Wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays! With love, from Danielle Keister and the Administrative Consultants Association
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Final Hours: Opportunity Knocks
COURTESY REMINDER:
Today is the last day to get 25% off everything in the ACA Success Store. After midnight tonight, there won’t be another chance.
I’ll be launching something brand new soon, and it’s pretty darn awesome, if I do say so myself.
This will be a getting back to basics of sorts and it’s going to fit the needs of both new and already started administrative support business owners.
And don’t worry. What it will NOT be is yet another huge program that is going to cost a small fortune. In fact, a large part of it is going to be completely free.
BUT (and this is the important thing), you are going to need all the pieces of my administrative support business system in order to participate. As with any education, there are required school supplies and materials you need to get. Same idea.
So, toward that effort, I’d like to give you a little leg up in the meantime:
From now until midnight tonight, take 25% off all Success Store products with this code: opportunityknocks
Simply paste that code into the discount field when you checkout and it will give you 25% off your purchase price.
If you’ve followed me long, you know that I don’t do sales and discounts. These are top-level professional-quality business materials and information. So, this is rare opportunity you don’t want to miss out on because it won’t be offered again.
Plus, we have hundreds of reviews from colleagues like you who love the products they’ve purchased and are so happy they chose the ACA to support them in their business journey.
Head over to the Success Store and place your purchase now.
I hope you’ll avail yourself of this chance so you’ll be ready to partake in something amazing!
Opportunity Knocks (Time Sensitive Offer)
I received the loveliest review from my colleague Mary Culbertson the other day and wanted to share with you:
I’m always so thankful and appreciative to hear from my colleagues who have purchased my administrative support business products because I know we all lead busy lives.
So, when someone takes time out of their own busy day to let me know how I’ve been able to help them in their business journey, well, it’s just the best feeling in the world and makes my heart so happy.
Starting a business, any business, can be very daunting, especially if you’ve never done it before. It’s not just the practical stuff that you have to figure out, but there’s all this mental chatter and self-doubt that goes on in our heads.
The one thing that I know for a fact helps people get over those nagging self-doubts and feeling unsure of themselves is having a plan, a template, a system to guide our efforts all along the way. This is what each and every business guide, template and tool in the ACA Success Store gives you.
I’m going to be launching something soon and it’s pretty darn awesome, if I do say so myself.
I’m working on the finishing touches and if you’re on my mailing list, you’ll get the announcement (if you’re not on my mailing list, simply subscribe to this blog and you’ll be added).
This will be a getting back to basics of sorts and it’s going to fit the needs of both new and already started administrative support business owners.
And don’t worry. What it will NOT be is yet another huge program that is going to cost a small fortune. In fact, a large part of it is going to be completely free.
However, you are going to need the pieces to the system that I offer in the ACA Success Store to be able to participate.
So, toward that effort, I’d like to give you a little leg up in the meantime:
From now until midnight, Sunday (April 30), take 25% off all Success Store products with this code: opportunityknocks
Simply paste that code into the discount field when you checkout and it will give you 25% off your purchase price.
If you’ve followed me long, you know that I quit doing sales and discounts a long time ago, so this is a rare opportunity that would be foolish to waste. I won’t be offering it again.
Head over to the Success Store and place your purchase now.
I hope you’ll avail yourself of this chance. It’s going to be amazing!
Keep On Keeping On (Video)
Several weeks ago I got to participate in a collaborative music video produced by a super talented couple I befriended when they used to play at a favorite restaurant in my area.
They’re in Texas now, kicking ass and making their musical career dreams come true! I love watching their journey, and this video is just all kinds of amazing.
It’s a shining, gorgeous example of what America’s REAL values are and how each of us, in our own unique and humble way, plays a part in standing for truth, love and kindness for all!
I absolutely ADORE what they’ve created! What will YOU keep on doing?
(Please share far and wide!)
2 Days Only: Apply Your Past Product Purchases Toward Complete System Upgrade
I want to wish you an amazing new year — only two more days until 2017! Fresh starts are always exciting!
This is also the perfect time to make those last-minute business investments to boost your tax credits and increase your expense write-offs so you can get more money back on your tax refund and/or pay less taxes.
Remember, everything you purchase from the ACA is a tax deductible business expense. That means you get to write those amounts off when you do your 2016 taxes next month in January — but only if you get your purchases in by December 31 (tomorrow).
So here’s the deal…
A lot of times, when someone has purchased some of my business-building products and tools individually, they realize it costs them a lot more that way, and they wish they would have gotten The Whole Shebang (Set-03) in the first place.
So every year around this time I give those who have purchased individual products from the ACA Success Store a last chance to apply those purchases toward The Whole Shebang (Set-03).
What that means is, if you’d like to upgrade to The Whole Shebang (Set-03) (which gives you my complete administrative support business system at a fantastic savings), I will send you a credit code for the total amount of all your purchases to far.
You then simply enter that code in the discount field when you checkout, and it will deduct that amount from your purchase.
On top of that, by upgrading, you also get the most current, updated versions of ALL the products you’ve ever purchased.
Now until midnight Dec. 31 is your last chance to do that.
Simply reply to this email and tell me you’d like to upgrade to a full set. We’ll add up your product purchases and send you a discount code for that amount.
IMPORTANT CAVEAT: This offer expires when the clock strikes midnight (January 1, 2017). After that, you will have to pay full price without any credit for previous purchases if you wish to get The Whole Shebang.
Here’s to an AH-mazing 2017!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to You and Yours!
This is my beach community’s Christmas tree. Isn’t she lovely?
If we don’t get a chance to speak again before Christmas, may merriness, wonder, good health and blessings be yours this holiday season and the new year.
Let’s make it great!
(Photo used by personal permisson of © Laddy Kite.)
Why Should I Pay that When I Can Get a Temp or Offshore VA for $5 Bucks an Hour?
Ever hear a client utter these words?
It’s probably the most grating sentence in our industry today.
But what if you knew exactly how to respond?
What if you offered your services in a way that didn’t focus whatsoever on hourly rates?
Wouldn’t that be a total game changer?
It’s not so annoying when you actually begin to love responding to that question (or when you no longer get it in the first place). 
…If you frequently encounter price resistance with clients and want to know what to do about it;
…If you have trouble getting clients to commit;
…If you struggle with articulating your value to clients, talking about your fees, and feeling confident about them;
…If you find the whole topic of pricing difficult, I have the solution!
It’s my value-priced packaging and pricing guide, How to Price and Package Your Support Based on Hours & Expertise — NOT Selling Hours
This guide will show you how to:
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Attract more clients, more easily;
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Make more money;
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Create an easier business to run;
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And toss out those time sheets forever!
…all without discounting, bargaining, or justifying your fees whatsoever!
Does Your Business Need a Transfusion (Limited Time Offer)
How’s your business doing?
Are you getting a steady stream of prospects and all the clients you need? Making the money you need to live and thrive? Working with ideal, happy-making clients you absolutely love?
If your answers are “not that great” and “not really” and you’re looking to improve in any (or all) of these areas so you can do better, get better and make more moolah, I can help…
If you need:
- more clarity in what you need to do to move forward in more positive, profitable directions;
- the confidence to market and talk to prospects and know exactly what to say and how;
- the ability to get exactly the kind of clients you are looking for (hint: that’s probably NOT cheapskates who don’t value you or the work and want to pay peanuts for it);
- and the skills to lead consultations like a pro, turn those prospects into clients, and ask for and GET top dollar for your skills and expertise,
… you’ll learn how to achieve all this and more with my business foundation tools and training guides.
You may have noticed I’ve been a bit quiet lately. The reason is we are in the middle of some creative reconstruction and busy working behind the scenes overhauling the ACA.
Along with this work, I will be retiring many of the products currently in the Success Store and revamping and regrouping others. Individual product purchases are also likely going bye-bye once that happens.
As you may also know, I don’t “do” sales (which is also what I’m always preaching to all my colleagues—putting yourself on sale does NOTHING good for your business). So this is a rare, one-time opportunity to get my entire system at a steep discount.
From now through Sunday, May 8, 2016, you can get The Whole Shebang (Set-03), which is my entire system of administrative support business foundation forms, contracts and training guides for ONLY $300.
That is a freaking steal! If you’re stuck and have been treading water in your business, it would be crazy to pass this up.
Get your order for The Whole Shebang (SET-03) in now because it won’t be happening again any time soon (if ever).
(NOTE: Not valid with any other offers, upgrades, discounts or credits.)
Biz happiness and success to you!
Results Colleagues Are Getting Using the ACA Business Training Products
It’s always so happy-making to hear of the great results my colleagues get after studying my business training and learning guides from the ACA Success Store.
One of my favorite colleagues, De’Lona Moultrie, who invested in The Whole Shebang, recently shared the fabulous success she has been having after following my consultation process included in that set:
As I also told Dee, I can only share my experience and expertise and what I know works. It’s YOU who makes the magic happen in your practice, and she is obviously bringing it!
Thank you for allowing me to share this, Dee. Much love and continued success to you!
May Your Holidays Be Merry and Bright!
After getting my nails done last Saturday, I fully intended on going straight home.
I ended up shopping until 11:30 pm, all for myself.
Am I a terrible person? lol
In my defense, they had some fantastic sales going on. I got the best pair of jeans for $20. TWENTY BUCKS, people! Just doing my part to stimulate the economy. 😉
Plus, all joking aside, other than shopping for the blankets, socks and outerwear I bring to the homeless shelter every year, my family and I decided we weren’t going to be exchanging tangible gifts this year.
We have no little ones to shop for in the family. (I am having glamma pangs, though, so daughter, Imma need you to get right on that, mmmkay?)
We’re all grown, don’t need anything; anything we really want, we can buy ourselves. And none of us wants or needs more “stuff.”
It’s also been a pretty trying year for all of us with one crisis after another with my dad, who has Parkinson’s disease and increasing dementia related to the disease.
None of us has any desire this year to waste what precious little free time and energy we have getting caught up in the Christmas shopping frenzy.
So, I told my family I was opting out, and they all heartily agreed.
Instead, we decided any gifts we exchanged would be of the time/experience variety: being together and doing things together. That’s what we all truly value and cherish most.
I talked to my family about how important this time we have right now is in creating new, special memories with our dad as a family while we’re still able to, especially since we don’t know how much longer he will be with us, either mentally or physically.
Creating fresh moments and experiences that aren’t all centered around taking care of him (which can be extremely draining and frustrating) will be such a blessing when that time comes. It’s important that those are not our only last memories of him, and to create some happy, joyful ones that are a break from the day-to-day, for him and for us.
We did this on 4th of July. I had everyone over to my house on the beach. The weather was gorgeous. We talked and laughed. We ate delicious food. We sat and walked on the beach and dipped our toes in the water. We watched some Doc Martin. We had a couple beers. We lit our own fireworks, and in the evening we watched the community fireworks all along the shores.
Getting my dad out of the house can be difficult and he tires easily these days so I couldn’t believe he actually agreed to it. But I know he’s so happy he did. We all still laugh and talk about that day. It was so fun and magical and wonderful.
In that spirit, we are going to the mountains for Christmas. When I first suggested it, I really wasn’t expecting dad to want to go and again was shocked that he agreed.
My dad used to collect TR3s when I was growing up and the inn and restaurant we’ll be going to has all kinds of fond memories for him from his car club days when he would pile mom and us kids all in for roadtrips to the mountain.
It’s turned into the perfect plan and we’re all really looking forward to it!
So, dear friends, my heartfelt wish for you is, no matter what difficulties you may be going through right now, that you are able to carve a moment out to tell your loved ones how much you love them (no matter what difficult, conflicted relationship you might have), give them a big smooch and a squeeze, and spend some good, quality time laughing and enjoying each other’s company.
You will be so grateful you did for the rest of your life. Because it’s not the “stuff” you will remember; it’s these expressions of love and memories of time spent together that will lift your spirit.
May your joys be many and your burdens light this holiday season and in the year to come!
xoxo,
Danielle