🥄 Spoonful of Strategy
Brigid Reale, Lynn Norris
A Tiny Taste of Tactical Genius
Welcome to the first-ever edition of Spoonful of Strategy - your monthly bite-sized boost for running a smarter, smoother creative business.
You’ve got enough on your plate. That’s why each month, we’ll dish up just one game-changing idea designed to help you streamline, scale, or shine a little brighter in your creative biz.
But hey, we’re not letting you leave the table without a taste.
Here’s a tiny amuse-bouche of admin-busting goodness to whet your appetite for what’s to come.
This Month’s Spoonful:
Canned Email Templates = Secret Sauce
Tired of writing the same responses over and over?
🥫 Create canned responses for your most common email replies - things like:
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“I’d love to schedule a discovery call…”
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“Here’s my availability for directed sessions…”
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“Attached are the final files…”
đź’ˇ How:
If you use Gmail, enable “Templates” in Settings → Advanced → Templates. Draft once, reuse forever.
If you’re on Outlook, use “Quick Parts” or “My Templates.”
You can also stash your go-to replies in a Notion doc, Google Doc, or whatever digital drawer you rummage through the most.
Tiny Tweak, Big Flavor:
Pair those canned emails with an online scheduler (like Calendly or TidyCal), and you've just slashed your admin time dramatically.
We’d love to know:
What’s one admin task you wish would just… disappear?
Hit reply and tell us 'cuz we might just spoon up a solution in a future edition.
To less stress and more strategy,
Brigid & Lynn
VA For VO - The Ultimate Solopreneur’s Outsourcing Resource
đź’Ś Know a fellow creative drowning in admin tasks?
Forward this their way - because one spoonful can go a long way.
Too much on your plate?
Reach out to us at [email protected] or visit www.vaforvo.com and let us serve you a spoonful of support.
Spoonful of Strategy - A tiny taste of tactical genius
You’ve got enough on your plate. That’s why each month, we dish up just one game-changing idea designed to help you streamline, scale, or shine a little brighter in your creative business. Whether it’s a tool to save you time, a mindset tweak to sharpen your focus, or a VO biz trick you wish you’d known sooner, this is your go-to nibble of know-how. Just one spoonful of strategy thoughtfully prepared, easy to digest, and full of flavor. Let's dig in.
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