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LAST CHANCE For This Pricing + A Success Story

by D'Arcy Benincosa

Being a Business Coach has been one of the greatest callings in my life. It is something that comes naturally to me, seeing the space in people’s mindsets and businesses that can be altered so that things start working.

In celebration of my first year coaching ambitious entrepreneurs, I am raising my prices! I invite all of you to celebrate with me!  As each of us increases our skill set, our knowledge, and our value, our prices deserve to reflect that increase. But, I am giving you one last chance to hop on the coaching train this month at my current rates. On March 1st, my 3-month coaching package will be raised from $3,500 to $3,900. February is the last time to book my three month coaching program at the current rate.

Not sure if private coaching is for you? I’d love to share the story of one of my recent clients and her very amazing results. She is someone who truly implemented the mindset practices it takes to allow more money into your life and the marketing practices it takes to bring more money into your life.

Her story, in a sense, was my story many years ago when I invested in my first business coach. It’s the story of people who get seriously committed to working smarter and not harder on their businesses. It’s the story of creating the business you want to create, not the one you think you should be creating. It’s the story of aligning your life’s purpose with your business and watching the magic happen.

I scheduled a discovery call with D’Arcy because I knew I really needed to step up my portfolio and I hoped to woo her into working with me on a styled shoot if I scheduled a phone call with her (haha). But from the time I scheduled the discovery call until when it happened, my life sort of fell out from beneath me. My husband, pushed to the edge of a nervous breakdown, quit the job we had moved across the country for. He had been our breadwinner, and I had tried to grow my business for some extra money to contribute to the lifestyle we wanted. But I was literally making no money. No clients, no inquiries, nothing. I told myself that businesses take time to grow and I would keep plugging along. I had spent almost $5000 in supplies and online courses and listened to the courses’ content again and again, trying to apply it to my business. But I was still make nothing. I told D’Arcy everything about our family’s situation and she was so kind and understanding. I was so embarrassed to tell her that I dreamed of being able to support my family. It seemed like such a crazy and embarrassing idea, especially when I heard people refer to my business as my “little wedding business.” She told me confidently and without question that she could support and help me get me to the place I wanted to be. I sent her links to a few of the editorials I had spent so many hours and money putting together that no blogs wanted, and I was so frustrated and unable to figure out why. She told me easily and quickly with her discerning eye, the elements of my shoots that were keeping blogs from wanting my work.


After my discovery call and after my husband quit his job, telling me in tears that he couldn’t be in that field anymore, we decided to invest in me. I had literally no idea if or how D’Arcy could change things, but I could tell that we were kindred spirits. I trusted her, and I knew that even though I had learned a lot from courses I bought, I needed someone who
know the industry and could tell me what I couldn’t see. There was a reason no one was hiring me, and I couldn’t figure out why. There was nothing I wanted more than to make this work for my family.

I met with D’Arcy for our intensive and she gave me a big hug, probably unaware that I had never felt less stable in my life, never felt more worried about our family’s well-being or if we would be able to afford our basic needs. She sat me down, and I told her feebly about how I wasn’t making anything, that I thought I had a great idea of a service to sell, had tried to sell it, and not a single person was interested. I could tell people didn’t know how to hire me and no one was in love with my work. It didn’t make sense to them what I was trying to do.

She completely revolutionized what I thought my role would be in the industry. She told me how I could establish myself as an authority, have something to offer creatives in the wedding industry, and start making money right away. Thinking back on it now, I can’t believe I spent so much money on all of these courses and no one had told me what she told me! With her fresh perspective and the questions she asked, my wheels were spinning. By the next day, I knew what I wanted to offer. Over the next month and a half, I worked on building an online shop and in the process, building my brand. D’Arcy helped me curate my Instagram feed to make it cohesive, beautiful, and draw potential clients in. With D’Arcy helping me understand where to focus my time and energy, I was able to find the heart of my brand, something that felt meaningful to me and would connect with my audience. A huge step was when I brought together a couple of my dream vendors for a branding shoot that D’Arcy shot. Her images have been absolutely perfect for my brand and have transformed my websites into my dream websites and drawn a lot of clients to me.

She helped me plan my year so that when coaching ended, I would feel confident about how to move forward in making a profit. She encouraged me to try out different strategies in marketing and to connect with my audience. By trying out everything she invited me to do, little by little, I realized I had an audience that loved my brand, wanted to buy from me, and wanted to learn from me too. She not only helped me understand essential business strategies, she also helped me understand how important it is to have the right mindset and emotional outlook. A few weeks into coaching, I remember lying awake, staring at my ceiling thinking, “I am crazy. How could I think I could do this? Could this really be my future?” I also knew all of my friends and family thought the same. I mean, we had decided to go on our trip to Europe even though we hardly had any money, which proved to be transformational for my brand. My coaching calls with D’Arcy were literally what gave me hope each week.

I just had my last coaching call with D’Arcy (at least for now) a few days ago and we were talking about business strategies for the future, how to approach business collaborations with some of my heroes of the industry, and how to move beyond trading my time for money and making passive income. It was so incredibly different from our first meeting. I honestly can’t believe how my life has changed. I am still learning about how to grow my business and have a lot to learn, but I just launched my shop yesterday and closed on $4000. I made more in a couple of weeks than I made all of last year. But the best thing is that I feel like I can do that again and again. D’Arcy helped me learn the skills and mindset necessary to support my family, love what I do, and make a contribution to an industry I love.

I would definitely recommend D’Arcy to anyone who feels stuck or confused about how to make money or attract the clients they wish to. I actually have already recommended her and talked with several of my friends, urging them to hire her now. I can’t recommend her highly enough. She changed my whole family’s life, and because of her mentorship, we’ve already made back in revenue what we spent on coaching. “

~Emma Natter

Want to see if private coaching could be just the thing to help you reach your goals in 2017? Book a Discovery Call today.

 

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free training

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Play

It Brave

podcast

A few of my favorite business tools:

CREATIVE LAW SHOP

Contracts, Privacy Policies, and more. Use code DARCYB10 for 10% off!

goodlight presets

Struggle to match your digital to your film? You've met your match. Use code PLAYITBRAVE to get $50 off!

pic-time

Say au revoir to lazy galleries! Use code DARCY to get your first month free.

tonic site shop

Crappy website? Say no more. Get 20% off a template with code PLAYITBRAVE. You're welcome.

Have no time to submit to publications?

Don’t let your images gather dust on a hard drive – GET THEM SEEN (and gain street cred too).

free guide

Learn my simple tweaks you can make that will have you attracting your dream clients with the portfolio you have TODAY.

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