Moms Secret Accounting Weapon, Growing Business, and 2 Year Old Son, Ep 303: Beth Milligan

Published: June 19, 2016, 3:07 p.m.

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Beth Milligan, a virtual assistant and online strategist who\\u2019s building her business from scratch. Tune in to learn from Beth about claiming back your time, tools to simplify accounting, and starting a business while looking after a toddler.

Famous Five:

Favorite Book? \\u2013 Big Magic
What CEO do you follow? \\u2014 Kim Garst
Favourite online tool? \\u2014Tailwind
Do you get 8 hours of sleep?\\u2014 No
If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?\\u2014To be more confident, and that she could do anything she put her mind to

Time Stamped Show Notes:
01:30 \\u2013 Nathan\\u2019s introduction
02:04 \\u2013 Welcoming Beth to the show
02:50 \\u2013 Beth helps entrepreneurs gain time back by carrying out the tasks they don\\u2019t want to do
03:40 \\u2013 Beth charges a monthly retainer up-front
04:40 \\u2013 Beth uses Freshbooks to manage her accounts
05:35 \\u2013 She uses the time tracking feature to log hours and generate invoices
07:00 \\u2013 Beth\\u2019s expenses are under $50 per month
08:55 \\u2013 Beth has one young kid
09:20 \\u2013 Beth\\u2019s still looking to build her product into something more scaleable
09:45 \\u2013 Generates revenue of around $800-$1200 per month
11:12 \\u2013 Tries to give people time back to focus on what they started their business for
12:00 \\u2013 Connect with Beth at Milligan Strategies
15:00 \\u2013 The Famous Five


3 Key Points:
You can do anything you put your mind to. Be confident.
Your time and focus are valuable - use tools that help you claim back time
Charge clients up-front to save problems later.
Resources Mentioned:
Freshbooks - The site Nathan uses to manage his invoices and accounts.
Host Gator \\u2013 The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for cheapest price possible.
Leadpages \\u2013 The drag and drop tool Nathan uses to quickly create his webinar landing pages which convert at 35%+
Audible \\u2013 Nathan uses Audible when he's driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5 hour drive) to listen to audio books.

Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

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