The IttyBiz Challenge...
Once upon a time, a year or so ago, I was surfing a Virtual Assistant forum where someone had posted a comment about this really cool blog that indeed, I must check out and follow.
So...I did.
OH NO SHE DIDN'T!
Holy Crap! I felt like I'd been sucked into another world. Here I am trying to be all prim and proper, speak "professionally" and God forbid - be myself.
Then, I was smacked in the face with a load of bricks...or so it felt
This wasn't just any blog. This was a blog written by a woman by the name of Naomi Dunford.
Naomi said the "f" word in her blog.
She didn't just say the "f" word.
She totally flat out said: "Fuck". YIKES!
But Wait....
She is successful. She has a readership. She is fucking smart-as-a-whip!
Off Comes the Professor Suit
I realized so many fundamental things all at once just by reading a few of her blogs. Not only did I learn valuable insight on how to run a successful Ittybiz, but I also discovered that it's totally okay to be yourself. Peel back the "Professors Suit" and not be so stuffy. I'm learning to find my voice while being true to myself and my business.
OK. Zip it. I could probably go on-and-on-and-on about how smashingly great Naomi is but instead, I challenge you to discover why... Read her shit and Get inside her brain.
So...What Do {You} Do? The questions and my {answers} to Naomi's challenge
1. What's your game? What do you do?
My spiffy title is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant. Even better, a Real Estate Professional Assistant (REPA). Uh huh. I got that one through the National Association of Realtors®. I help Realtors® generate sales and build a strong rapport with their clients by performing administrative and creative services. Thus, giving them the freedom to spread their wings and rock their business. Leaving others eatin' their dust. From A-Z, I do it. Except buy and sell the houses. Then, I'd be a Realtor® myself and well, that would just defeat my purpose.
2. Why do you do it? Do you love it, or do you just have one of those creepy knacks?
My answer is both. I love doing what I do. I found my hidden passion buried deep inside in 2007 when I first started working in the real estate industry. Then I soon discovered that I knew stuff that I wasn't really sure how I knew it. I researched information, self taught myself a few things a time or two and before long...I just got it. Sometimes, I amaze myself because I'm not really sure how or why I know. I just do and I love that.
3. Who are your customers? What kind of people would need or want what you offer.
Realtors® ~ Real Estate Sales Representatives. More specifically, I target those who have a passion for the industry as I do. Those people that truly love doing what they do and aren't in it for the money. Good. Honest. Solid. Realtors®. Someone that wants to kick their business up a notch but aren't sure how - or rather - don't have the time to do so. Someone that wants serious curb appeal to catapult themselves out of the realm of thinking of their everyday competitor.
4. What's your marketing USP? Why should I buy from you instead of the other losers?
I'm honest and straightforward. My passion is intense therefore; I always go the extra mile to ensure my clients are satisfied. Wait...elated with my services. I want them to succeed because it makes me feel damn good. My clients are like my children. I proudly sit back in awe as I watch each of them take what I have given them and run with it. Watching them grow into smashingly great business owners is killer. When you work with me, you get me. Heart and soul. Period.
5. What's next for you? What's the big plan?
I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my smashingly great ability to capture listing photography. I'm so super pumped to add yet another item to my repertoire of services. Who knew I had another hidden talent? I have some more hidden gems tucked away that cannot be revealed as of yet. But, if you'd like to be kept in the loop ~ you better follow along and subscribe to my RSS feed ( enter your email addy on the top right hand side of of my blog over at www.haltonrealestateassistant.com)
So, In a nutshell, this is what I do.
What do you do?
Dare to take the challenge?
Go on...I know you wanna.
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