More Clients, Less Chaos: The Secret’s in the Ops with Kara Barnes

More Clients, Less Chaos: The Secret’s in Ops

Your business is growing but are your operations keeping up?

Join Kara Barnes for a practical, no-fluff session designed for visionary speakers ready to scale with intention. Learn how to invest wisely in systems and support staff, focus on the three core growth phases, and prioritize what truly moves your speaking business forward. Leave with actionable tools and a free set of 5 PDFs to deepen your learning and implement strategies immediately.

About the Speaker: Kara Barnes, founder of Backstage Ops, helps speakers and thought leaders scale their businesses by bringing structure to vision, refining strategy, and designing systems that empower teams to deliver consistent results. A Certified Director of Operations and EOS® Integrator Masterclass Graduate, she partners with clients to align daily operations with long-term goals. When she’s not helping businesses run smoothly, Kara enjoys snowboarding, paddleboarding, and Zoom calls with her two mischievous pets, Cosmo and Binx.

Monthly Auction

The Speaker Operating System™ (SOS) is a high-impact overhaul designed to turn your "solo hustle" into a scalable booking machine. For a value of $2,500, we move your business out of your head and into a system that drives outbound growth and simplifies delegation.

The Speaking Strategic

• Outbound Engine •  A full Marketing & Sales Pipeline Map paired with a Speaking ROI Calculator to ensure you’re targeting the right stages for the right pay.
• The Roadmap • A 1-year Strategic Map with clear benchmarks so you know exactly where your business is headed.

The VA Delegation Toolkit

We provide the exact materials needed to hand off the heavy lifting to a Virtual Assistant:

• SOPs & Checklists: Crystallized workflows for every line of service, ensuring tasks are done right without your constant input.
• Outreach Assets: Ready-to-use pitch email templates, event briefings, and meeting agendas.
• Hiring Framework: Custom job descriptions to refine your VA’s scope and a Presentation Tracker (CSP-formatted) for them to manage.
• Audit & Automation: A full tech/expense audit to trim the fat and automate the "busy work."

The Result: You stop being the "Chief Everything Officer" and return to your zone of genius—the stage—while your infrastructure handles the rest.

Value: $2,500

—but you have to be in the room to win it!