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Often times when I'm working with clients, they have a need to find stock photos online. The conversation usually ends up covering where to find photos onlie that are acceptable to use without infringing on copyright. There are plenty of places you can search online using the term "royalty free photos". With royalty free, however, you are still required to give credit to the person who took the photo. While I have no problem with that, especially since I love to promote other people, doing so often takes time because you have to figure out a simple way to get the person's info into the marketing piece you're creating. Awhile back I found PIXABAY and I was so excited! With Pixabay not only are the images free to use, they are amazing and there is NOT a requirement to list who took the photo. So the job of finding photos and using them suddenly became so much easier for me and I was in love with the site- and still am today. Most of the photos in the Z&B Online Academy have come from Pixabay. I encourage you to check them out.
Co-Working Days are great because you have a whole Friday to sit around like-minded professionals and get tons done while also getting coaching and feedback from myself. People love the nuggets they walk away from Co-Working Days with after picking my brain that's full of over 25 years of business and marketing experience. They are included in the Coaching Club 2.0 and Ongoing Consulting programs but can also be attended ala-carte when needed. I let people come for the first time as my guest to try it out. If you'd like to join us, you can register here and use the code LETMETRY!
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Knowing that I couldn’t increase my hours because doing so was out of alignment with my personal and family goals, I decided back in May to hire an assistant. This was a huge blessing because I was constantly exhausted and unhappy from doing the parts of my business I don’t love (the things that tie me to the computer). The things I didn’t love had to be done and were keeping me away from what truly brought me joy- having conversations with other people. And not having conversations with other people was preventing income from flowing into my business at the rate it could have been. As we sit at the start of 2020, I’m set up really well to spend the majority of my time on the guiding and leading of others that I love and to have my assistant do all the behind the scenes stuff that doesn’t bring me joy.
I can be ever present for the people that are most important to me…..and my clients can also get the support they need without being held up because my life was thrown an unexpected curve ball. I unfortunately lost a close family member a year ago, a man who was like a father to me. He was sick for 1 ½ years and I went to a lot of his doctor appointments with him to be an extra set of ears. Taking the time to do that was a no brainer for me, but it did slow down my business. I was able to easily support the clients who were enrolled, but I wasn’t able to make daily calls to potential clients so the funnel stopped flowing during this time. The same thing happened the summer after he died when I was focused very heavily all summer on helping my oldest son find the college that was the best fit for him. Similar to helping dad, supporting my son wasn’t given a second thought but did impact my business in the same way. Fortunately this time I had support and things were able to be kept moving during times I was away. I’m grateful for the timing of both experiences because they allowed me to see how I best want to set up my programs and services. I had been thinking about the online academy at the start of dad being sick and realized it was a great thing for me to push forward since it allows me to provide my expertise and training to people without being there. As the academy was built I then started creating varying ways that clients can work with me, keeping in mind how many clients I wanted at a more private level. I often limit that number so they can get my undivided attention, even when I’m away unexpectedly as can happen. I had a coach once pushing me to have 10 or more private clients at a time and that just didn’t feel comfortable for me because it would have meant that I was constantly in calls with clients and didn’t have much time to spend on myself or be present with my family. As a mom, I know my kids will only be young once and I want to enjoy them while I can. I instead built my group programs where clients had access to me one day per month all at the same time and once a quarter for two days. I later added another group program where those clients got a group coaching call once a month. All of this paired with the online academy where they don’t get any time with me unless they are in one of the higher programs- which for some people is perfect. As I went through the process of figuring out my word of the year, I realized that it wasn’t about one thing but rather an overall tie to many things. As I sat, it just came to me. CONSISTENCY. I’ve done so much and have everything set up well, now it’s time to be consistent. Consistent in how I eat, consistent in exercising, consistent in sleeping, consistent in taking time for me, consistent in spending time with the family, consistent with a bed time/routine, consistent with journaling, consistent with finances, consistent with reaching out to potential clients, consistent with booking speaking engagements, consistent with writing, consistent with posting on Facebook. The list goes on and on, as I said earlier. The word, CONSISTENT, is just so perfect for me at this point in my life and business and I’m so excited that it came to me!You may be wondering how it came to me and what process I went through. A dear friend and former client, Felicity Joy, has an Intention Party each year and I’ve gone nearly every year since I’ve started my business. This year she did it online through a Facebook Group. It’s a free group and she has a short video pinned to it that explains her process. Part of the process is reflecting on the past year. To do that, I did the Celebrate Your Year Training in the Z&B Online Academy. I have to say it was pretty surreal to do my own training. I’m glad I did, though, because it brought me some great insights. If you’d like to join the group and watch the video on the process you can do so here.
In one of my earlier years in the business, my word of the year was “Foundation”. You can learn more about that word and view the image I created that still sits laminated on my desk, in this old blog article. So now I’m wondering about you. What is your word of the year? How did you come up with it and what does it mean for you? Comment below. I’d love to see. Also, if you can relate to what I shared about the struggles related to keeping your business and life going while juggling all the things that come with it, I’d love to hear about that too, so share your comments below. You can also check out the It Takes a Village training in the online academy. Clients love how it helps them figure out which balls they can drop and which ones they can pass off to others. |
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