Systemize Your Success

🎙 Steve describes a technique where you create a chart of everything you do in your business and find out if your employees want to do it, learn about it, or just simply hate it. This will increase the rapport you have with your team and increase their productivity.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  💡 Create a spreadsheet and list all the activities that go on in your business in one column on the left hand side....

Automation tools, used correctly, can revolutionize parts of your business, streamline your operation, reduce errors and save costs in terms of time and wages. However, used inappropriately or incorrectly they can be a substantial drain on your time and resources. Steve is here to denote correct application of these tools to help you avoid the pitfalls.   KEY TAKEAWAYS    Apps such as Zapier or In...

In this episode Steve is going to teach you how to avoid the annoying back and forth chaos that is scheduling a meeting with a busy client or employee. By using calendar scheduling apps you can eliminate the often time consuming e-mail cat-and-mouse game of allotting time and automate and simplify your appointment calendar.     KEY TAKEAWAYS    Using these apps you can book calls and meetings of d...

Steve interviews Kevin Brittain, successful entrepreneur, marathon runner and philanthropist, who is running barefoot around the world! While doing this he fits in being a husband and father and holds two Guinness World Records for ‘Fastest Marathon Runner Dressed As a Ninja’. Currently vlogging his round-the-world virtual journey of 40,075 km he is also raising money for needy children as he goes...

This episode is all about the Comms Assistant (CA) position. What is a CA? Why do you need one in your life? When should you be considering hiring one? Steve advises a CA to be sourced early on and he details exactly why a CA is an essential member of your team.   KEY TAKEAWAYS    A Comms Assistant is a gatekeeper between you and any incoming information be it e-mail, social media messaging like I...

When you have a quarterly or annual meeting and all the tasks and goals that have been previously put on the back burner are discussed and brought to light, how do you take that daunting incongruous list and present it in a way that is easy to manage and avoids “cherry picking” of the more desirable tasks? Steve has a simple way of visualizing even the largest list of jobs into an easy to prioriti...

  A fluctuating workforce is a real headache that seriously affects your overall efficiency. Steve shares his five golden rules with you that can create a much more productive use of time for both yourself and your employees.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   Throughout any type of business, time management is a key factor in keeping productivity at a premium. It might seem simple, but create an operations manual...

Steve interviews business guru Justin Esgar who works guiding business, organizations and individuals through the world of Apple IT via his company Virtua Consulting Group. He also works as a business consultant and discusses his take on modern outsourcing, his career as an technical and children’s author and utilizing the correct personnel and IT for your company’s needs.   KEY TAKEAWAYS    Justi...

Up until now the usual way of thinking when deciding which tasks to delegate and which staff to hire has been to try to employ someone opposite to you who compliments your strengths and weaknesses and to pass on tasks which you find unrewarding or difficult. However, Steve disagrees with this and shares why it's often a good idea to relinquish responsibility for doing tasks you enjoy and are good...

If you use a password sharing tool like LastPass Steve highlights a security issue you may not be previously aware of. If you provide passwords to your team via these apps Steve instructs you on how you can use them safely so this is no longer an issue.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  When running any business the number of passwords for sites, apps and software son mounts so apps like LastPass allow you to shar...

Steve chats today to David Wachs, CEO and founder of Handwrytten. Handwrytten provides solutions to communicating with your customers in pen to provide a more personal touch than mass printed type written notes and letters. Steve finds out what such a service can offer your organization in improving your relationship with your clients.    KEY TAKEAWAYS    Handwrytten is the largest provider of han...

In this episode Steve discusses job adverts and how writing a job advert in a particular way can drastically improve the chance of people applying for your position. How can you get the best people to apply just by crafting the job posting the right way? Steve details the ideal method to approach potential staff using his experience of filling over 140 different positions for himself and his clien...

In this episode Steve shares his experience of using different methods for hiring virtual assistants and staff. He covers using agencies, recruitment consultants and also hiring direct. He also discusses the recruitment system that has enabled him to hire over 140 virtual assistants and remote workers over the past few years.    KEY TAKEAWAYS    Steve has created  a recruitment system which allows...

In this episode Steve details how you can get your staff to make online payments within your organization without putting yourself at risk. Steve covers card purchases, PayPal, Amazon, standing orders, BACS payments and paying your overseas staff their wages.   KEY TAKEAWAYS    Do not give your staff a debit card or credit card that is linked to your main account. Set up a prepaid card which is in...

Steve tackles the often posed question of which is the best platform to work with, Microsoft or Google? When you are setting up your business there is no doubt that high grade efficient software is essential so which way should you go to give yourself the best steps forward?   KEY TAKEAWAYS  When it comes to free apps for personal use the difference is not so important but when creating your compa...

In this episode, Steve details how to reward your employees with bonuses as yearly payments, achievement rewards or time off. He points out the possible pitfalls of bonuses and how your employee's personal circumstances, culture and family can all affect the appropriateness of the types of rewards you offer.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  In some cultures, bonuses are expected or even mandated by law. Familiaris...

Steve Day interviews Chet Morjaria, author of "Work Worth Doing: Align Your Value with Your Values and Make a Meaningful Mark on the World."https://www.amazon.co.uk/Work-Worth-Doing-values-meaningful/dp/1781335079And "The Right Clients: Choose who you work with, reclaim your energy and lead with authenticity"Together they discuss how knowing your core values and having them clearly defined can hel...

Steve introduces you to his essential software for business beginning with Screencast-O-Matic, a versatile video editing tool and sharing platform. This software can be utilised to streamline your team communication and training requirements within one easy to use platform and Steve details the advantages it offers to your business. KEY TAKEAWAYS The simplicity of Screencast-O-Matic is key. It is...

Gareth Bain is the CEO of Got Legs Digital, and a marketing growth consultant who helps small business owners to get off the ground in terms of marketing and make their businesses rapidly successful.   Steve talks to Gareth about where to start with marketing, what the best strategies are to use in the short term, how to implement these strategies effectively and how to accelerate growth even if y...

This week, Steve is joined by PR expert, Jim James, the founder of the EASTWEST Public Relations Group, as well as the host of the highly successful UnNoticed Podcast.   Jim joins the show to discuss how you can unlock the value in your business through effective communication, and how knowing your audience can help you to deliver far higher levels of value, and increase your success.   KEY TAKEAW...

Steve is joined by author, John Williams, the writer behind 'F Work, Let's Play!', and other works. Steve and John discuss the ways in which you can create a systemised approach to choosing the right business for you - one that you both enjoy and profit from. The discussion also focusses upon the process of idea formulation, marketing, selling, and establishing a profitable business that's also a...

Steve is in conversation with Jeff Mendelson, the host of the One Big Tip podcast, and a champion of scaling through systemisation.    Jeff talks to Steve about how to start a podcast, the advantages and benefits of doing so and how it can positively impact your business and brand, building authority through doing so, and the ways in which podcasting can be used as an effective tool for networking...

Steve is joined by Georges Verdis, for an inspirational journey through a story that began with Georges as an estate agent in London, sometimes working upwards of fifty hours per week, which caused his personal life to suffer. However, in the space of six months, Georges had built systems into his business that allowed things to function without him.   In this show, Georges talks to Steve about th...

Dr Steve Day summarises the five types of LastPass accounts and why he recommends the Teams account for small business owners and entrepreneurs.  KEY TAKEAWAYS:  There are three types of personal accounts (free, premium and families) and two types of business accounts (teams, and business) that LastPass has to offer.  Teams is the most efficient for entrepreneurs/owners of small businesses because...

Steve is joined by Robert Poole who specialises in helping small businesses sell to other companies. Together they discuss the value of calling people over the phone to help sell your business, why it is important to tap into the emotional side of marketing and why systems are critical to your business’ growth.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  For a small company when you begin to make some revenue it makes sense...