From Saving Animals to Saving Businesses with Shawna Robles

Beginning her journey networking on social media for various animal rescue sanctuaries, fellow Freed member Shawna joins me in this episode to share her Freed story, sharing how she got into virtual assistant business six or seven years ago which was when she realized that that was where her true calling was because it was what she most enjoyed. She has since been working as a virtual assistant, enjoying her time helping companies grow.

The Freed Fellowship, seeking to foster a community of entrepreneurs to make the road a little less lonely, is always encouraging our guests to talk about how they curb that entrepreneurial loneliness, and Shawna shares her own secret – that she avoids loneliness via networking on social media! She always has clients to assist and shares with me that, even though the type of client whom she helps varies depending on the situation, her idea of a dream client is someone who already has a vision of what they want done, since formulating and executing the vision herself is oftentimes part of what she has to do. Stressing the importance of knowing your skills and building a network so that you can “have your little elevator pitch ready,” ambition is clearly something that is important to Shawna, and she offers helpful advice about what you should do if you wish to walk the journey toward becoming a virtual assistant like her!

I hope that you'll continue to join me on the Freed Stories podcast as guests share their stories of entrepreneurship – their successes, their failures, their goals, their hopes, and so on! Be sure to hit that subscribe button so that you never miss an episode!

 

Time Stamps

[0:05] – Jackie welcomes us to the podcast and explains what the premise of the podcast is.

[0:55] – Jackie welcomes Shawna, another Freed team member, to the podcast.

[1:16] – Shawna narrates her story, telling us how she got started and how she ended up an entrepreneur.

[2:21] – Shawna explains that her ADHD growing up led to her repeatedly changing her mind about what career path she wanted to follow.

[3:06] – We receive two tidbits of advice from Shawna if we want to become virtual assistants like her, to know our strengths and to be sure to network.

[4:16] – Shawna describes her dream client.

[5:15] – Shawna clarifies how she curbs entrepreneurial loneliness via social networking.

[6:11] – We learn what Shawna's daily schedule usually looks like.

[7:11] – Shawna discusses the importance of a virtual assistant taking breaks to eat and not overworking.

[8:05] – Shawna recommends Score to us – a website where you can communicate with other mentors.

[9:07] – Shawna reflects on what she would tell herself five years ago if she could as well as what she hopes for in the future, such as how she's hoping to form a collaborative agency.

[10:25] – Shawna credits herself as being adaptable, as she is easily able to adjust what she does for her clients' needs.

 

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