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Clarify Your Message, Get More VA Clients

Last fall I sponsored a speaker training event. There were about 80 business owners in the room as the audience, and there were 10 speakers on the stage throughout the day. The speakers each presented a talk and then were coached by the event host to improve their talk. The audience would then vote for the speakers to win various awards. Great premise for an event, so I decided it would be good to sponsor. And it was not terribly expensive to book a table there, and I knew I would meet lots of local people. I hadn’t sponsored an event before so I didn’t have a lot of marketing materials or banners or anything like that. I prepared my… Read More »Clarify Your Message, Get More VA Clients

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Are You Still Getting VA Clients The Old Way?

Are you still doing it the old way? I mean getting clients. Are you still slugging it out at networking events, and spending endless hours on social media, only to bring in a new client every few months? Here’s what I mean: You go to a networking event. You collect a few business cards, have a few conversations, and then you come home. You probably don’t really follow up with the people you met because you didn’t really feel a connection with them anyway. So you decide that event was a bust and you hope that the next one will be better. or You log in to Facebook every morning. You stay logged in all day and you try to… Read More »Are You Still Getting VA Clients The Old Way?

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How To Respond to an RFP for a Virtual Assistant

Recently I put out a job request  and every time I do, I am reminded that not everyone knows exactly how to respond to a one. Or to an official Request for Proposal. Today we are going to cover just how to do it properly. When someone sends out a job request of any kind, they are usually looking for specific skills. Now sometimes they send out a laundry list of skills with the hope that one person can do it all. But most of the time they will realize that they need more than one person. If the potential client is smart, they will tell people to respond with whatever skills they have so that they then the client… Read More »How To Respond to an RFP for a Virtual Assistant

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Getting VA Clients is Easy

I recently taught a training session on getting great clients. One of the things I hear VAs lament about all the time is the lack of clients. Or the lack of great clients. If they don’t have clients, they think there are none out there. If they do have clients, they think they need to do whatever the client wants to keep them. I mean, really, who likes to turn down money? But it’s not a way to build a sustainable, awesome business. When you are operating your VA business, YOU get to make the choices – how much to charge, what services to provide, and who you want to work with. If you aren’t comfortable making these three decisions, then you are missing an essential piece of your business. Getting clients is easy – all you have to do… Read More »Getting VA Clients is Easy

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Ready to Quit Being A Virtual Assistant?

I see this situation all the time. You’ve hung out your shingle, you’ve set up your website, you offer every service under the sun. You have no clients. Or, you have a few clients but you are doing all kinds of different things for them. There is no system to your day or your workflow. Or, you have many clients and you are working morning, noon and night to get your client work done. Whatever the circumstance, you are frustrated. You are tired. You are ready to quit. You often think about just going and getting a job. And maybe that’s the right decision. But it’s probably not. I’ve been in this situation many, many times, like a lot of my colleagues. It’s time to step back and have a look… Read More »Ready to Quit Being A Virtual Assistant?

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How Do You Get More VA Clients?

The number one thing VAs tell me about their business is that they do not have enough clients. My coaching clients work with me for various reasons, but one of the main goals that we set it is to get more clients. Your business can not survive if you don’t have people paying you to do the work they need. And yet, it’s something that many VAs just can’t figure out how to do properly. There are many, many reasons why this occurs in your business. Perhaps you aren’t in touch with enough good prospects. Perhaps you don’t have a solid marketing message. Perhaps you don’t have the right intention or goal in place. Perhaps you aren’t saying the right… Read More »How Do You Get More VA Clients?

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This Is Why VAs Have Trouble Finding Clients

Before I get started, be aware that this article will probably turn into a rant against Virtual Assistants. Feel free to stop reading if you don’t like what I’m saying! It’s not meant to be mean-spirited or accusatory, simply telling you how things are for successful VAs versus the unsuccessful ones. Recently, one of my clients needed a task completed that I don’t normally do for her. It was a very simple PDF update, and we needed someone to use full version Adobe to do the changes. The project was not complicated – her branding had to be updated. We had a new logo for the cover page. We had a few headings that needed a font color change, and we needed… Read More »This Is Why VAs Have Trouble Finding Clients

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What’s the Point to Networking for VAs?

I love talking with VAs about networking. Some of them don’t do any. Some do plenty of it. Most don’t do it right. What?? Yes, there is a right way to network. There is a point to meeting people – what’s yours? If you don’t know, don’t worry. It’s a simple thing – so simple you will laugh actually. Probably. The point of networking is to grow our business. BUT the point of attending any networking gathering has to be clear as well. I spoke recently with a VA who had attended 3 networking events in the last month. First, I’m always proud when VAs get out there … but when I asked her what her goal was from those events,… Read More »What’s the Point to Networking for VAs?

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