Virtual Expert™
News and Views
May 2019
Welcome,
Virtual Expert ™ News and Views is a monthly newsletter for Virtual Assistants, and written exclusively by Virtual Assistants. Keep current with tips, tools and industry information. Also stay up-to-date on what is happening at Virtual Expert™ Training; one of the world's most elite and respected virtual assistant training programs.
Kathy Goughenour
Business Coach & Trainer
Founder Expert VA® Training / Virtual Expert ™
Can YOU Succeed as a Virtual Assistant?
What is the measure of success?
Throughout our lives, we see these images of success—the big house, the nice car. You know, the white picket fence. Tangible objects that once acquired indicate that we’ve made it.
Therefore, success becomes something you strive to get. But, after acquiring a certain level of what you think success should be, you don’t feel successful?
We’re conditioned to think that success is a quantifiable goal like reaching your ideal weight. And, once you or others have achieved it, you can see it. But, you may have found that your pursuit of success has left you feeling like something in your life is lacking.
What you may have realized is that the measure of success is not tangible. It’s more complex than that. And, people whom you look at and say, “Wow, they’re so successful,” may be lacking something that makes them feel as though they’ve achieved nothing worthwhile.
A Business Insider article illustrates how twelve rich, powerful people define success. Not one of them says wealth or power are the most important components of success. For them, success is less tangible. Instead, they define success through feelings, relationships, individual growth, or the impact they have on others.
So, how do you define success?
A career as a Virtual Assistant empowers you to define and achieve your own success. Here’s how:
Success on Your Own Terms
You can determine the amount of money you need to make. You’re able to determine the hours you need to work to meet your personal financial needs. You can make enough to get out of debt. You can save for retirement. Or, you can save to travel the world. You can even work as you travel the world since a career as a Virtual Assistant allows you to work from anywhere at any time.
The possibilities are endless, and you have the power to define your own success with a career as a Virtual Assistant. Not just monetary success, but also the quality of life you’re able to live.
Do What You Love
How many people get to wake up every day and go to work doing what they truly love? Virtual Assistants do. Why? Because as a Virtual Assistant, you get to decide what services you’ll provide to clients. A career as a Virtual Assistant allows you to use the skills you already have to build a business doing what you love. Plus, you help others achieve their goals every day.
Live the Life You Desire
As a Virtual Assistant, you have the freedom and flexibility to live your life while building a successful career. You can spend quality time with your family and friends. You can volunteer for causes that are important to you. With a career as a Virtual Assistant, you’re able to achieve a successful, fulfilling life.
To discover how you achieve success on your own terms by starting a career as a Virtual Assistant and how Expert VA ® Training can help, apply here for a free MORE Clients MORE Profits Breakthrough Session with me now.
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This Month's Inspirational Quote
We just completed our 2019 Virtual Expert Live Event!
It was so fun, and transformational! Check out next month's issue for all the deets and tons of super silly and amazing pics!
Stay tuned :)
Get To Know the Expert VA® Training Coaches
This month you get to meet 2 more coaches. :)
Sharon Hartwick
Location/time zone: Baraboo, Wisconsin | Central Time
Niche: Virtual Sales Rep
Fun Facts
Quote: “Courage is not not being afraid, its being afraid and doing it anyways.” - Gina Bianchini
Hobbies/Pets: Sharon is a Virginia native residing in Wisconsin with her husband, five children, and dog, Nikita, where they enjoy all the state has to offer. From a day trip to a local winery to many family camping trips at any one of Wisconsin’s beautiful state parks. She and her family enjoy everything outdoors from canoeing and hiking to hunting deer and pheasant.ππΆπ¦
Hidden Talent: Sharon loves to cook and feed people, she spent many years in the kitchen cooking with her grandmother. If you come to visit and leave hungry it’s your own fault.
Directory link: https://expertvatraining.com/staff/sharon-hartwick/
Sharon’s path to becoming an entrepreneur began when her first child turned three. She loved working as an sales professional but hated working in the corporate world. Sharon wanted to keep her professional career, but she wanted to work from home.
After 15 years and four more children later, she was working her 9-5 corporate job. Sharon was
- Consistently getting positive communications,
- Being referred to as an “A” player,
- A leader among her co-workers, and
- A mentor for new employees.
However, even with all her positive attributes she was still overworked, underpaid, and unappreciated.
Sharon missed family time and knew she wanted more! More for herself and more for her family. The corporate world and the typical 9-5 just wasn’t for her, so she decided to put her skills to use for herself and Hartwick Virtual Assistance was born.
Now Sharon has the flexibility she needs to spend more time with her husband and children.
Jeanette Ortega
Location/time zone: Rio Rancho, NM | Mountain
Niche: Email marketing, online course delivery, and training for coaches, speakers, online service providers, and trainers
Fun Facts
Quote: " There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." -Colin Powell
"A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work." -Colin Powell
Hobbies/Pets: Camping, reading, biking, keeping up with the local housing market. Spending time with my husband, 2 kids, and doggie π²ππΆ
Hidden Talent: Umm...? Hiding my hidden talent. π€·βοΈπ€£
Directory link: https://expertvatraining.com/staff/jeanette-ortega/
Jeanette Ortega is the founder & CEO of Ultimate Virtual Assistants, LLC. Her team of Virtual Experts® specialize in providing coaches, speakers, online service providers, and trainers with technical support, email marketing, online course delivery, and training. UVA prides itself on meeting deadlines, over delivering and paying close attention to detail.
About Kathy and Expert VA® Training/Virtual Expert™
Kathy Goughenour is an experienced and savvy business coach and trainer.
Kathy Goughenour’s 25+ years of marketing experience encompasses everything from print advertising and brochures to outdoor signage to the internet. She has an undergraduate degree in Marketing and an MBA.
She has worked in corporate settings, built multiple profitable small businesses herself, and created a 6-figure multi VA team. Her passion however, lies with helping others to achieve their own entrepreneurial goals through her extensive knowledge of the virtual marketing and virtual assistant field.
As a business coach and trainer, Kathy has quickly become a vital resource for helping women achieve their career and income goals as work-from-home Virtual Assistants.
Why Kathy Created Expert VA® Training
As her success grew, more and more colleagues sent their friends and family to Kathy for advice on how to start their own virtual assistant home-based businesses. Kathy enjoyed sharing her secrets to building a highly profitable Virtual Assistant business, and in 2008 started her own Virtual Assistant training program. She has now trained hundreds women (and a few men) to create success on their own terms as Expert VA®s and term she coined … Virtual Experts™.
