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I am an interim manager turned business coach, making impact-entrepreneurs run a profitable business.

Amsterdam
Joined March 2009
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True leaders aren't just good at their jobs, they're good leaders too.
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Every road is different. And I see that. There's many choices that go along with this reality for the past 3 years: 1. Before covid I made about 100k as a freelancer working with 3-7 clients
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2. In the first quarter of 2020 I luckily made enough money to 'survive' the entire year 3. Aside from it being a horrible pandemic, covid made me realise I should make a more safe business model. I had no idea where to begin.
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Yesterday one of my clients had an important insight. She was struggling to sell her offer, because she was afraid of what people might think of it. When I asked her: who are those people? They were mostly people she wouldn't sell to anyway.
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After our call yesterday, she looked at her 1100 LinkedIn connections and she only saw 5 people she wanted to sell to. She reported back to me in Voxer saying that her direct connections on LinkedIn aren't a great match for her offer
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It's time to take up space, to step into your energy and make full use of it. That everything will be even easier from now on. Because you know it can be done differently. There is always an excuse not to go for it; “wait for a trajectory first”
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“First see what the new manager will bring” “have a conversation first” Why wait to be fully in your greatest potential? Thrive in your career, with my new 1-month group program Thriving. Includes: * From April 6th until 6th of May
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The first event I’m hosting within my own business and not for another client and I managed to organize it here 🥰. Blessed to have chosen my own path & chose for what I want instead of what I thought was expected of me.
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Sunday journal prompt: "How have you called in on the business you're currently running?" Happy writing and if you want, share below :-)
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A few weeks ago I onboarded a client who worked with another coach before and was fairly disappointed. This actually happens to me a lot.
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People come to me, because they know there's a lot possible for them, but their coach was just telling them to 'invest in fb-ads' (for instance).
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Let me explain my AAA-bundance cycle by hightlighting the first A: Attract ​One of my clients decided 2 weeks ago that she wanted to sell a shelved course she had lying around. She sold 5 in 1 week. ​ How?
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By promoting this in her newsletter, posting about it on social media & to start having the conversations with friends. And also by following my sales page workshop in my Big Business Mastermind.
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How to prepare for your workation? I think workations are one of the most fun things you can do in your business AND career. It allows you to look at your work from a different perspective. My workation turned out a little bit different than I expected...
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But I'm seeing this as an opportunity to become better at workationing. In this week's podcast I'm sharing my exact work schedule (and fun schedule) + things I would do differently the next time and what works for you. ​ Enjoy and start planning!
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Let me help you create more abundance in your work & business. Ever since I embraced the concept of abundance, I was able to open up my business to what I really wanted. ​ Most people fail because they're brought up with a 'scarcity' mindset.
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You might have heard things like, or believe things like: ​ "Do not let others steal your ideas" "If you've earned money, don't spend it" "Rich people are bad" "Don't give away too much value for free"
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It’s really easy to be original if you’re not constantly looking at everyone else. – at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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As a business owner, you have to be willing to take charge. Everyday. In multiple conversations with the same client. Did you know that in a first sales call only 10% of the no's is a real no and all the other 90% is 'not sure' or 'yes'?
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You owe it to yourself and your client to master the sales process. And to have fun with it. Last night I thought about it: you can be a great graphic designer, but it's possible you're not getting any clients because you lack the sales skill.
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Stop jouw talentvervuiling! Ja, je leest het goed, een tweet in het Nederlands dit keer. Het afgelopen jaar heb ik tientallen mensen gesproken (en geholpen) die vastzaten in hun carrière of die er in ieder geval meer uit wilden halen.
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Want zij willen hun talent en tijd niet verspillen. En ik dacht; er zijn vast mensen die niet direct weten dat ik naast ondernemers ook werknemers en directeuren graag help, dus vandaar deze post. De gratis masterclass host ik dinsdag om 18 uur.
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On your deathbed, you’re not thinking about how happy you are about the fact that your website is perfect, you are happy about the meaning you’ve put on earth. Remind yourself of this everyday and you will become much better at setting priorities. Begin with the end in mind.
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What can AI do for your solopreneur business? I wanted to take a deep dive and try out everything last week. Tomorrow I am revealing what I've learned and what you can do for your business too with ease. Join 200 people in my weekly newsletter, bureausbb.com/newsletter
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1 year of business coaching! And to celebrate, I am offering something NEW for non-entrepreneurs! What, Sarah? Why are you broadening your scope already? I feel like it's time.
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After my Talent Pollution post there were too many people asking me how I could help them and right now IT'S HERE! Join the FREE 'Nine Lives' 1-hour Online Masterclass on: Tuesday March 21st - 6PM. Let that first day of spring be the beginning of a new chapter in your life.
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An observation which I find fascinating; women in the online space are often a very tight knit group and not sharing too much with the 'outside world'. Currently I am part of a 3-year Mastermind with Dutch (mostly) female entrepreneurs.
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And a few weeks ago I was attending one of the Mastermind's events and there were 300 women and there was so much power in that room. But the sad thing is, once we would all go home, the power would be less.
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I wanted to quit my coaching business in April last year. I only helped 3 clients so far and I was expecting so much more from my first launch. I wanted to give up. Looking at the numbers back then: - 3 clients - 1 online course - 5 lead magnets - 6 weeks a coach
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- 10 podcast episodes - 10 weekly newsletters If I would have given up, I wouldn't have had this now: - 100 clients - 6 online courses - 52 weeks a coach - 58 podcast episodes - 52 weekly newsletters - 15 lead magnets (which I am bringing down to one)
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Get in trouble. If something is not right, change it. In your business, or in the world. There will always be the status quo who or which is against your ideas. But those ideas are often the most fruitful. Hasn't anybody done this before?
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Maybe it's because it's not a good idea, but maybe it's because everyone is too afraid. Get in trouble. How to do that? Oprah explains it in her podcast 'whispers' - she says: "Your life is always speaking to you, it speaks in whispers guiding you to your next right step."
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