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Is your lack of an operational framework causing you to feel overwhelmed and holding you back from making more money?
It's easy to think that maybe you need to create a new framework for the services you offer, or that you need to re-brand or do something else drastic to fix these symptoms. When in reality, it's quite likely that the real issue is a lack of leadership on your end and an operational framework that's repeatable and reasonable for both you and the client.
Learn How Kenza Can Help You Grow Your Biz and Network
Get the inside scoop on how Kenza can connect you to the professionals, courses, and programs you need to succeed as a parent entrepreneur. Learn 2 important lessons that Tiffany learned this summer and key takeaways to help you not repeat the same mistakes and see how we’re expanding The Kenza pod to bring you even more value!
Season 4 Finale: Get a glimpse behind the scenes of Kenza, learn what it's like to be a Fractional CEO & CFO, join an upcoming workshop, and hear about Tiff's plans to explore the expat life.
In this Season 4 Finale, Beth and Tiffany are taking you behind the scenes of Kenza and their consulting businesses!
How to Save Your Sanity Through Time Blocking, with Claire Holmes, Founder of Mama Collaborative
We then discuss what exactly time blocking is, why it’s absolutely critical to us working parents, how it works, how to stick to it, and practical tips to get started today. Plus, you can hop over to kenzacollective.com/mamacollaborative to watch a supplemental video where Claire walks you through exactly how this looks and works.
The Two Most Powerful Habits That Changed Everything for Tiffany
In this bonus episode, Tiffany shares exciting updates from The Kenza Collective and what to expect in Season 4 of the Kenza Pod. She gives a sneak peek into the upcoming episodes and guest interviews that you are not going to want to miss! Plus, be the first to hear about an exciting new initiative at Kenza and how it will benefit you as a parent entrepreneur.
How to Clean Up your Linkedin in 5 Easy Steps with Senior Career Strategist Andrea Gerson
We sat down with Andrea Gerson—professional resume writer and founder of Resume Scripter—about how to craft a narrative specifically for ourLinkedIn pages now that we are out on our own, and how to make your profile shine and speak directly to your ideal clients.
Traveling and Working with a Toddler
Social media tends to highlight the "fun" parts of traveling as a family. Nobody wants to see the image of your child having a temper tantrum in the middle of the airport; trust me, we have all been there. The reality is traveling with a kid is nothing like traveling before you had a kid. That means your expectations and planning will need to change slightly, and Tiffany's tools in this episode will hopefully make any trip a little less stressful for everyone.
4 Steps to Transition From Hourly to Project-Based Pricing
Tiffany shares her own experience of working hourly (and why that doesn’t work), and walks you through the step-by-step process she used to untangle herself from hourly and what she learned in the process.
5 Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd & Wow Your Clients
Join Tiffany as she shares five practical strategies that you can put in place today to help you stand out from the crowd. Her insights come from a combination of serving clients for the past 15+ years, plus being on the other side as a client herself.
All Things VA: Do you need one? Should you become one?
We interviewed Ester Inman—military spouse, work-from-home mom, and the creator of 90 Day VA—a program that teaches women how to leverage their existing skills to create a lucrative virtual assistant business. She is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things VA!
How to Hire and Manage Subcontractors
In this episode, Beth and Tiffany walk you through a step-by-step scenario, detailing from start to finish exactly how to find, hire, onboard, and manage subcontractors. They share their best pro tips from both a project management and a financial perspective.
6 Ways That The Kenza Collective Can Help You Kickstart Your Freelance Career
Over the last year, we’ve connected with dozens of talented, hard-working, ambitious parents who are tired of working for The Man and ready to transition into freelance or consulting work, so that they can create a life, a schedule, and a career that actually works for their families.
What to Do When the Wheels Fall Off
In this episode, Tiffany tells us the story of how she weathered the perfect storm of evacuating from a devastating wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California during the Summer of 2020. While in the midst of a global pandemic, two weeks away from escrow closing on their house, with half of their belongings in boxes, trying to organize a move 8 hours south, hold down their jobs, and launch The Kenza Collective, a massive wildfire broke out and threatened to completely change the course of their lives.
Invite, Persuade, Captivate: Client Communication Strategies with Professor Chase Andre
Tiffany and Beth sat down with communications and public speaking guru, Professor Chase Andre, to teach you valuable pro-tips that you can put into practice right away, and learn about some exercises you can do to immediately sharpen your public speaking. Plus, we discuss how to captivate an audience with your virtual presentations!
Proposal to Paycheck Part III: How to End One Project and Pitch the Next
In Part III of our Proposal to Paycheck series, Tiffany outlines how and when you should wrap up a project in a meaningful way for your client, and why this is an absolute must for every gig you book. You’ll also learn how to tactfully pitch that same client on future business, so that you can continue to foster a good long-term client.
Proposal to Paycheck Part II: Emotionally Intelligent Client Management
In Part II of our Proposal to Paycheck series, Tiffany distills years of project and client management expertise into her “Like, Know, Trust” relationship management method, and tells us why you should be applying it to your client relationships today.
Proposal to Paycheck Part I: Using the Discovery Call to Craft a Watertight Proposal
In this info-packed episode, Tiff guides you through a tried-and-true process that will not only help you lead your first call with a prospective client, but will also teach you how to use that Discovery Call to write a sharp, solid proposal. We’ve even created a FREE proposal writing template, so you can kick off your next new client call with even more confidence.
Time-Saving Strategies for Parent Entrepreneurs, with Productivity Blogger Paul Minors
We set out to interview Paul Minors, Productivity Blogger and Virtual Consultant, to pick his brain about his best productivity tips for busy parent entrepreneurs. What we ended up getting was a whole lot more! This episode is full of all kinds of helpful stories, tips, and advice specifically for parents who are freelancers or consultants, or who are thinking of taking that leap.
How a Mom of 2 uses Upwork to build the life of her dreams
In this episode, Upwork expert Leah Meyers walks us through how you can use Upwork to kickstart your freelance business - whether you’re looking for a side hustle, or ready to jump in full time!
4 Ways to Make Sure You're Set up for Success in Q1 of 2021
A few weeks ago, Beth and I met up to discuss our plans for Kenza in the first quarter. Because our time is limited - we both have clients to serve still, and family obligations - we need to be laser focused on what we’re hoping to accomplish. So we worked to keep our plans simple and achievable.