Tech Coach For Coaches

Virtual Assistants – Do you know what your clients want?

2010-04-06T18:14:55Z

There’s nothing more frustrating for a Virtual Assistant than feeling that they’re not contributing or doing a ‘good job’ for their client.

In most cases Virtual Assistants want long-term and profitable client relationships … yet have no idea how to get there.

This happens for many reasons … but primarily it’s because Virtual Assistants have no clue what their clients really want.

This really isn’t the fault of the Virtual Assistant. In many cases, the client has never shared what they really want and need from their VA. They just expect it to happen.

That’s why my friends Cindy Greenway and Tina Forsyth have asked Andrea J. Lee, an Entrepreneurial Futurist, to share with you what clients really want from Virtual Assistants (and have a hard time finding).

This is one of the most important calls Cindy and Tina will host to date. And it’s free for you to listen in.

This FREE call will be held on Tuesday April 6, 2010 at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern. To get the call-in details, click here and click on the popup to be taken to the opt-in box.

You may be experiencing a breakdown in your relationship with your client. You’re doing everything you can, you’re even putting in extra hours (at no extra cost to your client), yet your client has become even more difficult.

Andrea will share with you exactly why this is happening and what you can do to save or release this business relationship. Once you know what clients really want, you’ll be able to better assist them.

You don’t want to miss this … click here to hold your spot now.

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Last week at #wtlead!

2010-03-29T18:58:20Z

Last week I was in Vancouver for Andrea J Lee’s event “The Wealthy Thought Leader“. I registered for this live event 4 months in advance, something I never do. I’m very much a spontaneous person and as such I do things last minute. So why did I register for this event 4 months in advance? Well, Andrea has had such a profound impact on my businesses and my life. If it weren’t for Andrea I never would have had the courage to write my first book. I would have never had the courage to charge what I am worth and package my services. I also wouldn’t have hit the 6 figure mark last year. I would have been struggling with hourly work and struggling to pay my mortgage. Thankfully, Andrea and I have worked together one-on-one and in group coaching for a few years now.

When Andrea notified me of the event in Vancouver back in November, I immediately went to her site, scrolled down to click “register here” and paid for my registration. I will admit, I didn’t even read what the event would be about as I buy anything Andrea puts out there. That’s how much I trust her and value her insights.

At the event I wondered if I was learning anything. When I got home my brain wouldn’t shut up! I had all kinds of thoughts running around in my head. But they weren’t low quality thoughts, my thoughts had “grown up” so to speak. I found I was thinking about real juicy stuff. Stuff that would change the lives of others, that would have an impact on those I work with and that would make being a business owner more exciting! A reason to wake up with a jump in my step each day. Other participants referred to this as the Thought Leader Hangover!

Andrea is truly a thought leader. Her event alone was unlike others. She included an option for people around the world to join the event from video broadcast. She blended offline and online technologies to bring her participants together and deepen the learning. You were not handed a boring conference binder to somehow stuff in your suitcase! The binder was replaced with a “playbook”. Those are just a few of the key changes Andrea made to the conference world. There are plenty more but rumor has it another Wealthy Thought Leader event is being planned for October. I suggest you register and see all the thought leadership for yourself!

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A goal successfully achieved: “The Coaching Show”

2009-10-14T00:16:35Z

Back in 2004 while I was working a full time job (and making my plan to escape the office and enter Entrepreneurship,) I would try to educate myself as much as possible. This included listening to audio about marketing, building a business and coaching, of course. I would listen to it while I worked. In the technology industry it is normal to listen to music while you worked. Background noise helped us focus!

Anyhow, I don’t even know how I stumbled upon it, but I found The Coaching Show and I was hooked! I would listen every week and listen to the archives as well. I fully enjoyed all the valuable information I learned and implemented through the show.

I loved the show so much I thought to myself, “I sure hope one day I get to be interviewed on The Coaching Show“. Well, tomorrow is my day!

Last week I was asked by the producer to be on the show and I grabbed the very first spot available! So please join me at 11am eastern October 14th 2009, or listen to the audio in the archives after the show.

I will be talking about WordPress blogsites, how marketing is different in 2009, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and virtual conferences!

“see” you there!
Sandra

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M Word Conference Free Preview call October 14th – Join us!

2009-10-13T16:31:22Z

Join us October 14th at 2pm eastern for the very second preview call. In this call we will tell you more about the conference, answer your questions and some of our speakers will be on the call to tell you more about their topics.

The following speakers will be on the call and will be telling us about their topics:

Kim George – Scarcity to Abundance

Ginger Cockerham – Group Coaching

Judith Morgan – From Phone to Freedom

Kim Clausen – Making Workshops and Seminars Work For You! 3 Strategies for Maximum Results

Click here to register for the call. The call in details will be emailed to you moments after you register.

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The M Word Virtual Conference

2009-10-07T21:48:36Z

November 3 – 5, 2009

3 Days, 21 Speakers!

Give us just 3 days we will bring the top experts to you in the comfort of your own home!

Finally there’s a virtual event dedicated to helping coaches, consultants, trainers, speakers and other online entrepreneurs make money and have a delicious flourishing business!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR TO ATTEND

THE M WORD VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

November 3 – 5, 2009

YOU ARE SITTING IN A FRONT ROW SEAT RIGHT NOW, NO AIRFARE, NO TRAVEL, NO HOTEL REQUIRED!

Our Panel of Expert Speakers:

DAY 1

Morgana Rae – 6 Proven Steps to be a Money Magnet
Nicola Carincross and Judith Morgan – From Phone to Freedom
Kim George – Scarcity to Abundance
Hanna MacNamara - ‘Finding Your Niche’ – how to stand out from the crowd
Kendall Summerhawk – How to Charge what you’re worth and get it,
Karen Luniw – Law of Attraction: Using the Law to Attract More Business
Dorcas Kelley – MQ=Money Quotient

DAY 2

Robert Middleton - What your website says about you and what you want it to say
Alicia Forest– How to double your income while only working half the time
Linda Puig - Will You Marry Me? How to Use Newsletters So That Your Prospects Know, Love, Trust & Commit to You
Brad Stauffer - Get Published, Get Known, Get Clients
Stu McLaren – Online Membership Sites
Scott Straten – social media (topic title to be announced)
Sherman Hu - 5 Simple Ways To Use Video To Attract, Engage & Convert Viewers To Clients In 30 Days
Marcy Nelson-Garrison – Leads and Revenue Through Products - Your Own and Other Peoples

DAY 3

Suzanne Falter-Barnes – Find Your People, Your Offer, Your Brand, And Your Niche: Marketing From the Heart
Kim Clausen and Jonathan Tessier – Making Workshops and Seminars Work For You! 3 Strategies for Maximum Results
Michelle Schubnel – The Secret for Closing Clients with Confidence and Ease
Margie Heiler – (topic title to be announced)
Andrea J Lee – (topic title to be announced)
Ginger Cockheram – Peer Group Coaching

Open Forum: How these successful entrepreneurs make money in their business and how they market

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE. . .

Each participant will receive the following:

A virtual goodie bag packed with freebies from our speakers and sponsors.
Access to our virtual trade show where our speakers and sponsors will make special offers to participants only!
Listen to our speaker sessions as they happen.
Recordings of each speaker’s talk to listen to on the web anytime you like. MP3 recordings are available at a special price.
A tummy ache from laughing so hard.
Sore jaw muscles from smiling so hard.
A ton of new ideas for making money in your business.

Go Here to Register Now!

http://www.themwordconference.com

If you are an entrepreneur and your boss is a slave driving lunatic,
tell your boss you are taking a few days off from your regularly scheduled programming while you attend the virtual conference that will
change your money mindset, easily expand your marketing activities
and make selling comfortable!

You are probably wondering who is making this virtual conference possible. We are Sandra De Freitas and Garry Schleifer.

Sandra De Freitas is a top tech coach, speaker, trainer and expert in internet technology. She is the founder of www.TechCoachForCoaches.com and author of “Does this Blogsite Make my Wallet Look Fat?” which is featured at www.WordPressBlogsites.com. Sandra was recently voted the #1 Digital Coach on Squidoo and listed in “101 Women Bloggers to watch for 2009″ by WE magazine for Women. Her technology skills are second only to her wicked sense of humour.

Garry Schleifer CPCC, CDC is the Publisher of choice, the magazine of professional coaching. He is Past-President of the Toronto Chapter Board of the ICF, currently serves on the ICF International Board as Vice President and has served on the Board of Directors for several community-based organizations.

Still not sure? Go to http://www.themwordconference.com

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The M Word Conference Preview call #2 this week. Don’t miss it!

2009-10-06T03:55:47Z

Our team is working hard as we prepare for the first annual M Word Conference as it’s just 5 weeks away!

There is a lot to do and a lot of organizing involved.

As such we haven’t given our wonderful and talented speakers a chance to promote the conference to their community, so we are extending the special pricing until Friday October 16th at midnight. So now is your chance to register at the reduced price. Register and join the fun by visiting: http://themwordconference.com/register/

Not sure if the conference is for you?

Do you have questions about the conference?

How would you like to ask the speakers themselves some questions?

Join us October 7th, at 7pm eastern for a preview call starring Brad Stauffer, Ginger Cockerham, Dorcas Kelley, Marcy Nelson-Garrison and Stu McLaren!

Garry and Sandra will be interviewing them on the call and you will have your opportunity to listen, engage and ask any question you have. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW

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Flipping Out No Matter Your Experience, Age or Interest

2009-07-28T14:51:57Z

This past weekend we took my husband’s parents to see the construction of our new house. When we were leaving I thought about taking my Flip video camera but I remembered that I had not charged the batteries and so I couldn’t bring it with me. When we got to our destination, my in-laws were shocked at how much of the house had been built already. In the corner of my eye I saw my Father-in-law take a picture with his camera, or so I thought. It wasn’t a camera in his hands, it was the new Flip video camera that I picked up for him!

A month ago, I brought my Flip video cameras (yes, I have 2 of them), to a family golfing event. My Father-in-law who loves technology but admits he has no idea how to use a computer, fell in love with my Flip camera. He asked me how it worked, what buttons to press and how much it was. He was sold and so was my sister-in-law. Both of them now own Flips and why? They told me it’s because they are small, don’t have a lot of buttons and they are very simple to use.

My sister-in-law easily captures funny moments of her daughters in a flash (pun intended). While my Father-in-law has a new toy that he will use like crazy while on vacation in a few weeks, along with his awesome digital camera.

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Stu McLaren Membership Site Guru – Free call!

2009-07-15T02:33:29Z

Many entrepreneurs ask me how they can create a membership site and how they can sell information on their WordPress blogsites. Well thanks to a powerful WordPress plugin you can do so and more!
With the WishList Member plugin you can:

Protect all or some of your content i.e. pages, categories, parts of posts or pages etc.
Create as many membership levels as you wish i.e. silver, gold, lifetime, trial etc.
Create educational modules and give members access to a new module each week. I.E. A new member is given access to module 1 the first week, module 2 the second week, etc. Where older members may already be on module 7.
Integrate it with 1ShoppingCart or any other shopping cart that allows you to specify a “thank you” page.
Integrate it with an autoresponder such as aweber.
Works with a new or existing WordPress blogsite.

Check it out and see if WishList Member is for you. We can help you integrate it too. Email us and we will send us our membership packages.

Do you want to know more? Join me July 15th at 4pm eastern as I interview Stu McLaren, one of the masterminds behind this awesome resource! Sign up below.
In this call you will learn:

The 5 profitable membership models
Why WishList member is right for your business needs
How you can protect content
How to profit from your existing content

…and tons more. Our last call together was jam packed with value, profitable business ideas, membership strategies and WordPress tips! Not bad for a free call. So what are you waiting for? Sign up below:

Enter your name and email address below and we will send you the call in details for Wednesday July 15th at 4pm. A recording of the call will be made available to you within 24 hours of the call.

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How to increase your fees and still get more clients!

2009-07-01T20:23:23Z

I’m a firm believer of not dropping your rates for any reason. You devalue your work when you do that and you are not being fair to clients who are paying your full rates! In “these economic times” more and more people have been dropping their rates with the hope to attract more clients, and the result is ungrateful clients, recentful entrepreneurs and more frustration. Luckily my friend Hannah McNamara is here to help! She’s offering a free tele-seminar July 9th called “How to increase your fees and still get MORE clients“.
Hannah is an expert in marketing, coaching and money making. She’s an absolute pleasure to hear and learn from, but don’t take my word for it, go to her site and sign up for her tele-seminar “How to increase your fees and still get MORE clients“.

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Adult AD/HD Coach Jennifer Koretsky on the Today Show Goes Viral

2009-06-11T15:30:55Z

My good friend and masterminder buddy Jennifer Koretsky was on the Today Show last weekend! She’s a successful AD/HD Coach who is the founder of www.AddManagement.com and author of Odd One Out! You have to watch this video for a few reasons:

Jen speaks with authority and ease. She’d be a fabulous keynote speaker!
Check out the fabulous work the Today Show does in promoting a guests book (I will admit it, I drooled)
At the end of the video the host messes up a little which is why this video became viral and you’ll know why when you hear it!

Follow Jen on Twitter at @AddManagement

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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