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jawbreaker.ioElevating Leadership: The Power of Hiring Smarter MindsWelcome to Work Better. I’m your host, and today we’re talking about why the best leaders hire people smarter than they are.
Early in her career, Fast Company contributor Anna Burgess Yang trained a new loan underwriter who spotted details Yang had missed. At first, Yang felt threatened—but then she saw her new colleague’s talent as an asset. “She had a knack for noticing little abnormalities and was confident enough to point them out,” Yang writes.
Great leaders don’t compete with their teams—they build complementary teams. Yang quotes AI startup Lovable’...2025-05-3001 min
jawbreaker.ioNavigating Company Change How to Safeguard Your Career During UncertaintyWelcome to Work Better, I’m your host, Anna Burgess Yang. Today, we’re talking about how to protect yourself during a company upheaval—layoffs, restructuring, new leadership or strategy shifts. First, get clarity on your role. Ask your manager, “Do I have any new responsibilities, and how will my performance be evaluated now?” Then get it in writing—even a quick follow-up email that says, “Based on our conversation, I understand that my role now includes X, Y, and Z.” Next, know your boundaries. When someone drops more work on your plate, don’t just say yes. You can say, “I can ta...2025-05-2201 min
Remotely One - A remote work podcastRemote Work Before It Was Trendy: Anna Burgess Yang on Adapting, and Excelling - ep. 103Send us a textGet ready for a delightful blend of laughter and insights in this Not Safe for Remote Work (NSFRW) episode! We’re joined by Anna Burgess Yang, a freelance fintech writer, content marketing expert, and remote work pioneer (ABY Creative) who’s been thriving in the remote world since 2006.Anna takes us on an incredible journey, from being one of the only remote employees at her company to becoming a seasoned veteran long before working from home became the norm. Along the way, she shares some unfo...2025-02-1214 min
The Future is FreelanceEpisode 18: How to Plan for the New Year with Anna Burgess YangWe're bringing back Anna Burgess Yang to help us think about how to plan for the new year as a freelancer!
Anna is a former product manager who left an executive role in 2021 to pursue an entirely different life. After bouncing around a few different jobs for two years, Anna is now a freelance technology writer and journalist. She is also obsessed with workflow automation and removing boring/tedious work from life. She helps freelancers and other solopreneurs do the same through written how-to guides and 1:1 workflow consulting.
She lives in a suburb of Chicago w...2025-01-0248 min
The Wisepreneurs PodcastMastering Tools and Processes with Anna Burgess YangAsk Nigel Rawlins a question or send feedback, click the link to text me.In this episode of The Wisepreneurs Podcast, host Nigel Rawlins speaks with Anna Burgess Yang, a former FinTech executive turned freelance content writer and solopreneur. Anna shares her journey from corporate to self-employment, balancing her career with raising three children. She highlights how she uses automation, lean thinking, and generative AI to stay organized, streamline workflows, and maintain a successful business.Listeners will learn how Anna leverages tools like Airtable and Zapier to simplify repetitive tasks, builds a personal brand through...2024-11-2949 min
Buffer Chat: The PodcastMy Creator Tool Stack: Productivity Tips + Tools for Consistency with Anna Burgess YangAnna Burgess Yang, a solopreneur and content marketing expert, unpacks the tools and strategies that help her maintain a consistent and efficient social media presence. Whether you're a creator, a social media marketer, or a small business owner, Anna’s insights on productivity and her favorite tools will help you streamline your workflow and get more done in less time. With tips on content planning, automation, and staying organized, this episode is packed with practical advice to keep your content creation game strong.Listen in...2024-11-1535 min
Speak EasyAnna Burgess YangThis episode features Anna Burgess Yang, a former corporate executive turned freelance writer. Anna discusses her approach to productivity and work-life integration, focusing on selecting the right tools for specific tasks. She describes her three-level system for capturing ideas: quick notes via Siri, context-rich thoughts via Cleft, and full blog post dictation via Fireflies, all integrated through Zapier to streamline her workflow.Try CleftAnnaBYang.com2024-11-1423 min
The GuidebookAnna Burgess Yang is a workflow geniusAnna Burgess Yang went from product manager at a tech company to full-time freelance content marketer.
She shares:
- how she automates parts of her workflow
- the tools she uses
- how she analyzes data to improve her marketing strategies
- the challenges of balancing freelancing with family life
- the transition from corporate to freelance work
- AI
Tune in to hear our favorite strategies for freelancers and solopreneurs, who want to leverage automations and AI for content repurposing, optimizing your workflow, and Anna’s essential tools for managing freelance work.
Bonus: we also touch on pricing st...2024-11-1455 min
Shifting PrioritiesHow to Make a Career Change to Find More Flexibility (ft. Anna Burgess Yang)This week on Shifting Priorities, I sat down with Anna Burgess Yang. Anna previously worked as a product manager in the finance industry. She was even with one company for 15 years before realizing she needed to make a total change. Now, she's a successful Fintech Writer and Workflow Consultant. In this week's episode, Anna and I tackle key topics like...How the pandemic impacted Anna's view on workThe importance of a results-based work environment How to prepare for a successful career transitionWhy solopreneurship is not as risky as people might thinkThe operational aspects of running your own bu...2024-10-2941 min
Distribution FirstQuick Automation Tricks to Simplify Your Content DistributionDo you find yourself stressed out trying to keep your content organized and posted on time? Wondering how to use automation without making your content seem robotic?In this week's episode, Justin Simon and guest Anna Burgess Yang talk about how you can use automation to share your content without losing your personal touch. They discuss simple strategies using tools like LinkedIn, Trello, Buffer, and Zapier to help you stay organized and save time. Anna shares her workflow tips and shows how you can make automation work for you while keeping your content authentic. Tune...2024-09-1043 min
Content LogisticsHow to Automate Content Creation from Any ConversationIn the latest episode of Content Logistics, hosts Baylee Gunnell and Dallion Durán-Ballén sit down with Anna Burgess Yang of ABY Creative. The discussion centers on maximizing the use of high-quality content through automation, particularly for solo marketers and small teams. Anna shares her innovative approach to ensuring no content goes to waste by repurposing it efficiently.Anna explains the importance of automation in the content creation process. She uses tools like Zapier and ChatGPT to automate repetitive tasks, allowing her to focus on producing valuable content consistently. Her method includes using transcripts from conversations an...2024-08-0537 min
The Future is FreelanceEpisode 18: How to Plan for the New Year with Anna Burgess YangWe're bringing back Anna Burgess Yang to help us think about how to plan for the new year as a freelancer. If you're ready to stop making the same New Year’s resolutions for your business but never achieving them and start investing in the support + structure you need to run your business instead of letting it run you, you can also sign up for my new year planning workshop series, The 2024 Freelance Flight Plan www.fruitioninitiatives.com/workshop.Anna is a former product manager who left an executive role in 2021 to pursue an entirely different life. Af...2023-12-1448 min
Why I LeftFintech To Freelance - Anna Burgess YangSend us a Text Message.Brian Aquart sits down with Anna Burgess Yang, who went from Fintech corporate executive to creative freelancer.At the peak of her career, Anna realized something crucial was amiss personal fulfillment and operational influence. After a 15-year hustle, the pandemonium of the pandemic presented Anna with unique challenges working remotely while balancing her role as a mother of three. It was in this moment that her priorities underwent a seismic shift.In a heart-to-heart with Brian, Anna delves into the itch to leave the...2023-12-0539 min
A Fresh StoryConversations on Pregnancy and Infant Loss: How to Support Someone Experiencing Pregnancy and Infant LossA Fresh Story, season 4, episode 10
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and we’re honored to hold space for these profound stories. These stories may be of grief, but they are also of hope, resilience, and most of all, unconditional love. As a reminder, be gentle with your heart, and if you are not able to listen to this episode at the moment, we understand and we are holding you close. We know these conversations will change you as they have changed us.
It’s no surprise that everything we do a Fresh Star...2023-11-1335 min
A Fresh StoryConversations on Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Nelle and Iris' StoriesA Fresh Story, season 4, episode 2
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and we’re honored to hold space for these profound stories. These stories may be of grief, but they are also of hope, resilience, and most of all, unconditional love. As a reminder, be gentle with your heart, and if you are not able to listen to this episode at the moment, we understand and we are holding you close. We know these conversations will change you as they have changed us.
Anna Burgess Yang is a freelance content marketer and journalist in...2023-10-1033 min
Hope & Possibilties: A Love Letter to the Future of WorkPerspectives: Transparency Isn’t Trust - Anna Burgess YangSponsored by Nola Simon Advisory: Learn More From This Bonus Podcast Episode When Anna Burgess Yang wrote about starting a new series called Perspectives, encouraging people to share their experiences of work so we can learn from them and create better and healthier workplaces in the future, I volunteered to be interviewed. Anna is a writer as well as an automation expert and I adore her work. We came up with the idea that she would write the article but I would interview her for the podcast and then we would publish the same day. A version of cross-promotion - it's...2023-10-0557 min
The Stride Forward ShowWorkflow Automation and Capturing Virality - Anna Burgess YangThis episode of the Stride Forward Show podcast features Anna Burgess Yang, a freelance writer and workflow consultant. Connect with Anna:https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabyang/Connect with Strider:https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskstrider/https://www.thomaskstrider.com2023-06-0157 min
The Future is FreelanceEpisode 4: Working Better with Anna Burgess YangMy good friend Anna always makes me think differently about work, productivity, and efficiency.Anna is a former product manager who left an executive role in 2021 to pursue an entirely different life. After bouncing around a few different jobs for two years, Anna is now a freelance technology writer and journalist. She is also obsessed with workflow automation and removing boring/tedious work from life. She helps freelancers and other solopreneurs do the same through written how-to guides and 1:1 workflow consulting. Anna lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband, three kids, and three cats. In...2023-05-1133 min
The Writers’ Co-opReclaim Hours – Even Days! – From Your Workweek with Anna Burgess YangA big reason why many of us feel drawn to freelancing is because we love the freedom and flexibility that it offers: we can work when, where, and how we want.
Still, even as freelancers, we might feel pressure to adhere to working a “full-time job” – a 40-hour, or even longer, week, despite not needing or wanting to. But we have the power to opt out. We can work when it suits us best, setting boundaries with ourselves and our clients to make this possible.
In this episode, Wudan talks with guest host Anna Burgess Yang. 2023-04-2435 min
Ms. V The Storyteller PodcastAnna Burgess Yang " The Shenanigans of working at J.C.Penney"Anna and I had a great conversation about working for others. We chatted about my episode entitled “The Shenanigans of working at J.C. Penney”. Anna shared how after years of working for others she decided to hire herself and started her own business. Check it out!!! Please listen, share, subscribe, support, and enjoy!
To see all of Ms V The Storyteller YouTube Video’s use the link below.
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If you want to support Ms V The Storyteller Podcast, please email me at valisonelliot@gmail.com or visit m...2023-02-0935 min
Yes, I Work From HomeWorking Part-Time Hours With Full-Time Pay, with Anna Burgess YangAnna Burgess Yang is a former product manager turned freelance content marketer, journalist, and workflow consultant from Chicago. She is passionate about educating and equipping people to take control of their remote work lives and their careers. Anna has been working from home for 16 years now and currently works from home full-time, which for her is about 25 hours per week. She's worked in different settings in the past and appreciated the results oriented workflow and prioritizes working efficiently now to get a lot done in a short time rather than feeling a need to sit at her desk 40 hours...2023-02-021h 08
A Fresh StoryAnna Burgess Yang & the Importance of Owning Your StoryAnna Burgess Yang is a freelance writer with expert-level experience in banking and technology, and a workflow consultant, and a self-proclaimed productivity geek. We chatted with Anna about her major career pivots, leaning into what brings her joy with her work and personal life, the importance of knowing the story of where we came from, parenting during the pandemic, and how we can make brave career decisions to bring us more joy in life.
After college, Anna joined a small software company, where she thought that the path to success was to climb the ladder. She was pro...2023-02-0232 min
The Content Marketing PodcastAutomate Your Workflow with Anna Burgess YangWelcome to the very first episode of The Content Marketing Podcast. Thanks so much for tuning into the show! On today's episode I'm joined by fintech writer and workflow consultant Anna Burgess Yang.Anna provides some really great insights on how to be more efficient as a writer and a content creator, and what happens when you go viral on LinkedIn (4m impressions on a single post!).If you want to connect with Anna you can find her on her own website or on LinkedIn.Looking for a content marketing agency for your...2023-01-3135 min
The Consistency Corner: Strategic Social Media for Marketing to MomsLeveraging Zapier for Productivity with Anna Burgess YangWelcome to The Consistency Corner Podcast - this week I'm chatting with the incredible Anna Burgess Yang. Anna is a former product manager turned content marketer and workflow consultant. As a self-proclaimed productivity geek, she helps freelancers and solopreneurs create better workflows through tools and automation. You're going to love this episode! During this interview we covered:- How to get started with Zapier if you get overwhelmed with tech and haven't used much automation before. - The importance for business owners and solopreneurs to maximize their time and make sure they use...2023-01-2338 min