Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode139 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take! Set and Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal!

I love being organized, having a clear picture of what's on my plate any given week, having time to put a plan in place to carefully execute the projects we're working on, and ultimately, ending my day knowing that I've completed certain things. And all of this is especially important to me when I'm looking to set S.M.A.R.T. goals for a new year. So, how do I actually make sure it happens? In this episode I share 5 steps you can follow that will help you prep for the new year. By the end you'll have a plan in place that you can then execute to accomplishing your biggest goals in 2016. Set and Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days with The Freedom Journal Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode138 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

Today's episode is a bonus and includes our November 2015 Income Report recording. Listen in to hear our biggest lessons learned from Nov, along with our income and expenses! Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/income27 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

In this episode I continue to lay out 6 Ways you can gain traction and grow your audience. But I don't just talk about the ways and then move on - I've created actual steps and video tutorials that will show you exactly how to do the things I'm talking about. This isn't just an episode that talks about why these ways will help you grow your audience - it's going to actually show you how to do it. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode137 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

In this episode I lay out 6 Ways you can gain traction and grow your audience. But I don't just talk about the ways and then move on - I've created actual steps and video tutorials that will show you exactly how to do the things I'm talking about. This isn't just an episode that talks about why these ways will help you grow your audience - it's going to actually show you how to do it. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode137 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

In this episode I talk about how cataloguing my blog content helped me listen to my audience in a whole new way. I also break down the steps I took to catalogue my content for big results. If you're feeling like your content isn't getting you the results you want, and you don't have readers or listeners reaching out to you with feedback that can help you improve your content, then cataloguing your content can help you recognize where you could be improving. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode136 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

One of the best pieces of advice I've received when it comes to delegating tasks is to always create a video of the actual task to share with the person you're delegating to. Simple, effective, and smart. In this episode I talk about all the benefits of creating training videos, along with an actual process of how I create training videos here at EOFire. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode135 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

We hosted the 1st ever Podcasters' Paradise Cruise Nov 1 - 7, 2015. It was an incredible experience - one I know we'll never forget. In this episode I talk about how the Cruise came to be, our lessons learned, and my top takeaways from the speakers' sessions. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode134 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

In this episode I talk about 3 ways to get noticed that I've used in order to land speaking engagements, along with the 3 major benefits that come with speaking engagements. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode133 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

Now that you have your product or service idea validated by your audience (thanks to episode 131), what happens next? How are you supposed to share this incredible new product and service with the world so you can continue to grow your business? In this episode I cover the top 4 tactics for marketing your products and services. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode132 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

You know that famous saying "Build it, and they will come"? I really don't like that saying, because it's the opposite of what I believe creating products and services should be about. Instead, I like to focus on finding out what the need is FIRST - what your audience's BIGGEST pain point is - and THEN finding out ways you can create products and services that can help solve that pain point and get your perfect customer to where they want to be. In this episode, I share a 4-step process you can start following today in order to figure out what the right products and services for your audience are. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode131 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

Ever get out of bed in the morning and wonder whether or not you can handle another day of hard work when you continue to see little results? How do you get unstuck in business when no matter what you do - what you invest in, what you read, what you create - you're still not where you want to be? In this episode I team up with a Fire Nation faithful to talk about 3 ways to get unstuck in business! Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode130 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

One of the best ways to start creating systems and processes in your own business is to break down the task or project you're about to start into individual steps. This not only ensures you're going to have a record of every single step you take each time you do something in order to actually get that thing done, but it'll also help you double check yourself in the future so you don't forget something super important. In this episode, I share how to publish your website in 7 steps! Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode129 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

You've already launched your podcast, and you're loving every minute of it; congrats! ...but now you're wondering how on earth you're supposed to keep up the momentum and traction the iTunes New & Noteworthy push is pumping into your podcast. In this episode I share the 7 strategies I've been using over the past year to grow my podcast audience. If they're working for me, then I know they can work for you, too. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode128 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

There are a lot of projects we come up against in our business that are intimidating, overwhelming - too massive to even know where to start. And so we put them off, set them aside, and they never get done. In today's episode I'm going to share how I've tackled a massive project in our business by leveraging the SCRUM method: breaking it down into SCRUM projects, Sprint preps and Sprint periods. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode127 Buy The Fire Path book on Amazon! Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

Ever wonder how on earth you're supposed to know what your audience wants and needs from you? How do you even begin to create the right products and services for them? If you know how to listen, then your audience will literally tell you exactly what they want and need. In this episode I lay out a 5 Step process you can follow to increase engagement with you audience in order to serve them better. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode126 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

In this episode I share exactly how you - or someone on your team - can become the greatest community manager your business has ever seen by following a specific set of steps... a process, really. This specific set of 5 steps, when completed over time and continuously, will help you rock your community management like you never thought possible. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode125 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take!

If someone had told me 3 years ago that today I'd be helping run a multi-million dollar business, I probably would have fallen over. In this episode, I share the top 9 lessons I've learned in the past 3 years as a full-time entrepreneur. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode124 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Having an accountability partner who I meet with on a consistent basis and who I know is going to hold me to doing what I say I'll do has changed everything for me. Tasks that used to get pushed to the side and abandoned for months at a time; major projects that I didn't start because I wasn't sure where to start exactly; these are all things that having an accountability partner has pushed me to accomplish - finished tasks, setting deadlines and accomplishing my goals. In this episode I talk about how to find an accountability partner, and then also how to set your partnership up for success. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode123 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

One of the most frequently asked questions I get related to hiring and growing a virtual team is: what tasks should I delegate to my virtual assistant? In this episode I share all the things we delegate to our virtual team members to help us gain back time - because time is freedom. Hopefully this list is helpful in giving you some ideas for what you might delegate to your virtual team. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode122 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Creating a nurture campaign is no joke, and by that I mean it's a lot of work. Is it worth it? Yes, I believe 100 percent that it is totally worth it. But why a nurture campaign? How did we even come up with the idea to create it, what does it include and what does it look like, and how do you actually create one? These are all the questions I've been receiving from Fire Nation, and today, I'm on the mic to answer them all. Listen in to hear why and how we created our nurture campaign. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode121 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

In this episode I share a couple of the templates we use when hiring a new virtual team member, specifically, what interview questions we ask them, and what email we send in order to confirm they've been selected and welcome them to the team. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode120 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Wonder what it actually looks like to listen to your audience? This episode is a living breathing example, because everything I talk about is the result of one of our very own Fire Nation faithful reaching out on Twitter and simply asking. I dive into how the EOFire Team works, our timeline of growth, and I share our biggest tips for entrepreneurs looking to build a team so you can prepare a successful virtual team strategy. Post that accompanies this episode: http://www.eofire.com/episode119 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Whether you consider it a routine, a ritual, or simply your daily habits, having something you follow every day is incredibly important. In fact, knowing what my day looks like - every day - directly contributes to the amount of work I'm able to get done and the focus I'm able to give projects and tasks. In this episode I share what my daily ritual is and talk about the importance of why I choose certain habits over others. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode118 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

We've been talking A LOT about systems and processes and efficiencies and delegating... now is a perfect time to share the top tools you can start using right now to save time and crush your to-do list! In this episode I share the Top 5 Tools I use every single day in our business, and I can say for sure that I wouldn't get half as much done as I do now without them. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode117 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

In this episode I share how to identify processes that aren't working - and how to fix them. We spend so much time making sure our systems and processes are set up correctly, but what about the maintenance side of the equation? Make sure you're not only leveraging your systems and processes to the fullest, but also recognizing when one of them might be broken. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode116 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

How do you create a system that will remove you from the day-to-day of your business? In this episode I share 4 steps you can take in order to remove yourself from some of the repetitive, mundane - yet important - tasks in your business, so you instead can focus your energy on other things, like new ideas, improving already existing things in your business, and freeing up time so you can spend it on - whatever you want! Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode115 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Creating systems and processes in your business isn't always as cut and dry as following 3 simple steps. Sometimes things come up in your business that you haven't prepared for - that you may have never expected to be creating a system or process around. That was certainly the case for us when it came to setting up a system around following up (and recovering) missed payments for Podcasters' Paradise. In this episode I walk through how we did it, and how you can approach similar situations in your business. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode114 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

In this episode I cover from start to finish how we hire team members here at EOFire. I also talk about the on boarding process and how we delegate parts or the whole of a task, project, system or process to our virtual team. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode113 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Documenting your systems and processes - much like creating the system or process itself - might seem like a lot of work and time and effort. That's because it is. It does take work and time and effort to put systems and processes in place - and furthermore, to actually document them. In this episode I share how to document your systems and processes and why it's so important. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode112 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

You can't create 10 systems at once, and that's exactly why I recorded this episode. I want to share a few of the most common systems every business should have in order to give you a place to start. I'm going to go big-picture here; I'm not going to talk about the several processes that might live under each of these systems in detail. But we'll get there - we'll be diving into each of these systems individually in future Kate's Take episodes. Today, we'll be discussing Marketing and creating a system for Outreach and Networking. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode111 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

You can't create 10 systems at once, and that's exactly why I recorded this episode. I want to share a few of the most common systems every business should have in order to give you a place to start. I'm going to go big-picture here; I'm not going to talk about the several processes that might live under each of these systems in detail. But we'll get there - we'll be diving into each of these systems individually in future Kate's Take episodes. Today, we'll be discussing Setting SMART Goals and creating a system for your Content. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode110 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

When you're creating systems and processes, your business (and life) might look and feel a little hectic. You might feel like you're kind of all over the place - or sometimes, you might feel like you're forgetting something. In today's episode I chat about the 3 Steps to putting down a solid foundation to help support your business (and life) while you're creating systems and processes - so that you don't feel overwhelmed, and so that nothing falls through the cracks. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode109 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Now that we've covered the 3 Steps to creating any system or process in your business, including taking inventory, writing out the steps, and determining efficiencies, let's really dive into how this impacts YOU and your time. Because creating systems and processes is a way for you to create freedom, all while growing and scaling your business, in this episode we break down the "batching" category even further to ensure we're making the things YOU do in your business are most efficient. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode108 Posts mentioned in this episode: Theming: http://eofire.com/episode59 SCRUM: http://eofire.com/episode58 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

We all know about the importance of setting goals, "doing the work", and learning from our mistakes, and while we can't forget about those critical success factors, we also can't forget about our blindspots. Just like in the physical world of driving, not being aware of these blindspots may be limiting you (at best), and severely hindering your success (at worst). In today's episode I chat with Phil Ferrante of bFitnLive about 4 things that could be sabotaging your success. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/blindspot

Once you've taken inventory, you should have a clear picture of the types of tasks that help your business run and that you probably work on regularly. Once you've written out the steps to ONE of the tasks from your inventory, you'll have a complete list of everything you do every time that task comes up. This is where it gets fun (and real): Now, it's time to determine efficiencies for every step within each of the processes you want to create. In this episode, we'll cover Step 3 for creating systems and processes in your business! Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode107 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

Once you've taken that first step, you should have a clear picture of the types of tasks that help your business run and that you probably work on regularly. Now, it's time to take it to the next level and actually start writing out the steps for each of the processes you want to create. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode106 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

What went down at Podcast Movement 2015? A LOT! In this episode, I give a full rundown of the amazing sessions, including our biggest lessons learned from the event.

The first step in creating any process within your business is to take inventory of everything you do on a repetitive basis. Without knowing WHAT you're working on that contributes to your business, you're never going to know which tasks can have a process or system built around them. In this episode I go into detail about how you can take inventory in your own business in order to take the first step in creating systems and processes that create freedom. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode105 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

I've seen and heard about a lot of struggles from entrepreneurs around how to actually create systems in their business, so I decided to take a step back and dissect just that: what is the #1 struggle most entrepreneurs face when it comes to creating systems? When asked this question: When (and how) are you going to actually start documenting the steps that it takes you to complete something so you can create a process around it for your business?" I got a similar answer from several entrepreneurs: "The next time I work on that task, I will document the steps." This is the #1 struggle that most entrepreneurs face when it comes to creating systems, and in this episode I identify the actual struggle they face, plus provide a solution you can use right now to help you start creating systems and processes in your business today. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode104 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take

We know systems and processes can help us grow and scale our business in order to create freedom, but what exactly are they, and what's the difference between the two? In this episode I break down the difference between systems and processes in detail, with example of what each of these things might include in your business. Post that accompanies this episode: http://eofire.com/episode103 Leave a Rating & Review for Kate's Take