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Use your favourite social media site to maximize your business

3 / 5 / 17 12 / 23 / 17

How are you from the last time you read my blog?

If you are new, welcome to my blog!

My “fave” social media platform is?

Today I want to share my favorite social media platform with you! I also want to clue you in that you can use your favourite social media platform to maximize your business as well.

I literally get goosebumps when I am talking about it. I love Facebook and this post is all about how I have moved away from using Facebook from my personal profile to my business page to maximize my virtual assisting business.

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Let me show you how I use Facebook to maximize my business.

So before when I actually had my personal profile page, I use to love liking my favourite pages, these consisted of fashion pages. Can you guess which ones?

I loved that I was able to see beautiful pictures that I could like and comment at my disposal and I was able to follow up with any new trend from the comfort of my home here in Jamaica.

Fast-forward to having an online business and trying to get other’s to notice me and to even like my business Facebook page

First of all, when creating your business page it’s free to use, but people will not randomly know about you or your services unless you get yourself out there!

The first suggestion that Facebook recommends is inviting your friends to like your page, when this has been done you can go on to create Facebook Ads to reach your potential ideal clients. This is by far the best way to reach those clients who will actually benefit from your services.

What I did first to maximize my favourite social media site for business.

Now you do not have to go the route of the paid version of getting your ideal clients at first, if you want, the choice is yours. I did my likes organically first by inviting friends then afterward I would do FB Ads.

What I also did when I first started out was joining Facebook groups with my personal profile, so that I can see what my ideal clients were talking about and how I can be of service to them.

To be clear when you have joined these groups, please read their group guidelines. Do not spam their groups, but do make an introduction of yourself and how others can benefit from your expertise.

Most groups hate spam so if you are going to join these groups to spam about your service then you will be banned and trust me others will remember when you came and spammed the group and you do not want that for your first impression.

So you have joined the maximum 10 groups, which I recommend, you want to add value in these groups as well, pay close attention if these groups offer theme days, if they offer a promotion day, the best time is to advertise what you do on that day.

Make sure you have an elevator pitch or an offer pre-schedule at that time so that you can customize by each group.

Facebook groups are another way to maximize your business.

Participate as often as possible, but because I do not personally like when I am seeing others posting what they can do. I personally recommend you post what you can do for your clients instead than what you do. Trust me this tends to stand out more and when done creatively.

When you also tend to add value by sharing your tips or comments. You do not want to be spending the whole day doing this. You can schedule 10 minutes at a time for 2 hours, then you can sign in and out to see what others have replied to your post or what you have commented.

If you prefer not to see your notifications pile up by the minute whenever you sign back in after your ten minutes interval, once you make a post you can right click on that post and turn off notifications.

These are tips that I have used both with my personal and business page. I try my best as possible that when I do connect with other women who might be my ideal clients I show them that I care, and not pushing down their newsfeed what I can do.

You might ask how do I do this? I might send a message every now and then. I interact with their posts on their personal Facebook page, as well as their business page and I also send birthday and or anniversary wishes when they are celebrating.

Depending on how you use Facebook, this platform has been beneficial to me for both my personal profile and business page. I show my clients that not because they will need my services in the future they will not know who I am. I tend to also post engaging posts for these women so that they are seeing that I am a human and that I am relatable.

This is how I have used Facebook for my business. If you are interested in joining my supportive group The LadyPreneur MeetUp you are welcome to request to join.

I also want to know what you have done to maximize your favourite social media for your business? Share in the comments below.

It was nice of you to stop by.

Until then, happy hiring, and best wishes with your business.

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How to create a work Life balance with a team

12 / 18 / 16 9 / 2 / 18

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Today’s guest post is all about showing you how to balance your life while building your business to include a team. What am I referring to? I will let Barbara talk some more about this.

Here we are in the second decade after the millennium. We are experiencing a shift in how women work. We have women entrepreneurs who are also balancing home life.

Let me help you with what a work-life balance looks like for you. Every entrepreneur needs to think about how they spend their days. Ultimately, creating a work-life team is about you being able to spend more time with your husband and children in a way where you are not stressed.

Work-life balance is all about recognizing you can’t do it all alone. Fortunately, for us, there are many women who are out there every day offering services to help others. Get their jobs done more efficiently. For instance, there are many women who own a variety of service oriented companies.

They allow other entrepreneurial women to decide whether they’re going to have someone else do their print, mailing, or copywriting. This allows you to better plan out what balance looks like for you and your family.

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How to achieve a Work-life balance with a Team!

A work-life team is a group of people coming together to support one another making life easier. Many times they barter services ensuring everybody gets their needs met. Then everybody gets references from people who they are working with as a work-life team.

This is a group of entrepreneurs who you seek out to help each other by doing things they struggle with or do not have time to tackle.

The group of people becomes a team by meeting together regularly to understand how each person fits into each vision.

I recommend you stay at a bartering level to avoid legal and taxation issues.

There are many options for both home and work as team options.

  • Copywriter
  • Virtual Assistant
  • Accounting
  • Childcare
  • Cleaning service
  • Chef

Figuring out who needs to be on your team really means taking a step back and looking at what your needs are. What you can handle and what you would prefer someone else’s support you in doing.

You need to build a Work-life Team.

There are three things you need to consider as you build a work-life team.

  • Shared Life Values
  • Integrity and References
  • Getting Value Beyond Cost

Shared Life Values

Find teammates who share your life values. Your home and business are the foundations of your life. How you build your team is important. You want to find people who are in agreement with you. The best way to figure this out is to ask yourself what are your top five values. As you talk with potential teammates ask them what their top five values are. Finding those folks who agree with you on 4 of the 5 is a good place to start.

Integrity and References

This is probably the one area where most entrepreneurs fail to give it their all. You are building a team to be geared towards supporting you and becoming an integral part of life for you and your family.

Step back and take the time to ask the tough questions. Be thorough. The more time you spend scoping out the members of your team, the fewer issues you will have later. Ask for references and call them.

Ask them to be very specific with you regarding their work ethic, efficiency, and dependability. Sometimes people are reluctant to be open. The one question most people will answer. Given the opportunity– Would you use their services again? A no answer speaks volumes. Take the time to build your team carefully and deliberately. This includes any new members.

Getting Value Beyond Cost

There are things every person needs beyond getting a particular job done. A housekeeper who is kind to your kids is a value beyond the cost of the price of getting the house cleaned.

As you are thinking about the roles other people will play on your team consider what kind of person you need. What kind of attitude, aptitude, and personality type is going to work?

The ultimate reason to build your work-life team is to free yourself up to be more present in both your personal and work life. No person becomes successful on their own.

Search out business directories where you can get in touch with others, use online groups to ask for references or put out a request for help.

When does a team become necessary?

There are four factors which will let you know it is time for a team.

  • Your workload has become too much.
  • You find yourself working instead of spending time with your family.
  • You are tired and stressed.
  • You have little time or inclination to take care of yourself.

As you move toward more growth and success, be sure to consider building a work-life team.

Good luck building your team.

Barbara guest post on life balanceBio: Barbara Harvey is an expert in parenting and early childhood education. She is nationally certified through Temple University and Strengthening Families Worker. She is Executive Director of a parenting development group called Parents, Teachers, and Advocates in Atlanta Georgia. It is her passion to do group and individual sessions with parents that are dedicated to training parents to inspire, motivate, and empower their children to become remarkable adults.

It was nice of you to stop by.

Until then, happy hiring, and best wishes with your business.

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Why branding is important to a Fashionista!

12 / 4 / 16 12 / 23 / 17

How are you from the last time you read my blog?

If you are new, welcome to my blog!

Today’s guest post is all about branding your fashion business to reflect you and your personality. What am I referring to? I will let Maria talk some more about this.

What is branding? What defines a good branding? What does it mean to build up your brand? Those are questions that every fashionista entrepreneur, company or even a tiny kid who wants to sell lemonade should put each time before they start selling – or just existing!

Brand your fashion business base on you!

Let’s put it this way: have you ever thought about yourself and what personality type are you? I am not talking about those concrete stereotypes of personalities; I am talking about

I am talking about the way you are, you behave towards you and the people around you, at last, but not least, the way that you feel towards anything.

Basically, the personality you gained within years. The thing that your family or friends are thinking about when it comes to you: “Ah, look at those flowers, Sally would totally love them!”, ‘This is such a good song! I bet Janet would dance on it!’, ‘Look at this dress! Tiffany would adore it!’’. Get me now?

Yes, so I am talking the things that define you truly. But this is strictly on a personal level. Now, let’s talk on a purely professional level. What is that thing that makes you visible, makes the customers think of you? And when I say you I am talking about you as someone who’s running a business. Ring a bell? Let me tell you. Have you ever thought that branding is the personality of the professional life? Just think about it!

What if the flowers that Sally would have like would actually transform to “Look at those superb flowers! Their arrangement reminds me of the way Sally does them!”. Or how would you put the song situation? “This song reminds me of one song that once Janet sang to me!”. Or how about the dress? “Wow, this dress’ design is similar to the one Tiffany made for my sister!”.

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Your fashion business should go hand in hand with your branding.

Personality makes us unique – our behaviors, flavors, the way we love, feel and all, everything makes us the way we are, especially towards the people near us. And this is how a brand comes to life.

So, you have an idea you are absolutely dying to put it in practice, but something stops you, or not. The thing is that you just can’t see it, that image that reflects your idea. It can be a product, or just a service, a book, or a song. But you need something that gives that thing you are going to promote something unique. And that, my lovelies, is the birth of “How can I find what represents me?”.

Yes, it is indeed hard to reflect upon the thing that represents you when it comes to your future business. It can be an online business, an offline one, or you can just sell some flowers! It doesn’t matter. Remember how people use to think about you when they saw something?

Now it’s your turn to make them think about the thing you are giving the thing that is made by you. But let’s go back to practice. What makes a good branding? There are indeed some factors that must be taken into consideration every time you start to think about creating something that makes you unique, and memorable. And those are personality, symmetry and the industry.

Fashionista you should use your personality, symmetry, and your industry in your fashion business.

The way our personality goes within the product that makes our brand work. If you are a serious, professional, and on the other hand providing social media strategy, you should probably go for a cold color.

If you are very funny, lovable, impulsive, and still, providing the same services – You should probably go for something more colorful than only just one color!

Are you very fashion orientated, obsessed with trends, and selling the same services, the social media strategy, you should probably go pink and mauve. Or maybe you are a ghostwriter, but for fashion magazines – but you are a bit way too professional – again maybe something blue-ish. Get me?

Basically, the color you choose for your brand reflects the way we are.

Something that is symmetric makes the eye want more and more. It’s an eye-candy. If I go to your website and I see that your designs were made only without your personality and without eye-pleasure, I would sure leave immediately! Of course, maybe you don’t have the skills to build a website, but there are lots of people who can help. You can always talk, communicate with graphic or web designers. It CAN be done, but only if you are open enough.

Each industry or sub-industry has his or her color. The color can also be combined with the one formed from your personality. Medicine has blue. But you also are a pediatrician – obviously, you love children, which, sometimes, this makes you a fun and loving person, and this means a warm color. And there you have it, blue and warm. It can be something bright, it can also be something blue-ish and colorful combined.

Something that makes the audience feel good about it – the children. Don’t be too cold, don’t scare them. Make them feel safe around the service you provide. And here comes the branding. Do you see its importance?

So yes, those are some of the essential keys on which you should focus when creating your own brand. Just clear your mind, take a paper and a pen, and try to think what will work for you.

guest post by Maria on branding your fashion businessBio: Maria is an online social media and branding strategist. She started to work as a freelancer 2 years ago, focusing more on VA work. Even though she is still offering VA services at the moment, she is preparing to move her business to a new level: building courses and teaching creative entrepreneurs how to launch themselves, using both business strategies and counseling based on the personality development and awareness.

It was nice of you to stop by.

Until then, happy hiring, and best wishes with your business.

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