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Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by krista arias

krista arias — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:06:05 +0000

well….. interestingly, since i am just starting my business in its current incarnation, i offered the three people i thought of three free sessions with me and then i sent each of them an email after their first session asking a few questions and permission to use answers as testimonials! doing these free sessions has done big things for my business. first of all i offered them to past clients as a way of saying thank-you which really landed well on both ends…… i got to say thank you and they got to receive my gratitude…. anyway, the sessions have been sooooo amazing and i have more confidence than ever and having testimonials are a huge step in my business! after the sessions are over i intend to ask each one about making referals based on their experience with our work together.

so thanks yollana…… k

Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by yollana

yollana — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:21:23 +0000

Nona, Susan, Jane… Thank you so much for your comments! I thought I had replied and - yikes - I don’t know where my comment went.
Anyway, I so appreciate you guys showing up at my blog.

Jane, I love this point - I so get it. It’s amazing how we can take our greatest gifts for granted… OR we can get behind our business and shout it from the rooftops - “I have something to offer… it could make a difference in your life! I am so blessed and so proud to have this gift to share with the world!”

I think that for some, that holding back can come from not wanting to appear “selfish”, big-headed, tall poppy… But truly, if you have a gift - and you do - then why not own it! Share it! Be self-full, and then offer your full self, and let the world benefit from that offering.

Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by yollana

yollana — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:23:53 +0000

Wow Krista, I’m very impressed that you took a few days to come up with people to ask for help…. that the articel could spark such a deep process for you. Well done! (And I’d love to hear how you go with it, if you’d like to come back here and share - or send me an email).

And I really appreciate your comments about my site. Thank you!

Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by krista arias

krista arias — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:08:31 +0000

this was really good for me to read……. a do-it-myselfer from way back, it has taken me a couple days to reflect on your article and come up with 3 names of people to make myself vulnerable to…. but i did it!

i love your 3 steps to making yourself vulnerable! worth posting on a sticky somewhere…….. and your site/presence in general….. so soothing, like water on river rocks….. cool and flowing.

thanks for your spirit

Comment on So, what do you do? The secret to an effective answer… by yollana

yollana — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:51:26 +0000

Hey Trisha… That same “duh” moment inspired me to write this article in the first place when I had it- I’m so glad you got it too (and articulated it so clearly). Love Yollana

Comment on So, what do you do? The secret to an effective answer… by Trisha Cupra

Trisha Cupra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:36:28 +0000

Hi Yollana,

Wow, when you pointed out that ‘my future clients aren’t stupid’ it was a real ‘Duh!’ moment for me. Of course, I’ve never considered them to be stupid, but the relief of realising that they’re clever enough to get the general idea around what I’m saying is a real weight lifted off my shoulders.

Thanks for that insight!

Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by Jane Valencia

Jane Valencia — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:40:25 +0000

Mmmm! I really love this article. I think the big lesson of the month for me is to be vulnerable and brave enough to acknowledge that I need support and to ask it of others. This includes everything from being brave enough to ask folks about their greatest challenges, hopes, fears, and their honest opinion about ideas for starting over in my business to what you have described above with Tamsyn (which I have not done yet!). I do believe that in this long transition in my business (and life–our family has lived in three different states in the past two years, and will be moving again next year, hopefully for the last time) has made me so deeply grateful for each and every CD sale, healing session, or offering of harp, song & story that I think I’m offering my gifts from a more mature, more humble, more connective to what my clients truly want and need, and more grounded-in-who-I-honestly-am place, if that makes sense.

At this point, bringing myself to say: “Any clients you can refer my way right now, I’d be so grateful” or: “If you like my music, would you be willing to share it with others?” would force me to ‘grow up’ and embrace this very simple idea (kind of necessary to have in a business!) : that what I have to offer actually can touch and nourish the hearts of others in a way that truly makes a difference. Hm, radical thought :-).

My point though is that in being vulnerable you are also actually stepping into a space of deeper maturity with what you offer, and a place of trust in who you are.

Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by Susan Fuller

Susan Fuller — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:38:07 +0000

Great article Yollana! So very true.

Susan

Comment on How to get clients quickly (and honestly) when you’re in a tight spot by Nona

Nona — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:54:12 +0000

Yollana - I definitely put myself in the go-getter, do it myself category of woman! I am learning to share my vulnerability with clients and friends and, as humbling as it can be, it connects me to people in surprising ways. I am learning that the ability to help someone you love and respect in a way that they need is a gift - I appreciate the opportunity to help when people ask and that is something I also point out to my clients (and it reminds me, too).

Thank you for sharing your wisdom -

Comment on Oops! Caught in the trap of being inauthentic… (again!) by yollana

yollana — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:19:36 +0000

Ah, Jane… So lovely of you to comment. Wow. Your story really emphasises my point even more. Four great women, and the opportunity to go deeper with each of them.

It reminds me of a quote I once heard on one of Marianne Williamson’s audios. It was a long time ago, so I’ll have to tell it as best as I remember it. She was talking about your “ministry”, meaning the people who listen to you - whatever it is that you “preach” (ie. it doesn’t have to be religious). And she basically said that god gives you your ministry, to see if you can manage it. First one person, then four. When you tend to that which you have, it grows naturally and organically. If you don’t love an honour and tend to what you have (or fall into thinking it doesn’t count cos it’s too small), then you give the message to the Universe that you can’t even handle four, and is slow to give you more.

I love that you and your “raving fans” are developing a close community by posting on each others blogs. I wonder if you might even explore other ways that you can support beach other in your businesses?