Rita Viana

06/03/2022

Creating a digital product is testing and testing and testing.

A course is always changing, a product is always changing, and a service is always changing.
I wish I could be right the first time I created this product.

I made a community, but nobody was using it, and neither did I.

But there was something I was using and everyone here was too.

We were committed to the Silent Work Sessions!

⭐The best part of The Launch Pod is the Silent Work Sessions!⭐

It took me a while to realize that, I should have noticed that earlier. When you are too close, it's hard to see it.

So I changed the concept here.

Not a community per se, now it's an Accountability Challenge.

Because creating a course is a challenge! And we need accountability otherwise is us against all the other things we need to do.

I simplified and I think it's better.

Are you struggling to find time to create your course? Join The Launch Pod!

We can help you!
Click the link in the bio or go to:
https://ritaviana.ca/community

See you inside!

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02/12/2022

Are you tired of the long webinar culture?

How many times have you signed up for a so-called non-fluff, non-bs, only value masterclass, just to get a whole minute of one a-ha moment spread on a 60 minute "masterclass"?

These people need a dictionary.

No, I don't want to hear you talk about yourself for 20 minutes or 15 slides.
No, I don't want to learn about Jane Doe sob story and how you help her.
No, I don't read 10 slides of testimonials.

Do you know what's important?

Deliver what you promised.

A "How-to" is not a "What and Why".

Stop wasting everyone's time with a masterclass that could be an email. Or a sales page.

Do you agree?
If not, why do you do your masterclass the way you do?

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01/28/2022

This is the QUEST!

Not question.

When I was a freelancer animator, 100% of my clients came from referral because networking was my second nature. While most of animators were in their animation clusters, I was at the school socializing with everyone. And I am a shy person, but I like to talk about art, movies and games.

And for a long time I was the only animator most people knew. I used to introduce myself as "Hey, I'm Rita, I am studying animation" and that was good enough. When they need an animator for a project they would think "wait a minute, I know an animator... Rita" and they would call me. That was it, super passive, but steady.

Now I only do animation for fun. Once a year I still get some people on my inbox asking if I still do it.

To find a client, you need to tell people what you do. Yeah! That simple!

I know it can be pretty cringy sometimes. When I decided to become a Virtual Assistant, I message everyone I knew, ex-coworkers, I even told my family doctor, no shame here.

I needed clients!

The message was pretty simple, "Hi NAME, I lost my job because of the pandemic, so now I am offering services as a Virtual Assistant, here are the tasks I can do, if you need help with any of these or know anyone who might need, let's talk ". Of course this wasn't a mass message, I would message like 5 people per day.

And like magic, I got my first referral.

Meanwhile, I was being helpful on 2 Facebook Communities (that only good part of Facebook) and most of my clients came from there, and then they referred me to other people.

How do you know if they will be good clients? They trust you.

Clients who don't trust your skills are the worst. Clients who don't know what they want are the worst.

Good clients sign the contract, good clients pay on time, good client don't contest every decision you make. Good clients trust you.

And you make sure to make them love you because they will act like a referral machine without you ask.
But just to be safe, do ask.😎

06/29/2021

You have the chance to be a decent human being in your business, choose to be good!⁣
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𝟏 | Stop sending automated DM's to random people⁣
Who are telling people they will make sales by arriving at the requested tab on DM's?⁣
They all look the same "This account is looking to collab with you, follow them and tell I sent you there" or "Hi how are you" (usually men, private accounts, or new accounts - none is following you) or a block of text about their course. ⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝: What about using your own Instagram to help your own followers or even paying ads if you are so desperate to make sales.⁣
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𝟐 | Don't invite people to your podcast if your only intention is to grow your FB Group⁣
I fell for it... I felt so special, nobody has ever invited me to a podcast. I booked a call to learn more, just to have that call cancelled and then moved to a FB group. And I fell for it again... and I noticed comments on groups that looked the same of the invitation I received. ⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝: If you want to invite people to your podcast, have an application in place, with everything the person needs. ⁣
If you want to grow your FB group, be upfront about it! ⁣
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𝟑 | Don't add FB Groups to your freebie without the consent of the owner of the group. I am in 20 groups on FB and from time to time, some get an influx of people who were only looking at promoting their business without giving any value first. If you think you are helping those groups with a bunch of people that are not their target market, you are so wrong. I see groups get archived because it grew out of control. ⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝: Ask for permission! Only add them if you have permission.⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧?⁣
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06/27/2021

How to choose 3-5 hashtags to each post? Swipe or Keep reading👇

SEO means Search Engine Optimization.
Since the end of 2019 you can search keywords in the search bar, not just hashtags.
That's why we add keywords to our bio, to increase discoverability.

So many people still don't use this, if you are one of these people, time to change it!

I've been working with SEO since 2015, and usually with blogs, we choose long-tail keywords to help blog posts ranking high on Google.

But Instagram is not Google. Here is my disclaimer:
Yesterday I found out that it's best to use 3-5 hashtags instead of 30, because it can confuses the algorithms.

I noticed how hashtags are working poorly in the last 6 months,so after finding out about this is new info, I had to test it! I am taking this week to test it, and you can do it too.

With blogs, we choose the keywords by posts.

Successful blogs have niches, so you are targeting an audience that will benefit from whatever you have to say.

Think about your Instagram account as your website (if you have one, an extension, then).

And each post equals a blog post that will help your audience to understand all you do and how can you help them.

🚫So instead of choosing 10 branded hashtags, 5 big 5 medium 5 small hashtags, and 5 for the post, think about what type of content your audience wants to learn about.

🔎Which hashtags you can choose for that post that will convey the perfect message for your entire account?

So when your ideal client finds your account and interacts with it, you get points with the algorithms.

Example:
What I know about my audience:
They are 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, they are overwhelmed by everything they need to do to get more clients, they are looking for an 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 but the most important part is: they are looking for a 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 that can do all that for them

Just think like your niche. Why do they need you? How you can help them? Target the post, and find the hashtags to that post, but don't forget about your account. What is your account about?

04/14/2021

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠? ⁣
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Reels is part of my homework! YUP! Watching Reels videos are not only highly entertaining, but also how I stay on top of industry trends and changes.⁣
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✅I know Instagram has the option to save Audio as you go, but I also like to add it to my project management system. This way I can think about it outside Instagram. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦.⁣
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I save the audio, I make a task and 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭. Just when it appears while scrolling. Maximum I do is click on the audio and check if a popular audio. ⁣
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🧐You don't want to copy other people, you want to be innovative. 𝐒𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬.⁣
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🤩𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫. You can make a Reel for people to use as a Remix, or you can remix someone's else. I added some options on my Stories yesterday, and I will add it to my highlights too soon. Stay tuned. ⁣
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📩𝐁𝐭𝐰, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞! ⁣
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How do you organize your audios?⁣

04/08/2021

𝐈𝐧 𝟗𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰! That's right – I'm putting it out there for the world to see. ⁣
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⏫My Q2 word is 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, and for Growth I mean get at least 1000 followers and double my clients. ⁣
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✂️Right now I have 438 followers because I deleted almost 200 followers last week. ⁣
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😫My engagement was so low that I had to swallow my pride and just get rid of accounts that were just fluffing up and not helping to deliver my message to the people I wanted. ⁣
🤖There were so many bots too (argh)⁣
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👉And you bet that I'll check in with you in 90 days to share my update (I usually do to my list. To stay tune, sign up for my freebies + news - link in the bio). My Q3 goal is the best one, you need to stay tune. 🤩 🤩 ⁣
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❔𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝟗𝟎-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟? ⁣
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Planning a year ahead is impossible for me, but 3 months? Totally doable. ⁣
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𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟗𝟎-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬? 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐃𝐌.

03/22/2021

SWIPE ➡️Do you say "I can DIY this" to every course or service you see on the internet? Then you start, and start to tweaking everything to the point of perfection?

🔴Suddenly a task that would take 5 minutes is already on the 4-hour mark and you are asking yourself why are you watching a "how to build a cardboard dollhouse" on YouTube.

When you are super close to your problem is hard to see the size of it in the beginning.

✊Many people think that been an entrepreneur means you will hustle forever, you will save every cent and you're going to do everything by yourself to show how strong you are! But then you're tired, you constantly feel that this is not for you.

You feel drained.

If this your case, you might have a Prioritization Problem.

✅Let's say you have a task, every task is a problem at the first stages because you don't know how it will be. So you have to ask yourself

1. Can I do it by myself?
2. Is it easy for me?
3. Is it expensive? (how much is your hour? The more time it takes for you to complete this task, the more expensive it's going to be )
4. What's the result? (the end result of your task, when you tick the task off your list)
5. Is it worth it?

Next you have the priority grid, just think about where each of your tasks are in this grid.

🎯If it is Hard for you & High results: Hire a Virtual Assistant

🍹If it is Easy for you & High results: DIY or Hire a Virtual Assistant

🧘‍♀️If it is Low Results & Easy for you: DIY or Hire a Virtual Assistant

🗑But if it's Hard for you & Low results: Don't waste your time.

"Easy for you" is tricky! It's easy to sidetrack. DIY is for people who have high focus and are not perfectionists.

Usually you can do it yourself most of your tasks, but as you are only one person that means something else will be push it to the end of the list, like work with your clients, or even sleep.

And if you have a full time job, it's even harder to do it all. The side-hustle become even more challenging because you have less than 3hours a day to work on your business.

Comment below the tasks you like to delegate. And if you need a Virtual Assistant based in Canada, dm me or check my bio for my prices.

07/24/2020

Is Berry Nice gone for good?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I realized Berry Nice Studio is artistic. I am a marketing specialist. I don't want to hide behind a logo anymore. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I've been called many things in my life - Marketing person, Web Designer, Illustrator, Content Creator, Blogger... the truth is, I am a helper at heart. I have 10 years of experience in helping people solve their unique creative problems.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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You can expect this account to be a source of marketing tips, to make you think about your content and your message and how you can help your customers.

Now this account will be known as Rita Viana - Marketing done for you

09/05/2019

Family album - a photo a year, same day.

On June 17th, every year, the family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop, for a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.