Kate's Take

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