Jackie Johansen - George Kao Courses

Jackie Johansen

🔤 ABC

Hi everyone, so great to connect with you all. My name is Jackie. I live in Northern California with my partner and young daughter.

I have a business as a professional evolutionary astrologer. Additionally, I have my Master's degree in Jungian Depth Psychology and particularly love talking about dr…

Active 10h ago Joined 19 Feb 2023 Rohnert Park (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Fi Kahani 🌱 Conversation Starter 🔤 ABC

Dec 7 12:21pm in 2024 ABC Masterheart 🧰 Helpful stuff! (Resources)

What accounting software do y'all use?

So we were using QuickBooks and then somehow it turned into a giant nightmare. I don't think we're making enough to hire an accountant. We started to set up another QuickBooks account. Then they told us that our card kept getting declined which doesn't make sense because I've used it for other purchases. Plus I just really hate quick books.

We just tried Freshbooks but apparently any credits have to be added manually. They only track expenses. Which isn't going to work at all.

Does anyone use anything else that can pull information for when taxes are filed?

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Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

So sorry Quickbooks became a nightmare! That’s what I’ve been using. Curious what others have to share

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Fi Kahani 🌱 Conversation Starter 🔤 ABC

@Jackie Johansen how has your experience been?

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Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

@Fi Kahani It's been fine, but I don't do anything fancy at all. Just basic bookkeeping. I tried Waze many years ago and I didn't like it at all. QB has been much better. It's a bit pricey for us just getting started, I find. But I do appreciate the software. I've had trouble with logging PayPal transactions, since it's not super intuitive to do so. Overall, it's been working.

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Ginny Branden 🔤 ABC

Nov 5 02:09pm in 2024 ABC Masterheart Misc.

2025 US Holidays

In working on launching, I mentioned to George about being able to work with "holidays" for my launches using the themes of various days.
I figured I would share these links in case anyone else wants to plan some content around these ideas as well:
https://www.timeanddate.com...
This one is mostly the "normal" holidays
https://www.calendarr.com/u...
This one has lots of fun days like National Penguin Day and silly things like that, but that can be useful for tapping in to depending on your business!

Enjoy!

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Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

Such a great resource, thanks, Ginny!

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Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

Oct 30 03:15pm in 2024 ABC Masterheart Misc.

Content Calendaring

I feel good about my content flow, bringing ideas through the three stages. I have been writing off the cuff and enjoy the process. However, I would like to also plan and schedule things in advance -- especially posts I can predict ahead of time. I'm curious about Notion and using it for content planning. I have Buffer for scheduling. Does anyone have Notion experience, templates they like, or any wisdom to share with content calendaring? Thanks!

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Mike Wang 🔤 ABC

I started using Notion to track my YouTube videos starting around Memorial Day of this year. I'm sure I'm not leveraging it as much as I could. But it's already been helpful. Especially for planning purposes.

My ultimate goal is for it to help me better understand what content I've created, when, and how things are performing. As I feel like it's easy to lose track due to the sheer volume of information.

I essentially currently use it as a hat manual. Each video has fields I go through and fill out (title, post date, summary, etc.). All data is in one place.

I don't remember where I found the template I use. It is geared for YouTube though.

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1mo ago

Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

@Mike Wang Thanks so much, Mike! Glad to hear you've been liking it. Love how you use it to guide you through at HAT manual. It seems like it could be helpful to create a database that I can then view as a calendar and move content around in -- all while creating a searchable bank of posts with all the details and links. I do love my Google Docs, so would want to find a way to keep those connected somehow. I know YT is different but do you have Google Docs as part of your Notion flow?

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Ginny Branden 🔤 ABC

Oct 14 11:07am in 2024 ABC Masterheart ❓ Questions

Best way to use course credits

Hi @George Kao, I have a (hopefully) quick question for you - I've got 4 course credits left to use, and I'm wondering what would be most effective for me to add to my list.
I have worked partway through the FB/IG ads course, but in one of our recent conversations you said that using ads through there is not as effective as it was in the past.
I have been working with Substack and enjoying it, and I think I saw you mention you might do a course on that?
Anyway, just checking before I go spend them.

Thanks!

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George Kao Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

@Ginny Branden I agree! FB/IG ads to reach cold audiences has decreased in effectiveness over the years given that they've continually removed detailed targeting options. We can talk on a Q&A call about your specific niche and see if ads will still be useful.

And yes, Substack is my next course, late-Nov thru Dec! 2 credits :)

2mo ago

Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

@George Kao Ooo exciting about the Substack course!

2mo ago

George Kao STAFF Ⓜ️ MasterHeart 🔤 ABC

Oct 15 04:18pm in 2024 ABC Masterheart 🙏🏼 Progress & learnings 💡

New clients -- how are they finding you?

Look at your new clients from this year... how did they find you?

Content? If å new client has signed up because of your content, on which platform did they find you?
Netcaring? Did a conversation turn into a client or a referral?
Market discovery? Did a market research call turn into a client or referral?
Aligned Offer? Did improving your offer make a noticeable difference in getting interest in your work?
Collaboration? Did you get an interview or other collab that resulted in a new cli…

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Jackie Johansen 🔤 ABC

I've received most of my clients through referrals from former clients and netcaring. Also, Instagram and SEO / Google search.

Reflecting on this makes me want to be extra intentional, and put extra care, in these areas. Feeling inspired to dial-in these areas even more. Thanks for the great question, @George Kao !

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