101. From Disney Events to Retreat Coordinator: How One VA Found His Core Offer with Matt Quiñones | Client Success Story

In this episode of Soulpreneur Scaling Stories, I sit down with Matt Quinones, a Virtual Assistant specializing in travel coordination and event management. Matt shares his journey from working at the Walt Disney Company on Broadway events to building his own retreat coordination business—and how creating a core offer in his first year transformed his confidence and clarity.

Matt openly discusses the corporate-to-entrepreneur transition, the pandemic's role in his reflection on who he was serving, and why he decided to apply his event planning expertise to help small business owners and retreat leaders. We dive deep into his experience in my Foundations to Flow program, where he initially worried he was "too early" to focus on a core offer, but discovered that the structure and intentionality actually accelerated his growth.

If you're a service provider wondering whether you need a signature offer, struggling with imposter syndrome, or trying to figure out how to talk about what you do without being all over the place, this conversation offers actionable insights and inspiring perspective.

Key Points Covered:

✨ Transitioning from corporate (Disney) to entrepreneurship

✨ Why pouring yourself into corporate won't pour back into you the same way

✨ How the pandemic created space for reflection and business pivoting

✨ The importance of serving people who pour back into you (vs. serving a board of directors)

✨ Creating a core offer even when you think you're "too early"

✨ How structure and intentionality accelerate business growth

✨ Claiming your expertise instead of downplaying your skills

✨ Why slowing down to work ON your business speeds everything up

✨ The power of networking and relationship-building in service-based businesses

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Chapters

• 0:00 101. From Disney Events to Retreat Coordinator: How One VA Found His Core Offer with Matt Quiñones
• 1:37 Matt's Background and Experience
• 4:47 Working at Disney: Behind the Scenes
• 6:44 Transition to Entrepreneurship
• 13:23 Foundations to Flow: Core Offer Development
• 27:39 Future Goals and Networking

Transcript

[00:00:00] Introduction and Guest Welcome

[00:00:00] Andrea Elibero: Welcome, welcome. I am so excited 'cause I am here with Matt Es, who is a BA specializing in travel coordination and event management, who was also in my Foundation's to Float program, which is how we got to this title. So welcome Matt. How are you?

[00:00:19] Matt Quinones: Are you.

[00:00:20] Andrea Elibero: I'm good. Well, thank you for asking. Um, everything is good. 

[00:00:26] Matt's Background and Experience

[00:00:26] Andrea Elibero: So let's dive in and talk about what you do. So who are you and what do you do?

[00:00:34] Matt Quinones: Okay, so I am, I have a few different lane that I operate in.

[00:00:39] I'm a VA but I

[00:00:42] Specialize and my background, is mostly in event planning. So, I worked for years with, , the Walt Disney Corporation doing events for their Broadway properties. Um, whether that was sales events or cast. You know, special events [00:01:00] for cast or creative team.

[00:01:02] And, there I also did a lot of travel organization. So it was, it was like sort of, okay, you're planning an event and it's in LA now go figure it out. You know? So I, I not living in LA I had to learn quite a bit. , So, yes, I, I, I'm based in New York City. And, I, I, event planning is my passion, but I also do, , VA work from any sort of admin, support that might be needed. I have over 15 years of experience working in admin roles. Most of that. Like I said, at the Walt Disney Company. And so, , in May of this year, I had the opportunity to serve as a retreat coordinator,

[00:01:48] Which is very much an event planning, sort of in action role. And it became retreat coordinator and concierge.

[00:01:55] So I was. Organizing all of the events and [00:02:00] keeping the schedule going, but also being sort of the mother hen, if you will, uh, the, the, oh, I, you know, I ran out of, of toothpaste. What's the best store to go buy it at? Or I need to go to an ATM, where's the closest one around? And handling things like that. but, it was really the overall management of the retreat itself that I enjoyed.

[00:02:25] that led to some opportunities where I've worked with some other, retreat leaders being the logistics, the planning backbone, negotiating with, venues and with accommodation providers. So that's, that's the focus of my business. , But then on, on the side, and I'll talk more about this at the end, but I also have a little bit of, my, my husband has worked in,

[00:02:51] times Square advertising for the past, uh, 20 years. And so recently some of the signs have begun, sort of [00:03:00] democratizing. So, I facilitate purchasing, ads. In Times Square to feature your brand. And it works out really well with, small entrepreneurs because if you have a book or a new product that you're launching or something like that,, I can help facilitate getting you a sign in Times Square for 24 hours to feature your brand and then also, you know, have a fun day featuring you in front of your sign in Times Square.

[00:03:27] So. It's a, it's a broad spectrum of stuff that I work on. Uh, but like you said, my focus is on event planning and travel management.

[00:03:35] Andrea Elibero: Yeah. And I love that. 

[00:03:36] Working at Disney: Behind the Scenes

[00:03:36] Andrea Elibero: And okay, so before we get into this, is working at Disney as much fun as it sounds like? Or is it just like any other job? Are you allowed to spill any tea on that?

[00:03:46] Matt Quinones: I, I feel like I'm allowed to spill some tea. It is a lot of fun. I will be honest. E especially wi working. The Broadway division of Disney is a division of the movie studio. [00:04:00] It was really interesting because the whole business was structured like a movie studio, but it was producing live Broadway theater. So I had to learn a lot about the way billing and, travel management and works once something's been greenlit and things like

[00:04:19] Andrea Elibero: Hmm.

[00:04:19] Matt Quinones: But you know, it also has. It's bureaucracy, you know,

[00:04:24] Andrea Elibero: Yeah.

[00:04:24] Matt Quinones: that big. , We used to sort of joke that, you know, the US has embassies around the world and so does Disney,

[00:04:32] Andrea Elibero: No, but this is true. This is, yeah. Yeah.

[00:04:35] Matt Quinones: you know, and it's funny because they've really systematized it. So like in the UK there's one building that holds Disney Parks. Disney theatrical, Disney Movie Studio. Uh, Disney streaming. Every, every aspect of, of the Dwt Disney Company lives in one building, in each country generally, except for America,

[00:04:58] Andrea Elibero: Oh wow.

[00:04:58] Matt Quinones: where it's out a [00:05:00] little bit. Um, and that's not a hundred percent true for each. But it always felt like, uh, when I was sending people to visit Disney uk, it was like, okay, but once you get into Disney, it's like being in America again. You know, once you get into the Disney building,

[00:05:14] Andrea Elibero: it's so interesting.

[00:05:16] Matt Quinones: So, yeah, no, it was a lot of fun. But, , there are some, you know, some issues to deal with and a lot of, you know, politics within the world of Disney, but you learn that as you go.

[00:05:30] Andrea Elibero: Okay, so you had this really cool career doing all this cool stuff. 

[00:05:33] Transition to Entrepreneurship

[00:05:33] Andrea Elibero: What was it that made you say, oh, like let me go out on my own and create my own business? Where did that. Jump come from.

[00:05:42] Matt Quinones: Okay, well, I'm gonna be really honest with you. Because, basically what happened was I had only worked in theater my entire life, so prior to Disney, I worked for Lincoln Center. Some other, producers and things like that. during the [00:06:00] pandemic, you know, theater was shut down

[00:06:02] Andrea Elibero: Yeah, it's a hard, hard time.

[00:06:04] Matt Quinones: Disney was one of the producers that did a really good job of making the best efforts to do right by their employees. And so they kept me on for almost a year into the pandemic as a, I was furloughed, but I was kept on as an employee with health insurance and things like that.

[00:06:25] But I really had a lot of time to reflect and to reconsider how much time I was putting into Disney and what I was getting out of that. I

[00:06:36] Andrea Elibero: Um,

[00:06:37] Matt Quinones: I was really pouring myself into Disney it's. Not, this isn't a criticism of Disney, but it's, it's not entirely rational to expect when you pour yourself into a corporate entity that has a board of directors, that it's going to pour itself back into you and

[00:06:57] Andrea Elibero: right,

[00:06:57] Matt Quinones: that same way,

[00:06:58] Andrea Elibero: right.

[00:06:58] Matt Quinones: really you're there to [00:07:00] serve their board of directors. And so that made me really think of who I was serving.

[00:07:05] And so, during the pandemic, you know, I think all of us had to get creative about what we were gonna do next. And that's when I really focused on the event planning and I said, you know, I have this event planning experience and so let me get out there and. See what opportunities are available. And I got an event planning job at a high-end. It's, it's sort of like the online version of Whole Foods in New York. It's

[00:07:34] Andrea Elibero: Hmm. Mm-hmm.

[00:07:35] Matt Quinones: and they were launching a bunch of, um. Marketing events. So it was pr, marketing events, press conferences, events in the Hamptons really without a brick and mortar presence.

[00:07:50] They were trying to get their marketing presence out there in a way that was more of a popup presence. , So I worked for them for a while and, but I [00:08:00] continued to think, , like I said about who am I serving, you know? And so, um, I was there, I started to look at the idea of. Working for small business owners, people that were building their own accomplishments, and you know, the same way that I supported maybe the director of Frozen, to make sure that, , that the, the administrative details were not keeping him back from being a creative genius on the stage. I felt like, you know what, I could apply that to people that have small businesses and are really good at. Either hosting retreats or really good at teaching methods. That, that are the core behind their retreats. 'cause a lot of the, a lot of people's retreats are like, you know, come on my retreat. Learn how to create a membership program for your service-based business and increase revenue by this amount and have fun in [00:09:00] a beautiful location while doing it, you know? And so I have a dear friend, Aaron b ha, who, is sort of. retreat expert, if you will. She runs luxury and business retreats, and that really serves as a business that teaches people that maybe have a core,, mission, like maybe someone that runs a Pilates business, but wants to offer a deeper experience for their core members at their Pilates studio. And so they want to do a retreat. In upstate New York or in, in, uh, you know, it could be in France or wherever and, and focus on, on Pilates as, as the core of their retreat. But they're not

[00:09:48] experts at negotiating with hotels or negotiating with venues or are selecting something that will keep their brand elevated at the level that [00:10:00] their brand should be presented. Because a lot of people know. The mess, the, the, the, the vibe they want to give off with their brand from a retreat perspective, but they may not know how to produce the event in a way that, that increase or that that supports the, the vibe they're trying to, put out there. And

[00:10:21] Andrea Elibero: Yeah.

[00:10:22] Matt Quinones: I like to do is take, is take what it is that the person does.

[00:10:26] What it's that they on, what it's makes them special, their business special. Elements to, to make sure they, they're presented in the way they wanna be presented.

[00:10:41] Andrea Elibero: Yeah, because you know, a lot of people say, oh, I want to do this, but don't realize what it takes in the background, and you really need to have it all come together really smoothly in order to. Be at that elevated level and have your clients be like, oh, this was amazing and not real. You know, like without knowing even what all the things were happening in the background to [00:11:00] make that amazing.

[00:11:01] And I think, I wanna go back to something that you said that probably a lot of people resonate with who are listening, which is that, yeah, I worked in corporate and it's great, but what am I getting out of it? And so I love that you almost, you took that and. You have so much amazing experience and took that to really be able to craft something so beautiful and so you, and that serves you as well.

[00:11:26] And you, you know, have done such a great job of putting it all together and really like creating this offer that, like obviously I know all the, I, I know the details and our. Everybody does, but like creating this opera that is like really cool, you know? And the fact that like you get to tap into your like Disney experience and get to like, like say all this stuff, like, like who is not going to hire you to do this?

[00:11:49] You know? So I think that's like, like, I dunno, it's just really, really cool. So I want to next ask you more about, so when. So, okay. So you're like, okay, I [00:12:00] have this idea, I wanna do this thing. And you're newer at it, right? You're in your first year of doing this. And so when we had connected, you had started your VA business and all of these ideas were not necessarily fully formed.

[00:12:13] Foundations to Flow: Core Offer Development

[00:12:13] Andrea Elibero: So can you take me kind of like on this journey of, and then, so for those who don't know, um, you were in my first degree.

[00:12:20] Uh, cohort of foundations to Flow, which is an eight week core offer design sprint. And we really, really like focused on this core offer design and I really loved doing it. So thank you for sharing your experience.

[00:12:32] So I would love to kind of like, if you can sort of like walk through that and where you were maybe before, where you were going into it. And then we can get into like what you, what happened after you? What said left? Well, like at the end of it, you know, so like, kind of like putting it all together.

[00:12:48] Matt Quinones: Okay. Yeah, I mean, honestly, where I was before we first spoke, which is where a lot turned around for me, is that, I had ideas of what I wanted to [00:13:00] do, and my general thought was if I get people in a room. Or in a Zoom or whatever we do these days, and explain to them what I can offer. felt confident that I could. You know, could, I could make a connection with them that they would understand what I'm offering and why it's a value to their business, and why investing in their business or investing in me was investing in their business. You know? And, but I didn't know at all how to get from, Hey, I know how to talk about myself I'm signing a client. Do you know what I mean? And

[00:13:45] Andrea Elibero: Yeah.

[00:13:46] Matt Quinones: did. The first clients that I got were word of mouth that I did have those conversations with.

[00:13:52] And, I was sort of developing those clients and those beginning of those relationships when we first spoke. [00:14:00] And, , it wasn't when we spoke, you honestly, made me consider for the first time the idea of a core offer.

[00:14:10] Andrea Elibero: Ah, so, so lemme ask you. Yeah, because. And, and this is typical, right? 'cause a lot of people start out and, and like, I think this is a good point too, because a lot of people start out doing all of the things, which is fine, but you don't have to do that, right? And so like, so it was interesting that you said like, oh, like this is kind of interesting.

[00:14:27] And so I'm curious maybe like what your feelings were about it.

[00:14:32] Matt Quinones: My feelings were that the, the idea of, of reconceptualizing the way I look at my business. From the perspective of having a core offer, gave me a lot of structure to work around, then gave me the ability and through, through and honestly through work with you and getting feedback through the process, I realized, oh, I, [00:15:00] by giving. The structure of, Hey, I'm offering this, this is, this is what I, the value I'm bringing to the table. allowed me to find better ways to express what it is that I could provide because it was me so. The, the idea of getting someone into a zoom and, and talking about why you're fabulous is lovely, but it's also all over the board.

[00:15:27] It's not an organized process.

[00:15:28] Andrea Elibero: Yeah.

[00:15:29] Matt Quinones: the idea of being able to succinctly explain what it is you can offer for a. You know, a core offer and, and a, Hey, this is a first step you can take with me if you want to learn about what I can do for you. There's this price point. It's not huge, but it's fair to me. And, and we can, we can use the structure that I've created in that [00:16:00] offer to. Discuss your business and figure out what it is that you wanna do, what it is that you don't feel like you are the expert at, and what I can bring to the table to fill those gaps. You know? So, for me, the introduction to you and the foundations to flow was me. Was, was an a practice in me, reconceptualizing what my business could be. And I hadn't thought about it in those terms. so, , it wasn't, I think if you had asked me after our first meeting, I, I would've said, oh, I get what she's saying. But going through the process of foundations to flow me to really sort of. Pull some strings that I hadn't thought I need to pull on to get more concise language around what I can [00:17:00] offer to get more, you know, what problem am I solving in my offer? Make it, make that message more clear. and so, so for me it was, you know, I was at such an early stage and I, I don't mean to say that I met I, that I've graduated by any means to,

[00:17:20] Andrea Elibero: Now you've graduated. You, you're on another stage. Yeah.

[00:17:22] Matt Quinones: to flow.

[00:17:23] But I just mean, I, I, I, I'm not an expert by any means, but I will say that I,

[00:17:28] Andrea Elibero: An expert. Yes.

[00:17:29] Matt Quinones: uh, I'm not supposed to say that probably. Um, um, but here's the thing. I think that, actually, you know what, I'm glad I said that because I think there's a lot of. People that I work with and people that I know in the world of entrepreneurship that have historically thought being humble. Is some sort of, is a virtue and to, to an extent it is. But belittling [00:18:00] myself and saying I'm not an expert when there is plenty of things

[00:18:03] that I can advise people on from the perspective of my expert opinion is, is more of an example of me discounting myself. And

[00:18:13] Andrea Elibero: Yeah, yeah.

[00:18:15] Matt Quinones: can relate to.

[00:18:15] So

[00:18:16] Andrea Elibero: Yes. Yeah.

[00:18:17] Matt Quinones: to.

[00:18:18] Andrea Elibero: No, but this is true, right? I think it is a good point that, yeah, we say that, oh, I'm not an expert. 'cause we say these things and 'cause we're also kind of taught to be like this in a way, you know? And actually, but I love that you're like, well no, wait, actually there are things I'm an expert in, like what you do.

[00:18:32] I have no idea how to do that. Right. Like if I were to run a retreat, I have to figure out all the stuff on my own. And you're like, oh yeah, no, obviously it's this, this, and this. And it comes so easy for you. You know? 'cause you're actually an expert in that. You have tons of experience, which is amazing. So you are an expert.

[00:18:47] Matt Quinones: Thank you.

[00:18:50] Andrea Elibero: So awesome and I love that.

[00:18:53] It was so cool, and I think that it's a good point, right, that you're like, oh, and I think I already said this. It doesn't matter what stage of business you're in, [00:19:00] you can have this core offer and like, and when you have a core offer, it helps so much because you're not all over the place.

[00:19:06] You know, and it helps so much on discovery calls or when you talk about yourself or in your market. I know it wasn't too long ago that, you know, we kind of completed and you graduated the foundations to flow. I'm curious if you've been able to put it into action yet, if you've had that opportunity to either talk to somebody and like explain what you do or anything like that.

[00:19:26] Matt Quinones: I, well, I haven't put it into action yet in terms of making core offer, like something you can click on and purchase directly on my website. And that's my, that's my goal. But, . It has improved my ability to talk about what I do. It's also improved, you know, back to. The comment on being an expert, it's improved my confidence because I, I, I read through and said, wow, there is a lot that I'm offering.

[00:19:56] Andrea Elibero: Hmm.

[00:19:57] Matt Quinones: maybe I knew that on some level, [00:20:00] but it wasn't until I went through the exercises and really diagrammed things out and discussed them with both you and the group and bounce things off through the process that I was like, wow, bringing a lot to the table. And I

[00:20:16] Andrea Elibero: Hmm.

[00:20:16] Matt Quinones: was. I, that might have been one of the biggest lessons I needed to learn through this process, because, like you said, you, you just mentioned that, that I think foundations to flow can be a good exercise. You know, almost no matter where you are in your, in your journey.

[00:20:36] Andrea Elibero: Mm-hmm.

[00:20:38] Matt Quinones: but as you know, I, I had the concern that I was too early in my journey.

[00:20:42] Andrea Elibero: Yeah. Yeah.

[00:20:44] Matt Quinones: ready. And I think what, what, what you sort of pulled out of me through that process was me realizing, oh, have that inside of me. I need to articulate it and [00:21:00] organize it.

[00:21:00] So I believe it. But, but, I was ready. And, but I also think, you know, there were other people in our course and some of them had, , more, more experience in their business.

[00:21:14] And, like they, I, I, I think one of the big benefits of foundations to flow is it's, it's, it, it forces you to slow down and look at your business and it's very easy. The, the, the of your mind telling you you need to slow down and focus on your business sometimes. And

[00:21:39] it's like what you said to me through the process. You know, you, you're your first client, you know, and, and something like foundations to flow. Sort of gave, gave me the structure as someone who's not good at focusing on myself and [00:22:00] what I need to do to move forward. It, it gave me the structure to do that, you know, so, um, I think, you know, it's like a lot of different things that we learn from, it's a process. Process. And I think I could see someone with more experience going through it and being like, okay, da da, here's my offer. I, I totally know what you're talking about.

[00:22:26] Let me craft this and here's the language. And you know, 'cause they've been doing it for years and, but that maybe they just didn't know how to have a core offer and they just need the logistics of that. I could see that. But for me, the experience was much more of a. Business growth experience and a personal growth experience.

[00:22:46] Andrea Elibero: So, uh, that's, yeah. Sorry. Finish, finish.

[00:22:49] Matt Quinones: no, no. So I just mean, I, I, I, I just say that to say that, that you, you might be able to get something out of the [00:23:00] process that you weren't expecting. When you, when you made that decision of like, oh, okay, should I, should I invest in myself and do this? You may get something beyond the tangible things that you can print out on a piece of paper when you're done.

[00:23:17] Andrea Elibero: It's, so thank you for sharing that. I really appreciate that. It's, um, a couple of points there that are so interesting is that for me, and I don't know if you feel this way, is.

[00:23:28] When, especially before, when I was earlier on in my business, and I've had to purposely stop myself from doing this, I was just go, go, go, go.

[00:23:37] And I didn't take the time to be intentional about what is it that I want and what is it that I'm, you know, like. I just, oh, okay, I'll do that. And I really just let my business lead me and I let my business make my business decisions because I was like, no, I need to my money and have clients and this and that.

[00:23:53] And that's how I ended up creating a random agency. And that I, you know, that's how I, like, I did all these random things that were not necessarily [00:24:00] aligned like with me, that were learning experiences. And from that I realized how important it was to slow down. You know, like slow down and take a minute.

[00:24:11] Because being intentional and making these decisions and having this, this foundation, and knowing like, this is my dream life vision, right? This is like what I want my life to look like. This is what I'm amazing at, this is what I want to be doing. It then makes every decision after that. So much easier.

[00:24:29] Right? And so like that was a turning point for me, and I was like, no other people need to do this because I know that people are not doing this because I didn't do it. And so that's where that came from. And. The other point that you made about the getting something out that you might not realize you were getting out of, out of it.

[00:24:48] I will debunk something you said that maybe somebody who's been doing their business for a long time will just go through it quickly and not, you know, they'll not have these realizations. From my experience, Nope. Not at all. It doesn't matter how long you've been in [00:25:00] business like I have that, that um, piece you said about having more confidence, I hear that all the time, and people who have been in business for five years, you know, already.

[00:25:09] So it's just, I think whenever you're in a program or whenever you're working on yourself, are doing something like as long as you're putting the work into it, you're going to get something amazing out of it. And. And I think it is that inner work piece that is almost more important than some of these other things, right?

[00:25:27] Because you could have this amazing core offer and this framework, but if you don't have the confidence or the mindset, if that's really, really lacking, then you're not going to move forward. You're not gonna take the steps to actually market it or like tell people about it and things like that. So all those pieces are really important.

[00:25:42] So I appreciate you kind of sharing all of that.

[00:25:46] Matt Quinones: Yeah.

[00:25:46] Andrea Elibero: So, yeah.

[00:25:47] Matt Quinones: that in, if, if you know somewhere in the back of your mind, I'm not being intentional about how much I focus on my core business. I

[00:25:57] Andrea Elibero: Mm-hmm.

[00:25:58] Matt Quinones: working with [00:26:00] you is a really good way of structuring, sort of, for lack of a better way to put it, forcing yourself to put in that time to work on your business. And I think that's something that I needed to invest in and have the

[00:26:12] Andrea Elibero: Hmm.

[00:26:13] Matt Quinones: and have the accountability around,

[00:26:15] Andrea Elibero: Mm-hmm.

[00:26:16] Matt Quinones: or I wouldn't have, I, maybe I was too green to get there, but either way, you know, um, I, I needed that.

[00:26:24] Andrea Elibero: Yeah, I know. And that's amazing. So on that note, I'm curious now, so it's been. 

[00:26:29] Future Goals and Networking

[00:26:29] Andrea Elibero: Maybe about like a little over a month or so that since this has been wrapped up and I know like, you know, obviously it takes time to implement and put these things into place. So I'm curious what your next goals are and in your business and what your vision is, what you see for yourself and what you're looking forward to.

[00:26:48] Matt Quinones: Well, my next goals are basically to, um, I mean, my next immediate goal is to get my core offer as a listed offering [00:27:00] on my website so that it's, it's a. that people can purchase right there. They'll get information from me and we can go forward with the process. you know. My next action item, item from the, the, perspective of where do I see my business going? I am doing my best to, , to network with and meet as many retreat professionals as possible. And,

[00:27:29] Both learn from them and. You know, and quite honestly market to them. But, you know, is a, a nurturing process. You know, you really have to put in the time and, create those relationships. And most of my clients are through word of mouth, so that's why I'm, I'm sort of focusing on that. But, but. Yeah. Right now I'm, I'm, I'm mostly focused on trying to grow my business from the [00:28:00] perspective of really making a name for myself amongst the networking world of retreat professionals.

[00:28:08] Andrea Elibero: I love that. I think that's a beautiful focus for you and. So I'm gonna plug my, my other, uh, eight week, uh, sprint. That's a marketing sprint. And so it's actually something that will, after this will come out after it launches this round. But, um, so foundations of flow, I do twice a year and then the marketing will do twice a year as well.

[00:28:26] And one of my key key things that I teach is. Is just this, it's relational marketing because when you're a service provider, especially, you don't need an audience of 10,000 people, right? You need a handful of really amazing clients, and they're going to refer you. They're going to do all the work for you.

[00:28:42] You're going to see, it's gonna just take off exponentially. So if you have the system, you know how to take, how to talk about what you do, you know, and you have this marketing system, then. Then it's easy from that point, right? Because like you have your offer and your marketing and like life is so easy and you don't have to like figure out what you're doing.

[00:28:58] So, so love [00:29:00] that. And you know you're already plugged into that world, so love that as well. My dog is playing with toys, so if you can hear the background noise, I, I took a risk and it's always when I talk to you for some reason that she does weird things and so I took a risk by having her, this puppy in this podcast interview.

[00:29:16] She's doing pretty well, but any background noise, she's very excited about the retreat world as well. So, last question, unless, is there anything else that we forgot that you're like, oh, I wanna share this. Before we get into the last thing of how we can stay in touch with you, okay.

[00:29:30] Matt Quinones: I just. I just wanted to share that. You know, I think, like we were just talking about networking, you know, I met you through a friend of mine who works in the online business management world and also works in their treat world, and you know, I, it's, I couldn't have known May that. would lead to such growth for me by meeting you. And so I think making [00:30:00] those connections and nurturing relationships is much more important than I even realized six months ago. You know?

[00:30:08] Andrea Elibero: Oh, I love that. And like,

[00:30:10] like my heart's so happy. I appreciate I didn't pay him to say any of these things. And also I'm so proud, like this one, this man here. Was like out there like hustling, like getting clients, like throughout the eight weeks we were together, like, oh no, I have a couple more clients now.

[00:30:26] Like you are like on it. So if anybody could to like, I am like so excited for you. I'm so proud of what you've done to this point. I'm so excited for where you're going. So it's really, really cool to to witness that. So how can people stay in touch with you and anything else you would like to share? The floor is yours.

[00:30:45] No.

[00:30:46] Matt Quinones: Okay, so well fir the first thing I wanna share is that, if you go to, so my business is called Admin Solutions. if you go to admin solutions, do co So that's [00:31:00] no m can sign up for my mailing list and if you sign up for my mailing list, you will be entered to win a free 24 hour ad in Times Square. So,

[00:31:14] Andrea Elibero: Okay. Okay. That's a crazy prize. Yeah.

[00:31:17] Matt Quinones: prize, but basically if you run, if you're looking for an event manager, you're looking for a retreat organizer, you're looking for some VA services. Sign up for my, at my website and you could, in the process of, you know, maybe we'll have a Zoom meeting to chat about what you do and if there's any opportunity for me to help you, but you also might be able to feature your brand in Times Square for free. So, so I figured, since I have that connection, it's a nice way to both, uh, facilitate meeting new people and also offering something that's a real value to someone's brand.

[00:31:56] Andrea Elibero: Yeah, a thousand percent. And we do have Instagram yes as [00:32:00] well. If somebody wants to message you.

[00:32:01] Matt Quinones: Admin Solutions NYC or at Admin Solutions nyc. and, I'm my, should I provide my personal?

[00:32:11] Andrea Elibero: Whatever you want. If you,

[00:32:14] Matt Quinones: It's,

[00:32:14] Andrea Elibero: all the things.

[00:32:15] Matt Quinones: it's, , Matt EQ seven. Uh, at Matt EQ seven. So, and, uh, so that, anyways, I I, you'll get updates on some of the events I'm working on. Um, you can reach out to me, and, if you, if you just wanna get in touch with me and you just have a direct question, just go to admin solutions.co and you can send me an email from there.

[00:32:40] Andrea Elibero: Awesome. And then, 'cause we have a lot of service providers listening that it'd be a good partnership too, right? So if they have clients that do events, like it would be amazing to also network with fellow service providers.

[00:32:51] Matt Quinones: I

[00:32:51] Andrea Elibero: So. Keep that in mind as well. All right. Thank you so much, and all these things will be linked, obviously, and so you can just click on everything and hang out with Matt some more.

[00:32:59] Thank you [00:33:00] so much, Matt for being here. It's always nice to see your face and catch up and then I will see you guys on the next episode.