Pricing Ninja Creative Incite Sessions Elevenses Quarterly Check-Ups 2015 Catch-Up Plan
Hustling ‘round the clock and still barely making it?
Maybe your pricing is the problem.
Launching a business requires vision and enthusiasm and, let’s face it, a lot of work. It’s Hustle, & plenty of it. In the early years, all that Hustle is normal. After all, you’re testing, you’re proving your concept, you’re learning your way. And after all that, the good news is that your idea is clearly working: you’re selling, you’re earning. People are picking up what you’re putting down. It’s awesome.
And yet.
Is some or all of this also true for you?
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You feel like your time is not your own.
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You spend a lot of time and energy running around, switching between clients and tasks.
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You have clients who fail the groan test – you know what I mean: you see their email or their number pop up on your phone, and you groan.
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You don’t feel as inspired and creative as you used to.
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You love this life you’re making and damn it,
- You’re tired.
You, my poor dear, are all Hustle. And too little Chill.
There’s generally a pretty simple reason why: your pricing. Most of us start out pricing on the timid side. We want to make those first few sales, we’re not yet sure of our value, we feel inexperienced compared to everyone else out there. We go out soft as we’re testing out our own voices, our own ideas.
Problem is: that timid start can cripple you down the line. It can keep you working your ass off, wowing your customers and still crying over your bank balance.
It’s time to change all that.
Enter your friendly neighborhood Pricing Ninja.
Revamping your packages and prices is the fastest way to adjust your Hustle to Chill ratio. When you price your services right, you buy yourself more time to build your business, to delegate to people you’ve hired and/or contracted, to say bye-bye to the wrong clients and work, and Hellloooo to the good stuff.
Hello to space. Hello to time. Hello to success on your own terms.
Eliminating the chronic stress of not knowing the full picture has been worth every cent of the investment we’ve made in working with Ariane. We are able to make more strategic decisions about the direction we’re headed in. This new visibility is invaluable. Every month is filled with “ah ha” moments, and the time saved has enabled me to focus on other revenue-generating projects.
—Audra Wilke, Upright Position Communications
Pricing Ninja was designed to help you take your game to the next level with the help of someone who’s been there/done that with dozens of businesses.
Pricing is hard. And scary for most of us.
Pricing brings up all kinds of issues. About self-worth. About confidence. About vulnerability and exposure and risk. But with a little help, you can kick all that in the ass and move boldly forward. Get it done faster & more efficiently by enlisting a Pricing Ninja with over 20 years experience in financial management, strategy and business development.
Ariane is a true joy to work with. Her astute guidance through the maze of my business’s financials has provided me with a much greater understanding of where my business currently stands and what it needs moving forward. She has a great attitude and sense of humor that actually makes working on this stuff surprisingly fun! I can’t recommend her highly enough.
—Michelle Fliegauf, International Yoga
Together we’ll tackle where you are right now with your pricing and devise a plan to boost your revenue by refining, aligning, streamlining your offerings. By reviewing your actual financial position and offers + using great tools from Tara Gentile’s Quiet Power Strategy arsenal, we’ll wrangle that Hustle into its place, make sure there’s some much needed Chill in your schedule.
Your pricing is the key.
Price your services right and unlock the business and life you want.
Pricing Ninja is delivered in two 90-minute sessions, with a check-in 30-minute session a month later. You’ll leave with a revamped business model, including re-designed pricing, engineered to get you where you really want to be.
Is 2016 the year you finally Hustle Less & Chill more? Let’s fix your pricing right now, so you’re doing the right work for the right people at the right price, with time to spare. What to do with that extra time? Use it for building your business into something bigger and/or lounging on the beach–your choice!
Don’t delay. Your Chill is waiting.
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90-MINUTE BRAINSTORM and PLANNING
SESSIONS for NEW BUSINESS
Have a genius idea for a new business or a new addition to your existing business? Want to talk to someone besides your family and friends about how to get it off the ground, especially if they’re sick of hearing about it or think you’re crazy for giving up your 9-to-5? ;>
Book a 90-minute Creative Incite session with me, during which I’ll hear you out and help you build it out. You’ll leave with a To Do list, a clear sense of your next 6 months and an accountability buddy (yours truly), who will stay in touch via email and help you stay on track over the next two quarters.
“I recently met with Ariane for a Creative Incite Session and I truly received major insight from her on my business venture. She is a creative, “out of the box” thinker and planner yet she has so much left brain, logical experience that the combination is quite powerful. In just 60 minutes she was able to direct my focus on what needed to be done next and ignite enthusiasm for the tasks ahead. Before I met with Ariane I had been at a bit of a loss as to what my next steps should be, now I have a clear path forward!”
—Fran Halperin, Founder, Studio 64 Marin
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6-WEEK 1-on-1 COACHING to GET YOUR
BUSINESS to ELEVEN in 2016
You’ve been in business for a while and have hit a plateau. Or you’re not sure about what to do next. One thing you do know: you’re tired. Your life is a lot of Hustle, and not enough Chill. You’re caught on the entrepreneurial treadmill, with no off-button in sight.
Let’s make a plan to make 2016 your best year yet.
Named after my word for 2016 – Eleven, naturally – Elevenses will start with an analysis of your 2015 results. We’ll pore through your numbers and your results, assess what worked great and what less-so, talk about what you loved and also about what you hated. And figure out what you’d like to do more of. From there, we’ll examine your existing business model, including your pricing, and culminate with a business plan that puts you on track to that best year yet.
Oh, and along the way, especially as we’re considering your business model and your pricing, we’ll talk a lot about your Hustle-to-Chill Ratio and how to get that puppy in balance for 2016 and beyond.
The cost of Elevenses is currently just $2,500!
This is a special introductory price available to just TWO clients, as I complete my certification in Tara Gentile’s Quiet Power Strategy coaching program. Thereafter the cost will rise to $3,500, and no wonder: small price to pay for a top-to-bottom analysis of your current business and a plan to take it where you want to go.
Want to know more specifically what we’ll do, where we’ll go, in those 6 weeks?
Session 1: We will use Tara’s Business Model Review – as well as take a look at your 2015 financial results — to get a sense of where you have been and where you are Right Now in your business. We’ll explore quantitative and qualitative results: i.e., how did 2015 feel to you? What was great? What sucked? Let’s get it all out on the table.
Session 2: We’ll dive a bit deeper into your business via the explore 5M Assessment – that is, your Models, Messaging, Marketing, Media, and Money — another powerful QPS Tool that will help us establish basic tools for building your 2016 plan.
Session 3: We’ll identify your very own Quiet Power, that secret sauce you bring to your work and which is the key to success on your terms.
Session 4: Next up is determining your Chief Initiative for the year. What’s that Big Thing you want to accomplish? How do we line up all of your resources, skills, talents, offerings, to get you there?
Session 5: To drive toward your Chief Initiative, we’ll refine your Business Model Plan for 2016, and dive into your Revenue Plan for the year.
Session 6: We will tie it up with a bow – we’ll put the finishing touches on your plan for the year, and make sure you’ve got a tracking system and interim markers of success to help you celebrate all the way to your personal Eleven.
To apply for Elevenses, click below to make a deposit of $500, balance due upon acceptance. I’ll send you out a brief questionnaire, and schedule a 15-minute meet-and-greet call with you. If we agree that this is a good fit, then the balance will be due and we’ll be underway to your best year yet. Yay, Eleven!!
Eliminating the chronic stress of not knowing the full picture has been worth every cent of the investment we’ve made in working with Ariane. In addition, we now have a very clear picture of our finances at any given moment. We are able to make more strategic decisions about the direction we’re headed in. This new visibility is invaluable. Every month is filled with “ah ha” moments, and the time saved has enabled me to focus on other revenue-generating projects.
—Audra Wilke, Upright Position Communications
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FINANCIAL and STRATEGY ACCOUNTABILITY SESSIONS IDEAL for “GRADUATES” of ELEVENSES, and OTHERS too!
Whether you’re committed to doing your own books or already have a bookkeeper on your team taking care of this for you, it is still far too easy to wind up in the weeds when you’re running your own business. There’s just so much to do, and – let’s be honest – for most people, the numbers are just no-fun. Which makes it all too easy to put off higher-level analysis and review of what your financial reports are really saying about the state and direction of your enterprise.
The same is true of your strategic plan for the year. We all start off with the very best of intentions in January and February, keeping those resolutions, all shiny & bright, but somewhere along the way, life intervenes. And you know how the story goes.
Enter Quarterly Check-ups. In April, July, October and early December, we’ll have 90-minute calls to review where you are, based on your numbers and based on your plan. Think of it as accountability support. ;> And you might find it hard to believe, but I promise you: it’ll be fun. And you’ll feel like the boss you are meant to be: on top of your numbers, on top of your plan, running things your way.
“Ariane Trelaun is a true joy to work with. Her astute guidance through the maze of my business’s financials has provided me with a much greater understanding of where my business currently stands and what it needs moving forward. She has a great attitude and sense of humor that actually makes working on this stuff surprisingly fun! I can’t recommend her highly enough.”
—Michelle Fliegauf, International Yoga
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CATCH-UP BOOKKEEPING FOR THE WHOLE YEAR
Did you promise yourself this would be the year you’d stay on top of your business financials, but then you got just too busy growing your business to be consistent with your books? Congrats! On the growth, that is…
The 2015 Catch-Up Plan is just the ticket for getting your 2015 financials reconciled and tax-ready, January through December. This package is ideal for US-based service businesses with annual sales up to $1 million. Packages include subscription to Quickbooks Online Plus and Hubdoc, monthly reconciliation of bank and credit card accounts, preparation of financial reports and review with you by phone, Uberconference or Skype, then hand-off and coordination with your tax preparer, to ensure all her/his questions are answered.