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Stuck to Unstuck: Get Your Virtual Assistant Website Working For You

Your website is something that will always be a work in progress for your Virtual Assistant business. But it doesn’t have to stop you from starting your business! For many VAs starting out, not having a website can be a big place to get stuck – something that stops you from getting started, or from growing. ‘I have to finish my website first.’ If I had a dollar for every time someone told me this, I would be a rich woman! You actually don’t have to finish it to put yourself out there. A work in progress is never really done anyway. Your website will go through a lot of different stages as your business starts and grows. And the… Read More »Stuck to Unstuck: Get Your Virtual Assistant Website Working For You

7 Tips to Being a Great Subcontractor VA

When you start your Virtual Assistant business, you usually have visions of working with great clients and making a good living. You may realize quickly that it’s a lot more work than anyone told you, and getting clients is hard. Without a plan and a strategy, it can be an uphill battle to fill your client roster. Maybe it’s your lack of confidence that is holding you back. Maybe you are an introvert and you find the networking part scary. Sometimes we just love to do the work but finding the clients is exhausting. Subcontracting for another VA is a great way to be a VA without having to do the stuff that is challenging for you. But it’s not… Read More »7 Tips to Being a Great Subcontractor VA

Can I Really Make A Living as a Virtual Assistant?

When you are considering starting a VA business, this is often the first question that you ask someone. Can I really make a living as  Virtual Assistant? Of course you can! Thousands of women (and men!) and doing it worldwide. It probably seems to good to be true – working from home, setting your own hours, setting your rates – and the clients just roll in. Right?  Well, not quite. Being a Virtual Assistant is often much more difficult than just getting up and going to a job every day. Yes you have the luxury of not having the commute, or that crabby boss, but you really need to set yourself up for success if you want to be a… Read More »Can I Really Make A Living as a Virtual Assistant?

Clarity in Your Messaging is Key to Getting VA Clients

Look back at your last ten social media posts or blog posts. Is there consistency and clarity in the messaging? What I mean by that is – is it really clear how you help your virtual assistant clients with their businesses? If you can’t tell from the last ten posts what you do and who you help, then your messaging clarity needs work. When your clients are looking for virtual assistant support in their business, they are not always going to find you with one post. Well they might find you that way, but then they are going to check you out. if your message does not land clearly with them – that you are the best VA to help them… Read More »Clarity in Your Messaging is Key to Getting VA Clients

Are You Stuck in Research or Planning Mode?

When you are getting started with your Virtual Assistant business, you need to do a lot of research and planning. It is very easy to get stuck in this mode, and not actually take a step forward to launch your business. Sound familiar? If you are stuck in research or planning, you’re not alone. It can feel overwhelming – all the things you need to learn to get started. It’s also scary. Putting yourself out there. What if you fail? What if you make a mistake? It’s not always fun. But here’s the thing – you have to take a step forward or you’ll never get moving. If you are stuck in that research mode, first consider what it is… Read More »Are You Stuck in Research or Planning Mode?

Choosing a Target Market Is Essential For Your Success as a VA

Have you chosen a target market for your Virtual Assistant business? Many VAs I talk to say say no, when I ask them this question. I know why – you don’t want to turn down any clients. Money is money. I get that! But choosing a target market is not about limiting who you WORK with. It’s about limiting who you MARKET to. I used to have a sales job in a courier company (a lonnnng time ago). I hated so much about it. Sales sucks. Selling sucks. It’s sleezy and pushy. Right? But here’s the thing. If you think of selling as a bad thing – you aren’t doing it right. If you are trying to get someone to… Read More »Choosing a Target Market Is Essential For Your Success as a VA

Struggling with Creating Content for Your Virtual Assistant Blog? Do This.

You probably hear it all the time. As a Virtual Assistant, you should be blogging. Many VAs struggle with getting a blog started – or keeping it going. But writing a blog is not the only way you can create content for marketing your business. There is really one main skill you need to develop to get lots of content created for your marketing. It’s called repurposing. Repurposing means to reuse something you have already created in a slightly different way. I’ll explain how to do that below. First things first, usually the thing that stops you from creating content is not knowing what to write about. VAs who say they hate to blog probably don’t hate to write –… Read More »Struggling with Creating Content for Your Virtual Assistant Blog? Do This.

Time Management Tips for Virtual Assistants

If you’re anything like me, you have at some point come to the end of a day and still had a million things on your task list. What do you do when you run out of time but still have a million things to do? I get all kinds of answers to this question when I ask it – sometimes you push through and keep working till it’s done. Sometimes you break for dinner and then work into the night to get it done. Sometimes you get up early the next morning and get it done. And then you do it all over again the next day. But if this happens to you on a regular basis, then it’s not… Read More »Time Management Tips for Virtual Assistants