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Is Your Email System Working for You?

Staying organized is a really important part of being a successful VA. Working with more than one person usually means a lot of communication using things like email. I have always had fairly organized email where my clients are concerned – two folders per client – one active and one completed. The active folder items get filed to completed as they get done, and the completed folder items get purged at the end of 60 days. It’s a good system and it helps me keep my inbox and my task lists organized. But the other emails that come into my inbox are the ones that I recently realized were creating a problem for me. I have a ‘Read Later’ folder,… Read More »Is Your Email System Working for You?

4 Ways to Increase Your Bottom Line

Are you happy with the amount of money your business is bringing in each month? Most people would answer ‘no’ … we all want to make more money, don’t we? It’s important to look at your business regularly to find opportunities to increase the amount of money on your bottom line. Here are four that are easy to implement, and easy to maintain: 1. Dump useless expenses – are you really using all the services you are paying for? Make a list (if you don’t already have one) of all of the things you pay for each month in your business. You can go as far as doing a Return on Investment analysis for each expense, but for the most… Read More »4 Ways to Increase Your Bottom Line

Help your success find you

Recently I purchased a new wallet for myself. For years I had used the same wallet … it was special because a friend had given it to me as a gift, and I never wanted to get a new one. It finally gave in and had so many tears in it that I could no longer carry coins in it (can you imagine!?). So I finally broke down and got myself a new wallet. It’s not the same as my old wallet but it has places for everything that I need and I am getting accustomed to the new places for everything. Since I made that small change – and gave my money a secure, new place to hang out… Read More »Help your success find you

Keep your clients on top of their game

Do you regularly step back and look at your business to be sure it’s running the way it’s supposed to? If you do, that’s a good thing. It’s important to look for gaps or inconsistencies in your service offerings for your clients. One of the things you should look at is whether you are keeping your clients at the top of their game. Ask yourself these questions: 1. Are there new trends emerging in marketing that my client should be incorporating into their business? 2. Is there a new area of support I could be providing for my clients? 3. Are the things we are doing together being measured, and are they working? These are just a few questions you… Read More »Keep your clients on top of their game

Why Joint Venture?

Joint ventures are projects that two or more people undertake to achieve a certain goal. Working with someone else on a project, whether large or small, can really benefit both of you in a variety of ways. Consider these three options. 1. Free Teleclass – you can schedule a free teleclass where you interview someone about a topic that is interesting to your list. This can be a great way to build your mailing list, or sell your products. You set up the registration pieces on your end, the interviewee sends an email to their list to let them know that they will be speaking with you. You pick up the registrants’ email addresses and they are now on your… Read More »Why Joint Venture?

Strategies for a Thriving Virtual Assistant Business

Do you strategize in every area of your business? Only some areas? (or should I even ask – any??) Many virtual professionals I know have gone through that phase where they just put one foot in front of the other and hope that things go well. The problem with that is that if you don’t have a plan in place, you can experience a lot of issues: you can go off track worse, you can go nowhere you can’t measure your successes In order to know whether things are going the best way possible in your business it’s important to determine where you want to go, how you want to get there, how you are GOING to get there, and… Read More »Strategies for a Thriving Virtual Assistant Business

You Take Care Now!

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. I always loved that expression from the movie The Shining, even though the film scared the heck out of me! Working as a solopreneurs can really take its toll on your personal life if you are not careful. If you work from your home, you may be guilty of working ‘all the time’. It’s important to avoid burnout by balancing your work life with your home life. There are several ways that you can do this: Set a work schedule and keep it. It’s important for both your clients and your family to know when you are going to be working, so that they can help you plan things around… Read More »You Take Care Now!

Tips to Grow and Care for Your List

One of the things that is essential to have a successful virtual business, is to keep people coming into your ‘funnel’ – so that you have a consistent pool of potential clients to choose from on a regular basis. This means that you usually need to have an audience of people who you keep in contact with regularly, who you can communicate your expertise to. This often means you have a mailing list. Some people do a lot of their networking without a mailing list, but I still find it the best way to be able to communicate with my audience, so I highly recommend it. Here are a few tips about how you can build your list easily: 1.… Read More »Tips to Grow and Care for Your List