Colleen ODea

Colleen ODea Coaching/Mentoring, Done For You Sales & Marketing For Dog Trainers & Dog Industry Professionals
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04/11/2024

The most important thing to do if your starting up a business - IMO

The Dangers of Operating a Small Business Without Knowing Your True Purpose."Running a small business without knowing yo...
06/10/2024

The Dangers of Operating a Small Business Without Knowing Your True Purpose.

"Running a small business without knowing your true purpose is like sailing a ship without a compass."

Without a clear purpose, it’s easy to get lost. The day-to-day challenges of running a business are overwhelming, and without a guiding reason behind why you're doing it, burnout is inevitable.

Your purpose is what grounds you when the workload gets heavy and what motivates you when you’re ready to quit. It’s the deeper ‘why’ that makes every challenge worth facing. But when that ‘why’ isn’t clear, you’re more likely to:

Feel unmotivated during tough times.

Struggle with decision-making and long-term planning.

Become disconnected from what matters most to you, leading to burnout.
Create offers or services that don’t align with your true values, leading to unsatisfying work.

The truth is, without purpose, it’s just too easy for your business to drift. You work endless hours, you lose track of why you started, and you end up feeling stuck. But when your purpose is front and center, you have a light that keeps guiding you forward—even through the darkest storms.

Ask yourself: Why are you really doing this? What lights a fire in you? That’s where your purpose lies, and that’s what will help you succeed not only in business but in life.

As a business do you love or hate Facebook ?Comment below.
26/09/2024

As a business do you love or hate Facebook ?

Comment below.

One thing I’ve always aimed to do in business is the opposite of what everyone else is doing. When you see people talkin...
24/09/2024

One thing I’ve always aimed to do in business is the opposite of what everyone else is doing. When you see people talking about the latest trends, running a program that everyone assumes is the next big thing—because it looks good and seems to work—try doing the opposite. You might be surprised by the results.

24/09/2024

What’s the one thing you wish you where more consistent about in business?

Is Your Pace Sustainable for the Next 10 Years?I've been reflecting deeply on the pace at which we choose to work. And I...
03/09/2024

Is Your Pace Sustainable for the Next 10 Years?

I've been reflecting deeply on the pace at which we choose to work. And I use the word 'choose' intentionally. Yes, it often feels like we're forced to maintain a certain speed to earn a living, but to what end?

If we consider where we've come from, where we are now, and where we might be in another decade—what will that pace look like? Is what we're doing today truly sustainable for the long haul?

It's time to ask ourselves: How do we maintain a sustainable lifestyle and business into the next 10 years? Let's start the conversation. 🌱

Have your tried using AI to create your own social media backgrounds yet?  With a few simple directives you can add some...
13/08/2024

Have your tried using AI to create your own social media backgrounds yet?

With a few simple directives you can add something quiet unique to your socials, emails, text blasts, whatever.

Check these out!

07/08/2024

What foot print will you leave on this earth with the work you do?

06/08/2024

Wednesday is Wellness Day!

Taking time for ourselves can be challenging when running your own business.

It can start simply by consistently taking 5 mins to do something that is solely for you.

Meditation, music, herbal tea, reflection, writing in your journal.

Be consistently consistent - take 5 on Wednesday Wellness Day.

Tacticle Tuesday!What is meant by 'tactical or tactics'?Tactics focus on the 'how' where as Strategy focuses on the 'why...
05/08/2024

Tacticle Tuesday!

What is meant by 'tactical or tactics'?

Tactics focus on the 'how' where as Strategy focuses on the 'why', but which comes first? Strategy!

So what's your why? A clear definition will allow you to plan the tractical or incremental steps to reach your why.

Consider taking 5 mins on a Tuesday (Tactical Tuesday or any day really) but ask yourself what are you going to do this week in the name of 'tactic'.

One small step every week will get you to your why quicker.

Start the week by creating something that inspires you!Set a goalPlay a desirable tempo of musicMediate with a ‘creative...
04/08/2024

Start the week by creating something that inspires you!

Set a goal
Play a desirable tempo of music
Mediate with a ‘creative theme’
Buy your favourite flowers
Diffuse your favourite blend of essential oil

There are many things that you can do and you can also choose how your week begins!

I choose motivation through music in particular 'stuck' by Thirty Seconds to Mars.

What's your go to?

30/07/2024

It’s almost August where has the year gone???

19/07/2024

Dog trainer first
or Business owner ?

Knock Knock, Who's there?  Opportunity! and it's your’s for the taking.Growing a dog training business is hard – but for...
18/07/2024

Knock Knock, Who's there? Opportunity! and it's your’s for the taking.

Growing a dog training business is hard – but for so many dog trainers we fall into being a business owner and running our own thing. We don’t necessarily plan on being in the dog business – but we grab the opportunity in front of us and run with it because we’re good at what we do.

But being good at your job also comes with its challenges.
It can be hard to find time to grow the business as well as training all the dogs.

It’s really common to hit a ceiling where you still want to grow the business but you literally don't have time. You want to be able to do more marketing and sales work to grow your business - but time and energy is a problem.

It’s tricky because on the one hand you want to make the most of the opportunities in front of you, but at the same time there’s only so much time and energy in the day and ultimately the dogs come first.

This is something I've been working with my coaching clients for years.

We’d help them to raise their prices ethically and reclaim their time and be able to afford to pay staff, grow the business and train more dogs. That way, they could get off the hamster wheel and not have to do everything themselves.

We’d help trainers go from charging $250 for 8-12 weeks of dog training to $1200 or $2500. Now of course that all depends on the skillset of the trainer, but that’s not a typo.

But there was also a large number of people who didn’t think this was possible.

They were too busy to make the sales calls, or too busy to learn how to generate the leads to sell this type of client.

They’d say “That’s easy for you to charge the higher prices Colleen – you're COLLEEN!”

And in a way they are right – it's much easier to sell a higher level product when you’ve done it for years and years.

So I’m putting my money where my mouth is.

I’m running a trial of a new program where my team and I will generate the leads and make the sales FOR YOU. All you have to do is run the classes and train the dogs.

Now make no mistake, this is incredibly intensive on my time and energy. So this type of engagement is normally incredibly expensive and cost prohibitive for most small businesses.

So to help you out, we’re going to do this for you based on performance.
In other words you only pay based on the sales we actually make.

Now this isn’t for just anyone.

You need to have an established business and be an excellent dog trainer already.

You need to be able to train more dogs than you do currently - or have a deep desire to hire a trainer and grow your operation to handle the extra clients.

We will literally phone your prospects and close the sales for you.

Interested?

Fill out the form on the link below and we’ll arrange a time to chat:

https://form.jotform.com/241970849509065

Woofs for now
Colleen

PS: I know everyone says during school holidays it’s quiet and nobody is interested in puppy school.

For my clients on this trial program, I personally sold 9 places into puppy school, worth $8100. And that was just last week.

How would your business look if we did that for you over the course of a few months?

Reach out on the link above if you’d like to chat.

Please click the link to complete this form.

17/07/2024

Do you find talking and selling to potential clients difficult?

Perhaps you fear them saying 'No' when you pitch your service?

And if they say no, are you simply ending the conversation and letting them go without handling the objection?

A 'No' is an objection that means you've missed the mark on conveying the service correctly to your prospect.

All of these things mean you are letting a potential 'yes', simply walk away and go to your competitor.

What might this deficit in your business acumen be costing you?

If that numbers scary and you care enough about your business success to want to change it, give me a call to chat about how you can handle this problem.

Call me Colleen 041513677

Caring about women in small business and their financial sovereignty.

Call now to connect with business.

17/07/2024

Success isn’t where the learning occurs. True or False?

16/07/2024

What inspired you to become a dog pro and run your own business?

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