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10 Reasons Why Many VAs Will Not Make It

What a sad title, huh? So negative, you’re probably thinking. Well it’s true. I pride myself in sending out positive messages for the most part, but when I saw this video on YouTube a few days ago, it spoke so loudly to me that I knew I just had to share it with you. It’s a six year old video from the Acting Career Start Up channel on YouTube but the list he provides is almost identical to the list I would prepare for Virtual Assistants. Check it out and ask yourself honestly if you need to put more focus on any of these 10 things (or more than one?) to make sure that your VA business is the success… Read More »10 Reasons Why Many VAs Will Not Make It

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4 Reasons VA Clients Will Buy From You

The most challenging thing I find as a business owner is to really believe that there are great clients out there that will pay you what you deserve and who will respect and adore you. I have found great clients, I have worked with great clients, but it’s still sometimes a challenge to convince myself that some of the people I have chosen to work with over the years have not been great. Does that make sense? I chalk it up to a value thing. Many of us have a very hard time recognizing our own value.  Maybe we have had a run of bad luck, or maybe we took on clients that we really didn’t want to work with,… Read More »4 Reasons VA Clients Will Buy From You

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How to Get 100 Virtual Assistant Clients

One of my clients gives some profound advice in her first book. It’s about getting clients. She talks about numbers being so important in business. I agree with her … you know I talk about the numbers (and math!) all the time. But she does things on a much larger scale than I do. So when I came across this gem from her, I realized I hadn’t thought of it in the same terms before, even though I talk about the same concept (keep doing what works!) The quote reads: If you can get one client, you can get ten. If you can get ten clients, you can get 100. – Odette Laurie I read that and I realized the… Read More »How to Get 100 Virtual Assistant Clients

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Finding Clients for Your VA Business

What’s the number one question I get asked? Hands down …. it’s “How do I find clients?” We build the business, we determine the rates and services, we finish the website, we network … and yet we still don’t know where to find clients. I’m not talking about one or two clients. I’m talking about a steady flow of clients. When many of us started our business, we said Yes to whoever asked us to work with them. Money in the door is the key thing to get your business off the ground, that’s for sure. But as the business builds you want to know where you can find your clients all the time. This is something a lot of… Read More »Finding Clients for Your VA Business

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Start Your VA Business With Where You Are – And Then Get Moving!

As a Virtual Assistant, one of the most important things that you can do for your business is to grow with it. When you first started your business, you probably had a laundry list of administrative services that you offered. This is a good thing! Starting with what you know and as I call it ‘where you are’ is the best way to jump into the world of being a VA. But to keep your business fresh and exciting, you need to keep it moving forward and growing. One of the ways you can do this is to get really focused on your service offerings. Specializing your skills and service offerings allows you to easily raise your rates and build… Read More »Start Your VA Business With Where You Are – And Then Get Moving!

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20+ Cheap or Free Resources to Boost Your VA Business

I often talk with people who are very new to the Virtual Assistant business, or are thinking about getting into it. One concern is that you will need to spend a lot of money at startup getting all of the necessary pieces in place – software, training, and many other things come up for people when they are starting a business. I always tell them that it’s possible to get going with really solid tools, without spending a lot of money. Don’t get me wrong. It’s important to have good resources and things in place – but it’s important not to spend money that you haven’t made yet. When I started my work as a VA, I looked long and… Read More »20+ Cheap or Free Resources to Boost Your VA Business

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So How Does Mentoring Work Anyway?

One of the questions I find that people ask me a lot these days is … how exactly does ‘mentoring’ work? At Your VA Mentor, I offer many ways to get support. Just like there are lots of ways for people to take in information in the world today (we often talk about articles, audio, video, email, and so on), there are also different ways to get support in your business. I have many different levels of support that I offer to VAs, with different ways to connect, for different lengths of time, and for different budgets too. I offer private options, group options, live training sessions as well as lot of self-study options. Today I’ll talk to you about… Read More »So How Does Mentoring Work Anyway?

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3 Tips for Networking at Live Events

I just returned from attending a live event called Transform in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was hosted by Pamela Bruner, and there were approximately 300 people in attendance. It was a great teaching experience, but it was also a wonderful networking experience – imagine have 3 or 4 full days to connect with people – that’s a lot of time to make it around the room! This is one of the things that is so great about a live event – getting the time to get to know people better. So I thought I would give you my best 3 tips for networking at live events like the one I just attended: 1. Move around and be social. Move from… Read More »3 Tips for Networking at Live Events

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