Leverage: Optimize, Automate, Outsource: Productivity Tips, Virtual Assistant Insights, Outsourcing, Life Hacks, And More

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 y

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/l

Time-Stamped Notes  00:02 – Introduction to the new Leverage Podcast  00:13 – Sneek lets you see everybody on a webcam  01:57 – Spoil is an app for gift services  03:07 – Wind: an excellent company for shipping products  03:22 – Want to recommend a product? Email us at nick@getleverage.com  04:26 – Designrr enables you create stunning ebooks and lead magnets  05:31 – Cardiogram 2.0 takes your heart rate and sleep activity and translates it into useful information   06:54 – Xen.do is a cloud service that allows you to search all your cloud storage in one place  07:33 – Netatmo is a climate monitor that serves as a healthy home coach  10:03 – Gazelle and apple.com/recycling prices out your Apple items  10:38 – The leverage assistance has about a month waitlist  11:07 – End of today’s podcast   Less Doing Podcast Resources:    Trello Board -https://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/leverage-podcast-resourceshttps://trello.com/b/jtqdNTp3/leverage-podcast-resources 

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

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:

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

Key Quote  “If you’re not doing anything wrong, you shouldn’t be worried about your privacy.” Time-Stamped Notes 00:17 – Please review Idea to Execution by Ari Meisel & Nick Sonnenberg on Amazon 00:39 – Persistent Surveillance Systems 01:03 – A plane that takes a photo of the entire city every second 01:16 – Output is a frame by frame view of the whole city 01:25 – Used for investigating explosions 01:50 – Two hours of implementation, PSS caught a robber 02:29 – Nick’s friend also has some crazy camera system 03:13 – Ari and his dad also have drop cams in their houses 03:32 – If you’re not doing anything wrong, you shouldn’t be worried about your privacy 04:26 – Trim 04:31 – Checks your credit card statement for recurring charges 04:46 – Sends a text message to check which ones you want to cancel 05:05 – Fandango Movies 05:24 – Ticketing app that’s text based 05:56 – Echo Dot 06:03 – Similar to Siri for the iPhone but her name is Alexa and she works with the Amazon Echo 06:33 – Smart plugs ar

Key Resources - Access to all OAO Links Time-Stamped Notes * 00:14 – Nick and Ari are phoning it in—literally—from a Manhattan restaurant * 00:28 – Question from Tip Wood: “What does Ari usually eat throughout the day?” o 00:47 – Just because it works for Ari doesn’t mean it will work for you o 01:29 – Usually a high-fat, low-sugar diet o 02:00 – Lunch is usually the biggest meal * 02:45 – Nick’s nutritionist is trying to get him to refocus on high-fats * 03:20 – www.Wiive.com custom made orthotic insoles o 03:52 – Download an app, take some photos of your feet, boom—3d printed insoles o 04:08 – Use discount code LessDoing20 to get 20% off * 04:18 – Google Trips o 04:40 – Google Trips will help you with itineraries, maps, etc. o 04:57 – Lots of information around the location * 05:17 – The Book is OUT! * 05:35 – Less Doing is going to be renamed as Leverage * 06:29 – Assembly Now Slack Integration o 07:00 – It’s essentially on-demand manufacturing assistance in China * 07:28 – Fretello o 07:56 – Duolingo for

Key Resources Access to all OAO Links Time-Stamped Notes 00:12 – New book is officially launching 01:05 – Zero dollars, zero backing, and ½ the hours a normal startup takes 01:50 – Really covers the 80/20 principle to a T 02:10 – Book releases on October 4th, Audible version around November 11th 02:20 – You don’t need to invests thousands of dollars in technology or people to get a company off the ground—so much is already available for free 02:45 – Unsubscribe à IFTTT à Unsubscribed! 03:18 – Test for free and test to a high level 03:50 – Question everything, challenge everything 04:30 – When the thunderclap goes live, the Kindle version of the book will be $0.99 05:00 – Ample Market 05:05 – They have a bot called Fetch 05:20 – Great data enrichment tool for new customers 05:45 – You’ll be better able to tailor your offerings 06:03 – And it will help you facilitate connections 06:15 – Duuoo – Better one on ones with your team 06:40 – A great platform for one on ones 06:55 – A nice packaged plat

Key Quote  “Without being to explicit, I can’t even imagine. Honestly…I think I would kill somebody.” Key Resources Access to all OAO Links Time-Stamped Notes 00:16 – The beginning of October is the Genius Network Annual event, as well as the end of Ari’s year of no travel, no speaking 00:40 – September 23rd is Ari’s birthday—34 years young! 01:00 – Ari is stepping away from the Haymakers for Hope event 01:55 – com—Create fitness challenges within your company! 02:19 – Especially with a remote team this is one more thing you can do to build community! 02:31 – How do you incentivize people?—build a community 03:11 – A great way to measure yourself and form new bonds 02:40 – Heart rate monitors 03:09 – Orange Theory Fitness 05:00 – Nick’s base metabolic rate is 1670 calories per day 06:02 – co—outsource corporate retreats 07:29 – Just show up and have your team bonding 07:35 – The first LD Retreat will be November 3rd 06:54 – A new machine at MIT can read a book without reading it 09:15 – Great for O

Key Quote  “You kind of look like Dr. Evil when you do that…” Time-Stamped Notes 00:15 –Nick is in London, has been traveling quite a bit 00:35 – September 11th was also national Grandparent’s Day 01:00 – 2.7 million American grandparents provide free childcare 01:15 – clark.ai 01:31 – If you want to use us now, email our team and tell us why 01:39 – Invite the bot to any call and the bot will automatically show up and take notes 02:12 – You can even just CC the bot 02:25 – The quality of the notes is uncertain…it could be a person or a bot, who knows? 03:45– Bot can also push the notes wherever you want…Slack, Trello, etc. 04:19 – Conceptually it’s an awesome idea 04:30 – iPhone Trick that will INSTANTLY make your phone faster 04:50 – Hold the power button until prompted to turn the phone off 05:00 – But don’t turn it off—then just hold the home button 05:29 – Nick says it’s a known trick, Ari calls BS 06:30 – The most powerful passport in the world? 06:56 – Germany 07:20 – The worst passport? Afg

Time-Stamped Notes 00:22 – Speedback 00:24 – Allows you to write anonymous feedback through Slack 01:25 – Nick and Ari created their own internal Slackbot 02:06 – “We are automating what our managers call policing.” – Nick 02:45 – Nick wants to automate all the things possible to make scaling up easier 03:02 – Ari outlines the process of VAs setting up tasks 03:20 – Whatever can be automatically assigned, will be automatically assigned. 03:37 – Errors produced 03:52 – “Our managers have to chase up people who didn’t correctly assign a project to a time entry.” – Nick 04:08 – Internal automation saves the business time and money 04:18 – Keatext 04:20 – Takes all customer service information and uses text analysis to break it down and make sense of it 05:20 – Make a separate email address for customer problems 05:35 – Keatext will help you identify where your biggest problems are as a business and attack them 05:50 – New book coming out shortly with a Thunderclap campaign 06:00 – Subscribe to the

Time-Stamped Notes 01:00 – Ari and Nick are both very busy and are getting ready to launch their new book. 01:40 – The Thunderclap campaign for this podcast. 02:07 – Nick is enjoying some lamb neck. 03:00 – co 03:07 – People can collaborate to make a video tribute for someone. 03:27 – It compiles the video for you. 03:40 – Growth Geeks 03:50 – Freelance for “growth geeks” 04:00 – Design Geeks and Word Geeks 04:15 – New branches off of Growth Geeks 04:40 – See the benefits of outsourcing. 05:20 – Respondable 05:45 – Find out how likely you are to get a response from your emails in real time. 06:25 – It could help for cold emails. 06:40 – They just raised prices. 06:55 – They’ve been using Google Docs for editing and reviewing their book. 08:00 – Calendly to set up shifts with higher pay on nights and weekends. 08:50 – Having developers come in person to work with them. 09:15 – Every once and a while, it’s great to meet someone in person. 09:40 – Building team culture and breaking down barriers. 10

Time-Stamped Notes 00:28 – VA Services price increase on September 1st 00:40 – Clients signed up before Sept. 1st will be at the current price of $129/month and $40/hour 00:47 – Clients joining after the 1st, the pricing will be $149/month and $40/hour 01:03 – Just enough to support current clients and be able to offer the same level of service 01:17 – Fancy Hands – assistants for everyone 01:21 – Ari was a huge supporter of Fancy Hands, until the quality of the service tanked 01:45 – New website with Ari’s testimonial from 3 years ago 02:05 – Nick thought he was losing Ari as a partner :) 02:20 – Fancy Hands had huge turnover 01:58 – Launching a new website in a few weeks 02:35 – Kickstarter Camorama 02:42 – Sharing video experiences 02:50 – Recording and tracking things 03:00 – Camorama: The 4K Action VR & 360 Degree Cam Made For Sharing 03:20 – A deeper level of remote experience for people 05:19 – Use as a tool for touring remote facilities and real estate 03:44 – Ari and Nick use Roger to

Time-Stamped Notes 00:20 – Ari and Nick talk about bone broth 01:33 – Trivia: bone broth has a lot of collagen and glutathione 01:49 – Marine Collagen Protein 1.5x more collagen 03:04 – Bear burger 03:15 – Grass-fed versus Grass-finished 03:58 – Nick just came back from Iceland and his luggage was lost 04:12 – It was a great task for a virtual assistant 04:23 – The problem was completely solved 04:30 – The virtual assistant advised Nick to get a Trackdot 05:00 – Working with people remotely 05:06 – There are additional, perspective benefits 05:25 – Ari talks about a baby monitor called WithBaby 05:55 – VA suggested Sugru 06:00 – Sugru 06:06 – Basically a putty, looks like a ketchup pouch 06:16 – You can mold it, and it dries into rubber—perfect for electric cables 07:06 – Bunch –the fastest way to video message 07:09 – Similar to Roger, but with 8 people—really cool way to work with remote teams 08:12 – Powerful for people in a visual field 08:25 – Company Mood – employee mood tracking made e

Time-Stamped Notes 00:10 – Introducing the new podcast, Optimize Automate Outsource 01:00 – Subscribe right away! 01:20 – The first draft of their new book, Idea to Execution in a Day 02:20 – Nick and Ari both love Mondays! 03:10 – It’s an exciting day to kick off the week! 03:30 – They just won’t have a bad Monday. 04:05 – The HeroX Challenge 04:15 -- A crowdsourced competition for a cool automation hack 05:05 – Become a guest on the podcast 05:10 – Go to the HeroX website to sign up. 05:30 – Ari will be boxing for the Haymakers for Hope on Nov. 18 05:50 – Come see Ari and have fun 06:15 – He’s worked on his defense and is ready to go! 06:40 – Buy a ticket at Ticketmaster, and there will also be prizes. 07:20 – Nala 07:35 – A personal email assistant 07:50 – Hyper-specialized service 08:45 – Use them for anything email related. 09:10 – All good, but what’s interesting is that their pricing is similar to Ari and Nick’s 09:45 – An expensive service of $50/hour 10:00 – It’s all relative. 10:24 – ds

Optimize, Automate, Outsource. Releases on the 7th of September, 2016! Support the new podcast from Less Doing! We are trying to get into New and Noteworthy on iTunes and we need your help! Subscribing & Reviewing will help us immensely! Thank you. Optimize, Automate, Outsource. A podcast hosted by Ari Meisel and Nick Sonnenberg. Each week Ari & Nick discuss Less Doing Productivity Hacks which can range from articles to technologies to help you optimize, automate and outsource everything in your life.