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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 52:10

Jane Brown is filling in for Libby Znaimer today. She is joined by

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Clara by Roberto Boloño - Short Story Summary, Analysis, Review

The CodeX Cantina

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 23:29

Welcome to the CodeX Cantina where our mission is to get more people talking about books! Our first Roberto Bolano talk! Let's talk about "Clara" a short story published in the August 4, 2008 issue of The New Yorker! A wonderful piece that we have an interesting take on! We don't expect you have to view this story this way but have an interesting look at how he may be using the Male Gaze to talk about women. We chose this as a part of an effort to read more broadly for #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth . What did you guys think of this story? Our copy was translated by Chris Andrews. Roberto Bolano Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slEE8_8-Oao&list=PLHg_kbfrA7YCIZzAZN7XnStRvZpYlVq1_ Link to Read for Free: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/08/04/clara-roberto-bolano Link to Listen for Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_rFt1jTG1c&t=296s ✨Do you have a Short Story or Novel you'd think we'd like or would want to see us cover? Submit an entry via the Wheel of Destiny on Patreon.

All Things NFT: Marketing, Investments and Future Opportunities

The Brave Marketer

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 33:19

Luke Mulks, VP Operations at Brave Software, breaks down NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and why they're such a hot topic and opportunity amongst both marketers and investors. He also discusses how mainstream brands are embracing NFTs to engage users, and shares the ways that Brave and the BAT Community are an integral part of Brave's success. In this episode we also discuss: How content creators and artists can leverage NFTs to promote their work The role of your community in amplifying your message and accelerating growth Creative ways that marketers can leverage NFTs and other crypto tokens Tactical ways marketers can use NFTs for campaign success and user engagement. Guest Bio: Luke Mulks is VP Operations at Brave Software and prior to Brave, Luke was the Director of Ad Operations at OAO. He has an extensive background in startups and publishing. Currently at Brave, Luke is working on having ads use encryption and respect human privacy by default. Help us shape Season 3 by providing feedback in our short survey here. Brave Pick: This week's Brave Pick of the Week is Axion. Check out their website here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About this Show: Brave is at the forefront of a new online privacy frontier and has unique insight into the future of marketing and advertising in a cookieless world. If you're an agency, brand marketer or entrepreneur challenged by the changes in ethical advertising, consumer privacy and buyer expectations, this podcast will provide a backstage view of how influential marketers at top brands and agencies are responding to what's next. Music by: Ari Dvorin Hosted by: Donny Dvorin

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The Best of Fight Back - Week of August 30 2021 - Sunday Edition

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 26:13

The Sunday edition of the Best Fight Back, from the week that was, with Bob Komsic Interviews with: - The Strategy Panel with John Capobianco, Charles Sousa, and Karen Stintz on the 17th day of the federal election campiagn - Steven Del Duca, Lindsay Broadhead, Donna Dooher, and Dr. Alon Vaisman each react to the Ontario vaccine passport announcement - Dr. Gerald Evans explains the latest Ontario's modelling projections - Ritesh Patel breaks down why the OAO has withdrawn OHIP services - And the best calls of the week!

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Ontario optometrists battling the province over eye care OHIP coverage as deadline looms

Kelly Cutrara

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 11:40

Kelly talks to Dr. Wes McCann, optometrist and member of the OAO about the ongoing dispute between Ontario optometrists and the provincial government, and how that will affect how much you pay for eye exams.

Making Founders Replaceable with Ari Meisel

Standing On Service Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 35:37

In this episode of the podcast, Ari Meisel is on to talk about making work more efficient. He helps companies work faster, cheaper, and easier by optimizing, automating, and outsourcing. Ari talks about the benefits of automation and how it can help enhance the human connection, as well as the importance of managing expectations to ensure a quality customer experience. Key Takeaways: In trying to identify his own overwhelm, Ari learned to help himself by focusing on making processes work better. In trying to fix his own problems, he found that the resources available to him weren't enough. He had to learn how to fit a normal day's work into only an hour, and this is where his strategy OAO was born: optimize, automate, outsource. This has been the genesis of his career: helping get businesses to a place where they can run and grow without too much intervention. There is often not enough attention given to the space between a customer wanting something, and that being fulfilled. Exceptional customer service is about the quality of that space; the customer journey can still be fulfilling even that space is large, and vice versa. Automation can and should be used to enhance the human connection. Automation can save you money, help you expand and scale, and help to reduce errors. This gives companies more time to focus on a direct connection with their customers. Automation needs to be the second step after optimization — looking at the how and why we do processes the way that we do will help identify inefficiencies that need to be improved before they are automated. One of the big keys to customer service is managing expectations proactively, if possible. Be realistic with your customers and your employees about timelines, product, etc. Getting consistency across multiple branches of a company can be challenging. Creating core values, especially those around the customer experience, is a great way to start this. A company's mission needs to be realistic and something that makes sense to customers and employees. With a consistent mission, new employees can learn and be trained from day one on how to be an ambassador of that mission. Ari teaches four mindsets of employees: inventor, engineer, engine, and cog. An individual employee can be any one of those. When it comes down to it, customer service is about making your customers feel understood where they are, in whatever situation they are. External Links: Maintenance-one.com Ari's Website

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The Tatiana Show - Insert Token: Blockchain & Tomorrow’s Gaming with Brave & Gala Games

Liberty.me Studio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 43:55

Luke Mulks of Brave and Eric Shiermeyer & Jason Brink of Gala Games join the program today to talk about their new partnership in support of one of the most ambitious economic ideas in video games: a way to truly own the things you find, create or purchase in your favorite games! They talk about how this alliance came about, why true ownership of digital assets is so important, and why Brave and the BAT token make a great foundation for online gaming. In addition, Gala Games and The Tatiana Show have a New Years’ gift for you! A rare deed in the world of Mirandus, an Epic RPG under development by Gala Games, the Outpost is a defensive fortification that can serve as a home base for an adventurer. With stronger walls than farming hamlets, the Outpost can still support some crafting operations all while defending the deed holder and their tenants. With only 200 in existence, the Outpost is a rare item priced at over $500. Must be a Gala Games account holder to win. Sign up at https://gala.games and learn more about Mirandus at: https://gogalagames.medium.com/mirandus-monday-a-broader-view-of-the-world-5edc416f7844 About the Guest: Luke Mulks is currently Director of Business Development at Brave Software, and is a core member of the Basic Attention Token (BAT) team. Prior to joining Brave, Luke was the Director of Ad Products at OAO, where he handled ad product integrations and operations for OAO’s clients, who are among some of the largest media companies and publishers on the web. Luke’s focus at Brave is to apply his expertise from his background in publishing, startups and advertising into the Brave browser and Basic Attention Token platform. • • • Eric Schiermeyer is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Rival. Mr. Eric Schiermeyer serves as Advisor at Thumbraise. He also is an Angel Investor. He serves as Executive at Zynga. He also served as a Board Observer at Bee Cave Games. He oversees Zynga’s game strategy, product management, and design functions. He previously founded two startups. He was a Co-Founder of eUniverse a network of more than 20 content sites that included MySPace. He also was a founding member of Dvdwave, an e-commerce company that sold DVDs. He attended the University of California, Santa Cruz. He holds a BA (Bachelor of Arts) in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Cruz If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info: Tatiana Moroz – https://www.tatianamoroz.com Crypto Media Hub – https://www.cryptomediahub.com Vaultoro – http://www.vaultoro.gold/tatiana/ Brave – https://brave.com/ohr268 Gala Games – https://gala.games Friends and Sponsors of the Show: Proof of Love – http://proofoflovecast.com Global Crypto Advisors – http://globalcryptoadvisors.io *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that’s not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you’re hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

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Insert Token: Blockchain & Tomorrow's Gaming with Brave & Gala Games – The Tatiana Show Ep. 288

The Tatiana Show!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2020 43:56

Luke Mulks of Brave and Eric Shiermeyer & Jason Brink of Gala Games join the program today to talk about their new partnership in support of one of the most ambitious economic ideas in video games: a way to truly own the things you find, create or purchase in your favorite games! They talk about how this alliance came about, why true ownership of digital assets is so important, and why Brave and the BAT token make a great foundation for online gaming. In addition, Gala Games and The Tatiana Show have a New Years' gift for you! A rare deed in the world of Mirandus, an Epic RPG under development by Gala Games, the Outpost is a defensive fortification that can serve as a home base for an adventurer. With stronger walls than farming hamlets, the Outpost can still support some crafting operations all while defending the deed holder and their tenants. With only 200 in existence, the Outpost is a rare item priced at over $500. Must be a Gala Games account holder to win. Sign up at https://gala.games and learn more about Mirandus at: https://gogalagames.medium.com/mirandus-monday-a-broader-view-of-the-world-5edc416f7844 About the Guest:Luke Mulks is currently Director of Business Development at Brave Software, and is a core member of the Basic Attention Token (BAT) team. Prior to joining Brave, Luke was the Director of Ad Products at OAO, where he handled ad product integrations and operations for OAO’s clients, who are among some of the largest media companies and publishers on the web. Luke’s focus at Brave is to apply his expertise from his background in publishing, startups and advertising into the Brave browser and Basic Attention Token platform. • • • Eric Schiermeyer is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Rival. Mr. Eric Schiermeyer serves as Advisor at Thumbraise. He also is an Angel Investor. He serves as Executive at Zynga. He also served as a Board Observer at Bee Cave Games. He oversees Zynga's game strategy, product management, and design functions. He previously founded two startups. He was a Co-Founder of eUniverse a network of more than 20 content sites that included MySPace. He also was a founding member of Dvdwave, an e-commerce company that sold DVDs. He attended the University of California, Santa Cruz. He holds a BA (Bachelor of Arts) in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa CruzIf you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info: Tatiana Moroz - https://www.tatianamoroz.comCrypto Media Hub - https://www.cryptomediahub.com Vaultoro - http://www.vaultoro.gold/tatiana/ Brave - https://brave.com/ohr268 Gala Games - https://gala.gamesFriends and Sponsors of the Show:Proof of Love - http://proofoflovecast.com Global Crypto Advisors - http://globalcryptoadvisors.io *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that’s not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you’re hearing us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show are not necessarily those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show.

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Ontario's Eye Care Crisis Amid The Pandemic

FlowPreneur™ Unshakeable Leadership

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 21:35

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sheldon Salaba, President of the Ontario Association of Optometrists. The OAO has been continuing its advocacy efforts and its call for greater support from the Ford government on behalf of the province's optometrists. Dr. Salaba details these efforts and explains how these health care practitioners have been struggling to cover costs, and treat patients amid COVID-19. To support the cause, visit SaveEyeCare.ca where you can submit an open letter to the Health Minister, your local MPP and Premier Doug Ford to save eye care across Ontario.

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The Replaceable Founder with Ari Meisel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 19:57

We can get locked on the need to be needed, to feel important and indispensable… and without even realizing it. How about challenging that mindset? Moving to the notion that you seek to make yourself replaceable. That there can be an even better way of doing things, one that saves you time, energy, and ultimately grows your business even with your absence. Ari Meisel helps entrepreneurs become replaceable so their business can grow without them. In this episode, Ari challenges our conventional way of thinking. That there is always a different way of doing things that work and that you just have to be willing to do and try it. What you will learn from this episode: Learn how to create a documented system and process within the organization that allows for transparency to avoid disruptions Find out the whole methodology of less doing which is about optimization, automation, and outsourcing Find out the tactics you are already using in your personal lives that works just as well in your business to keep on winning every time "The whole methodology of less doing is based on OAO. It's optimize, automate, outsource, in that order." - Ari Meisel Topics Covered: 01:07 - What makes his bio unique, brief, and concise? 01:44 - Get out of your way! 02:47 - Teaching the mindset of a leader that is replaceable 04:47 - Many companies are not doing communication effectively 05:37 - What is an asynchronous communication 07:19 - The sub-areas of communication that one needs to be dealing within the organization 10:05 - How the methodology of less doing works 11:48 - What it means to go automated and what are the basics of automation 12:54 - The value in outsourcing and delegation 14:29 - How to do things better? Get your FREE resource at less.do/facebook 15:05 - Are there any situations where you're not replaceable? 16:41 - One thing he does with his business that proves his idea of a replaceable founder that works Key Takeaways: "The truth is that being irreplaceable makes you stuck. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted, and the entrepreneurs that I work with, have the freedom to leave the business if they so choose, go out, explore, learn, and then contribute those back into the business and the business doesn't crumble in their absence." "A lot of it is a mindset. I don't mean mindset in terms of like, you are important, and you are special. No, it's really just about like the way that we approach the ownership that we have over the work that we do. And ultimately, how much we can empower the people that we work with." "Unfortunately, you have so many people who work in, whether or not they work in an industry that has a history, but it's worse when people are in an industry that has a culture -- generational way of doing things. And then they can't see that there might be another way. It's just we do it because that's how we've always done it." "The majority of communication nowadays should be done asynchronously. So, I say something when I want, whether it's voice, pictures, text, doesn't matter. And you receive it when you want and responding, 'Hi.' Now that could be using WhatsApp or Slack or even email, but truly treating it as an asynchronous means of communication." "And to do that [documenting systems and processes] is not to devalue the person who was holding on to them, it is to release them to be replaced up, not out of business." Resources: How to do things better? Get your FREE resource at less.do/facebook Connect with Ari Meisel: Website: https://lessdoing.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arimeisel/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/productivity-coach-entrepreneur/

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OAO Funding Dispute with Province Escalates

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 11:22

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sheldon Salaba, President of the Ontario Association of Optometrists. Throughout the pandemic, we have been bringing you periodic updates on the state of eyecare and how to access it. At its height, optometrists had to close their practises and were only seeing emergency cases even though they were not paid for tele-health services the way doctors are. Since reopening they have been focussing on providing regular exams and eyecare. They have been running a campaign to tell people that their practises are in jeopardy because the fees paid by the government do not cover the costs, which are subsidized by non-insured services. The OAO has advised its members to redirect emergencies to hospitals - the new COVID related restrictions severely limit the number of patients they can see. It's been characterized as a job action that is costing the health system 250,000 dollars a day. Is that the real situation? Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

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推开摄影基地的门－摄影早自习第1406天

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 5:19

【加入摄影早自习群】加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：喜马拉雅）【加入以下同城摄影群】北京成都重庆长沙广州杭州闽南南京上海苏州深圳天津武汉西安郑州山东加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：城市名）【摄影课程咨询微信】hello-kato让人像摄影轻松上路。早安，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师林云帆，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1406天。上一期早自习我比较浅显地讲了怎么在网红打卡地拍照，之后又有同学问我还有哪些适合拍照地方，其中主要问的目的还是进行人像拍摄。通常在网红打卡地拍照往往娱乐性质会更强一些，而且会出现路人很多等一些不可控的事情影响整体的拍摄进程。如果去一些好看的公园、湖边之类的外景拍摄，春秋两季会比较合适，但在这样炎热的天气里我想还是不要为难自己了。也许在家里吹着空调，再给伴侣或者小孩拍照照是不错的选择，但是画面里难免拍到家里稍有些杂乱的场景，作为纪实摄影这没有任何问题，但要是做人像摄影就需要好好考虑一下了。甚至会有同学买了影棚灯回家，结果布光的时候因为层高而处处受制。所以今天我要给想好好完成人像摄影的同学介绍一个能一一解决以上问题的地方，更准确的说是一种场所，那就是摄影基地。图片提供：叶落客厅图片提供：叶落客厅有的同学可能听说过但是没去过，有的同学可能还不知道有这种专门提供拍摄场景的地方。但对于从事商业的摄影师来说摄影基地都是轻车熟路的地方。图片提供：叶落客厅图片提供：叶落客厅不同于网红打卡地，摄影基地的目的性更强，就是为了服务拍摄，而且会控制进场的人数，更好的管理就避免了拍摄时受到他人的干扰，从整体的环境设计和场景布置也会显得更加有质感。从上面这一组照片就可以发现照片中的这个摄影基地的装饰设计是比较像“文艺复兴”或者说像“油画”的感觉，因为这个摄影基地的主理人本身就是国美的研究生毕业，有着深厚的艺术基础。最开始只是因为她自己喜欢这类风格的家具和摆件就开始慢慢收集，结果久而久之就在杭州堆出了这样一个名为“叶落客厅”的摄影基地，那我为什么会知道这些细节呢？因为主理人就是我的堂姐。图片提供：叶落客厅在这样的空间里拍摄，家具和场景的搭配本身就有比较好的空间感，在拍摄人像的时候就减少了很多需要考虑的环境因素，只要做好服装的搭配，这次的人像摄影就完成了一半。而且摄影基地通常都会提供影棚灯之类是配套设备，同学们就不必面临花了大几千块买一套灯结果还在家施展不开的尴尬了，直接在摄影基地就能享受到布光的乐趣。图片提供：叶落客厅而且在摄影基地拍摄人像的时候，可以更加的“不讲道理”。前天在群里讨论到一张人像摄影的照片时，就有同学说光线不合理，有同学说姿势不自然。这种基于比较真实生活或者说“纪实摄影”的思路做出的判断，正是因为拍摄的场景先给了观众生活的真实感。而在本身就更有艺术性的空间里进行人像摄影时，我们在用比较特殊的布光方式或者让模特摆出“不自然”的姿态时，照片呈现在观众眼前，他的第一反应更多的是去关注画面的美感和艺术感，而不会考虑是不是自然合理。所以刚才讲得“不讲道理”，实际上是指拍摄更具有创造性。说了摄影基地这么多好处，那为什么它的普及度并不高呢？因为越专业的摄影基地相应的收费往往不低，比如“叶落客厅”的收费标准是1-5个人为300元/小时，我带着模特去拍两三个小时就要花掉小一千块钱，如果不是商拍的话还是会有点心疼的。所以通常会凑到人数上限去拍摄，这样几个人平摊一下费用就比较容易接受。当然实际上我去“叶落客厅”拍摄肯定是不用掏钱的，在杭州的同学们如果想去“叶落客厅”体验一下在摄影基地拍摄的感觉，可以在“摄影早自习”的后台发送“叶落客厅”，获取预约免费拍摄的机会。好啦，发了个小福利后我们来把今天的重点抓一下。首先是摄影基地有更好的拍摄场景布置以及配套设备，避免了路人和天气的影响，不需要自己花大钱买灯就可以体验布光的乐趣。其次是在摄影基地不但可以循规蹈矩的拍摄，更能主动尝试拍摄更具创造性的内容。最后是建议跟同学组队前往摄影基地，均摊费用可以有效降低成本。摄影：林云帆，设计：徐荣兴在结束这期早自习前，我还要通知一下在深圳的同学们，8月16日下午，咔图深圳摄影会将在OAO艺术空间进行人像拍摄活动，直接扫描海报上的二维码即可进入报名通道，当天会由我和星明老带队为同学们讲解一些布光技巧和引导模特的方法，名额有限，先到先得。今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的1406天，大家如果有更多摄影方面的问题，欢迎在底部留言。我们每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，不见不散。

推开摄影基地的门－摄影早自习第1406天

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 5:19

【加入摄影早自习群】加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：喜马拉雅）【加入以下同城摄影群】北京成都重庆长沙广州杭州闽南南京上海苏州深圳天津武汉西安郑州山东加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：城市名）【摄影课程咨询微信】hello-kato让人像摄影轻松上路。早安，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师林云帆，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1406天。上一期早自习我比较浅显地讲了怎么在网红打卡地拍照，之后又有同学问我还有哪些适合拍照地方，其中主要问的目的还是进行人像拍摄。通常在网红打卡地拍照往往娱乐性质会更强一些，而且会出现路人很多等一些不可控的事情影响整体的拍摄进程。如果去一些好看的公园、湖边之类的外景拍摄，春秋两季会比较合适，但在这样炎热的天气里我想还是不要为难自己了。也许在家里吹着空调，再给伴侣或者小孩拍照照是不错的选择，但是画面里难免拍到家里稍有些杂乱的场景，作为纪实摄影这没有任何问题，但要是做人像摄影就需要好好考虑一下了。甚至会有同学买了影棚灯回家，结果布光的时候因为层高而处处受制。所以今天我要给想好好完成人像摄影的同学介绍一个能一一解决以上问题的地方，更准确的说是一种场所，那就是摄影基地。图片提供：叶落客厅图片提供：叶落客厅有的同学可能听说过但是没去过，有的同学可能还不知道有这种专门提供拍摄场景的地方。但对于从事商业的摄影师来说摄影基地都是轻车熟路的地方。图片提供：叶落客厅图片提供：叶落客厅不同于网红打卡地，摄影基地的目的性更强，就是为了服务拍摄，而且会控制进场的人数，更好的管理就避免了拍摄时受到他人的干扰，从整体的环境设计和场景布置也会显得更加有质感。从上面这一组照片就可以发现照片中的这个摄影基地的装饰设计是比较像“文艺复兴”或者说像“油画”的感觉，因为这个摄影基地的主理人本身就是国美的研究生毕业，有着深厚的艺术基础。最开始只是因为她自己喜欢这类风格的家具和摆件就开始慢慢收集，结果久而久之就在杭州堆出了这样一个名为“叶落客厅”的摄影基地，那我为什么会知道这些细节呢？因为主理人就是我的堂姐。图片提供：叶落客厅在这样的空间里拍摄，家具和场景的搭配本身就有比较好的空间感，在拍摄人像的时候就减少了很多需要考虑的环境因素，只要做好服装的搭配，这次的人像摄影就完成了一半。而且摄影基地通常都会提供影棚灯之类是配套设备，同学们就不必面临花了大几千块买一套灯结果还在家施展不开的尴尬了，直接在摄影基地就能享受到布光的乐趣。图片提供：叶落客厅而且在摄影基地拍摄人像的时候，可以更加的“不讲道理”。前天在群里讨论到一张人像摄影的照片时，就有同学说光线不合理，有同学说姿势不自然。这种基于比较真实生活或者说“纪实摄影”的思路做出的判断，正是因为拍摄的场景先给了观众生活的真实感。而在本身就更有艺术性的空间里进行人像摄影时，我们在用比较特殊的布光方式或者让模特摆出“不自然”的姿态时，照片呈现在观众眼前，他的第一反应更多的是去关注画面的美感和艺术感，而不会考虑是不是自然合理。所以刚才讲得“不讲道理”，实际上是指拍摄更具有创造性。说了摄影基地这么多好处，那为什么它的普及度并不高呢？因为越专业的摄影基地相应的收费往往不低，比如“叶落客厅”的收费标准是1-5个人为300元/小时，我带着模特去拍两三个小时就要花掉小一千块钱，如果不是商拍的话还是会有点心疼的。所以通常会凑到人数上限去拍摄，这样几个人平摊一下费用就比较容易接受。当然实际上我去“叶落客厅”拍摄肯定是不用掏钱的，在杭州的同学们如果想去“叶落客厅”体验一下在摄影基地拍摄的感觉，可以在“摄影早自习”的后台发送“叶落客厅”，获取预约免费拍摄的机会。好啦，发了个小福利后我们来把今天的重点抓一下。首先是摄影基地有更好的拍摄场景布置以及配套设备，避免了路人和天气的影响，不需要自己花大钱买灯就可以体验布光的乐趣。其次是在摄影基地不但可以循规蹈矩的拍摄，更能主动尝试拍摄更具创造性的内容。最后是建议跟同学组队前往摄影基地，均摊费用可以有效降低成本。摄影：林云帆，设计：徐荣兴在结束这期早自习前，我还要通知一下在深圳的同学们，8月16日下午，咔图深圳摄影会将在OAO艺术空间进行人像拍摄活动，直接扫描海报上的二维码即可进入报名通道，当天会由我和星明老带队为同学们讲解一些布光技巧和引导模特的方法，名额有限，先到先得。今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的1406天，大家如果有更多摄影方面的问题，欢迎在底部留言。我们每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，不见不散。

推开摄影基地的门－摄影早自习第1406天

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 5:19

【加入摄影早自习群】加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：喜马拉雅）【加入以下同城摄影群】北京成都重庆长沙广州杭州闽南南京上海苏州深圳天津武汉西安郑州山东加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：城市名）【摄影课程咨询微信】hello-kato让人像摄影轻松上路。早安，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师林云帆，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1406天。上一期早自习我比较浅显地讲了怎么在网红打卡地拍照，之后又有同学问我还有哪些适合拍照地方，其中主要问的目的还是进行人像拍摄。通常在网红打卡地拍照往往娱乐性质会更强一些，而且会出现路人很多等一些不可控的事情影响整体的拍摄进程。如果去一些好看的公园、湖边之类的外景拍摄，春秋两季会比较合适，但在这样炎热的天气里我想还是不要为难自己了。也许在家里吹着空调，再给伴侣或者小孩拍照照是不错的选择，但是画面里难免拍到家里稍有些杂乱的场景，作为纪实摄影这没有任何问题，但要是做人像摄影就需要好好考虑一下了。甚至会有同学买了影棚灯回家，结果布光的时候因为层高而处处受制。所以今天我要给想好好完成人像摄影的同学介绍一个能一一解决以上问题的地方，更准确的说是一种场所，那就是摄影基地。图片提供：叶落客厅图片提供：叶落客厅有的同学可能听说过但是没去过，有的同学可能还不知道有这种专门提供拍摄场景的地方。但对于从事商业的摄影师来说摄影基地都是轻车熟路的地方。图片提供：叶落客厅图片提供：叶落客厅不同于网红打卡地，摄影基地的目的性更强，就是为了服务拍摄，而且会控制进场的人数，更好的管理就避免了拍摄时受到他人的干扰，从整体的环境设计和场景布置也会显得更加有质感。从上面这一组照片就可以发现照片中的这个摄影基地的装饰设计是比较像“文艺复兴”或者说像“油画”的感觉，因为这个摄影基地的主理人本身就是国美的研究生毕业，有着深厚的艺术基础。最开始只是因为她自己喜欢这类风格的家具和摆件就开始慢慢收集，结果久而久之就在杭州堆出了这样一个名为“叶落客厅”的摄影基地，那我为什么会知道这些细节呢？因为主理人就是我的堂姐。图片提供：叶落客厅在这样的空间里拍摄，家具和场景的搭配本身就有比较好的空间感，在拍摄人像的时候就减少了很多需要考虑的环境因素，只要做好服装的搭配，这次的人像摄影就完成了一半。而且摄影基地通常都会提供影棚灯之类是配套设备，同学们就不必面临花了大几千块买一套灯结果还在家施展不开的尴尬了，直接在摄影基地就能享受到布光的乐趣。图片提供：叶落客厅而且在摄影基地拍摄人像的时候，可以更加的“不讲道理”。前天在群里讨论到一张人像摄影的照片时，就有同学说光线不合理，有同学说姿势不自然。这种基于比较真实生活或者说“纪实摄影”的思路做出的判断，正是因为拍摄的场景先给了观众生活的真实感。而在本身就更有艺术性的空间里进行人像摄影时，我们在用比较特殊的布光方式或者让模特摆出“不自然”的姿态时，照片呈现在观众眼前，他的第一反应更多的是去关注画面的美感和艺术感，而不会考虑是不是自然合理。所以刚才讲得“不讲道理”，实际上是指拍摄更具有创造性。说了摄影基地这么多好处，那为什么它的普及度并不高呢？因为越专业的摄影基地相应的收费往往不低，比如“叶落客厅”的收费标准是1-5个人为300元/小时，我带着模特去拍两三个小时就要花掉小一千块钱，如果不是商拍的话还是会有点心疼的。所以通常会凑到人数上限去拍摄，这样几个人平摊一下费用就比较容易接受。当然实际上我去“叶落客厅”拍摄肯定是不用掏钱的，在杭州的同学们如果想去“叶落客厅”体验一下在摄影基地拍摄的感觉，可以在“摄影早自习”的后台发送“叶落客厅”，获取预约免费拍摄的机会。好啦，发了个小福利后我们来把今天的重点抓一下。首先是摄影基地有更好的拍摄场景布置以及配套设备，避免了路人和天气的影响，不需要自己花大钱买灯就可以体验布光的乐趣。其次是在摄影基地不但可以循规蹈矩的拍摄，更能主动尝试拍摄更具创造性的内容。最后是建议跟同学组队前往摄影基地，均摊费用可以有效降低成本。摄影：林云帆，设计：徐荣兴在结束这期早自习前，我还要通知一下在深圳的同学们，8月16日下午，咔图深圳摄影会将在OAO艺术空间进行人像拍摄活动，直接扫描海报上的二维码即可进入报名通道，当天会由我和星明老带队为同学们讲解一些布光技巧和引导模特的方法，名额有限，先到先得。今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的1406天，大家如果有更多摄影方面的问题，欢迎在底部留言。我们每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，不见不散。

揭秘：网红是怎么在打卡地拍照的？－摄影早自习第1382天

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 5:17

【加入摄影早自习群】加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：喜马拉雅）【加入以下同城摄影群】北京成都重庆长沙广州杭州闽南南京上海苏州深圳天津武汉西安郑州山东加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：城市名）【摄影课程咨询微信】hello-kato告诉你那些网红悄悄付出的努力。早安，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师林云帆，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1382天。因为疫情影响，大家的日常娱乐项目减少了很多，随着疫情被控制，经济复苏，各种网红打卡点如雨后春笋般冒了出来，给大家在周末提供了不少拍照打卡的机会。包括我自己今年就玩起了跨界，在深圳运营孵化出了一个新晋网红打卡地叫做“OAO艺术空间”，也正是因为新工作比较繁忙所以请假了好几次的摄影早自习。在7月9号下午我再次受邀参加深圳电台交通频率的《E路大玩家》节目，这次分享的主题是“怎样像个网红在打卡圣地拍照”，我从节目回来后又整理添加了一些内容，接下来分享给大家。首先是网红打卡地的信息收集，你必须要知道网红的每一次拍摄都是做好了计划才进行的。现在最方便收集信息的肯定是“小红书”这个APP啦，比如我在深圳，只要搜索“深圳打卡地”，就会跳出深圳的热门拍照打卡地，而且排在前面的往往有着对场地较为详细地说明。通过别人拍摄的照片和提供的信息，我们就可以了解这个地点的整体风格，从而给自己搭配相应的服装和造型。比如ins风适合搭配整体简约但又有设计感的服装，欧美风就比较适合鲜艳夸张的穿搭，复古风当然最适合穿古着了，我们可以变身成与日常工作完全不同的模样，这是网红拍照的第一个要点。© Lee作好了拍摄的前期准备，我们来小小揭秘一下网红的拍照小心机。我们先以手机摄影举例，现在蹲下来采用低视角仰拍显得腿长脸小应该是家喻户晓的拍摄技巧了吧，但是网红没说出来的秘密是在这么拍的时候我们要尽量避免低头直视镜头，因为低头直视镜头就很容易挤出双下巴。那更好的做法是稍微把头转向一侧，这样既能突显出下巴和脸颊的轮廓，还能增添一些高冷范儿。同时我们要在头顶上方留出一定的画面空间，因为手机镜头普遍偏广角的属性会使得画面上下边缘有一定程度的拉长变形，我们正是利用这个特点让脚靠近画面下边缘将腿拉长，而在头顶上方留出画面空间则是为了避免脸部被拉长变形。© 林云帆偏广角镜头的另一个特点当然是取景视角广啦，而网红打卡地通常人都不会少，那我们用手机拍摄的时候就难免会拍摄到一些路人。传统的处理方法可能就是直接打码或者贴图，但是这么做会影响画面的整体观感，你必须要知道是网红都是P图高手，这里说得可不只是瘦脸瘦身，而是利用三脚架固定手机间隔拍摄多张照片，然后利用图层蒙版把画面里的路人去除，现在很多手机APP就可以完成这样的操作了，不信你可以看看评论区的留言。同理反向操作一下，我们就可以让自己同时出现在画面的不同位置完成影分身术。随着手机摄影的发展，手机背后的镜头越来越多，还有各种人像拍摄模式，其实主要目的就是增强画面的“虚化”效果。但真要追求虚化效果，还是得看相机的，现在不少网红都是自带摄影师了，各种中长焦的大光圈镜头在我们OAO艺术空间就随处可见。正是因为中长焦镜头缩小了视角，两侧的路人被自动排除在画面外，而大光圈镜头则把不远处背景里的路人虚化成色块，这就省去了很多后期的时间。就目前我看见最大光圈的镜头是徕卡的50mm F/0.95，嗯，真香。© 林云帆除了常规的拍摄方法，我们还会利用玻璃或者镜子的反光来呈现更多的内容，但我个人更喜欢双重曝光，而且是直接在相机内设置不通过后期合成的。我用双重曝光的手法拍摄过不少人像作品，有机会可以单独分享一期，今天展示的这张照片是比较直接的把大片的英文字帖和半身人像做了双重曝光，除了打破了原有的空间感，还有一点像是时尚杂志的封面排版。© 林云帆当然也会有人在后期时直接按照杂志封面来加英文排版，这种属于一秒出大片的操作也是在摄影界源远流长。© 许小布现在让我们总结一下网红拍照都有哪些小秘密吧。首先是拍摄前期的场景选择和服装造型的搭配；然后是偏广角镜头的低视角仰拍显腿长脸小的同时注意脸要侧向一方并在头顶上方留出画面空间；第三是搭配三脚架固定机位拍摄通，过图层蒙版去除路人或者完成影分身术；最后是通过玻璃反射或者双重曝光打破空间使得画面内容更丰富和按照杂志封面排版的古典技法。好，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的1382天，大家如果有更多摄影问题也欢迎在底部向我留言，我会尽力为你解答。我们每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，不见不散。

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揭秘：网红是怎么在打卡地拍照的？－摄影早自习第1382天

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 5:17

【加入摄影早自习群】加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：喜马拉雅）【加入以下同城摄影群】北京成都重庆长沙广州杭州闽南南京上海苏州深圳天津武汉西安郑州山东加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：城市名）【摄影课程咨询微信】hello-kato告诉你那些网红悄悄付出的努力。早安，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师林云帆，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1382天。因为疫情影响，大家的日常娱乐项目减少了很多，随着疫情被控制，经济复苏，各种网红打卡点如雨后春笋般冒了出来，给大家在周末提供了不少拍照打卡的机会。包括我自己今年就玩起了跨界，在深圳运营孵化出了一个新晋网红打卡地叫做“OAO艺术空间”，也正是因为新工作比较繁忙所以请假了好几次的摄影早自习。在7月9号下午我再次受邀参加深圳电台交通频率的《E路大玩家》节目，这次分享的主题是“怎样像个网红在打卡圣地拍照”，我从节目回来后又整理添加了一些内容，接下来分享给大家。首先是网红打卡地的信息收集，你必须要知道网红的每一次拍摄都是做好了计划才进行的。现在最方便收集信息的肯定是“小红书”这个APP啦，比如我在深圳，只要搜索“深圳打卡地”，就会跳出深圳的热门拍照打卡地，而且排在前面的往往有着对场地较为详细地说明。通过别人拍摄的照片和提供的信息，我们就可以了解这个地点的整体风格，从而给自己搭配相应的服装和造型。比如ins风适合搭配整体简约但又有设计感的服装，欧美风就比较适合鲜艳夸张的穿搭，复古风当然最适合穿古着了，我们可以变身成与日常工作完全不同的模样，这是网红拍照的第一个要点。© Lee作好了拍摄的前期准备，我们来小小揭秘一下网红的拍照小心机。我们先以手机摄影举例，现在蹲下来采用低视角仰拍显得腿长脸小应该是家喻户晓的拍摄技巧了吧，但是网红没说出来的秘密是在这么拍的时候我们要尽量避免低头直视镜头，因为低头直视镜头就很容易挤出双下巴。那更好的做法是稍微把头转向一侧，这样既能突显出下巴和脸颊的轮廓，还能增添一些高冷范儿。同时我们要在头顶上方留出一定的画面空间，因为手机镜头普遍偏广角的属性会使得画面上下边缘有一定程度的拉长变形，我们正是利用这个特点让脚靠近画面下边缘将腿拉长，而在头顶上方留出画面空间则是为了避免脸部被拉长变形。© 林云帆偏广角镜头的另一个特点当然是取景视角广啦，而网红打卡地通常人都不会少，那我们用手机拍摄的时候就难免会拍摄到一些路人。传统的处理方法可能就是直接打码或者贴图，但是这么做会影响画面的整体观感，你必须要知道是网红都是P图高手，这里说得可不只是瘦脸瘦身，而是利用三脚架固定手机间隔拍摄多张照片，然后利用图层蒙版把画面里的路人去除，现在很多手机APP就可以完成这样的操作了，不信你可以看看评论区的留言。同理反向操作一下，我们就可以让自己同时出现在画面的不同位置完成影分身术。随着手机摄影的发展，手机背后的镜头越来越多，还有各种人像拍摄模式，其实主要目的就是增强画面的“虚化”效果。但真要追求虚化效果，还是得看相机的，现在不少网红都是自带摄影师了，各种中长焦的大光圈镜头在我们OAO艺术空间就随处可见。正是因为中长焦镜头缩小了视角，两侧的路人被自动排除在画面外，而大光圈镜头则把不远处背景里的路人虚化成色块，这就省去了很多后期的时间。就目前我看见最大光圈的镜头是徕卡的50mm F/0.95，嗯，真香。© 林云帆除了常规的拍摄方法，我们还会利用玻璃或者镜子的反光来呈现更多的内容，但我个人更喜欢双重曝光，而且是直接在相机内设置不通过后期合成的。我用双重曝光的手法拍摄过不少人像作品，有机会可以单独分享一期，今天展示的这张照片是比较直接的把大片的英文字帖和半身人像做了双重曝光，除了打破了原有的空间感，还有一点像是时尚杂志的封面排版。© 林云帆当然也会有人在后期时直接按照杂志封面来加英文排版，这种属于一秒出大片的操作也是在摄影界源远流长。© 许小布现在让我们总结一下网红拍照都有哪些小秘密吧。首先是拍摄前期的场景选择和服装造型的搭配；然后是偏广角镜头的低视角仰拍显腿长脸小的同时注意脸要侧向一方并在头顶上方留出画面空间；第三是搭配三脚架固定机位拍摄通，过图层蒙版去除路人或者完成影分身术；最后是通过玻璃反射或者双重曝光打破空间使得画面内容更丰富和按照杂志封面排版的古典技法。好，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的1382天，大家如果有更多摄影问题也欢迎在底部向我留言，我会尽力为你解答。我们每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，不见不散。

揭秘：网红是怎么在打卡地拍照的？－摄影早自习第1382天

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 5:17

【加入摄影早自习群】加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：喜马拉雅）【加入以下同城摄影群】北京成都重庆长沙广州杭州闽南南京上海苏州深圳天津武汉西安郑州山东加叶梓私人微信：katoyezi09（暗号：城市名）【摄影课程咨询微信】hello-kato告诉你那些网红悄悄付出的努力。早安，我是咔图摄影教育中心的讲师林云帆，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的第1382天。因为疫情影响，大家的日常娱乐项目减少了很多，随着疫情被控制，经济复苏，各种网红打卡点如雨后春笋般冒了出来，给大家在周末提供了不少拍照打卡的机会。包括我自己今年就玩起了跨界，在深圳运营孵化出了一个新晋网红打卡地叫做“OAO艺术空间”，也正是因为新工作比较繁忙所以请假了好几次的摄影早自习。在7月9号下午我再次受邀参加深圳电台交通频率的《E路大玩家》节目，这次分享的主题是“怎样像个网红在打卡圣地拍照”，我从节目回来后又整理添加了一些内容，接下来分享给大家。首先是网红打卡地的信息收集，你必须要知道网红的每一次拍摄都是做好了计划才进行的。现在最方便收集信息的肯定是“小红书”这个APP啦，比如我在深圳，只要搜索“深圳打卡地”，就会跳出深圳的热门拍照打卡地，而且排在前面的往往有着对场地较为详细地说明。通过别人拍摄的照片和提供的信息，我们就可以了解这个地点的整体风格，从而给自己搭配相应的服装和造型。比如ins风适合搭配整体简约但又有设计感的服装，欧美风就比较适合鲜艳夸张的穿搭，复古风当然最适合穿古着了，我们可以变身成与日常工作完全不同的模样，这是网红拍照的第一个要点。© Lee作好了拍摄的前期准备，我们来小小揭秘一下网红的拍照小心机。我们先以手机摄影举例，现在蹲下来采用低视角仰拍显得腿长脸小应该是家喻户晓的拍摄技巧了吧，但是网红没说出来的秘密是在这么拍的时候我们要尽量避免低头直视镜头，因为低头直视镜头就很容易挤出双下巴。那更好的做法是稍微把头转向一侧，这样既能突显出下巴和脸颊的轮廓，还能增添一些高冷范儿。同时我们要在头顶上方留出一定的画面空间，因为手机镜头普遍偏广角的属性会使得画面上下边缘有一定程度的拉长变形，我们正是利用这个特点让脚靠近画面下边缘将腿拉长，而在头顶上方留出画面空间则是为了避免脸部被拉长变形。© 林云帆偏广角镜头的另一个特点当然是取景视角广啦，而网红打卡地通常人都不会少，那我们用手机拍摄的时候就难免会拍摄到一些路人。传统的处理方法可能就是直接打码或者贴图，但是这么做会影响画面的整体观感，你必须要知道是网红都是P图高手，这里说得可不只是瘦脸瘦身，而是利用三脚架固定手机间隔拍摄多张照片，然后利用图层蒙版把画面里的路人去除，现在很多手机APP就可以完成这样的操作了，不信你可以看看评论区的留言。同理反向操作一下，我们就可以让自己同时出现在画面的不同位置完成影分身术。随着手机摄影的发展，手机背后的镜头越来越多，还有各种人像拍摄模式，其实主要目的就是增强画面的“虚化”效果。但真要追求虚化效果，还是得看相机的，现在不少网红都是自带摄影师了，各种中长焦的大光圈镜头在我们OAO艺术空间就随处可见。正是因为中长焦镜头缩小了视角，两侧的路人被自动排除在画面外，而大光圈镜头则把不远处背景里的路人虚化成色块，这就省去了很多后期的时间。就目前我看见最大光圈的镜头是徕卡的50mm F/0.95，嗯，真香。© 林云帆除了常规的拍摄方法，我们还会利用玻璃或者镜子的反光来呈现更多的内容，但我个人更喜欢双重曝光，而且是直接在相机内设置不通过后期合成的。我用双重曝光的手法拍摄过不少人像作品，有机会可以单独分享一期，今天展示的这张照片是比较直接的把大片的英文字帖和半身人像做了双重曝光，除了打破了原有的空间感，还有一点像是时尚杂志的封面排版。© 林云帆当然也会有人在后期时直接按照杂志封面来加英文排版，这种属于一秒出大片的操作也是在摄影界源远流长。© 许小布现在让我们总结一下网红拍照都有哪些小秘密吧。首先是拍摄前期的场景选择和服装造型的搭配；然后是偏广角镜头的低视角仰拍显腿长脸小的同时注意脸要侧向一方并在头顶上方留出画面空间；第三是搭配三脚架固定机位拍摄通，过图层蒙版去除路人或者完成影分身术；最后是通过玻璃反射或者双重曝光打破空间使得画面内容更丰富和按照杂志封面排版的古典技法。好，今天是摄影早自习陪伴大家的1382天，大家如果有更多摄影问题也欢迎在底部向我留言，我会尽力为你解答。我们每天早上6:30，微信公众号“摄影早自习”，不见不散。

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OAO Calls on Province to Provide More Funding for Eye Healthcare

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 22:13

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sheldon Salaba, President of the Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO). The OAO has launched the Save Eye Care campaign and is calling on the province to put an end to underfunding towards eye healthcare. The OAO is saying that, "this chronic underfunding, coupled with the devastating impact of COVID-19 on optometrists' ability to see patients, threatens Ontarians' access to these essential health services". And, they want the government to assist in covering the costs of eye exams and to allow optometrists to be more flexible with regards to their billings. Listen live, weekdays from noon to 1, on Zoomer Radio!

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#029 Automation in Your Amazon Business & Personal Life with Dillon Carter

Wizards of Amazon

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 59:37

Why should you consider automating more of your processes in life and business? Dillon Carter of Vendrive is here to share that answer with you. He is the king of automation and creating business efficiencies and he’s sharing his best tips on how to streamline your processes. First, why are you NOT using your keyboard shortcuts? There is no reason you should be populating your email address or the date or any of those other rote bits of information each time you send correspondence. You need Keyboard Maestro (Mac). With this one tool you can automate how you type, pulling up programs, talking to those programs, and managing your files. Want better, more efficient file management? Blend Keyboard Maestro with Hazel! Still not enough? Incorporate Zapier and automate program to program automations. Think of all the things that you do over and over in your business. Can those tasks be automated? More often than not the answer is yes! Rather than thinking that you need to bring on another body to handle the tasks that you just don’t have time for, instead think of how you can automate those tasks. If you can hold off on bringing in additional personnel until you’re at more than $500k per year, then you’ve got it made. Dillon is a wealth of knowledge on how you can better integrate work and life without letting either suffer or take over. You’ll definitely want to catch this episode if you’ve been looking for better ways to make your business more automated! In This Episode: [00:37] Welcome Dillon Carter to the show to chat about automation. [01:40] Dillon shares a bit about his show and his entrepreneurial endeavors. [03:54] Testing everything was the best way to get his feet wet. [07:23] How does Dillon make all of his ventures work? [09:47] Why automation is so important to exceptional results. [10:20] Dillon has given up the idea of work life balance and has incorporated work life integration. [13:41] What does Dillon’s tech stack look like and why? [16:22] Keyboard Maestro is an amazing way to automate keyboard shortcuts with program functions. [18:02] How did Dillon figure out how long small tasks were taking him to do over and over. [19:08] Dillon uses Hazel to create rules to rename files, send them to folders, and keep you organized. [20:31] Learn how Hazel figures out which files go where. [22:59] Hazel can even clean up your desktop dumps. Learn how! [24:40] What’s the cost for Hazel and the learning curve? [27:14] How does Zapier work with your Facebook group? [32:02] Has Siri gotten good enough to use in automation? [33:37] Is Siri shortcuts different from regular Siri? [37:11] Any other stand out tools? [39:33] How Dillon keeps track of his thoughts and ideas even when he’s not ready to act. [42:42] Airtable is for planning… Todoist is for day to day tasks… [47:13] … and everything else you can use to automate. [49:59] Where should someone start with getting automated? [52:22] What is the OAO framework? [54:22] Connect with Dillon and what’s his favorite book? Links and Resources: Wizards of Amazon Wizards of Amazon Courses Wizards of Amazon Meetup Text “Amazon” to 69922 Wizards of Amazon on Facebook Wizards of Amazon on Instagram Wizards of Amazon on LinkedIn Wizards of Amazon on Twitter Vendrive GoAuraWelcome to Growth Podcast Dillon’s Website Keyboard Maestro Hazel Zapier Group Funnels Siri ShortcutsTodoist Airtable Alfred Integromat DraftsCopyClip The Replaceable Founder Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

Wrestling For The Culture Starring Snoop aka Kotto

The Wrestling Wrealm

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 46:05

Snoop Strikes aka Koto Brazil comes on this episode of #WrestlingForTheCulture to discuss his career. He discusses being trained by Jay Lethal, the rivalry with Troy Hollywood that put him on the radar which led to the creation of the brand OAO, his work in Major League Wrestling which includes Injustice and so much more. Follow him on Twitter @SnoopStrikesOAO. Follow The Wrestling Wrealm on Social Media Twitter: http://bit.ly/WrealmTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/WrealmInstagram Facebook http://bit.ly/WrealmFacebook Subscribe to the Wrestling Wrealm on the following platforms YouTube http://bit.ly/WWYouTube1 Apple Podcast http://bit.ly/WWItunes Stitcher http://bit.ly/WWStitcher Spotify http://bit.ly/WWSpotify1 iHeart Radio http://bit.ly/WrealmIH Google Podcast http://bit.ly/WWGPodcast Podbean http://bit.ly/WWPodbean Pocket Cast http://bit.ly/WWPocketcast Overcast http://bit.ly/WWOvercast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wrestling-wrealm/support

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227. Ari Meisel: More Productivity, Less Doing

Love Your Work

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 49:53

Ari Meisel (@arimeisel) created a productivity system out of necessity. He was suffering from a chronic and life-threatening illness that was so severe, he had no choice but to make the most out of every ounce of energy he had. He took everything in his life and he applied what he now calls “OAO.” He Optimized, Automated, and Outsourced everything he could. Through his own system, which is now called Less Doing, he was able to track the symptoms of his illness, and what triggered those symptoms. This helped Ari work his way to a clean bill of health. He eventually competed in an Ironman competition. I talked to Ari several years ago, after I first discovered the Less Doing system. That webinar conversation is available to Patreon backers of certain levels. Now, as I am working on my next book, Mind Management, Not Time Management, I wanted to talk to Ari again. I realize that so much of what I’ve learned and developed over the past several years is built upon what I learned from Ari’s Less Doing system. If you’re going to love your work, you have to do less of what doesn’t matter, and more of what does matter. In this conversation, you’ll learn: Why does OAO – Optimize, Automate, and Outsource – have to be done in order. Avoid the common mistakes people make when they try to “scale up” broken systems? Ari says there are deep-seated psychological reasons behind why we procrastinate. What are some of those reasons? You might learn something surprising about yourself. You’ve heard me talk about weekly routines instead of daily routines on the podcast before. We’ll dig deep into how Ari organizes his three-day, fifteen-hour work week. For example, why is Thursday his content day? Photo: TechCrunch My Weekly Newsletter: Love Mondays Start off each week with a dose of inspiration to help you make it as a creative. Sign up at: kadavy.net/mondays About Your Host, David Kadavy David Kadavy is the author of The Heart to Start and Design for Hackers. Through the Love Your Work podcast, his Love Mondays newsletter, and self-publishing coaching David helps you make it as a creative. Follow David on: Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Subscribe to Love Your Work Apple Podcasts Overcast Spotify Stitcher RSS Email Support the show on Patreon Put your money where your mind is. Patreon lets you support independent creators like me. Support now on Patreon » Shownotes: http://kadavy.net/blog/posts/ari-meisel/

New Tech for Online Account Opening and Onboarding | Q2 2019

NAFCU Services Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2019 38:46

High abandonment has plagued online account opening (OAO) and onboarding for some time. But this is changing, thanks to innovative new technologies. In this episode, we're discussing how credit unions can now incorporate these available technologies to produce easier, faster OAO and onboarding that delivers a satisfying experience to members, prospective members, and even staff.

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Episode #301: Less Doing, More Living with Ari Meisel

Future Squared with Steve Glaveski - Helping You Navigate a Brave New World

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 47:27

Ari Meisel is an entrepreneur, author, CEO, TED speaker, real estate developer, green building consultant, and productivity expert. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease while building his prpoerty development business in 2007. Crohn's is an incurable disease of the digestive tract. Ari's case was severe, and required over a dozen daily medications and several hospital visits. After reaching a personal low point in hospital, Ari decided he would do everything in his power to strengthen his by then weak body. Through a combination of yoga, nutrition, natural supplements and rigorous exercise (Triathon and Crossfit) he was able to fight back the symptoms of Crohns until he was finally able to suspend his medication. Eventually Ari was declared free of all traces of the 'incurable' disease, and competed in Ironman France in June of 2011. Ari has since spoken at seminars and at a regional TED Talk about his struggle against a seemingly insurmountable opponent. Through the process of data collection, self tracking, and analysis, Ari helped develop Less Doing. This was a way of dealing with the daily stresses of life by optimizing, automating, and outsourcing all of his tasks in life and business. Expect to learn some transformation things in this episode, including: Why business founders should make themselves replaceable Ari’s proprietary productivity framework, OAO; and One single word that can open you up to 10Xing your productivity and giving you more time for life Topics Discussed: Ari’s fight with Crohn’s Why you should optimise, automate and outsource your life The one word that will change your life Ari’s books Why being busy is no badge of honour Ari’s 3D decision matrix The value of asynchronous communication Ari’s favourite biohacks and supplements How Ari uses machine learning to help him qualify prospects Ari’s business, Less Doing: www.lessdoing.com Twitter: @arimeisel Ari’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Ari-Meisel/e/B003BWZ3QA/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Books: Art of Less Doing The Replaceable Founder Idea to Execution Less Doing, More Living Intro to Biohacking --- Employee to Entrepreneur podcast on Apple Podcasts: bit.ly/employeetoentrepreneurpodcast Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski Instagram: www.instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski Future Squared: www.futuresquared.xyz Steve Glaveski: www.steveglaveski.com Medium: www.medium.com/@steveglaveski NEW Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

The One and Only

Swipe Right Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 32:30

In antithesis to last week's guest who was anti-online dating, I'm talking to my friend James who found his OAO (One and Only) with the help of OKCupid! He gives me dating tips to finding my OAO using his marketing skills and how he knew she was wifey material.

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Job Flexibility, Impact of Smartphones, Stem Cells, and more - Episode #58

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2017 9:13

Each episode of Optimize Automate Outsource is aimed at helping you find the tools you need to be more effective in the things that matter to your life. This episode features articles, practices Ari and Nick are applying in their own lives, and a few services. Listen in to the conversation to hear how job flexibility/workplace flexibility is becoming more of a draw for talent, how the presence of your smartphone in the room can lead to cognitive limitations, how email can be used as a task manager, and more. Job flexibility is becoming more and more important to job seekers If you’re trying to build a company you know how competitive the job market is right now. People with the talent and attitude you need are in high demand - so you need every advantage you can get. Surveys are showing that one of the things job seekers are looking for is job or workplace flexibility. Is there any way you can provide that? If so, you might have the edge in getting the talent you need. Ari and Nick talk about an article that reveals the findings of the survey and discuss situations in which it may not apply, so be sure you listen. Could your own stem cells be used to help you when you’re older? There is still a lot of debate and theory about the usefulness of stem cells. But the prevailing scientific belief is that stem cells could be the key to all kinds of genetic therapies and treatments. In this episode of OAO Ari and Nick discuss one company that is offering to be your stem cell “bank” (for lack of a better term) so that, should the science catch up with the theory you may be able to treat some of the health issues you face as you age with your own stem cells. It’s an interesting idea. Find out more on this episode. Could your email function as a task manager, reminder, and more? Would it be helpful for you if you could schedule reminders, send follow-ups and create calendar events with just a few keystrokes, directly in your email? Gopher is a new service discussed on this episode of OAO that is entirely based on native email. There are far too many features to be listed in this paragraph and the applications for its use are far-reaching, so take a few minutes to listen to Ari and Nick discussing the app. Nick’s learning Italian - for a very interesting reason. One of the things Nick has long felt he needs to work on is what he calls his monotone way of speaking. He feels he’s a good communicator but would benefit greatly from learning better voice inflection and expression. What’s he doing to correct the issue? He’s taking Italian lessons. So much of the language is dependent on tone of voice and inflection, he’s finding it very helpful. Hear the entire story on this episode and maybe you’ll discover a solution to YOUR monotone voice. :) Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:06] Ari’s travel schedule and events over the next few weeks. [0:54] Article that shows the presence of your phone in the room reduces cognitive capacity. [2:31] Workplace flexibility: redefining work. [3:36] Forever Labs - stem cells saving service to help once you age. [5:20] Slack for email: Gopher.email [6:01] Nick’s goals and why he’s learning Italian (to get rid of his monotone). Other Resources Mentioned hello@getleverage.com Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

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A Virtual Mailbox Service, Robotic Furniture, Security Deposit Alternatives, and More - Episode #57

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2017 9:01

You may have heard of this concept before, but since so many applications and forms require you to provide a physical address, services have popped up that allow you to get a “virtual mailbox” that qualifies. Sounds a bit confusing, but it works. On this episode, Ari and Nick also discuss a new virtual mailbox service, robotic furniture that is very practical and space-saving, alternatives for security deposits for tenants and landlords, department-store-like kiosks that can be placed anywhere, and much more. Be sure you listen to hear some of the latest services and apps that can make your life more effective. Robotic furniture - really? Yes, and it’s very cool. If you live in a small or micro apartment, or even a tiny house one company has come up with a solution that can save you tons of space and make your living situations more practical. Ori has created a number of different furniture pieces that convert from one form to another at the touch of a button. It’s a great idea that is starting to get traction and could be the solution to space issues in many living situations. Find out more from this episode. Can’t come up with cash for your security deposit? This alternative could be your answer. There are many services that offer renters the opportunity to purchase a bond that will cover damages to a property, but a new one is out that is pretty special. It’s called Trustbond and has some interesting features. Now you can free up your money to work for you instead of sitting in a bank account somewhere “just in case.” Find out more about how it works as well as pricing on this episode of OAO. Want to learn how to dance? These shoes can teach you. Really. There’s a new project on Kickstarter that gives a new meaning to the phrase, “Dancing Shoes.” These shoes truly are dancing shoes because in combination with a smartphone app they can teach you how to dance. You choose the beat, the app does the rest in conjunction with vibrating sensors in the shoes. It will teach you a variety of styles, track your progress, teach you visually, and more. Find out more about Rhythm Shoes on this episode. Now you can have a miniature department store in your apartment complex or dorm. Bodega has come up with a novel idea - the next generation of vending machines. Just picture it, you live in a college dorm and need some kind of necessity item right away. You simply walk to the lobby, open a door, and take the item you need. The kiosk you opened registers who you are, what you took, and charges your card automatically. If it’s an item that isn’t in stock, it can integrate with Amazon to have it sent to you immediately. Find out how it works on this episode. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:30] Rhythm Shoes: Special shoes that will teach you how to dance. [1:21] Bodega: essentials cabinet in department stores with auto billing. [3:16] TrustBond: Alternative for your apartment down payment. [5:25] Ori: Robotic furniture that is so cool! [6:15] Virtual Mail - Anytime Mailbox [7:36] Web Spell Checker for Slack. Other Resources Mentioned Creative Live Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

Predicting Successful Cancer Treatment, Using A.I. to Match Candidates to Companies, Find the Best Rideshare, and More - Episode #56

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 18:08

There are so many ways technology is making our lives better and one of the reasons Ari and Nick do these OAO episodes is to make you aware of what’s becoming available. On this episode, they highlight a new service that uses A.I. to predict successful cancer treatment for individual patients, another that uses A.I. to match job seekers with the best companies for them, apps that find you the best rideshare rate on-demand, and ways you can better assess potential candidates for team fit. As mentioned, it’s amazing what tech is accomplishing for us. You can hear the details about these apps and more on this episode of Optimize Automate Outsource. Now Doctors are Predicting Successful Cancer Treatment with the help of A.I. Over 150 cancer therapies are currently on the market and there’s never been an easy way to decide which drug will be best for individual patients. Until now. Oncobox applies personalized genetic profiling to help oncologists decide which drug to use for a particular patient. Its success rate is staggering, making the right course of treatment up to 3 times more effective so far. It’s cost-effective and a great application of A.I. You may want to tell your oncologist about this is you’re suffering from cancer. Find out more on this episode. Using A.I. to match you with the right company. There’s a new service available for job seekers with an 88% approval rating so far - it’s called Leap. The thing it does differently is that it uses your profile and the profile of its partner companies to match you with a team not only based on your skills and experience but also based on its assessment of how you’d fit into that company’s culture. If Leap thinks you’re a match, it makes a direct recommendation to the company’s hiring department and guarantees you’ll hear back from them. Check this one out. It could save a lot of time and loads of headaches. Here’s an app to make your job as a driver much easier and more profitable. If you serve as a driver for Lyft and Uber (and many people DO work for both companies) there’s now an app called Mystro Driver that connects to the API of both apps so that you can see what rides are available, which would be most profitable for you to take, and lots of other cool features. The claim is that you can earn 30% more, are able to drive safer, and never miss the trips you want most. It sounds promising, so be sure to listen for details. Want to elicit more emotion from your writing? Here’s the app for you. If you spend your day writing for a living you know the power the written word can have on people. Sales letters, responses to clients, marketing materials - all of them require that you be effective in the words you use. Now there’s a service that analyzes your writing and makes suggestions based on the type of emotion you want to elicit from the recipient, and it charges on a per-use basis, 50 cents per query. Find out more from Ari and Nick on this episode of OAO. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:03] Updates on the Leverage team who were in danger in St. Martin because of hurricane Irma. [3:40] Boost Linguistics: The AI your content can’t live without. 50 cents per analysis. [5:32] SMB Rate: Kayak for small business loans. [6:07] Bunch: a team assessment and success platform. [7:36] Ray Dalio TED Talk about managing meetings and assessing trust. [10:17] Leap.ai: Using AI to match you with the right company. [11:08] Mystro Driver: An app to automatically switch between Lyft and Uber for drivers. [12:39] Oncobox: A personalized profiling service to simulate cancer treatments. Other Resources Mentioned Uber Lyft Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

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Custom Molded Earbuds, A Finance App for Couples, A Sales Email Analyzer, and More - Episode #52

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 15:40

Don’t you just HATE it when earbuds hurt your ears? Now there’s a better way. On this episode of Optimize, Automate, Outsource Ari tells about the new custom molded earbuds he received from Hello Ear. In short, he loves them. The company uses a picture of your ear to craft a set of earbuds for you that fit perfectly and feel good. Really, they feel good - no more pain when you listen to our podcast! Find out more about getting your own custom molded earbuds on this episode. When is the last time you wrote a check from your bank account? Ari and Nick have not had a regular use for traditional bank checks for years. But when they come across the need for one they’ve resorted to going to the bank to get a certified or cashier’s check. Now there’s a new option - Checkbook.io enables you to send checks from your own bank account via their online dashboard, and you can even set it up to send checks for you at regular intervals. Find out how to use it on the off chance you need a bank check by listening to this episode. Increase your cold email effectiveness. Datanannas is a service that enables you to get tweak suggestions for the prospecting and cold emails you write - B2C or B2B. It’s a great tool to provide feedback and make your emails more effective. It gives tips regarding the length of your email, the variables you use, the customization and personalization of your writing, and more. The company has added services to help you dial-in and maximize your marketing campaigns and prospect follow-up. Need a super powerful chat functionality for your website or company? You may have seen the chat bubble we use on the Leverage website. It’s an integration from a company called Intercom and it enables us to connect directly with prospects who reach out to us through the app. But it has tons of other features we use internally that make our team communication more effective, including sending of private messages to filtered groups and teams within our company. You won’t believe all the stuff this thing can do, so listen to find out more. Are you tired of being on a different page from your spouse when it comes to finances? Many couples struggle financially, not because they disagree on what should be done with their money but because they forget to communicate about things that are actually done There’s a new app called Honey Due that makes communication about finances effortless. You can hear how it could be used to keep couples “in the know” with each other on this episode of OAO. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:03] Nick’s recent time away - it was FULL of travel and trips (including a root canal). [2:00] Update on the new dashboard software and app. [2:50] Hello Ear - custom earbuds made from a photo of your ear. [3:53] Get Service has pivoted to deal ONLY with flight delays and refunds. [5:50] Checkbook.io - For $1 per check you can create checks from your bank account. [7:44] Datanannas - get input on your cold emails to increase effectiveness. [9:47] Zapier integrations: Leadscore service [11:31] Intercom - chat bubble for websites and internal help center. [13:37] Honey Due - expense tracker for couples Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. PariBus Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

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Buy Time for Greater Happiness, New Noise Cancelling Tech, and Realistic Digital Art, and more - Episode #50

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2017 7:35

You’ve heard it said that money can’t buy you happiness - and that’s right. But it appears that money can buy time, which in turn can contribute to greater amounts of happiness. On this episode of Optimize, Automate, Outsource, Ari discusses an article that reveals that those who spend as little as $40 a week buying back the time it takes to do various tasks (picking up dry cleaning, cleaning the house, etc.) are finding their happiness levels rising. Why is that? Ari discusses it on this episode. Digital fine art that looks authentic and enriches your home. One of the problems with fine art is that while the average person may enjoy it, they only get to do so in a museum or through inheriting it from a rich family member. The cost of purchasing fine art is far outside of most people’s budget. That’s where The Depict Frame comes in. It’s a digital frame that provides realistic looking fine art for the average person. A one-time purchase could fill your home with the finest of fine art. You should check it out on this episode. Now you can monitor all your online activity in one, easy-to-use place. A difficult aspect of building a digitally based business is keeping a growing team in the know when it comes to activity that’s taking place. It’s imperative that notifications work, and work effectively. There’s a new service called Hall Monitor that enables you to build custom reports of your varied online activities and send that report to Slack channels you designate so everyone on your team knows what’s going on. Brilliant. Find out more on this episode. Noise canceling that doesn’t block out the important sounds you need to hear. There are all kinds of gadgets out there that are trendy and fun. But every now and then one comes along that truly makes sense. Soundbrake is one of those. It’s a noise-cancelling gadget that does much more than block out everything outside your headphones. It actually detects the sounds around you according to your custom settings and pauses your music when something is going on around you that you need to know about. Find out how it works on this episode of OAO. Here’s how you can receive a free month in our “Leverage Labs.” Every podcast out there is trying to reach its ideal target audience and once that audience is found, the value begins to flow. But does it ever flow back the other way? You have an opportunity to make it happen right now. If you’ll go to iTunes and leave a rating and review for OAO, then send us a message with a screenshot of your review, we’ll give you access to our Leverage Lab for one month, for free - just to say thanks. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:03] The new “Dashboard” app is on the way. Updates to come. [1:00] How you can get a free month in the “Leverage Labs” OR become a certified Leverage coach. [1:52] Article: Buying time promotes happiness. [3:54] Here’s the link to Ari’s flight with Nik on the “Takeoff with Nik” YouTube show. [4:33] Soundbrake 2.0 Kickstarter - variable headphone noise cancellation [5:22] The Depict Frame - a digital frame for realistic looking art. [6:12] Hallmonitor.co - monitor all of your activity in one place. Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Pavlok - habit building and breaking shock device. Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

Text Analysis and Machine Learning Platform, A Cool Kids Go Kart, Outsourced Support, and more - Episode #48

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2017 12:35

Text analysis: What in the world is THAT? Let’s consider a use case: Imagine you have a blog or social media channel where your followers or clients interact with you regularly. Someone on your team is tasked to respond appropriately to those inquiries and comments. What if you could automate a classification of those comments and instantly redirect them to the right team member? You just skipped a step in the existing process. You just saved time and increased effectiveness. That’s what text analysis can do for you. Find out about Monkey Learn, a new test analysis and machine learning platform on this episode. Did you ever want a go kart as a kid? You never imagined one like this! Most of us wanted a motorized something to zip around on as a kid - you know, something we could ride around the neighborhood to the envy of all the other kids? Technology is improving those options for the next generation - and with digital tools that enable kids to be protected through appropriate parental oversight. You can find out about the newest generation of motorized kids' vehicles and the apps and safeguards that go with them on this episode of OAO. Need a support desk for your business but can’t afford it? Here’s a new solution you can afford. Probably. What if you could finally outsource your customer service desk to a trained, intelligent, remote team and only paid based on the actual cases that were solved to the customer’s satisfaction? And what if the per-case price was very reasonable (like $3.50 per case)? Imagine no more. It exists in the new service DreamSupport.io - and on this episode, Ari and Nick cover what it does, how it works, and why you might want to check it out. What’s the most common reason startups fail? It might shock you! On this episode, Ari refers to an article he read recently titled, “7 Lessons from 100+ Failed Startups.” As you might imagine, there are some very predictable reasons why many of the startups failed, such as running out of funding. But the most common reason is one you would think founders would be aware of by now. It’s so simple, it’s crazy that it’s still an issue. Want to know what it is? Ari and Nick chat about it on this episode. Interested in becoming a Leverage certified coach so you can help people be more effective? If you are a business coach or consultant one of the main areas of value you can bring to any client is helping them optimize, automate, or outsource their workflows. It’s exponential in its impact - and now you can be certified as a Leverage coach and begin helping your clients in this vital productivity step. Find out how you can join the Leverage coaching cohort, on this episode. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:03] How to get a copy of the first chapter of our book - and how to get a free month using our Leverage platform. [1:31] Actev Arrow: The first real electric go kart for kids. [3:29] Monkey Learn: A new machine learning platform. [8:29] DreamSupport.io : Outsourcing solution on a per case pricing structure. [9:29] Article: The 7 Lessons from 100+ Failed Startups Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. www.coach.leverage.com - Leverage coaching certification. Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

On-demand Online Legal Services, Always-On Communication, Free Encryption, and More - Episode #47

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2017 12:09

On this episode of Optimize, Automate, Outsource, Ari and Nick have another handful of apps and services to point out for your consideration. They cover a new free encryption service for website owners, an always-on communication device, a new “wait in line” service in New York, and a video-based daily catch-up app for teams. Oh, and don’t forget about the online legal services company, UpCounsel. You’ll find all of them on this episode of OAO. Online legal services that don’t cost you an arm and a leg. Online legal services may sound a bit risky, but consider this: UpCounsel works directly with former big law partners, senior associates, and general counsels who average over 14 years of experience from top-ranked law firms and Fortune 500 companies. The lawyers who work for them (and you) have graduated from some of the best law schools in the world. They regularly verify the lawyers in the network and their active client review system provides full transparency, allowing new clients (you) to select the right attorney and receive high-quality work. It’s something you should consider, especially because you won’t be paying for the 60% costs associated with the overhead of a typical law firm. Find out more about it on this episode. Tired of waiting in lines in New York? Here’s your solution. It may sound cool. It may sound lazy. But it works. And the people working it are not only making a living, they are also able to do their own work while they wait in line for you. The service is called “Same Old Line Dudes” and it’s designed so you can hire someone to wait in line for you, say for those in-demand concert tickets, the release of the new iPhone, or whatever. It’s a great idea that many people are already taking advantage of. Has the cost kept you from getting your website encrypted? You don’t have to have that excuse anymore. Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). They provide the digital certificates needed in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites, for free, in the most user-friendly way possible. It’s also automatic, secure, transparent, open, and cooperative. If you haven’t encrypted your site yet, you should check this out! It’s time for you to check out the world’s best off-grid communication device. Sonnet enables your smartphone to send all kinds of messages WITHOUT any coverage or satellite service. It’s the world's most advanced off-grid communication device. With it, you can send text messages, voice recordings, images, and GPS locations on your phone without cellular coverage, satellite, or Internet access. It’s dust-tight and water resistant and can be used for 24 continuous hours. Amazed yet? Listen to hear more about this amazing and affordable device. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:26] The introduction to the Leverage app. Get on the wait list. [0:59] Sonnet: The world’s best communication device. [2:45] Same Old Line Dudes: A professional line service in New York. [4:36] Let’s Encrypt - get your site certified for free. [5:34] The Simplify Podcast [6:35] Muzzle App - silences all notifications when you are doing screen sharing [8:34] Catch - a video daily catchup system for teams. [9:36] On demand legal services: UpCounsel Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Blinkist Book Service Slack Trello Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

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A New Text Analysis Service, Leverage Coaching Certification, A Google Calendar Meeting Scheduler, and more - Episode #46

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2017 17:19

As they guys do on every episode of Optimize, Automate, Outsource, this episode features them sharing a handful of resources they’ve come across that may help you increase your productivity and success. But before they get into the apps and services, Nick has an update on his recent trip to the team villa in St. Martin, why he went, and what the Leverage team hopes to use the property for in the months and years ahead. It’s a great perk for the team and they’re even trying out the AirBnB approach for the property while it’s not in use. Find out more, on this episode. The text analysis service, Monkey Learn is a game changer. What might you be able to accomplish - in terms of automation and productivity - if you could turn tweets, emails, documents, webpages, or anything else you can think of into actionable data, automatically? That’s what Monkey Learn does. Its powerful API can automate many of your business processes and save you hours of manual data processing. It even has Zapier and Google Doc integrations. You can find out more about Monkey Learn on this episode of OAO. Want to become a Leverage certified coach? There’s more to being a coach than simply knowing how to do something. You need to be able to get inside the head of the person you’re coaching, know how to talk to them in a way that moves them to discover their own limitations and begin to move forward. The Leverage Certified Coaching program is designed to help you not only master the Leverage approach to productivity, but also help you develop the coaching tools you need to truly help clients. Find out about our upcoming certification event on this episode. Ever have trouble scheduling a multi-person meeting? Meekan can help. Ari has spoken about Meekan before as an integration inside of Slack. But now there’s an even simpler way to use the app - as a Google Calendar plugin. Imagine it, with the click of a button you can immediately assess the best times for a meeting between those involved in an email conversation and have times recommended to you. It’s an incredible time saver. The app integrates across platforms so you should have no trouble using it with any connected individual around the world. Find out how to check it out, on this episode. What if you could sleep comfortably on your commute? For those who travel regularly from Los Angeles to San Francisco, there’s a new way to commute. You can book passage on Cabin, a sleeper bus service between the two cities. The ride comes with a comfortable travel cabin of your own, tea service, free wifi, and a staff to ensure your ride is comfortable and safe. Find out more about it on this episode of OAO. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [4:58] Maximum Vibrance supplement [6:10] The next coaching certification program - Nov 9-10. [7:05] Full Story Site Tracking Service [8:10] Meekan Google Calendar extension [9:11] Ideas Nick believes will be helpful to listeners. [12:37] Culture codes - powerpoints from various companies [14:37] Cabin: Sleeper bus between LA and San Francisco [15:02] Obsidian 3d Printer [15:17] 360 degree video conferencing [15:47] Monkey Learn - text analysis with machine learning Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. The next Leverage Coaching Certification Program Process Street Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

Pulsed Electromagnetic Stimulation To Sync Mind and Body, A Universal Travel Adaptor, Get Money You’re Owed - Episode #43

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2017 10:45

Pulsed Electromagnetic Stimulation (PEMS) has nearly 50 years of medical/neurological applications and scientifically-proven health benefits and on today’s episode of OAO, we discuss a new device - the Elf Emmit that has come on the scene to help you align your body with your mind. It sounds a bit odd and requires that you wear a funky headband with a cable running to your smartphone, but if it works, it’s really cool. Pulsed Electromagnetic Stimulation devices may be something you should put on your radar, and you can check out one such device on this episode. A travel adapter you won’t mind using. Most travel adapters are bulky and don’t always work like you expect. But those days are gone with the advent of Micro, a mini-travel adaptor that’s got Ari very excited. On this episode of OAO, the guys talk about this new device and why it’s an extreme upgrade from the traditional travel adapters that have been around for years. And this one has a surge protector fuse to keep your devices safe. If you travel internationally you’ll want to see this. Get the money your health insurance company owes you. How many times have you paid a medical expense out of pocket only to forget that you need to file the claim with your medical insurance company? There’s a new service called Get Better that tracks down the claims you’re owed by your medical insurance provider and takes steps on your behalf to get that money for you, saving you the time of doing it yourself. This episode the guys talk about Get Better and a handful of other apps and services. Now you can have medical issues addressed in your own home. FRND is a new service that contracts with healthcare providers, insurance companies, senior living facilities, and more to perform certain healthcare services for patients in the comfort of their own homes. It’s a great way to cut costs, keep people out of waiting rooms and hospital ERs, and make healthcare more personal. And, healthcare providers like RNs can find flexible work that doesn't keep them stuck in an office all day. Nick and Ari discuss FRND and a whole lot more on this episode, so be sure you listen. One co-working subscription to rule them all. The concept of co-working spaces is already a great example of the sharing economy in action. It was only a matter of time until it became even more shared. Desk Pass is a monthly coworking subscription that has agreements with co-working locations in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Denver. Sign up and get affordable, flexible access to over 100 different co-working spaces in those cities. Sounds like a winner. Find out more on this episode. Featured Resources Mentioned On This Episode [0:03] Dashboard updates and problem solving details. [4:53] Bone broth for health (sponsor message) [5:44] The Micro Travel Adaptor [6:19] Elf Emmit device for electrical stimulation [7:10] Purity Coffee and Laird’s Coffee [7:30] http://GetBetter.co - get back money you are owed [7:55] FRND - home healthcare scheduling app [9:18] Desk Pass - app to access co-working spaces Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Kettle and Fire (sponsor) - use “Get Leverage 15” as your coupon code Zencastr Inside Tracker www.GetLeverage.com - sign up for the Fall release of Dashboard. Find out more about what we’re doing at Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

Lessons Learned at the Leverage Team Retreat, Inexpensive Dumpsters, 360 Degree Cameras, and more - Episode #42

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2017 19:33

This episode of OAO is a bit different because we have some observations to share about the lessons we learned at our recent Leverage team retreat. It was great to be eyeball to eyeball with each other. We discovered many things that could make our relationships and workflow better. Now that we’re back we’re seeing great results, already. We hope the insights we learned can help you as you build your own optimized, automated, and outsourced empire. The power of being “in person” is huge. Don’t underestimate it. Here at Leverage, we pride ourselves on moving quickly. We make fast decisions and take action rapidly. But at our recent team retreat, we saw how much faster things go in-person. Simple things - like the time it takes to give input and receive feedback are dramatically impacted in positive ways when you can be face to face, even for a short amount of time. So yes, you can and should build and effective remote team, but do what you can to get together in person as you are able. You’ll find the benefits are bigger than you think. The goal of making yourself replaceable can force you to do very good things for your business. Neither Nick or Ari have any intention of building the company so that it can run without them entirely - in other words, they don’t plan on replacing themselves through the automation they’ve put in place. BUT, thinking as if you DO want to replace yourself can help you put some incredible time-saving systems and automation in place that will benefit your company. The guys chat a bit about that concept and how it can improve your workflow and increase effectiveness, on this episode of Optimize, Automate, Outsource. Need to do some cleanup around your house? Here’s an affordable way to do it. You’ve seen those construction dumpsters outside your local construction site, right? Those are usually expensive and you pay for them according to the time you have them. But there’s a new option that is very inexpensive ($29 each) and you can keep them as long as you like. When you’re ready, you call to have it picked up for a one-time fee. And these bags (yes, bags) are the size of a regular construction dumpster. Seriously. Find out more on this episode. Need a new eyeglass subscription? There’s an app for that. It was only a matter of time - and it sounds unbelievable, but you can now get your eyes checked via an app, have it write your prescription, and order your glasses. Amazing. You never have to go see the eye Doc if you don’t want to. Surely there are limitations depending on the condition of your eyes but this is truly revolutionary. Find out more about it on this episode. Featured Links Mentioned On This Episode [0:09] An update on the Leverage team retreat. [7:50] The Yo Sperm Test [8:53] The Bagster - $29 per bag - fill it up - pay a one-time pickup fee. [10:29] Chefd - individual meal service (no subscriptions) [13:09] 360 degree camera from Samsung [15:00] Check your vision and write subscriptions using this app. [16:13] Process Street (use the coupon code 15offLeverage) [16:59] Ari’s new wifi - Netgear Nighthawk Router Other Resources Mentioned Text “Leverage” to “444999” to subscribe to the mailing list and get the first chapter of our new book. Blue Apron Hello Fresh Blade Runner Find out more about what we’re doing at Get Leverage at www.getleverage.com and www.leveragepodcasts.com

Gaming the Kickstarter Industry - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #30

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2017 18:22

We are offering a very special membership to our exclusive #LeverageLabs to new listeners who go to our Leverage Podcast or OAO Podcast and subscribe to or download our podcasts, take a photo and send to us via social media. #LeveragePodcast... Send us your photo and we will mention the lucky new members on the podcast each week... ---- GUEST: Helena Clegg KEY QUOTE: “...when you see an opportunity now, you really have to act on it very, very quickly” KEY MOMENTS: 00:03 – Introduction to OAO 00:09 – Today’s special guest is Helena Clegg 00:16 – Helena is visiting from Mallorca; she handles Get Leverage’s social media presence 01:01 – Ari spoke at NYU about the A-Z of starting a company 01:36 – Ari is now going to be a speaker at NYU 01:43 – Nick just got back from Victoria Labalme’s Rock the Room event 02:06 – Nick got a ton of good points from Victoria’s speaking guide 02:52 – Mapping out the stage is one 03:32 – Nick shares about using V Cards 04:09 – Ari mentions Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe 06:08 – Nick went to Victoria’s event because he has upcoming talks 06:30 – This weekend, Ari will be talking on The Ultimate Achievers Council 06:48 – Katz Moving, a company that allows you to track your moving truck real-time! 07:53 – There’s an article on CNBC about a 24-year old making $345K in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market 09:39 – People overvalue the idea in marketing and undervalue execution 09:46 – “Knocking off is a HUGE industry” 10:36 – “whether it’s a good or bad thing, it’s probably a good thing, that when you see an opportunity now, you really have to act on it very, very quickly” 10:48 – Wag is basically an “Uber” for dog walkers 11:57 – An hour walk is $24 – The app tracks real time and you can see where your dog peed or pooped 13:21 – One of Ari’s experiences getting a dog walker: it was so late at night that it took 2 hours to get one 14:11 – The same app offers dog-boarding and dog-sitting 14:49 – LifeVac is an anti-choking device 16:10 – Rockabye Baby is a company that turns pop/rock songs into a lullaby 17:00 – Culture Codes is a collection of culture decks, core values, mission statements, and more from real companies 17:48 – Next episode, Ari and Nick will talk about Get Leverage’s core values and manifesto 17:54 – End of today’s podcast FIND ALL OF OUR OTHER PODCASTS AND RESOURCES HERE

A Bot for Styling? - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #29

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2017 16:10

“It’s a totally different idea from the virtual assistance but again, using the same mentality and methodology, [you’re] able to build a really quick MVP” Time-Stamped Notes 00:03 – Introduction to OAO 00:12 – The Hykso smart tracking tool for boxing 01:28 – Lemonade is a new way to get insurance for renters and property owners 02:23 – Bulletin is basically a retail store that can carry your products 03:12 – Scale – API for human intelligence 03:47 – Scale can be an alternative for Rev 04:52 – Storyo is an app that turns your photos into stories 05:52 – Sous Vide cooking with ChefSteps Joule 07:20 – The food is incredible – consistent texture and perfect 07:55 – “It will never be overcooked – it will be perfect” 08:08 – Yay let’s you send actual prizes to somebody 09:14 – Nick had a brainstorming session with his girlfriend for a styling startup 10:13 – Nick used Typeform, a tool that let’s you create web forms, to create StylebyFran 10:45 – Nick discusses the technical process of StylebyFran 13:35 – Using the same methods and strategies, Get Leverage is somewhat the same as Style by Fran 14:13 – People don’t need to worry about the technicalities because Get Leverage does the work for them 15:10 – Please leave us a review! 15:48 – End of today’s podcast Visit www.LeveragePodcasts.com for more episodes and links to all resources discussed!

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Step out of Your Comfort Zone With an App - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #28

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2017 19:55

“There’s definitely people on our team that I think this (Steps) will be pretty cool for...This is a pretty good way to get yourself out of your comfort zone.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:03 – Introduction to OAO 00:34 – Ari took his family to Miami for the President’s Break 00:41 – While his family was in Miami, he had to go to Phoenix and Chicago for Entrepreneur’s Organization 01:18 – Nick will be out in Los Angeles for Victoria Labalme’s Rock the Room Live 01:39 – Nick just bought Raden Luggage, which has a built in scale and an app 03:27 – Steps is an iPhone app that beats social anxiety with small challenges 05:49 – Amazon Chime already came out a week ago, which is a competitor of Skype 06:46 – Get Leverage has a big need for a team of people to be able to make calls so Nick has been testing out platforms 07:01 – Ring Central seems to be the best platform so far for Get Leverage as it allows clients to send texts, calls, and you can create phone extensions 09:07 – reMarkable is like a limited feature iPad in some ways 10:19 – Neurologically, people tend to retain notes better by handwriting 10:41 – Ari finds it distracting to type out notes 12:08 – Nick has a bad memory 12:43 – Snappr is an on-demand photography service 14:05 – Mailjoy is like Mailchimp for physical mail 15:43 – Ari was talking to a client and found she was looking to outsource meal prep 16:20 – Nurture Life offers meals for kids 16:23 – One of Get Leverage’s VAs is a nutritionist who gave Nick a comprehensive plan 18:25 – Nick mentions not to drink while eating 19:07 – High amounts of bromelain digestive enzymes will sweeten the taste of semen 19:27 – End of today’s podcast Learn More About OAO Here: www.leveragepodcasts.com

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Training the Incarcerated - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #27

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2017 9:03

“Doing charity work was one of the things that I (Nick) wanted to start getting into this year.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:15 – Ari and Nick are now recording episodes by the batch 00:33 – Defy Ventures brings successful people into the prison community to teach and guide entrepreneurship 02:32 – Only 5% of Defy people go back to prison 03:33 – The excitement Ari feels with Defy Ventures is the same feeling he had with American Dream U 03:50 – FeetMe is a runner’s in-sole tracking device 04:45 – There are no less than 80 ways to tie your shoes 05:53 – Nick is looking for travel solutions! Please email Nick at nick@getleverage.com if you know a tool or an app that could help 07:36 – Demio is a cool option for hosting webinars 08:37 – End of today’s podcast Less Doing Podcast Resources: www.leveragepodcasts.com

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"I recently started a Crohn Support Community" - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #26

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 12:08

“I recently started a Crohn Support Community...it’s just a free resource that I created where I curate some content and help guide the discussion on how to manage that illness.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:19 – Slack Pass is the best way to manage Slack invites 00:32 – Ari recently started a support community for people battling Crohn’s Disease 00:53 – Ari loves using Slack for community chat 00:58 – It’s a separate app and place to communicate 01:20 – It’s easy to automate and share content on Slack 01:33 – There is threaded communication 01:42 – Ari has been using InviteBot for his support group which you can access here 01:53 – Slack Pass lets you have free groups, paid groups, paid channels and etc. 02:15 – Slack Pass does credit card processing for subscribed members in your group 02:53 – Get Leverage’s website is now being optimized 03:06 – Nick started using Optimizely, an experimentation platform where you can make changes to your website without needing a developer 03:38 – He also implemented TruConversion, a tool that helps you find heatmaps on your website 04:03 – Ari and Nick explain further how TruConversion works 05:46 – Sign up and try the free trial for both Optimizely and TruConversion 06:46 – Nick met Robert Cialdini, the author of Pre-Suasion 07:17 – Elucify is a crowdsourced lead directory 08:21 – Run Dexter is a solution to build any chatbots on different platforms 09:05 – Luma is a surround wifi device 11:36 – Checkout SpeedTest to know your actual wifi speed 11:44 – End of today’s podcast Less Doing Podcast Resources: www.leveragepodcasts.com

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"The Last Episode Outside of a Recording Studio" - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #24

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2017 9:21

Key Quote “This is the last episode that we will be recording outside of a professional recording studio.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:03 – Introduction to OAO 00:12 – This is the last episode outside a studio 00:28 – Ari and Nick offers their thanks to their listeners 01:02 – EloBot is a bot for your Facebook Messenger that acts as your personal assistant 01:52 – Nick mentions his friend who also built a bot for Facebook 02:06 – Temp File allows you to share files less than 1GB temporarily and for free 02:35 – ai provides services to help you classify data 03:00 – Nick explains further how they use Mighty.ai for Get Leverage 03:44 – Amazon Mechanical Turk is similar to Mighty.ai except they do not allow as much personalization 05:07 – Ari shares a hilarious article from Business Insider regarding the craziest requests concierges have ever received 07:17 – Ari shares an article about what successful people, like Elon Musk, ask job candidates in interviews 08:15 – BeLive allows you to broadcast on Facebook Live with multiple people on one stream 08:53 – End of today’s podcast

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"Optimize Your Goal Setting" - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #22

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2017 16:27

"Long term goals should be broken into smaller chunks to try and achieve something on a shorter time scale." Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:22 – Ari doesn’t believe in long-term goal setting 00:40 – Ari now wants his goals to be measurable and have more impact 00:51 – Launching “Book Club Thursdays” 01:19 – Ari heard about goal-setting on Tim Ferriss’ podcast 02:02 – It’s about tapping into your potential 03:14 – Ari invites Nick to do a Dexa Scan – the most accurate scan of body composition 03:45 – Ari created a workout for himself 05:05 – Dseat.me finds your random, online accounts and helps you delete them 05:35 – Shift allows you to switch into Gmail accounts in a better interface 06:35 – MicroBot Push is a device that automates button pushing 07:38 – Philips Wakeup Lamp – an alarm that simulates the sunrise 09:45 – Ari discusses one of the triggers in Zapier for Slack that triggers a DM to new members 10:16 – Athelas is a service that comes to you to check your white blood cells 11:50 – Notch is a device that shows you a real-time 3D representation of yourself in motion 13:33 – Spar is an app that allows you to challenge your friends to become better 14:26 – KaleKam – turns healthy eating into a game 15:08 – Nick shares that one of his goals for the new year is to become healthier 16:27 – End of today’s podcast

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"This Feedback Shows We're Solving a Big Problem." - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #19

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2016 14:46

“The people who give us this feedback...they want to be able to make it work and I think that really says something about what we’re offering, it says we’re solving a big problem” Key Quote “The people who give us this feedback...they want to be able to make it work and I think that really says something about what we’re offering, it says we’re solving a big problem” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:10 – Ari and Nick just got back from their trips 00:29 – Ari shares about his Strategic Coach experience with Dan Sullivan 00:56 – Nick shares about his Genius Network Event experience 01:34 – Nick missed the main dinner because a client gave him feedback 01:52 – Despite the issues, Leverage still gives world-class service 02:02 – People who give feedback to Leverage are people who want to make things work 02:29 – Pixibot is a tool you add to Slack that reads text in images 02:52 – Talla is also a bot for Slack that brings together a lot other services 04:00 – Sharetribe allows you to create a market place 05:14 – Philips Wakeup Light is like a side table lamp where you can set lights and sounds to wake you up 06:32 – The Poweraid Hat has a solar panel built into the rim with a usb port 07:04 – Sunflower Labs is a security system that comes with a drone 09:28 – Notion is a smart app for managing your email 10:40 – Elysium is an anti-aging pill that contains only 2 ingredients 12:40 – Flexbot is another Slack bot that reminds you to do wellness exercises throughout the day 13:23 – Electric.ai is an IT helper department for Slack 14:11 – The Leverage Labs in Slack for Leverage VA clients 14:45 – End of today’s podcast

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“The process of bringing your clients into your system is surprisingly difficult.” - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #18

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2016 17:21

Key Quote “The process of bringing your clients, sort of, into your system and making them from a lead to a client...is surprisingly difficult.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:23 – The difficult process of bringing your clients into your system 00:50 – There’s no waitlist now, go to GetLeveragehttp://www.getleverage.com 01:08 – All new clients will receive Ari and Nick’s new book, Idea to Executionhttps://www.amazon.com/Idea-Execution-Optimize-Outsource-Everything/dp/1619615053 01:38 – The Oura Ring is a health tracker that tracks activity and sleep 02:32 – How the Oura Ring works well for Ari 04:31 – Kapture Audio is a watch band device that records all the time 05:32 – Smart Ear Buds are wireless earbuds that you can connect to your app to play white noise 06:08 – Hear One has a microphone built in so you can filter out specific sounds 07:07 – The new Nike Shoe is a self-tying shoe 08:22 – Nick bought a new smart plug 09:23 – Using your voice to control your home allows you to multitask 09:42 – Nick adds to his shopping list via Alexa 10:31 – How Nick and Ari use IFTTT and Alexa 11:17 – Unito connects your project management apps to Trello 12:45 – Nick just got back from the Caribbean 13:24 – There’s a new company-wide policy in Leverage that key people take off at least a week straight 14:27 – Cently is a slack bot used for purchasing things 15:03 – Eclips allow you to save and edit clips from the videos you’re watching 15:49 – Amazon’s new snowmobile enables you to move massive amounts of data rather than uploading 17:09 – End of today’s podcast Less Doing Podcast Resources Trello Board - https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources

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“Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year." - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #17

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2016 11:35

Key Quote “Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year because we get as many people as we can possibly fit in the house to sit down until the last one passes out eventually.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:12 – Thanksgiving is Ari’s favorite holiday 00:23 – Nick is travelling to Antigua for Thanksgiving to “unplug” 01:25 – Nick wants to read some books by the beach to unwind 01:47 – Ari shares about the times he was unreachable 03:02 – Reach Case an iphone case that extends your antenna’s reach 03:08 – Fairy is a hotel-like house-keeping service 05:36 – The new Macbook Pro with the touch bar explained 06:27 – Kill the Newsletter converts newsletters into an RSS feed 07:27 – Listen gives you a 2nd phone number 08:16 – Seven Hugs Smart Remote lets you control any smart device 10:30 – Speedify combines signals from both mobile and wifi 11:33 – End of today’s podcast Less Doing Podcast Resources: Trello Board - https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources

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"A lot of people want that separation between their Facebook and work" - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #13

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2016 8:30

Key Quote “A lot of people want that separation between their Facebook and work; and Workplace by Facebook blurs that line.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:02 – Introduction to OAO 00:19 – Workplace by Facebook is the new Slack competitor 01:03 – An intranet version of Facebook 01:34 – Slack is powerful because of their API 02:07 – Facebook Boot Camp for Less Doing – already moved to Slack 02:32 – It’s for a team that isn’t on any platform 02:52 – Workplace features: Newsfeed, Chat, Online Video, Search and more Admin Control 03:32 – One Night Standard for the night in a standard hotel 04:44 – Using TunnelBear VPN for more secure browsing 05:15 – Journy: travel tailored for you 06:23 – Conversica is an AI that will help you find your niche customer 08:27 – End of today’s podcast Less Doing Podcast Resources:q Trello Board - https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources

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"We give you Leverage of your time, money, and resources" - Optimize, Automate, Outsource. - Episode #12

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2016 9:23

Key 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 – ShipLabel 02:37 – Lets you compare shipping prices across couriers 02:45 – Creates labels on your phone * 03:05 – Firefly 03:15 – Chrome extension that works in other web apps 03:25 – Helps read context 04:21 – It creates a special tasks list but not add on the calendar * 04:45 – One X Censor 05:08 – Measures the skin’s antioxidant levels 05:21 – Instant feedback 06:10 – Coming out on May2017 * 06:37 – Zapier now has their own version of IFTTT button 06:47 – Click to add an entry * 07:17 – Skipio does text-based marketing to clients 08:05 – On VA services, we are tracking closely on different tasks 08:22 – There’s a new market place for the VAs where they can pick up tasks 09:14 – Grab a copy of Idea to Execution here To view all our links, please visit: https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/less-doing-podcast-resources

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#011: Genius Network and HeroX - Optimize, Automate, Outsource.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2016 8:23

Key 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 competition is ending in a week 04:45 – Launching to crowd source the best productivity/automation hack 04:57 – Prizes: Virtual Assistance Credits and Consulting * 05:10 – Tresorit is an encrypted cloud storage tool like DropBox 05:39 – End to end encryption solution * 08:14 – Get a copy and leave a review of Idea to Execution by Ari Meisel & Nick Sonnenberg

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