Automating to Save Time and Money: My Automation Toolkit

In August 2018 I was challenged to automate more. Now, nearly 2 years later, I’ve removed myself from core processes because of it. I’m saving lots of time, which allows me to focus on the important parts of my business. While I’m always looking to improve, I’m happy with what I’ve implemented so far.



In this solo episode, I’m going to tell you about how you can start automating, how I automate, and some of my favorite tools.







Show Notes



* Casabona.org Automation Series* YouTube Channel* Zapier* IFTTT* TextExpander* Siri Shortcuts* Hazel* Automators Podcast* MacStories* Siri Shortcuts Field Guide
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Automating to Save Time and Money: My Automation Toolkit
Joe: Automation is like an employee I pay a pittance to. For a very low monthly fee, it saves me hours of work I’d need to spend performing tasks I personally don’t need to do.
See, the goal of your business should be to focus on that tasks that only you can do, and outsource the rest (though I guess the big goal for some is to make it so you don’t actually need to do anything except manage). A great way to start on this journey is through automation. In this solo episode, I’m going to tell you about how you can start automating, how I automate, and some of my favorite tools, but first I want to tell you about our first sponsors, ahrefs.
Sponsor: ahrefs
Break: This episode is brought to you by Ahrefs. Ahrefs is an all-in-one SEO toolset that solves that problem: it gives you the tools you need to rank your website in Google and get tons of search traffic.

As someone who struggles with what kind of content to create, Ahrefs has been instrumental in increasing traffic to my site. Over the holidays, I had the best quarter for affiliate income because it showed me my most popular pages and topics. I was able to optimize and update accordingly. Ahrefs makes competitive analysis easy: their tools show you how your competitors are getting traffic from Google and why. You can see the pages and content that send them the most search traffic, find out the exact keywords they’re ranking for and which backlinks are helping them rank. From there, you can replicate or improve on their strategies.

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