Ask Others, Trust Yourself by Elisa Balabram

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What’s Most Important: To Take Action or To Focus on Energy Work?

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On April 18, 2013

In Trust Yourself

EnergyRecently, during a coaching session I recommended that my client approached her sales or lack thereof through two different ways. The first one was the practical one, the action steps, the marketing strategies, the social media posts, the reaching out, the PR, etc. I gave her tangible steps to take to move forward and to get her work in front of those who would be interested in buying it.

The second way was to be in the energy of creating those opportunities for herself. I mentioned the importance of seeing the exchange of her work for the money, feeling and seeing the possibilities of her work making a difference and improving people’s lives, and she receiving the money in return with ease.

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Protected: Facing Your Fears Call Recording

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On April 15, 2013

In Trust Yourself

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How often do you follow your own advice?

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On April 12, 2013

In Trust Yourself

I’m part of a group of women that meets every three weeks. We are there to support each other if we need help with relationships, business, career, health or whatever is going on in our lives that we need to share and get support.

I have fun noticing how sometimes we repeat to another person, the same advice she gave us just a few weeks earlier. How easy it is to be caught up in the pressure, the fear, and/or the emotions of what we are going through, that we forget to take a step back, see all the options available and tap into our inner wisdom.

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Email List Best Practices – What not to do when building your list of subscribers!

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On April 9, 2013

In Business

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I’ve been hearing about the importance of building one’s email list for at least fifteen years. I did build a list while running WomenandBiz.com, but I didn’t put much effort into it. I didn’t offer anything for free, except for great content and a subscription to an email that had a summary of articles and links, when a new issue of the site was posted. On occasion I sent an email about an event I was hosting, that I thought was relevant to my subscribers, and when I launched my book, I sent an email to let them know about it, it was a big accomplishment after all.

Here are the annoying things I’ve experienced throughout all these years, which makes me resist building a list again, or sending emails all together. And PLEASE, if you have the habit of doing any of these things, stop, and see if they are truly helping your business:

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Valuing your Work and Setting Prices by Elisa Balabram

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On April 9, 2013

In Business

I wanted to share here, the links to two articles I wrote for SavvyLadies.org:

If you have any questions about them, you can post them here.

From the Savvy Ladies website: "Savvy Ladies teaches women about personal finances in an authentic way that encourages them to take control of their financial future. With Savvy Ladies’ education, women learn how to make proactive choices about their finances, identify their life goals, and move toward a more rich and rewarding life. Savvy Ladies provides seminars, webinars, workshops, and hotlines that encourage networking amongst women, and create a secure forum for women to ask financially-related questions. Savvy Ladies is not associated with another organization and provides unbiased education about personal finances." To learn more, visit SavvyLadies.org

Webinar on Facing Your Fears with Self-love

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On April 4, 2013

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The article that has caused the most impact since I started blogging again on AskOthersTrustYourself.com is Expanding Your Comfort Zone, about my trip to Peru and my own journey facing my fear of heights.  In fact, I’m still getting comments and emails about it, over 3 months later. The feedback I’ve been receiving inspired me to create a few webinars on the article’s topic. The first webinar is on Facing Your Fears.

This workshop is for you if:

  • You, in some ways, feel like you are hiding;
  • You know what you want to accomplish but something is holding you back;
  • You are not sure exactly why things haven’t happened the way you would have liked;
  • You know that you are afraid, but you feel too frightened to take action or even to speak about how you feel;

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Birthdays – Making a Difference in Someone Else's Life

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On March 27, 2013

In Self-Love

FlowersOver the years I met people who celebrate their birthdays in different ways. From one extreme of celebrating it for the whole month, to others preferring to hide, travel, disappear. I find myself in the middle. I enjoy the anticipation of the day, and sometimes I choose to spend it by myself and sometimes I celebrate it with others. I do enjoy taking in the love, through emails, phone calls, hugs, gifts, greeting cards and love messages. For a few years now, I add on my gratitude journal, how thankful I am for all those who remembered this special day.

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Making Decisions with the Highest Good of All at Heart

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On March 18, 2013

In Self-Love

 Sunrise, photo by Elisa Balabram

When coaching someone on a meditation exercise, to help her decide what to do and what actions to take that would impact her business in a big way, I encouraged her to focus on choosing a solution that would serve the highest good of all involved. She questioned my advice, which at first was surprising, but I quickly thought about it and knew what she meant. Why would she even consider the highest good of someone else who could potentially hurt her business? Or what if the highest good for others meant that she didn’t get what she wanted?

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Guest Bloggers: What you need to include in your blog’s guidelines for guest bloggers

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On March 14, 2013

In Business

In just the last few weeks, several women asked me how I managed guest bloggers on my other website WomenandBiz.com, and I’ve been recommending them to write guidelines. In case you are thinking of attracting volunteer guest bloggers to increase traffic and enhance your site’s content, here are a few items to think about and include in your guideline:

1-      About the blog and the categories that are available to guest bloggers

2-      Your blog’s target audience

3-      Typical guest bloggers and areas of expertise needed

4-      Topics/subjects that are most relevant to the readers

5-      How to submit articles (contact information, file format accepted, email subject line)

6-      The format to submit article, photo, bio or byline, contact information and site link(s) to be included with the article

7-      Minimum and maximum number of words allowed per blog

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International Women’s Day – Celebrate even if it’s just for 5 minutes

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On March 8, 2013

In Trust Yourself

International Woman's DayMarch is Women’s History Month in the USA, and March 8th is the International Women’s Day. In Brazil the day is celebrated with women getting flowers, chocolate, messages and being appreciated.

Here are a few recommendations to celebrate your day:

Nurture Yourself. I could give you a laundry list of things you could do to nurture yourself, but ultimately you know best. Ask yourself how can I best nurture myself today? And then set some time aside to do it, even if it’s just for 5 minutes.

Take inventory of where you are in your life. This could be a journaling exercise. After completing the inventory, ask yourself if you would like to make any changes. If the answer is yes, choose one step you can take today to pursue it, even if it’s just for 5 minutes.

Get together with a friend. I know, some of us are facing a blizzard, and it might be difficult to get together. How about scheduling to Skype with a friend instead of meeting face-to-face. You can be there for each other and send each other virtual hugs.

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