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039 Five Business Hacks I Use Everyday

3/12/2019

Have you heard the saying "You don't know what you don't know"?
This was the premise in which I shared this episode. Today, I share five business hacks I use everyday in my business to be able to ensure I stay on track and on top of my game.
Here they are:

Bitly
Hootsuite
Google Analytics
Say No - Check out Mary Unwin of Walk Tall Personal Development and her Topic for February at our Connect Her connectors
Use a VA - I use The Business Support Factory

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. Connect at www.connecther.com.au

038 Does Your Business Have Multiple Streams of Income?

26/11/2019

A month out from Christmas and the credit card gets a work out a little more than usual is a great opportunity to talk about multiple streams of income or income diversification. Not matter what you business or if you are employed having income diversification or multiple stream of income should be all year round. Listen in to the key takeaways and ideas, we look at the why's and hows of diversification and multi streams shared on today's episode
Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. Connect at www.connecther.com.au

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037 Create some theatre

19/11/2019

This episode we look at creating some theatre around promoting your events. With over 30 years in the corporate and retail sector, Lee looks at some of the key areas that made retailing promotions and events work. You too can implement some of the strategies into your event planning.

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. Connect at www.connecther.com.au

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036 Self Promotion don't have too much self

12/11/2019

Today's episode we look at the changing landscape of networking from 10 years ago as Lee shares a blog post from her past. When networking be interested not interesting and check in to make sure there isn't too much 'self' in the conversation.

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. Connect at www.connecther.com.au

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035 WHERE TO GO TO BE IN THE KNOW

29/10/2019

This episode was inspired by some work I have been doing to get myself on a two and a half week holiday with the hubby. We pledge at the beginning of our break to be 'present' and enjoy each others company. To honour this pledge I needed to get organised and sorted well ahead of time. I listed out some of the places I was finding some great resources and realised these may be a great starting point or help to you too!

Here a a list of the places I visited for inspiration, information and 'hot to':
Huffington Post
Medium.com
Wikihow
CNet
Showme
Youtube
Pinterest
Webinars
Podcasts
Live events
Facebook Business Groups Connect her Collective
Networking Connect Her events

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. Connect at www.connecther.com.au

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034 GIVE YOURSELF A BIG HUG

22/10/2019

Give yourself a big hug, it is time for some self care. It is all to easy to fall into the trap of just doing 'a bit more' or 'just this one thing' and before you know it you are feeling exhausted, overwhelmed or just plain flat. In this episode Lee shares some small, no cost tips that can take less than a minute to give yourself a big hug and some good old fashioned self care.
Lee also shares how a country road trip and listening to Tony Robbins The Edge got her drinking a green drink every morning. Another step in self care. Be sure to grab a notepad and pen for some handy tips and reminders on showering yourself with self care and hugs everyday.

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. Connect at www.connecther.com.au

033 CONNECTED CONVERSATIONS WITH BIRGIT LIVESEY

15/10/2019

Today's episode is a Connected Conversation with Birgit Livesey a techie VA with The Business Support Factory www.tbsf.com.au
During the connected conversation Birgit shares her first foray into business. We also delve into challenges, opportunities and what Birgit truly loves about her business.
Birgit share some great tips on what to consider when outsourcing for the first time. A great episode with some fabulous golden nuggets to take away.

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her and a Contagious Connector. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. #1000connections Connect at www.connecther.com.au

032 FIRING OFF HAPPY CHEMICALS

8/10/2019

Happy Chemicals in our brain play a role in keeping us motivated, happy, purposeful and on-track. These four chemicals Dopamine, Serotonin, Endorphins and Oxytocin are responsible for that happiness feeling.These neurotransmitters can be triggered through Gratitude. Oprah Winfrey is a huge advocate for maintaining a gratitude journal.
Imagine if you have the power to change your day, week, year by intentionally causing these happy chemicals to fire off! There are some tips and information about these happy chemicals and what you can do to trigger them off intentionally in your life.
Dr Emoto's water experiment with water crystals show how positive words and thought can change the molecular structure. Video of the experiment is available here

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her and a Contagious Connector.
Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. #1000connections
Connect at www.connecther.com.au

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031 HOW STICKY NOTES HELP ME IN MY BUSINESS & OTHER OBSESSIONS

1/10/2019

I have some odd obsessions, I love journals and notepads with cream or off white paper, I have no idea why but, hey I keep the stationary man very happy. The other odd obsession is the use of Sticky Notes. After sharing a blog post from Birgit Livesey of The Business Support Factory on our Connect Her Collective Facebook group it started some comments. I realised I am not the only one that loves using the humble sticky note.
Enjoy this episode as it covers using sticky notes for

Work flow planning
To do lists
Client and customer and leads follow up

The sizes discussed other than the usual square sticky or post it note is:
5cm x 5cm
7.5cm x 10cm - ruled HXNotes
10cm x 10cm - ruled Post-it
Reference to Antplanner: www.antplanner.com
Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her and a Contagious Connector.
Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other. #1000connections
Connect at www.connecther.com.au

030 Where Do I Hang Out?

23/9/2019

Where do I hang out is a question posed and contemplated by many a small to medium business owner. How much time do I spend on social media and where should I be? The question is tricky an the answer is even trickier.
In this episode we discuss

Creating an Avatar

Brain dump as much information you have about your existing clients & customers
Create a summary or dossier of your avatar
Create a detailed story around your avatar
Create an analysis of where you are focusing your marketing currently

Once you have gathered and created your Avatar it's time to do some analysing.

On-line social networking platform users by age source: creating results
How often small, medium and large businesses are updating their social media
Where small, medium and large businesses are focusing their presence on social media
Did you know in 2017 the average Facebook user has 234 Facebook friends, which begs the question how many followers, friends and contacts do each age group have? source: Sensis

We now have some useful and important information at hand so we can then make a valued and informed decision on..... "Where do I hang out?"

Lee Cummins is the founder of Connect Her. Connect Her Connectors offer a fabulous place to connect, the ability to grow, expand your knowledge, increase your social capital and develop your circle of influence. Enjoy all of this at our events, build community, alliances, friendships, gain support from others and be inspired. There is true magic when women come together to support each other.
Connect at www.connecther.com.au

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