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A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design  Business Podcast

244: Power Talk Friday: Lyndsay Phillips - How a VA Can Help You With Your Marketing

A Well-Designed Business® | Interior Design Business Podcast

LuAnn Nigara

Design, Business, Arts

4.9810 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

We have Lyndsay Phillips with us on today's Power Talk Friday. LuAnn is really looking forward to sharing her with you today because Lyndsay is a self-confessed organizational freak, appointed task manager, and project ninja. She's also a warrior VA (read Virtual Assistant) for Business Coaches, Accountants, Small Business Owners and Online Entrepreneurs. Her business is called Smooth Sailing Online Support and she also has a podcast called Sailing To Success Podcast.  Listen in to find out more about Lyndsay, who really understands the challenges around hiring someone to help you, when growing your business and reaching the next level. Lyndsay and her super team of VA's support entrepreneurs, just like you, who have fast-paced businesses with fast-paced growth. They really help people, by managing their back office, implementing their Marketing and strategizing and implementing their Social Media Campaigns. Listen in now, to find out how Lyndsay takes care of the detail and the moving pieces, which can all be quite overwhelming for really busy people. Show highlights: Lyndsay explains why asking for help is not a weakness- in fact, it actually shows strength. Lyndsay explains how she and her team really are expert at everything that they do, in terms of supporting a business. Lyndsay's team really do understand the importance of proper postings on Social Media. The services and the packages that Lyndsay offers, to fit the unique needs of every client. Lyndsay has an enormous amount of resources and some really useful blog posts on her website. (lyndsayphillips.com) Lyndsay's suggestions for how to be really productive in the 'working at home' environment. Lyndsay even turns Skype off, if she really needs to focus on something, because derailing her focus makes her less productive. Why you should schedule breaks into your day. Ways to implement internal deadlines. Not allowing social media to be a major distraction in your day. Ways that you can use little systems, to minimise the need to reply to emails. Using the Boomerang App for emails, to avoid unnecessary distractions. The impact of your environment on the way that you feel and on your productivity. Go to lyndsayphillips.com for your free copy of Lyndsay's Client Attraction System and you can also go to www.smoothbusinessgrowth.com/beproductive for more information about what Lyndsay does. Lyndsay also works with brick and mortar businesses. Links: Her email: captain@smoothbusinessgrowth.com Her social and website info: www.SmoothBusinessGrowth.com captain@smoothbusinessgrowth.com Twitter  and  Facebook: www.LyndsayPhillips.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you heard about the exciting new exhibit by the Black Artists and Designers Guild,

0:05.6

which was commissioned by the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City?

0:11.1

Big news, right?

0:12.6

The Cooper Hewitt's exhibition is called Making Home, Smithsonian Design Triennial.

0:18.2

Now, the batch designers exhibit is titled the Underground Library,

0:23.8

inspired by the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the clandestine network

0:28.6

established in the early 19th century through which many enslaved African Americans

0:33.6

traveled in search of freedom. This library installation represents a 21st century sanctuary surrounded by art, objects,

0:43.5

artifacts, and books of black legacy.

0:46.9

In reimagining and repurposing the Andrew Carnegie Personal Library,

0:52.7

badge invites you to examine the power of home libraries

0:56.1

and the significance of literacy, remembering that African Americans were denied the right to read

1:02.3

under slavery. I'm honored to share that Window Works in Livingston was asked by badge to create

1:08.7

the flat panels for the windows. We used a custom design fabric

1:12.5

by badge members, and the fabric was fabricated by Stacey Garcia's team at Libatex. So please make a

1:20.0

point to visit this inspired space the next time you are in New York City. The exhibition runs

1:25.5

from November 24 all the way through August 10th,

1:29.8

2025. So you have plenty of time to get this on your calendar. We will put links in the show notes.

1:43.2

Welcome to a well-designed business with your host, Luann Migara.

1:47.6

Luan has a lifetime of experience building a multi-million dollar business with her husband and cousin,

1:52.9

and she knows the challenges you face in your interior design business.

1:56.9

Luan brings you real-life answers to your most pressing problems,

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