In today’s episode, Steven, Melissa, and Alan recap Tuesday’s episode with Kate Erickson from the Entrepreneur on Fire Podcast. She’s on a mission to help entrepreneurs create freedom in their business and life through developing systems and processes to help them scale and grow their businesses.
[00:29] What’s up Creative Hustlers!
[01:17] We’re recapping Kate Erickson’s episode.
[01:40] Kate is so genuine, and Melissa met her last year at Social Media Marketing World.
[02:18] Kate is the backend process queen.
[02:36] It’s hard to keep genuine in the entrepreneurial world. You get success and it can get to your head.
[03:14] Kate and her husband John Lee Dumas, moved to Puerto Rico and got their house slammed in the hurricane.
[03:54] Some people in Puerto Rico still don’t have power, but Kate mentioned a charity group on Facebook, called Adopt a Family in Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief.
[05:05] Kate & her husband took a personality test so John could convince Kate to leave her job and work with him.
[06:10] They took Sally Hogshead’s How to Fascinate archetype test to see strengths and weaknesses, and who can pick up slack!
[06:50] Marketing is all about archetypes.
[07:40] Kate is all about ensuring the process is efficient and working smoothly.
[07:55] Work on ONE system at a time and perfect it before moving on!
[09:25] Once you have a process in place, it’s about holding people accountable for their actions.
[09:58] How the process plays a role in success of podcasts!
[10:57] Shout Out to Wunderlist! Simple and efficient task list tool!
[11:50] Keeping people accountable to the process, like recording, production, editing, is critical.
[14:30] How Kate got back on the process wagon after the hurricane in Puerto Rico!
[15:30] Kate would grab a drink with Jane Austen! Which we weren’t really sure who she was.
[16:13] If you google Jane Austen, her “movies” come up, Clueless actually pops up!
[17:40] Last time The Creative Hustler has read a fiction book!
[19:20] Balance your non-fiction reading with a fictional book.
[19:50] Clueless is actually based on Jane Austen’s book, Emma!
[20:00] Check out Entrepreneur on Fire, and also Kate’s podcast, Kate’s Take!
[20:45] For more about The Creative Hustler, we’re on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and please leave a review!
[21:08] Peace Out, Creative Hustlers!
[21:16] Melissa’s Moment of Hustle
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