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Lately I have been working on a new strategy to market my business.<\/p>\n

My business has changed completely in the last year – totally planned changes! – I have gone from running a full time VA business of my own, with some VA training and coaching on the side – to now owning two VA associations, and having my training and coaching at the forefront, and my VA business considerably downsized.<\/p>\n

It’s been a complete flip – and with that come new challenges.<\/p>\n

I have earned my main income from my VA business for many, many years now. I know how to market it. I know how to network for it. I know how to find clients whenever I want them.<\/p>\n

To switch gears to a different business model,<\/strong> with different (much lower!) pricing, and a completely different audience is a challenge.<\/p>\n

It requires developing completely new strategies.<\/p>\n

And part of implementing new strategies is developing new habits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been doing a lot of planning up till this point, and now it’s time to step into action.<\/p>\n

But I’m not used to this new stuff I have to do!<\/strong> So that is where the new habit stuff comes in…<\/p>\n

It’s so exciting! (and terrifying, yes!) But more exciting than terrifying, because I’ve got a plan to follow.<\/p>\n

The hardest thing for me at this point is truly developing the new habits. I have been at this a long time and new things can be difficult to introduce to your daily routine.<\/p>\n

But I’m up for it! One of my habits is to have a morning shower – LOL – keep reading to find out why!<\/em><\/p>\n

Here are a few of the things I have to change into new habits:<\/p>\n

1. Daily connections in my social media profiles<\/p>\n

2. Weekly teaching online and in person<\/p>\n

3. Monthly connections at local and online networking events<\/p>\n

Those sound pretty normal don’t they?<\/p>\n

But without a habit, they often don’t get done.<\/p>\n

So my action steps include daily tracking of my networking and social media,<\/strong> so I can tweak as I go. Easy enough. When I am growing my business I always do this, so it will be easy to implement.<\/p>\n

But the morning shower – this is a biggie! I have always had my shower in the afternoon for a number of reasons. Mostly because there are two fellows in my house who have to get out for work or school in the morning. Because I work from home, I was always third.<\/p>\n

The other reason is that I get up much earlier than anyone else in my house. So to move around and shower and do my hair (never mind singing a tune or two LOL!) is noisy. So I have always waited. And the afternoon shower habit\u00a0<\/strong>formed.<\/p>\n

But that means that I can’t do video or talking head videos anytime I want. It hasn’t been a big issue for me running a referral-only VA business, but it is an issue with my new focus of teaching. So here I am, having to change a funny habit.<\/p>\n

Isn’t it interesting to realize some of the habits you have to change to build your business?<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve challenged myself to have a shower before 9 am<\/span><\/span> every day<\/strong> until the habit sticks.<\/p>\n

So far so good – they say it takes a minimum of 21 days to form a new habit<\/strong> – so I’ll circle back at the end of the month to check in with you on this one!<\/p>\n

If you start to notice more talking head training and video stuff from me – you’ll know the habit is sticking! It’s really been the only thing holding me back, believe it or not.<\/p>\n

Whether you need to form some new habits, or just need to adjust the balance in your life, this blog post<\/a>\u00a0might help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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