3 Ways to Balance Business And Travel
As I kick off my 10-day vacation in Maui and semi-sabbatical this month, I have a question for you?…
Why did you become a Functional Health Professional?
Was it to…
Help more people on a deeper level?
Do work you were genuinely passionate about?
Resolve your own health issues or your loved ones?
Free up your time to focus on what really matters in life?
And all while generating the income to give you the personal and financial freedom you desire?
I built a career as a virtual Functional Health Practitioner because demands and limitations of the corporate world are part of what made me feel fat, tired, and sick all the time – in addition to not fulfilling a sense of purpose in life.
The daily grind of long work hours, a high-stress work environment, and obsessively chasing the perfect body and work that wasn’t aligned with my soul’s desires dysregulated my nervous systems, contributed to hormone imbalances, digestive dysfunction, and a tapped-out immune system.
When one of my last employers fired me for showing up and leaving work early on Fridays to visit my terminally ill mother 6 hours away, I knew something had to change.
I wanted FREEDOM to…
- Take better care of myself and improve my health
- Be loved ones in good and bad times
- Travel the world and pursue my heart’s desires
That’s when I finally decided to leave the corporate world and become a full-time Functional Health Practitioner so I could help more people on a deeper level while working less, making more money, and taking better care of myself.
Now through my virtual health coaching business, I’ve helped thousands of other busy, health-minded professionals find the missing pieces to their health puzzle so they can also get back to feeling like themselves again and love their life.
And I’ve also helped thousands of other Functional Health Professionals like YOU build a business that supports their personal and financial wellness.
All while traveling the world and feeling like my best self.
Traveling is one of my primary passions. It revitalizes my soul, brings me joy and inspiration! All of which are essential for optimal health.
On average, I travel at least 9 weeks out of the year while maintaining two high-level 6-figure businesses.
You’re probably wondering how in the world I’m able to travel so much and maintain a successful business… well, get ready because I’m about to share my top 3 strategies that make this possible.
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When I finally decided to leave the corporate world, I was determined to work 20 hours a week or less. At the same time, I wanted to help as many people as possible find the missing pieces to their health puzzle so they too could get back to feeling like themselves again, the same as I did.
To support my love for travel and our household, I also needed this new career path to generate an income – not be a hobby.
It was a bumpy road at first, but I quickly learned from my mistakes and perfected these 3 strategies to maintain a 6-figure business that freed up my time to travel the world.
#1 – Boost Enrollments to Float Your Vacation
Setting quarterly and monthly revenue goals, and then outlining the exact steps to reach them ensures you’ll hit your target. When you know your revenue goals, you can determine how many enrollment calls you’ll need to have in order to hit your goal, and you can plan this around your vacation time.
For example, while I’m on sabbatical for July, in order to reach the monthly revenue goal in my health business, I started promoting a limited number of Discovery Calls to my email list in June to book as many enrollment calls as possible to hit the revenue target for both months before going offline.
The result… I scheduled plenty of Discovery Calls and enrolled enough clients to hit my goal before taking off.
This timing worked perfectly because once clients enroll, it takes 4-6 weeks for all of their lab results to come in and to schedule their first session.
My Practitioners’ Business Management System automates the entire onboarding process, giving me a 4-6 week window for travel before having to really do any work.
The income from these enrollments will float my business while I step away for some down time so I can disconnect and have fun without stressing about money. And at the exact same time, I’m changing people’s lives.
Every month, set a revenue goal and outline a client enrollment plan to hit it. Design your plan around travel and you’ll be set.
#2 – Profitable Programs & Payment Plans
Here’s why step #1 works so well and is easy for me… to reach my monthly revenue goal of $20K or more, I only needed to enroll 2-3 clients – doesn’t that sound easy?
When you value what you’re worth and strategically price your programs, it’s easier to hit your monthly revenue goals. As I always say, one-on-one packages are the fastest path to cash, and this proves to be true repeatedly. Plus, they produce the best results for your clients.
If you’re not hitting your revenue goals or feeling burnt out, I can almost guarantee you 1) aren’t valuing all of your time, 2) aren’t profitably and strategically packaging your services, or both.
With my high-impact programs, I offer a 2 or 3-month payment plan, and I love this because it creates a stream of income for the months to come! The accumulation of payment plan revenue helps me hit my monthly target.
To create financial stability with payment plans, make sure you:
- Collect enough in the first payment to cover the initial time and costs incurred
- Collect payment in full before all services are rendered to create a positive experience for you and the client
When you know your program prices and your monthly goal, you can calculate how many clients you need to enroll, and reverse engineer that to figure out exactly how many enrollment calls you need to hit your goal!
#3 – Template, Delegate & Automate
When you’ve nailed your niche and have profitable packages in place, this gives you the foundation to template, delegate and automate. Early on I realized if I wanted to help more people, work less, and make more money, then automation and delegation would be necessary. I am only one person, so eventually my time and energy would reach a limit.
Years ago, I built the Practitioners’ Business Management System for myself and started offering it to others – a custom health business system tailored to functional health practitioners and coaches just like you.
I’ve automated and delegated everything from a Discovery Call request on my website to the call taking place, payment collection to onboarding and tracking clients through their program. This saves me a TON of time. Essentially all I have to do is show up for their appointments and be present.
This automation and delegation also gives my potential or active clients the personal-touch experience they deserve all of the time – even when I’m off snorkeling the turquoise waters of Maui or hiking through the hills of Spain.
Plus, all of these touchpoints build trust and rapport every step of the way, leading to effortless enrollments and referrals.
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Here’s the thing… We have a responsibility as Health Practitioners to lead by example for our clients by making ourselves, our health and wellbeing the number one priority.
I see way too many Functional Health Practitioners or Coaches burning out because they don’t have these 3 business-building strategies in place.
Travel is one of my passions that attracts ideal clients into my practices because it’s something we have in common.
When they see my social media travel posts, it gives them hope and is a testimony to what is possible for them too. It inspires connection and engagement, and builds the rapport needed to nurture them eventually onto my email list and an enrollment call.
So ask yourself…
1 – What resources or support do you need in order to live your best life and be an example for your clients?
2 – How can you show up more personally and authentically in the world to attract your ideal clients too?
Comment with which of these would give you what you need:
- Tools to find clients online and easily enroll them
- Knowing how to profitably package yourself for financial stability
- A system to help automate and delegate all of your business needs
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