Ingrid Menninga is the Founder of Women Building Wealth, a movement dedicated to making conversations about money and building wealth cool, comfortable and FUN for women. Ingrid manages Women Building Wealth social clubs and conferences.
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Learn how to set the pricing for your business that will attract the right people. Get Ingrid’s expertise on how to value yourself and why that’s important.
Discover that even if you are not bringing in large quantity of revenue, you can still keep the right amount of money to advance your business. Find out the percentage Ingrid recommends.
Receive Ingrid’s advice on savings. Find out the plan you need to have, the importance of diversification and the magic number for savings.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is learning to put yourself out there – you have a personal limitation and you learn to love and embrace what you need to do to make your business a success.
Dana helps people get out of their own way and live – no excuses, no apologies - their most powerful, connected and fun-filled lives. With irreverence, humor and deep wisdom, Dana has a talent for directing you to the path of least resistance.
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Learn Dana's solutions for how to handle difficult situations that come up in business (low sales and debt) and come out on top .
Receive Dana's advice for what to focus on for growing your business: should you focus on growth profit or growth sales. Learn how to establish a clear cash flow projection.
The fear and doubt you have might not be yours. Fear might actually be about your excitement. Listen in to find out how to distinguish between fear that isn't yours and excitement that actually does belong to you.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is about raw and uncensored honesty. It takes a lot of bravery to be honest with yourself and other people.
Adele Spraggon, CEO of Shaped Within, has one role – to show entrepreneurs how to let go of subconscious patterns that prevent them from having the businesses they deserve. Adele invites all of us to take a step past our cultural and self-imposed boundaries and let go of subconscious patterns that block our success.
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Learn Adele's 4 Steps Technique on the steps to take to overcome fear and why this technique can put you back in control.
When we want to go forward in business, there are patterns that show up (fear of failure, comparing ourselves to others, not asking for the sale, etc.) that stop us from taking the next step. Listen in as Adele explains how to deconstruct patterns that will enable you to break free and achieve the success you deserve.
Do you have ideas but not know how to go forward? Do you sit still because you want everything to be perfect before you launch? Receive Adele's tips on how to overcome the need for perfection and put your ideas into action.
Michele PW (Pariza Wacek) is the best-selling author of “Love-Based Copywriting" books that teach how to write copy that attracts, inspires and invites, and the owner of Creative Concepts and Copywriting LLC, the premiere direct response copywriting and marketing agency through which she guides entrepreneurs in attracting more clients and boosting their business.
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Be careful when selecting your business mentors and coaches. If you get the wrong mentor, pick up and go find the right one. Stay the course regardless of what they say when you know something is right for you.
Wherever you are in your journey, be kind and gentle with yourself. Learn from it and grow from it. Remember you are doing the best you can.
When making choices - listen to your inner wisdom; your inner wisdom will tell you if its the right choice.
Your inner wisdom is love based and your inner critic is fear based. Your inner wisdom gives you the opportunity to choose. It won't harass you to make the right choice. It will let you make the right choice.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is being willing to do it even if you are still afraid. It's not the absence of fear but being in action regardless.
Adam Urbanski is the go-to guy for successful service professionals who want to quickly attract more clients, increase their sales, and make more profits. His students and clients often multiply their revenues and profits by two, five, and even 10 times in 90 days or less! Known worldwide as The Millionaire Marketing Mentor® Adam built and sold his first 7-figure business in less than 10 years starting with only $194 and a limited ability to speak English. Adam influences over 80,000 coaches, consultants, speakers, experts, online marketers and entrepreneurs, teaching them how to transform their limiting, time-intensive businesses into automated money making machines that Attract Clients Like Crazy®.
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Successful entrepreneurs are not chosen because of our abilities. We just persevere. The opportunity for entrepreneurship is available for everyone.
If you find yourself walking in the same direction as everyone else, it’s time to change directions and march in the opposite direction. Entrepreneurs stand up and question the establish rules. They go against the norm.
You have to P.A.T. people (Polarize, Entertain, Teach). You have to stand for something. You have to give good content that is educational and what your audience can use right away. That’s what matters.
There’s no one rule that applies to everything. Think for yourself and don’t just do what others are telling you. Do what works for you. It’s about how you show up. Be a leader and not a follower.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is experiencing whatever emotions you experience; taking the next despite these emotions (what’s the worst that can happen?) Make a choice rather than just react. Our responsibility it to become aware of how we react and choose to respond. Step into the brave.
Naomi Hardy is national speaker and a coach on relationships and empowerment!
Her area of expertise is romance. She offers fun, educational and entertaining topics that empower. Naomi provides insight to the dynamics of relationships and your power to affect those relationships whether business or personal. She inspires you and leaves you ready to move forward with at least one action item. From her talks, you will understand and want to own your power to create and have the joy you want in your professional and/or romantic relationships.
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A dream is just a dream. If there is ACTION then it becomes reality. You need to move to have your dream - that's what matters.
The more clearer and vivid is the vision that we have for ourselves and our future - then the more we can go forward.
You have to put your resources into a business. Sometimes we have to re-prioritize so the business has a chance. We can then appreciate more what we are working on.
It doesn't matter your field or your purpose. What's important is that you own it and know that there is a target audience for whatever you have to offer. Stop making your audience wait.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is admitting who you were and where you are now; that you changed. Change is required to move forward. Owning who you are.
Pat Mussieux is an author, television personality, internationally acclaimed speaker and business coach. Her newest book, “Stop Compromising and Make All the Money You Want (A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Starting Up and Starting Over)” was released in July 2013. She has also co-written “Leadership Gurus Speak Out!” contributing her wisdom and expertise in the fields of Human Resources, Sales, Marketing and Training.
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Anything is possible. It’s not about being more special or smarter. It’s about the guts you have and the actions you take to follow you through.
You have to know what you want and say it out loud. It doesn’t matter what others think – it’s about YOU being accountable to yourself and your word.
Choose the right people to be around – those who will build you up, will support you in your mission and encourage you to stay the course even in the face of adversity. Keep in mind that some people are only meant to be in your life for a season or for a reason and not forever.
Fear is lack of information. When you start to feel the positive anxiety, write it down. Then go on a search and ask the questions, do the research. Then once you have the information – you can make an informed decision.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is staying true to your mission. You need to stay focused on the work you need to do, keep the right people around you and keep going.
Erika is a specialist in working with women who do not want to have a corporate job but yet want to make money thru their own businesses.
She helps her clients get the Confidence, Motivation, Determination, Marketing Skills and & Sales Strategies that will help them become strong, powerful entrepreneurs who can make more money, command every aspect of their lives and Thrive No Matter What.
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When you are in charge of your financial destiny, that's when you become unstoppable.
Take action in the steps you are in at that moment and that will lead you to the next step. The more you get into the business of business (e.g. talking to prospects), the more you will find your mission. So the important thing is to start. Start now with whatever you have, but just start.
Once you find what works - then you need to repeat and do it again. Do it over and over again. What happens over time is you become faster at implementing. You become brave and unstoppable.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is moving forward in spite of fears. Get to a point of total honesty with yourself. You say to yourself - I'm scared to death but I'm going to do it anyways. Courage is nothing else but fear that has said its prayers.
Meredith Eisenberg has a passion for helping solopreneurs to make a living on their own terms by teaching and sharing their passions with others.
As co-founder of the Time Traders Club, Meredith helps entrepreneurs stay in their zone of brilliance by trading skills with others.
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Stay the course. Don’t be afraid when it’s not working and then make new decisions; just stay the course and have the faith and you will end up where you are meant to be.
As your business grows and you build an infrastructure and grow your team, you have to find a way to still be a leader in your business and still remain the brand of your business.
You need to figure out what you are brilliant at and what you enjoy – that is what needs to be brought to the market place. Focus there and delegate the rest. Learn to delegate so it does not get in your way.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is when you are willing to stand at the edge of the diving board and have faith that there is a swimming pool underneath.
John Sparks (@IAmJohnSparks) is author of the exciting new book, “365 Ideas To Go From Good To Great On TWITTER!” (CreateSpace, 2015). Sparks has earned the distinction of becoming known as the “Go-To Guy For Twitter”.
“365 Ideas To Go From Good To Great On TWITTER!” was released as a paperback version on Amazon.com in mid- March 2015. The Kindle version of the book became a #1 Best-Seller in the category of Social Media Guides the first weekend it was released in July 2015.
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People reach out to people who reach out. You can have anything you want if you just help enough other people. Who do you know in your circle of influence to reach out to and where can that lead you too?
Staying the course is about having the right attitude and being persistent. Set goals that are achievable and time bound. Use the S.M.A.R.T. goal system.
You win with both online and offline strategies. You can’t just sit behind a computer, you also need to get out there and interact with others to be successful.
Twitter is not just about money, it’s about brand recognition and getting your name out. There are a whole host of opportunities that come your way with a large Twitter following.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is stepping out and just taking that leap and having that faith. Walking by faith and not by the side. Saying it’s not about me – just get out there.
Ivy Slater spent twenty years as owner and operator of a successful seven-figure printing business. But one day, Ivy found herself shopping for a new career. Everyone Ivy knew said she was the one they came to for advice, the one they wanted to come to with their ideas, the one they trusted, and the one whose brain they wanted to tap.
Slater Success Coaching was born in 2008 and Ivy has helped a multitude of women business owners globally, to achieve success on their own terms.
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If you want to get started, don't spend your time doing just the research. Get started and the answers will come to you. It will not come to you if you are standing still you have to do the action.
Don't shut down when facing fear. Get Your Brave On: It's not what we can't do, it's what we can do. It's not where your tragedy is, it's where you are blessed. We all have a choice - and it's how you respond.
What are you grounded in? What's your why? When you know what's important to you, you can go forward.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is taking the things that are scariest, looking them in the face and moving through them. There are always obstacles in business. Do they stop you or motivate you to make you show up and be the best you can be?
Cynthia Jamin is the owner and founder of TwirlyGirl – a clothing line for girls all about creativity and empowering individuality. Available in 150 stores across the US.
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When you are closed, it won’t happen. When you have an open mind to what can happen, you will win. The only part of failure is not trying something that can make you more successful. I failed is more powerful than “What if”
A big part of being an entrepreneur is not being desperate. When you force your business to grow too fast, you will kill it. You will make decisions not right for the brand. Take your time, start slow and price your items for growth.
Tell people your story. People want to connect with the person who they buy from – communique who you are. Your brand is who you are; no one can replicate it – you are unique.
What does BRAVE mean?
Brave is being authentic. Show up and let people know who you are. Share that part of your story that is not so pretty. People know when something is genuine as opposed to being sold.
The Brave Entrepreneur Podcast with Cindy Hide “Let Go and Watch the Magic Happen”. Cindy shares her advice on what you need to do when it’s just not working. Learn how to ask for help from the Universe and watch the magic happen. Find out how letting go allows the resources you need to arrive.
If the emotions are overwhelming and you're in a confused state - be still for however long it takes and the clarity moment will arrive. That is part of the journey.
If you really tried your best in every way possible and it's still not working, you need to let go. Clarity will happen.
How to take the next step in your business growth? Ask for help from the Universe and watch the magic happen. Let go and the resources will arrive. It's a process but if you stay in the journey and step forward, things that you can't even imagine will happen.
Shontaye conquered her fear and ran a half marathon. Her lesson to you - You are not alone. Whatever race you are running, there are thousands of other people out there running the same race.
"If someone else has done it, it must be doable." Thus, you can do it too. You just have to figure out the steps and create a plan to follow the steps. As a beginner runner, Shontaye figured out the steps and created a plan; she got the running schedules for beginners, got the running shoes, got the trainer. The same method can go to someone starting a business. Figure out the tools and then go do it; stop getting ready and just start.
It might appear to be impossible, but you create possible out of it.
Running a business is a marathon not a quick sprint. You stay in the game; you keep making the sales calls. Just like running a marathon, business success doesn't happen overnight. You keep at it, and then you achieve the success you want.
You have to keep showing up: doing the speaking engagements, doing the sales calls - even if you are afraid. It is the same with a marathon. You just have to keep at it, keep showing up and then you win. The on-going commitment is what matters. Plant the seeds as you don't know which one is going to pop.
What does BRAVERY mean?
Bravery is willing to be uncomfortable. If you are going to go out there, you can't be concerned with what other people are going to say. It will keep you from growing your business.
Odette helps entrepreneurs achieve their lifetime dreams through the vehicle of entrepreneurship. But it hasn’t always been easy. In her first year as a business coach, Odette lost her love relationship, both her parents passed away and she woke up one morning paralyzed in her arms. She couldn’t move them properly for more than a year.
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What do you want? If you don’t know how to answer, start with what do you NOT want and go from there – it will motivate you to go in the opposite direction until you get your answer.
Everything we have in this world today is because someone took a chance. We need to keep moving until we succeed. Get clear on what you need and stay on course.
The more we are willing to be the student – then the more we can teach in a much more powerful way. You need to have mentorship and support when having a business.
People have this idea, you just conquer fear and on the other side is heaven. But when you conquer your fear there is another level of fear. You are constantly conquering your fears – which are good as that’s the only way you grow. You don’t get over your fear as if you did you would stop trying.
You need to clean the emotional past closet. Clean the clutter, dig deep and face the past junk. Move past the feelings as opposed to moving around them. People don’t want to feel fear and they do everything to avoid it. Instead we need to go through it and get it out of our system.
What does BRAVERY mean?
Bravery is when you know what you want and you are willing to sacrifice whatever you need to sacrifice to get it and are willing to step into it.
Sir John Hargrave is the CEO of Media Shower (www.mediashower.com), the world’s premiere content marketing company. His new book “Mind Hacking,” about how to reprogram your mind and change your life, is available from Simon and Schuster’s Gallery Books in January 2016 or at www.mindhacki.ng.
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Your brain is like a computer and it can be programmed to get more entrepreneurial success.
A mind can be reprogrammed. Your mind has code loops in the thoughts you tell yourself and your mind is the operating system of your life. Your success is dependent on what you tell yourself. Mind Hacking is being aware of the thoughts that are negative and reprogramming the negative with positive loops that will lead you to build a successful business.
There are all kinds of hacks (tips and tricks) we can use to turn our mind from being our worst enemy into our best friend. Mind Hacking is a user manual for the mind.
What does BRAVERY mean?
Bravery is not the absence of fear. Brave is the ability to move out in spite of fear. You have moments in business that are terror, but you know you need to do it; you build the courage muscle.
Nancy Rae’s early life was scattered with grooming events. As a result of her tenacity and introspection these experiences shaped her into a powerful force for good. Nancy Rae is an expert in re-framing tragic life experiences into magnificent gifts for transformation.
Show Highlights – Nancy’s advice to you
Lack of confidence and not fear is what holds us back.
If everybody agrees with what you are doing, you must be doing something wrong. You cannot please everybody and you have to be unique. You have to show up, stand up and go above the need to be liked.
It’s not that more successful people are braver than everyone else; it’s that they are braver more than everyone else for 8 seconds more in a day. The 2 seconds to dial the phone, the 2 seconds to step onto the platform. That’s the bravery you need.
Bravery is full accountability and ownership. Take a look inside you and ask yourself what part did I play?
Gene Hammett helps business owners define their market, lead their market and own their market. On his podcast, Leaders in the Trenches, he has interviewed hundreds of leaders and NY Times best-selling authors. Gene is honored to have shared the platform with legend, Jack Canfield and been featured in Forbes, NBC, and Huffington Post. Gene is also a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com.
Show Highlights – Gene’s advice to you
Sandy Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of Perceptive Marketing and had received numerous awards including being named #17 in Houston’s Top Social Influencers. She is a top 25 Marketing/Public Relations Firm in Houston and the author of several books, including the Do It Yourself PR Guide and Soar 2 Success in Marketing: 58 Tips to Getting the Word out and Growing your Business. Sandy also has a chapter in the International Bestseller, Share Your Message with the World.
Show Highlights – Sandy’s advice to you
What does BRAVERY mean?
Nothing exciting happens in the comfort zone. If you are going to reach the unknown and be brave, you have to leave the comfort zone and go to a world of meeting many people, learning a lot and investing more. You move forward before you start to help all the people you are meant to help. You need to take the first step and be BRAVE.
Join my podcast with Patty Farmer. Patty Farmer is a multi-award winning Marketing and Social Media Strategist, International Speaker, Trainer, Radio Host and Best-Selling Author.
Patty has created a network of 100,000 + connections while teaching thousands of entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers and authors how to effectively build their online and offline communities, create profitable joint ventures and build a large and responsive e-mail list using a non-competitive and dynamic collaboration strategy.
Listen in for Patty's advice.
Be true to yourself. Get away from the noise and don’t just listen to what others are telling you. Sometimes you have to listen to your gut and do it your way.
Ask why you are running towards something. With fear, don’t just ask why you are running from it, but ask why you are running towards it. Examine why you are in the game and you might discover the reason for your fear.
Your coach is there to tell you to “Get It Done”. They need to call you on it. Your coach is not your counselor giving you months to figure it out – they need to call you on it now.
Know your why. You need to know your why to drive you to do those things you want to do and the things you don’t want to do. We all have a different why; no one’s why is any more or less important. However, you need to know your why to keep going.
What does BRAVERY mean?
Bravery means you want it so bad and even though you are scared – you will do it anyway.
Bryan Kiser is known as “The World’s Greatest Connector” because he is always connecting people so that they can be better, serve better or live better. It is a natural ability that he mastered while building teams over 28 years.
Bryan started off his career as a driver who grew various businesses to massive success. After the business would achieve its desired growth, he would move on to the next opportunity. Bryan discovered that he should take his method for business building and teach it to others. During this next phase of his life, Bryan built his own network of connections and got the name “The World’s Greatest Connector”.
Bryan’s coaching company “Growth Coaching Systems” has a rolodex of people he can call on. First you schedule a free call, next you come in for a whiteboard meeting and an outline of the steps you need to take is made. If Group Coaching Systems is not the right coach, they have a defined process to get you the right coach.
We are not meant to serve everybody. You need to find a coach that can draw out of you what is working well and fill in the gaps of what are the best steps to take for you to achieve the success you deserve.
Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Aime is a true survivor. Being born 3 months early was just the start of her struggles she has overcome in her lifetime. Aime is now an Empowerment Leader helping tween and teen girls believe in themselves when they think no one does. She is also a 3 time International Best Selling Author/Compiler, and Canadian Ambassador for the Freedom & Empowerment Campaign, a global campaign dealing with domestic abuse/dating violence. Where she won the International Ambassador of the Year for 2013.
For Aime, being brave means standing up for yourself, speaking your mind and being okay with whom you are and how you want to express yourself.
Aime was told by her teachers that she would not rise above being a C student. Aime's bravest moment was when she had to rise above the mental blocks and write her first book about dreams and overcoming obstacles. Her bravery led her to write a book that became a local success and gave her more book writing opportunities that included contributing to two books that became international best sellers.
Listen in to learn how Aime faces her fear. Learn the importance of asking for guidance from others and how by understanding your uniqueness you can face the fear.
Aime shares her 3 keys to bring into business and life
• Keep going inch by inch. You don't have to take massive steps; you can take steps inch by inch.
• Believe in yourself
• Let others help you. You need to ask for help and you need to let others help you.
Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode
"The Hidden Jewels to Being a Wonder Girl" version 1. Receive for FREE the intro to Aime's eBook, for tween girls, about discovering their unique gifts, and more!
Inch By Inch Empowerment: Aime works to empower tween and teen girls through their own empowerment cycle of life. Her program modules are interactive and technology driven. With experiential activities for both online and live events, tween or teen girls will experience their own empowerment.
Success in (high) Heels ~ Your 30 Day Feast to Success: Aime’s chapter is “Do You Dare More?” Aime shares about her worries of being in business, doing things for the first time, and how she stretched outside of her box.
In 2002, Minette launched a parenting magazine and it took off really fast. Minette could not get her arms around it – she was making large amounts of revenue but not profiting from it. The business was running like an expensive hobby.
Minette learned that it is imperative to look at the numbers. The more you look at the business numbers, the more you can pay yourself. It needs to be a goal.
Minette knew she was in the wrong business and living in the wrong place. Listen in as Minette shares how she found her BRAVE and decided to change direction in her professional and personal life.
For Minette, BRAVE means doing the right things. Not just courage but integrity; following the right path even when the path is hard. Minette took a leap and got rid of the what ifs. She knew it was the right thing to do and moved to California and started a new business.
Minette discovered the importance of putting a plan in place for your business, the significance of making decisions and taking actions that will shift you forward. It all starts with clarity. If you are not clear and don’t have a plan in place, nothing works. You need to have an end goal in mind. Here is where I am and here is where I want to be.
Lisa Rehurek left the corporate world to venture out on her own and start a business. Lisa did not have a business role model and was not sure what the future would be.
Lisa discovered her BRAVEST moments along the journey. She learned to maneuver through the emotions and the fear. Part of the journey is the navigation and Lisa discovered how to stay on course and come out on top.
Lisa also learned that being BRAVE means to just be who you are and you will attract the right people; the people who you want to work with will find you. You don’t need to pretend to be someone else - just be yourself. Follow your own yellow brick road.
Listen in and learn Lisa’s method to conquer the fear. Take note of the questions that Lisa developed:
1 – Where is the fear coming from? What story are you telling yourself?
2 – What is the worst that can happen?
3 – What is the best that can happen? Will you be satisfied if you don’t push through the fear?
By working through these questions, we can get a plan and take the steps forward to our SUCCESS.
Yvonne left the corporate world, was adopting a daughter and was wondering if she should go back to her full time job. Her BRAVE moment came when she decided not to go back and start her own business as a Virtual Assistant.
In the initial phase of launching her business, Yvonne stayed BRAVE and held onto the positive things, the end results. Sometimes you have to change the navigation and learn from your mistakes. Focus on the positive and the vision – to get through every fearful situation.
Yvonne was always the YES person; a true Yesaholic in her personal and professional life. Being a Yesaholic made her a workaholic.
Yvonne decided you cannot do everything and one of the BRAVEST things she did was hire a Virtual Assistant. Yvonne learned you can now be a Yesaholic instead of a workaholic.
Yvonne is a Virtual Assistant Matchmaker – make sure to listen in to hear about her valuable service to entrepreneurs.
Most small business entrepreneurs don’t know how to delegate tasks and monitor them. We don’t know how to do a thorough search to hire the right VA. What does this person really need to look like – there are more than just skills to look for. Yvonne created a model for finding the right VA based on the nitty gritty of what you need as a business owner. What you think should be delegated to a Virtual Assistant and what really should be are often two completely different things. As the Virtual Assistant Matchmaker, Yvonne helps you decipher the difference and find ways to get the biggest return on your Virtual Assistant investment.
To start with a new VA, you would only need to hire one for 5 hours a month. If you feel it is too much of an expensive, consider the following:
If you could just get an extra hour of week, what would that do for your business? Perhaps close a new deal? What are you going to do with the time to get the return? If you get a VA – it will let you focus on a money generating activity; imagine what will happen to your business. What would be the ROI?
Make sure to go to Yvonne’s website at http://YvonneWeld.com and get her FREE report “How a Virtual Assistant Can Make You More Money”. Get ready to set up your support team and build a thriving business!
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