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Allowing yourself the gift of support

Allowing yourself the gift of support

by Natalia Sanders | Mar 18, 2021 | Mentoring

Accepting help is a strength, not a weakness When I started my VA business, I witnessed so many people on the internet offering, talking about, raving – in fact – about the support they were receiving and I just couldn’t get my head around how people were...

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Each Thursday evening, my newsletter is sent out t Each Thursday evening, my newsletter is sent out to my subscribers. It’s called The VA Weekly and includes a mixture of: ⭐️ VA tips 🌊 life chats 📖 things I’ve enjoyed lately 🎬 free video workshops on VA topics 🎟 special offers on working with me 1-1 🤹🏼‍♀️honest explorations of managing a business and flexible working 🎯 coaching questions and journaling prompts Aimed at Virtual Assistants and those in the DFY service space, I aim to offer support, open-questions to encourage and make you smile, grow your business and know that you’re not alone. If you’d like to receive it, please head to my website to sign up and receive a free guide to the Discovery Call. #newsletter #va #virtualassistant #DFY #OBM #serviceprovider #service #mailinglist #thevaweekly #news #mentor #coach #prompt #offers #nataliasanders #cleardesk
Booking now for September 2021! (That feels a wee Booking now for September 2021! (That feels a wee bit bananas to say, in all honesty!) Pinch-myself-proud over here to announce I am now taking enquiries for VA Mentoring to begin from September 2021 If you are looking for 1-1 support, encouragement and help to take your VA biz to the next level, fill in the no-obligation form on the Mentoring page of my website and I'll be in touch 🙂 #nowbooking #september #virtualassistant #va #mentor #mentoring #support #businesssupport #vamentor #vamentoring #vamentorship #flourish #nataliasanders #cleardeskva
⏰DOORS CLOSE 23:45 GMT - SAVE YOUR SPOT! ⏰ W ⏰DOORS CLOSE 23:45 GMT - SAVE YOUR SPOT! ⏰ When you started your Virtual Assistant business, I know that you just wanted to help people. I know that you were thrilled to earn money for supporting with digital admin, helping busy business owners get more organised and l know first hand what the thrill of a client signing that Services Agreement feels like. A few months, possibly years, in and you have reached that illusive client capacity that you yearned for. Hopefully, your clients are brilliant and you have good working relationships with them. You've learned plenty of new online systems that you hadn't even heard of when you started this self-employment journey and you're regularly adding more hours to your client's retainers, whilst your own free time, family time, hobbies and rest 'time' diminishes. And don't even get me started on your own business back-end systems! You've heard of other Done For You Service providers who have client packages, rather than retainers based around hours or (shiver!) ad hoc hours that alter month by month. You love the thought of feeling free of your timing software and to stop working for money = minutes. Imagine the freedom of actually building in some PROFIT (there's the P bomb!) into your VA or OBM business.... But that would make you - hang on - like your clients?! I know, right?! You can grow your business without growing your client hours. You can earn more without working more minutes. Your business can feel back in control of your destiny, rather than controlling you and your schedule. In 4 group sessions on Zoom of 60 minutes each, we will follow the framework that I have developed in my 1-1 VA Mentoring and Coaching to help you to figure out: - who your audience is and what problem you're solving - what each package could consist of - pricing and profit - communicating changes and marketing Doors close at 23:45 GMT tonight; hope to see you there! #va #virtualassistant #dfy #obm #mentor #coach #packages #support #groupprogramme #admin #administrativeassistant #adminchat #mybiz #businessowner #wfhm #cleardeskva #nataliasanders
Good morning world! How's your Monday looking, fo Good morning world! How's your Monday looking, folks? I've got some wonderful client calls this week and am super duper looking forward to delivering my Masterclass this Wednesday! It's called 'Raise Your Prices in a Way that Feels Good', oh yes⭐ Taking you straight to the solutions, without searching the internet for four evenings and still not taking any action – my this price rise Masterclass is laser-focused to take you straight to actions that you can put into place from Wednesday afternoon and beyond. The Masterclass is an hour long, takes place on Zoom and you will be sent a recording afterwards, if you cannot join us live. If you're a Virtual Assistant looking for some support this week to help move your business forward as we scurry to the end of Q2 (again, how?!) come and join! Link in bio and tickets are available from my website. Big love, Maria - I mean, Natalia 😝 x #vaservices #va #virtualassistant #virtualassistantservices #virtualassistantuk #obm #masterclass #live #newweek #sunshine #nataliasanders #cleardesk #cleardeskva #bizowner #mentor #coach #group
Oh, cooo-eeee! It's your pal on the old banana pho Oh, cooo-eeee! It's your pal on the old banana phone over here with your friendly reminder to get your ducks in a row this evening, allowing you to help out your future self on a busy first day of term. 🦆 if you've got children who are back to school tomorrow, get all of their paraphenalia done before they go to bed. Bags, uniforms, lunches, reading books, shoes - you know the vibe. All by the door ready to go. If you do it before they go to bed, you won't feel you're still serving others once they're in bed and you allow yourself more of an evening. 🦆 lay out your own clothes so you're not rushing in the morning. 🦆 have a skim over your diary for tomorrow / the week. Is there anything you need to discuss with your partner, Associate, VA or family member? This is a really good time to ask for support before a new week begins. Be honest with yourself; you're not meant to do everything alone. 🦆 set a positive intention for the week ahead, then ask what you need to meet it. Pop yourself some reminders in your diary for each day so that you actively have carved out the time to work towards it. 🦆 are there any admin tasks that you need to get ticked off tomorrow that you could organise some of today? I always think of 'helping out my future self' with little reminders for times when I know I will be busy. Make sure you have time to switch off and enjoy this evening, as we are properly into June now (how?!) make the most of the lighter evenings if you can 😘 #va #ducksinarow #sunday #organisation #organised #readyfortheweek #prep #preparation #vatips #lists #organise
Over the past few weeks, I have sent out two free Over the past few weeks, I have sent out two free workhops to the wonderful VAs who are receive The VA Weekly, my Thursday newsletter. The feedback that I've received about these short - no longer than 15 minute - workshops are that VAs are starting to take ACTION. Because the workshops are really niche - I'm talking laser-sharp VA-biz-related vibes here, folks - they have managed to go away with reflections and, from a place of clarity, make plans and take action to move the needle in their businesses. That is what I just LOVE to hear! One of my main purposes as a Mentor for Virtual Assistants is to support them to develop their businesses in THEIR way. Not a cookie cutter one-size-fits-all-follow-this-one-framework malarkey. That's not what I believe to be ethical or, indeed, helpful. Rather, I love being quite niche in what I do. It helps me to help others and, although that could be seen as quite narrowing, I just love it. I really get to UNDERSTAND my VA clients because I have done / am doing the same thing. There's a real empathy and brilliance in that. For the month of June, I am running a new way of supporting you. Because I know that this is a particularly busy time of year - summer hols approaching - and I also know that you're guilty of putting your client work before your own business development Every Single Time. For 4 weeks I will support a small group of VAs to create, design, market and communicate their own packages to grow income and take back the reigns on the possibilities of your business. If you'd love to hear more, pop me a DM. Big love, Natalia x #va #vamentor #virtualassistant #virtualassistantservices #virtualassistantuk #obm #june #groupprogram #mentor #coach #new #service #dfy #serviceindustry #mybiz #womeninbusiness #womeninspiringwomen #wfh #flexappeal #flexibleworking
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