Leverage
163 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 56 ratingsListen to the Leverage podcast to learn from entrepreneurs, thought leaders, & business efficiency experts. Hosted by Leverage Founder & CEO Nick Sonnenberg.
Get Leverage to work smarter--not harder. Leverage offers team training & consulting packages to optimize business workflow. Get the right tools, systems & processes to increase efficiency, boost marketing, & increase top-line & bottom-line revenue.
Visit www.getleverage.com/podcast & book your 15-minute intro call to find out what Leverage can do for your business.
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"We give you Leverage of your time, money, and resources" - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #12
November 04, 2016 12:57 - 9 minutes - 6.43 MBKey Quote “We give you Leverage of your time, money, and resources.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:13 – Ari and Nick are operating directly from their virtual assistance company now 00:40 – The new name of the company will be Leverage * 01:10 – Idea to Execution Book launch 01:29 – Not just for people who own a startup 01:38 – Insights for people who want to work for us 01:52 – We’re hiring VAs all the time o 02:15 – Check out Work for Less Doing * 02:26 ...
#011: Genius Network and HeroX - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
October 28, 2016 17:01 - 8 minutes - 5.75 MBKey Quote “Genius network is a community of great people that are just amazing.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:16 – Ari and Nick are at the Genius Network annual event * 00:56 – Sniphero for Gmail 01:21 – Lets you insert dynamic content * 02:02 – Wantoo 02:10 – A feedback platform that allows you to let people propose ideas 02:24 – Utilizes a similar set-up to Trello * 03:24 – Skipio 03:26 – A text-based marketing solution 04:08 – Allows voice mail messages * 04:37 – OAO’s HeroX compe...
#010: 'Idea to Execution'; Privacy & Security Cameras; Credit Cards; To-Do Lists - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
October 21, 2016 15:39 - 10 minutes - 7.08 MBKey Quote “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you shouldn’t be worried about your privacy.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:17 – Please review Idea to Execution by Ari Meisel & Nick Sonnenberg on Amazon 00:39 – Persistent Surveillance Systems 01:03 – A plane that takes a photo of the entire city every second 01:16 – Output is a frame by frame view of the whole city 01:25 – Used for investigating explosions 01:50 – Two hours of implementation, PSS caught a robber 02:29 – Nick’s frie...
#009: Apps to Improve Personal Efficiency; Diet Advice; Learn Guitar; Rebranding - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
October 14, 2016 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.61 MBKey Resources - Access to all OAO Links Time-Stamped Notes * 00:14 – Nick and Ari are phoning it in—literally—from a Manhattan restaurant * 00:28 – Question from Tip Wood: “What does Ari usually eat throughout the day?” o 00:47 – Just because it works for Ari doesn’t mean it will work for you o 01:29 – Usually a high-fat, low-sugar diet o 02:00 – Lunch is usually the biggest meal * 02:45 – Nick’s nutritionist is trying to get him to refocus on high-fats * 03:20 – www.Wiive.com ...
#008: Business Efficiency Tips; Give Better Offers; New Book Launch; Better One-On-Ones; Organize Your Photos - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 30, 2016 12:05 - 10 minutes - 8.98 MBKey Resources Access to all OAO Links Time-Stamped Notes 00:12 – New book is officially launching 01:05 – Zero dollars, zero backing, and ½ the hours a normal startup takes 01:50 – Really covers the 80/20 principle to a T 02:10 – Book releases on October 4th, Audible version around November 11th 02:20 – You don’t need to invests thousands of dollars in technology or people to get a company off the ground—so much is already available for free 02:45 – Unsubscribe à IFTTT à Unsub...
#007: Biohacking For Better Sex; Incentivize Fitness in Your Company; Orange Theory Fitness; Outsource Corporate Events - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 23, 2016 10:42 - 11 minutes - 9.97 MBKey Quote “Without being to explicit, I can’t even imagine. Honestly…I think I would kill somebody.” Key Resources Access to all OAO Links Time-Stamped Notes 00:16 – The beginning of October is the Genius Network Annual event, as well as the end of Ari’s year of no travel, no speaking 00:40 – September 23rd is Ari’s birthday—34 years young! 01:00 – Ari is stepping away from the Haymakers for Hope event 01:55 – com—Create fitness challenges within your company! 02:19 – Especi...
#006: Automated Call Notes; Make Your Phone Faster; Stop Sharing Passwords - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 16, 2016 08:54 - 12 minutes - 10.5 MBKey Quote “You kind of look like Dr. Evil when you do that…” Time-Stamped Notes 00:15 –Nick is in London, has been traveling quite a bit 00:35 – September 11th was also national Grandparent’s Day 01:00 – 2.7 million American grandparents provide free childcare 01:15 – clark.ai 01:31 – If you want to use us now, email our team and tell us why 01:39 – Invite the bot to any call and the bot will automatically show up and take notes 02:12 – You can even just CC the bot 02:25...
#005: Give Anonymous Feedback; Automate Policing; Managing Virtual Assistants; Decode Customer Service - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 07, 2016 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MBTime-Stamped Notes 00:22 – Speedback 00:24 – Allows you to write anonymous feedback through Slack 01:25 – Nick and Ari created their own internal Slackbot 02:06 – “We are automating what our managers call policing.” – Nick 02:45 – Nick wants to automate all the things possible to make scaling up easier 03:02 – Ari outlines the process of VAs setting up tasks 03:20 – Whatever can be automatically assigned, will be automatically assigned. 03:37 – Errors produced 03:52 – “Our ...
#004: Our New Book; Growth Geek Freelancing; Get More Email Responses; Book Editing Tips - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #4
September 07, 2016 09:30 - 12 minutes - 8.26 MBTime-Stamped Notes 01:00 – Ari and Nick are both very busy and are getting ready to launch their new book. 01:40 – The Thunderclap campaign for this podcast. 02:07 – Nick is enjoying some lamb neck. 03:00 – co 03:07 – People can collaborate to make a video tribute for someone. 03:27 – It compiles the video for you. 03:40 – Growth Geeks 03:50 – Freelance for “growth geeks” 04:00 – Design Geeks and Word Geeks 04:15 – New branches off of Growth Geeks 04:40 – See the benefi...
#003: Become an 'Expert', Communicate Better, Work 1 Hour Each Day; The Best Fitness Tracker - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 07, 2016 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBTime-Stamped Notes 00:28 – VA Services price increase on September 1st 00:40 – Clients signed up before Sept. 1st will be at the current price of $129/month and $40/hour 00:47 – Clients joining after the 1st, the pricing will be $149/month and $40/hour 01:03 – Just enough to support current clients and be able to offer the same level of service 01:17 – Fancy Hands – assistants for everyone 01:21 – Ari was a huge supporter of Fancy Hands, until the quality of the service tanked ...
#002: Work Remotely; Virtual Assistants For Travel; Track Employees Better; Boost Web Productivity - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 07, 2016 08:30 - 13 minutes - 9.22 MBTime-Stamped Notes 00:20 – Ari and Nick talk about bone broth 01:33 – Trivia: bone broth has a lot of collagen and glutathione 01:49 – Marine Collagen Protein 1.5x more collagen 03:04 – Bear burger 03:15 – Grass-fed versus Grass-finished 03:58 – Nick just came back from Iceland and his luggage was lost 04:12 – It was a great task for a virtual assistant 04:23 – The problem was completely solved 04:30 – The virtual assistant advised Nick to get a Trackdot 05:00 – Working wi...
#001: Why We Love Mondays; Personal Email Assistants; Getting User Feedback; Social Cold Lead Generation - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.
September 07, 2016 08:00 - 13 minutes - 9.33 MBTime-Stamped Notes 00:10 – Introducing the new podcast, Optimize Automate Outsource 01:00 – Subscribe right away! 01:20 – The first draft of their new book, Idea to Execution in a Day 02:20 – Nick and Ari both love Mondays! 03:10 – It’s an exciting day to kick off the week! 03:30 – They just won’t have a bad Monday. 04:05 – The HeroX Challenge 04:15 -- A crowdsourced competition for a cool automation hack 05:05 – Become a guest on the podcast 05:10 – Go to the HeroX websi...
Intro - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. Episode - #000
August 22, 2016 16:38 - 9 seconds - 94.9 KBOptimize, Automate, Outsource. Releases on the 7th of September, 2016! Support the new podcast from Less Doing! We are trying to get into New and Noteworthy on iTunes and we need your help! Subscribing & Reviewing will help us immensely! Thank you. Optimize, Automate, Outsource. A podcast hosted by Ari Meisel and Nick Sonnenberg. Each week Ari & Nick discuss Less Doing Productivity Hacks which can range from articles to technologies to help you optimize, automate and outsource everythi...