For 10 years, I’ve been a small business owner and for about half that time, I’ve exclusively worked from home. Since the world is in a state where we might physically be able to be together for a while, I wanted to share some of the best tools I’ve used for communicating 100% virtually with […]
About Rachel C Vane
Assign BuddyPress Member Type with Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On
I recently had a client with a small annual-fee based member site running on BuddyPress want to add 2 more member tiers, with different annual fees. Tier 1: Professionals, to show in public directory Tier 2: Affiliates, not to show in public directory Tier 3: Students, not to show in public directory The site’s existing system: BuddyPress […]
On Being Visible (i.e., not blending in)
I have recently started to feel more “seen”. Like people are meeting me, either online or in person and saying – “Hey, I think I like you. Let’s connect.” Or “I see you have a need and maybe I can help.” As first I thought it was just a coincidence. But in about a month all of these […]
Promote, promote, promote… and remember the key is the follow up.
I know you… You’re scared of inundating people. You don’t want to be annoying. You think people already get too many emails. You don’t want to feel “salesy”. If you don’t have these thoughts, you probably have no problem sending out 100 tweets, 20 Facebook posts and 5 emails to your list per day. And this post […]
Underestimating Everything & Giving up on "The End"
When people have asked me how I’ve been doing recently, I’ve been responding with this little analogy: I feel I’m running a marathon and I’m so burnt out that I’m crawling to the finish line. And I feel like the finish line should be soon, but it’s really 13 miles out… ’cause I’m only at the […]
Big change, Small change and Chicken Little
This running a business stuff can be a little much sometimes, right!? I swear, just when I think I have one thing nailed down something goes and changes. With change comes frequent identity crises, self-doubt and fear, it’s kinda like feeling like chicken little a lot of time. If we mistake acorns for the sky, we start to […]
Some of my latest clients & what they're are up to in their businesses
I have been SO fortunate in the past year to work with some of the most amazing clients, doing such inspiring work. Today I thank them from the bottom of my heart for trusting me with their businesses. I also want honor them and all the hard work they do to help people. Kate Beeders, Mindset, […]
Your WordPress website's security is really, really, really important.
I love WordPress. It gives small entrepreneurs the power to create and manage their own websites and blogs and that is incredible. Remember back in the day when you had to have a WebMaster? It was a while ago, so maybe you don’t remember. It’s pretty unheard of for small businesses to have one anymore. While […]
Leaving behind a constant state of rush.
The other day I was driving on the freeway. There was a car behind me that clearly wanted to go faster than me… she was all up on my bumper. I got anxious. Then angry. When some cars in front of me got out of my way, I sped up as fast as I could […]
You create the business you want.
Last week I was sick. And I mean really – can’t get out of bed, feeling utterly miserable, pounding head, overflowing stack of tissues – sick. I finally returned to work on Friday, because I couldn’t stand being away any longer. Taking that forced step back, I saw a bigger picture. I need my work. Like, really […]