Leslie Auman

Editor and Teacher-Author

How I Converted Clients to Retainer Packages

Retainer Packages | Virtual Assistant | Service-Based Business | Are you a service-based business owner looking to uplevel? One way you can do that is by switching to monthly retainer packages. Not sure what a retainer package is? This post explains that and provides information on how a virtual assistant, for example, can transition clients to this new pricing structure. Plus, there are FREE email scripts included as a download! Click through to read this post.

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been about a year-and-a-half since I started working from home full-time, running my virtual assistant business as my main focus and source of income. That was back in September of 2016, and I spent several weeks crunching the numbers and thinking about how best to make that happen. Prior to working from home full-time, my virtual assistant business was run on simple straight hourly work, with a flat rate for all services. But, part of my plan to be able to work from home included switching from straight hourly to monthly retainer packages.

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5 Online Business Tools You Need

Online Business Tools | Solopreneur | Business Owner | Make running your business go more smoothly by utilizing a few online business tools that will make your systems easier. This blog post shares five online business tools this solopreneur uses to effectively run her business, so click through to read the full post.

I don’t think you need me to tell you that running a business is hard work. Like, really hard. It’s always hard, but I think it’s especially hard when you’re a solopreneur like me, because you have no one to fall back on, no one to swoop in when you can’t get to something, and no one to tell you you’re doing a good job. With all of that in mind, it’s important to make things easier when and where you can, which is why online business tools are so important.

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5 Mindset Shifts for 2018

Mindset Shifts | Mindset | Growth Mindset | Whether it's a new year or just a new day, it's always a good time to reflect on your mindset and any mindset shifts you can make. Read about the mindset shifts I'm making in 2018 and get a free worksheet to help you work through your own in this blog post.

I don’t think I’m in the minority when I say that 2017 was a pretty challenging year for me, both in my personal life and in my business life. During late fall/early winter in 2016, I was happily planning ahead for 2017 – with the help of Amber McCue’s Planathon event – and setting goals for the year (for my business – I’ve never been too big on New Year’s resolutions and things like that). Into the first…oh, I don’t know, at least quarter of the year, this kind of optimism about how the year would go – my first full year working from home full-time – persisted. But then, around May or June, things started to go a bit downhill.

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2 Steps I Took to Improve My Teachers Pay Teachers Store

Teachers Pay Teachers Store | Teacher-Seller | I have been a Teacher-Author, or someone who creates and sells educational resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, for four years now. However, I only recently started improving my TpT store so that it's more successful! Click through to learn what helped me achieve this new success.

Now, this is a story all about how…I started my Teachers Pay Teachers store. 😉 I began professionally teaching (as in, I had all of my degrees and a teaching license) during the 2012-2013 school year. I used TpT as a buyer during that school year, and it was, I think, at some point during 2013 that I switched from being a buyer to being a seller and started my store. I’m not sure exactly when I started my seller account, but I didn’t have any sales until the last quarter of 2013 – I know that from my data. And, as much as I wanted to make some extra income off of my store, I never really took it that seriously.

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Why You Need to Celebrate Your Successes

Celebrate Your Successes | Celebrate Success | Success | In both life and business, people tend to get so caught up in the dreams and goals ahead of them - and in whether or not they're achieving those dreams and goals - that they forget to look at where they've been and the success they've already experienced. This post is a manifesto about why you need to celebrate your successes.

I recently re-launched my online group coaching program, Teacher-Seller Virtual Assistant School, which inspired me to write this blog post. Sort of along the same vein of living in the moment, I think more people need to pause, reflect on their successes, and own the magical unicorns that they are, because we all have SO many successes that we tend to just ignore because we’re too focused on the next one we want to try to achieve.

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© Leslie Auman, LLC 2016-Present. Photography by PAW Prints by Patti Wojtowecz. All photographs taken at Picnik Austin.

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I’m Leslie, a former middle school teacher turned editor and Teacher-Author. I’m here to help female entrepreneurs improve their writing and to help teachers around the world save time on lesson planning. I’m glad you’re here!

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