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Brandon Zobel is CEO and Founder of ProsperSpark, using 20+ years’ experience to provide Excel consulting and process automation, serving 200+ clients and simplifying their workflows.
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3 Value Bombs
1. When automating, focus on small processes as well as large ones.
2. Automation often frees employees from repetitive tasks so they can focus on high-impact work.
3. Use technology for tasks that don’t require a human touch.
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Show Notes
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Today’s Audio MASTERCLASS: Get Ahead of the Curve by Automating Your Processes
[1:15] – Brandon shares something that he believes about becoming successful that most people disagree with.
- You don’t need a perfect, super-detailed business plan to start a business. You need to aim for progress, not perfection.
[2:13] – The definition of process automation.
- Utilize technology to perform tasks that really don’t require a human touch.
- Every business that is selling products or services has an opportunity in their process – whether it’s sales, operations, accounting, business analysis, or reporting.
- Small processes matter a lot.
[4:49] – The reason why Brandon cares about process automation so much.
- It’s all about time. You can get your money back on your investments and make better decisions, and so on, but you can never get your time back.
- Work on high impact tasks that need human touch.
[7:15] – Does automation mean replacing employees?
- Oftentimes, automation doesn’t mean replacing employees. It’s just freeing them from repetitive tasks so they can work on high impact activities.
[9:51] – A timeout to thank our sponsors!
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[11:45] – The impact of automating a single process.
- If you have a team of 5 sales reps spending 30 minutes per proposal, and have 10 proposals per week, then over a year, that’s 1300 hours.
- With the potential time savings, you can see real business growth.
- The impact of automation may very per department.
- You need time and space to do other things that will really improve your product or service. You can do that by not spending time on low-impact tasks that should be automated.
[17:15] – Do people want to work on processes that can be automated?
- People want to be fulfilled.
- Keep good people who will separate you from your competitors and continue making better decisions
[19:03] – How to best approach automating a process.
- Identify if a process should be done by an employee, or if it can be automated.
- Outsource certain tasks if you can’t automate them to ensure the best results.
- Have a project scope. Outline the things need to be accomplished.
- Think about future support for automation. Technology changes fast.
[26:37] – Brandon’s key take away and call to action.
- When automating a process, look at the small processes, not just the large ones.
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[30:36] – Thank you to our sponsors!
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