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What Works

368 EpisodesProduced by Tara McMullinWebsite

"Work" is broken. We're overcommitted, underutilized, and out of whack. But it doesn't have to be this way. What Works is a podcast about rethinking work, business, and leadership as we navigate the 21st-century economy. When you're an entrepreneur, independent worker, or employee who doesn't want t… read more

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EP 326: Creating Sustainable Structures & Systems With Superscript Marketing Founder Anna Wolf






In This Episode:



* Why SuperScript Marketing founder Anna Wolf started her niche content marketing agency aimed at the financial service industry* How learning search engine optimization led to major growth—and a focus on productized service* What prompted Anna to become obsessed with building sustainable structures & systems for her agency* How focusing on SuperScript’s core competency gave Anna a framework for pursuing growth





What does your business need to be able to do really, really well in order to thrive?



The answer to that question is your business’s core competency—or one of its core competencies.



Your core competency is the key capability your business has or a key promise that it makes that differentiates your business from others offering similar products or services.



And knowing your core competency is a key way to build both opportunity and capacity into your business—which in turn, makes it more sustainable.



This month, we’re taking a closer look at how business owners spot opportunities and choose to pursue them.



Now, I know “core competency” sounds like a jargony management consultant phrase. And that’s because it is. But it really is such a useful concept.



When you know the core competencies of your business, you can invest your time, energy, and even money, into the systems and structures that are going to allow you to make sure that aspect of your business works as well as it possibly can. When that aspect of your business is working as well as it possibly can, it helps to differentiate what your business does and how it serves its clients or customers—which then helps you position the business, attract your perfect-fit customers, and set your prices sustainably.



Let me give you an example.



At What Works, our core competency is built on community-building.



But we actually get more specific than that. Our core competency is actually how we create conversation to foster learning inside of our community. We do that a few ways: a weekly member-only newsletter, weekly events, and weekly check-ins & conversation-start questions.



We also do it through this podcast—which, even though it’s free & publicly available—is still a key part of the conversations we start & nurture inside the private network.



A few years ago, we realized that, while we had systems in place for scheduling events, planning community content, and producing the podcast, all of those systems were siloed–disjointed. Despite the fact that they were doing VERY similiar jobs, these systems didn’t play nicely together and they weren’t managed in the same place.



So we made a change.



We brought together every single aspect of conversation-starting we do at What Works into a single database.



Today, you can find the procedures for creating an event, managing our newsletters, or producing the podcast all in one place. Everyone on the team knows what’s happening from day to day–because it’s all right there.



Each aspect of our conversation-starting content is designed to work together cohesively, as are the logistics behind each aspect.
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